The Syracuse men’s soccer team’s 2016 schedule was released on Friday afternoon. The Orange is slated to play seven teams that participated in last year’s NCAA tournament, including a matchup against Atlantic Coast Conference foe Clemson, which ended SU’s season in the national semifinal game last season. That was the deepest in the postseason the Orange has gotten in program history.

Syracuse will play three preseason matchups at SU Soccer Stadium against New Hampshire, Michigan State and Ohio State. The Orange’s first regular season game will be on Aug. 26 against Massachusetts.

The last regular season game of the year for SU will be a conference matchup against Wake Forest on Oct. 28. Overall, the Orange plays eight ACC contests.

Below is the full 2016 schedule for the men’s soccer team.

ACC games in bold
* — Exhibtion games

Saturday Aug. 13, 4 p.m.  — vs. New Hampshire*

Thursday Aug. 18, 7 p.m. — vs. Michigan State*

Sunday Aug. 21, 5 p.m. — vs. Ohio State*

Friday Aug. 26, 7 p.m. — vs. Massachusetts

Sunday Aug. 28, 7 p.m. — vs. Loyola Marymount

Thursday Sept. 1, 7 p.m. — vs. Colgate

Sunday Sept. 4, 7 p.m. — vs. St. John’s

Friday Sept. 9, 7 p.m. — at North Carolina State

Tuesday Sept. 13, 7 p.m. — vs. Hofstra

Friday Sept. 16, 7 p.m. — Boston College

Tuesday Sept. 20, 7 p.m. — at Cornell

Friday Sept. 23, 7 p.m. — at Notre Dame

Friday Sept. 30, 7 p.m.  — vs. North Carolina

Tuesady Oct. 4, 7 p.m. — at Albany

Friday Oct. 7, 7 p.m. — at Louisville

Friday Oct. 14, TBA — vs. Virginia Tech

Tuessday Oct. 18, 7 p.m. — at Hartford

Friday Oct. 21 7 p.m. — at Clemson

Friday Oct. 28 7 p.m. — vs. Wake Forest

Published on June 10, 2016 at 9:37 pm

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