2016 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

The 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 70th season of the university fielding a program.

2016 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
Carolina Nike Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup, L 0–0 (9–10 pen.) vs. Stanford
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record14–3–4 (5–1–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Cristian Neagu (1st season)
  • Grant Porter (5th season)
  • Joe Scachetti (1st season)
Home stadiumFetzer Field
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 2 Wake Forest 5 1 2 19 2 4
No. 6 Louisville + 5 2 1 14 6 2
No. 5 Clemson + 4 1 3 14 4 5
No. 11 Syracuse + 4 2 3 12 4 4
Boston College + 3 3 3 9 9 3
NC State 1 8 0 5 12 0
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina + 5 1 2 14 3 4
No. 13 Virginia + 4 2 3 11 4 5
No. 14 Notre Dame + 4 3 2 12 7 2
No. 8 Virginia Tech + 3 4 2 13 5 4
Duke 2 6 1 7 8 2
Pittsburgh 0 7 2 2 13 3
As of 13 December 2016
Rankings from NSCAA

Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Preseason
08-12-2016*
7:00 pm
No. 8 at Winthrop W 1–0 
Eagle Field (Not reported)
Rock Hill, SC
08-15-2016*
7:00 pm
No. 8 vs. South Carolina
Battle of the Carolinas
T 1–1 
WakeMed Soccer Park (Not reported)
Cary, NC
08-20-2016*
7:00 pm
No. 8 at Davidson W 3–0 
Alumni Soccer Stadium (Not reported)
Davidson, NC
Regular Season
08-26-2016*
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 Cal Poly
Carolina Nike Classic
W 3–0  1–0
Fetzer Field (3,718)
Chapel Hill, NC
08-28-2016*
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 Saint Louis
Carolina Nike Classic
W 3–0  2–0
Fetzer Field (2,514)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-02-2016*
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 NC State
Carolina–State Game
 Cancelled  2–0
Fetzer Field
Chapel Hill, NC
09-05-2016*
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 VCU W 3–2  3–0
Fetzer Field (1,736)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-09-2016
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 at No. 2 Clemson W 1–0  4–0 (1–0)
Riggs Field (7,923)
Clemson, SC
09-13-2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 2 East Tennessee State L 0–1  4–1
Fetzer Field (410)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-16-2016
7:30 pm, ACCN+
No. 2 Pittsburgh W 1–0  5–1 (2–0)
Fetzer Field (1,837)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-20-2016*
7:00 pm
No. 9 William & Mary W 4–1  6–1
Albert–Daly Field (1,837)
Williamsburg, VA
09-23-2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 9 No. 25 Boston College W 5–0  7–1 (3–0)
Fetzer Field (1,414)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-30-2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 4 at No. 3 Syracuse T 0–0 2OT 7–1–1 (3–0–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,303)
Syracuse, NY
10-04-2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 4 No. 20 UNC Wilmington W 1–0  8–1–1
Fetzer Field (1,231)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-07-2016
5:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 4 No. 16 Virginia
South's Oldest Rivalry
L 1–2  8–2–1 (3–1–1)
Fetzer Field (237)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-11-2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 8 UNC Asheville W 7–0  9–2–1
Fetzer Field (402)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-14-2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 8 at Duke
Carlyle Cup
W 2–1  10–2–1 (4–1–1)
Koskinen Stadium (402)
Durham, NC
10-18-2016*
7:00 pm
No. 3 at Charleston T 0–0 2OT 10–2–2
CofC Soccer Stadium (637)
Mount Pleasant, SC
10-22-2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 4 No. 23 Virginia Tech W 2–0  11–2–2 (5–1–1)
Fetzer Field (1,011)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-28-2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 4 at No. 12 Notre Dame T 0–0  11–2–3 (5–1–2)
Alumni Stadium (2,279)
South Bend, IN
ACC Tournament
11-06-2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 10 (1) at No. 25 (8) Boston College
Quarterfinals
L 0–1  11–3–3
Fetzer Field (1,210)
Chapel Hill, NC
NCAA Tournament
11-20-2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 10 (9) No. 20 Florida Gulf Coast
Second Round
W 3–2  12–3–3
Fetzer Field (1,210)
Chapel Hill, NC
11-27-2016
2:00 pm, Cuse.com
No. 10 (9) at No. 8 (8) Syracuse
Third Round
W 1–0  13–3–3
David Murphy Field (720)
Syracuse, NY
12-02-2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 10 (9) No. 22 Providence
Quarterfinals
W 1–0 2OT 14–3–3
Fetzer Field (4,009)
Chapel Hill, NC
12/09/16*
8:45 pm, ESPNU
No. 8 (9) vs. No. 5 (5) Stanford
College Cup – Semifinals
T 0–0
L 9–10 pen.
 2OT
14–3–4
BBVA Compass Stadium (6,056)
Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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