The 2016 BYU Cougars men's soccer team was a part of the BYU Athletics program, but they did not compete in a college conference. Instead, they participated in the 2016 USL Premier Development League (PDL). The team was led by first-year head coach Brandon Gilliam.[1] Along with the arrival of a new coach, BYU made a divisional move from the Mountain Division of the PDL to the Central Pacific division. This change occurred due to the folding of the Mountain Division following the closure of the Real Colorado Foxes franchise.
| 2016 season | |||
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| Owner | Brigham Young University | ||
| Coach | Brandon Gilliam | ||
| Stadium | South Stadium, 3,000 capacity | ||
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Media
editTelevision & Internet Streaming
editAll BYU Cougars home games are streamed live on YouTube.
Regular season
editOrange County Blues U–23
edit| May 12 1 | BYU Cougars | 0–1 | Orange County Blues U-23 | Irvine, CA |
| 8:00 p.m. MDT | Payden Pemberton  62'Cameron McLaughlin 86' |
Gerzon Blanco  45'Angel Maldonado 65'Justyn Peeples 90+' |
Stadium: Irvine Valley College Soccer Field Referee: Adrian Gonzales Assistant referees: Osvaldo Delgado-Landered Juan Gonzales Fourth official: Jessica Nila |
Golden State
edit| May 14 2 | BYU Cougars | 1–1 | FC Golden State Force | Glendora, CA |
| 8:00 p.m. MDT | Payden Pemberton 45' Josh Hunter 45+' |
Jimmy Turner 44' Connor Gordon 82'Jose Hernandez 90+' |
Stadium: Citrus Stadium Attendance: 288 Referee: Misha Radchuk Assistant referees: Juan Gonzales Edwar Hernandez Fourth official: Randy Hoffman |
Las Vegas
edit| May 16 3 | BYU Cougars | 1–0 | Las Vegas Mobsters | Las Vegas, NV |
| 8:15 p.m. MDT | Pedro Vasconcelos 33' |
76' 87' 89' |
Stadium: Valley High School Stadium |
Burlingame
editBroadcasters: Chad Sackett & Stephen Pemberton (YouTube)
| May 21 4 | Burlingame Dragons FC | 1–2 | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:00 p.m. MDT | Brock Messenger 83' Josh Smith 90' |
Recap | Taylor Fankhauser 12' Joshua Hunter 64'Joshua Hunter 66'Tanner Whitworth 80'Cameron McLaughlin 90' |
Stadium: South Stadium Referee: Hamid Sadayhe |
San Francisco
editBroadcasters: Carla Swensen-Haslam & Daniel Haslam (YouTube)
| May 26 5 | San Francisco City FC | 0–0 | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:00 p.m. MDT | Dylan Murphy 41' Armando Flores 66' |
Recap | Jacob Miles 71' Pedro Vasconcelos 83' |
Stadium: South Stadium Referee: Blake Griffiths |
San Francisco
editBroadcasters: Chad Sackett & Matt Bain (YouTube)
| May 28 6 | San Francisco City FC | 3–2 | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:00 p.m. MDT | Merlin Baus 29' Jordan Hughes 31'Robert Edwards 39'Merlin Baus 68'Ashley Watson 80' |
Recap | Joshua Hunter 24' Brendan Ottman 65'Pedro Vasconcelos 65'Emmanuel Lartey 69'Ethan Meyer 77'Jaiden Waggoner 90' |
Stadium: South Stadium Referee: Jeff Gaston Assistant referees: Hensen Keetch Daniel Escalante Fourth official: Marcelo Chaparro |
Las Vegas
editBroadcasters: Carla Swensen-Haslam & Daniel Haslam (YouTube)
| June 2 7 | Las Vegas Mobsters | 1–1 | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:00 p.m. MDT | Joshua Guzman 89' Eric Bojado 71'Robert Hines 87' |
Recap | Payden Pemberton 58' Tanner Whitworth 79' |
Stadium: South Stadium Referee: Marcello Chaparro Assistant referees: Josh Mills Daniel Fallis Fourth official: TJ Zablocki |
