2022 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team

2022 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 8
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 4
Record12–5–5 (3–2–3 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Michael Behonick (7th season)
  • Bryce Cregan (1st season)
Home stadiumAmbrose Urbanic Field
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 1 Syracuse ‡ 5 – 1 – 2 18 – 2 – 5
No. 24 Wake Forest + 5 – 3 – 0 14 – 6 – 0
Louisville + 4 – 3 – 1 9 – 6 – 3
No. 13 Clemson + 3 – 4 – 1 13 – 7 – 1
Boston College 1 – 4 – 3 4 – 7 – 5
NC State 1 – 5 – 2 6 – 7 – 5
Coastal
No. 3 Duke + 5 – 0 – 3 13 – 2 – 4
No. 16 Virginia + 5 – 1 – 2 10 – 4 – 5
No. 8 Pittsburgh + 3 – 2 – 3 12 – 5 – 5
North Carolina + 2 – 2 – 4 8 – 6 – 5
Notre Dame 3 – 4 – 1 8 – 7 – 2
Virginia Tech 0 – 8 – 0 3 – 14 – 1
As of December 13, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

The 2022 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Jay Vidovich, in his seventh season. They played home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This was the team's 69th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 10th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Panthers finished the season 12–5–5 overall and 3–2–3 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Coastal Division. As the sixth overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated eleventh seed NC State in the first round before losing to third seed Virginia in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were an unseeded team. They defeated Cleveland State in the First Round, Akron in the Second Round, first overall seed Kentucky in the Third Round, and Portland in the Quarterfinals to make the College Cup. There they lost to Indiana to end their season.

Background

Main article: 2020 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team

The Panthers finished the season 13–5–2 overall and 5–2–1 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place in the Coastal Division. They won a tiebreaker with Duke to be awarded the first overall seed in the ACC Tournament. They earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated Virginia Tech before losing to eventual champions Notre Dame in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded the fifth overall seed. After a First Round bye, they defeated Northern Illinois in the Second Round and Hofstra in the Third Round before losing to Notre Dame on penalties to end their season.

Player movement

Players leaving

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Nico Campuzano 0 GK 6'2" 182 Graduate Student Cantabria, Spain Graduated
Jasper Löeffelsend 2 DF 5'5" 146 Graduate Student Cologne, Germany Drafted 81st overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Raphaël Crivello 3 DF 5'9" 165 Junior Bordeaux, France Transferred to UCF
Arturo Ordoñez 5 DF 6'2" 174 Senior Salou, Spain Graduated; Drafted 39th overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Alexander Dexter 13 FW 5'8" 150 Graduate Student Brooklyn, New York Graduated
Sito Sena 14 DF 5'11" 177 Graduate Student Valencia, Spain Graduated
Lucas Mort 15 FW 5'10" 152 Redshirt Sophomore Greensburg, Pennsylvania —
Soshun Shigaki 18 MF 5'5" 157 Sophomore Tokyo, Japan —
Veljko Petković 19 MF 5'10" 164 Junior Queens, New York Left the University[1]
Matt Bailey 20 MF 5'7" 145 Graduate Student Kent Island, Maryland Graduated
Max Brown 22 DF 6'2" 186 Freshman Aurora, Ohio Transferred to Cleveland State
Cade Hagan 23 FW 5'11" 175 Freshman Chicago, Illinois Transferred to DePaul
Anthony Harding 27 DF 5'11" 165 Redshirt Junior North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Transferred to Duquesne
Louis Spicer 28 MF 5'10" 168 Redshirt Sophomore Cambridge, England —

Players arriving

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Yanis Leerman 5 DF 6'2" 175 Graduate Student Troyes, France UCF
Ideal Shefqeti 15 MF 6'0" 178 Graduate Student Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy Fairleigh Dickinson
Henrique Gallina 16 DF 6'1" 180 Graduate Student Atibaia, Brazil South Florida
Josh Luchini 19 FW 6'0" 165 Graduate Student Wexford, Pennsylvania Lehigh

Recruiting Class

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Cabral Carter
GK
  USA Los Angeles, California LAFC So Cal [2]
Jackson Gilman
MF
  USA Schwenksville, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Union MLS Next [3]
Niko Manos
DF
  USA Ambridge, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Riverhounds [4]
Eben McIntyre
FW
  USA Charleroi, Pennsylvania Century V FC [5]
Mateo Stoka
MF
  USA Milwaukee, Wisconsin Sockers FC (Academy) [6]

Squad

Roster

As of January 27, 2023[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Cabral Carter
1 GK Netherlands NED Joe Van der Sar
2 DF United States USA Jackson Gilman
3 MF Brazil BRA Leonardo Andrade
4 DF Jordan JOR Mohammad Abualnadi
5 DF France FRA Yanis Leerman
6 MF Brazil BRA Lucas Rosa
7 MF Brazil BRA Guilherme Feitosa
8 MF France FRA Valentin Noël
10 FW France FRA Bertin Jacquesson
11 MF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Almeida
13 DF United States USA Noah Hall
14 DF United States USA Abraham Brown
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Italy ITA Ideal Shefqeti
16 DF Brazil BRA Henrique Gallina
17 FW United States USA Luis Sahmkow
19 FW United States USA Josh Luchini
20 MF United States USA Mateo Stoka
21 MF Serbia SRB Filip Mirkovic
22 MF France FRA Mathys Lefebvre
23 FW Germany GER Djavid Abdullatif
24 MF Switzerland SUI Jackson Walti
25 FW United States USA Eben McIntyre
26 MF United States USA Michael Sullivan
31 GK Austria AUT Kilian Vallant
32 GK United States USA Andrew Noel