Fresno
editBroadcasters: Chad Sackett (YouTube)
| June 9 8 | Fresno Fuego | 2–0 | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:00 p.m. MDT | Christian Chaney 25' BYU Own Goal 27'Bruno Bramati 54'Christian Chaney 65'Fellipe Souza 86' |
Recap | Joshua Hunter 32' |
Stadium: South Stadium Referee: Hamid Sadayhe Assistant referees: Daniel Fallis Danny Spicer Escalanta Fourth official: Blake Griffiths |
Fresno
editBroadcasters: Carla Swensen-Haslam & Daniel Haslam (YouTube)
| June 11 9 | Fresno Fuego | 3–1 | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:00 p.m. MDT | Christian Chaney 8' Milton Blanco 15'Christian Chaney 43'Abraham Campos 64'Peter Pearson 87' |
Ethan Meyer 31' |
Stadium: South Stadium Referee: Blake Griffiths Assistant referees: Sergio Navas Josh Mills Fourth official: Carston Gillwad |
San Francisco
editBroadcasters: Charles Wollin, Mike Geddes, & Shelley Alingas (YouTube)
| June 16 10 | BYU Cougars | 1–0 | San Francisco City FC | San Francisco, CA |
| 8:00 p.m. MDT | Ethan Meyer 18' |
Stadium: Kezar Stadium |
Burlingame
edit| June 18 11 | BYU Cougars | 1–0 | Burlingame Dragons FC | Burlingame, CA |
| 5:00 p.m. MDT | Pedro Vasconcelos 5' Jacob Miles 35' |
Kevin Partida 37' Parker Holland 43' |
Stadium: Burlingame High School Stadium |
Fresno
editBroadcaster: Jason Phillips & Adrian Luevano (YouTube)
| June 30 12 | BYU Cougars | 0–2 | Fresno Fuego | Fresno, CA |
| 8:30 p.m. MDT | Stadium: Chukchansi Park |
Burlingame
edit| July 2 13 | BYU Cougars | 1–1 | Burlingame Dragons FC | Burlingame, CA |
| 5:00 p.m. MDT | Stadium: Burlingame High School Stadium |
Golden State
editBroadcasters: (YouTube)
| July 13 14 | FC Golden State Force | v | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:00 p.m. MDT | Stadium: South Stadium |
Roster
edit| No. | Position | Player | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | GK | Taylor Watkins | Sophomore |
| 2 | F | Seth Fankhauser | Freshman |
| 3 | D | Jaiden Wagoner | Sophomore |
| 4 | MF | Josh Hunter | Senior |
| 5 | D | Ethan Meyer | Senior |
| 6 | MF | Payden Pemberton | Freshman |
| 7 | D | Ryan Botcherby | Sophomore |
| 8 | MF | Jake Miles | Junior |
| 10 | MF | Pedro Vasconeclos | Senior |
| 11 | F | Cameron McLaughlin | Sophomore |
| 13 | D | Emmanuel "Junior" Lartey | Junior |
| 14 | D | Tanner Whitworth | Sophomore |
| 15 | F | Christian Guthrie | Freshman |
| 16 | D | Michael Andreson | Sophomore |
| 17 | MD | Taylor Fankhauser | Sophomore |
| 18 | D | Connor Fordham | Sophomore |
| 20 | MF | Alfredo Gallegos | Freshman |
| 22 | D | Andrew Dossett | Sophomore |
| 24 | GK | Brenden Ottman | Junior |
| 29 | GK | Trevor LeSueur | Junior |
Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresno Fuego[a] | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 30 | Advance to Western Conference Divisional Qualifiers |
| 2 | Burlingame Dragons FC | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 23 | |
| 3 | San Francisco City FC | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 20 | |
| 4 | BYU Cougars | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 16 | |
| 5 | Las Vegas Mobsters | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 12 |
- ^ Fresno Fuego deducted one point for illegal substitution against San Francisco City FC.
References
edit- ^ "BYU men's soccer team to hire Brandon Gilliam as new head coach". Deseret News. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.