Team management

Position Staff
Athletic Director Heather Lyke
Head coach Jay Vidovich
Assistant coach Michael Behonick
Assistant coach Bryce Cregan

Source:[7]

Schedule

Source:[8]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 13*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 7 Robert Morris  N/A  —
 Ambrose Urbanic Field
Pittsburgh, PA
August 19*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 7 at Michigan State W 1–0  —
 DeMartin Soccer Complex
East Lansing, MI
Regular season
August 25*
8:00 p.m. 		No. 7 No. 2 Georgetown W 2–1  1–0–0
 Ambrose Urbanic Field (2,000)
Pittsburgh, PA
August 29*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 7 No. 6 West Virginia W 3–0  2–0–0
 Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,514)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 2*
:00 p.m. 		No. 2 at No. 11 Marshall L 1–2  2–1–0
 Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex (1,879)
Huntington, WV
September 5*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 2 Howard W 5–0  3–1–0
 Ambrose Urbanic Field (721)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 9
7:00 p.m. 		No. 10 at North Carolina W 1–0  4–1–0
(1–0–0) 		Dorrance Field (2,437)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 16
7:00 p.m. 		No. 10 NC State W 3–0  5–1–0
(2–0–0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,075)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 19*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 10 No. 14 Akron T 3–3  5–1–1
 Ambrose Urbanic Field (495)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 23
8:00 p.m. 		No. 8 at No. 25т Louisville L 1–2  5–2–1
(2–1–0) 		Lynn Stadium (508)
Louisville, KY
September 30
7:00 p.m. 		No. 10 Virginia L 1–3  5–3–1
(2–2–0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,522)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 7
8:00 p.m. 		No. 25 No. 23 Clemson T 1–1  5–3–2
(2–2–1) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,428)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 10*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 25 No. 10 Denver T 2–2  5–3–3
 Ambrose Urbanic Field (606)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 14
5:00 p.m. 		at Virginia Tech W 1–0  6–3–3
(3–2–1) 		Thompson Field (1,640)
Blacksburg, VA
October 17*
7:00 p.m. 		Duquesne W 5–2  7–3–3
 Ambrose Urbanic Field (939)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 21
8:00 p.m. 		at No. 2т Duke T 0–0  7–3–4
(3–2–2) 		Koskinen Stadium (877)
Durham, NC
October 28
7:00 p.m. 		No. 23 Notre Dame T 1–1  7–3–5
(3–2–2) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (903)
Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Tournament
November 2
7:00 p.m. 		(6) No. 24 (11) NC State
First Round 		W 4–1 2OT 8–3–5
 Ambrose Urbanic Field (438)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 6
4:00 p.m., ACCN 		(6) No. 24 at (3) No. 14 Virginia
Quarterfinals 		L 0–1  8–4–5
 Klöckner Stadium (1,036)
Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 17
:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Cleveland State
First Round 		W 2–1  9–4–5
 Ambrose Urbanic Field (659)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 20
:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at (16) No. 15 Akron
Second Round 		W 3–0  10–4–5
 FirstEnergy Stadium (586)
Akron, OH
November 27
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at (1) No. 2 Kentucky
Third Round 		W 2–1  11–4–5
 Bell Soccer Complex (1,708)
Lexington, KY
December 3
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 18т Portland
Quarterfinal 		W 1–0 2OT 12–4–5
 Ambrose Urbanic Field (2,200)
Pittsburgh, PA
November
8:30 p.m., ESPNU 		vs. (13) Indiana
Semifinals 		L 0–2  12–5–5
 WakeMed Soccer Park (10,286)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Jackson Walti Pre-Season ACC Watchlist August 16 [9]
Valentin Noël Hermann Trophy Pre-Season Watchlist August 25 [10]
Bertin Jacquesson ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week August 30 [11]
Jackson Gilman ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week September 13 [12]
Valentin Noel All-ACC First Team November 9 [13]
Filip Mirkovic
Bertin Jacquesson All-ACC Second Team
Jackson Walti
Jackson Gilman ACC All-Freshman Team

Rankings

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer[14]72 (1)10т1081025RVRV2324RVNot released8
TopDrawer Soccer[15]9555310141514131516—2222104

2023 MLS Super draft

Main article: 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Player Team Round Pick # Position
Bertin Jacquesson Real Salt Lake 1 16 FW
Valentin Noël Austin FC 1 20 MF
Jackson Walti Austin FC 2 56 MF

Source:[16]

References

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  6. ^ "Mateo Stoka". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
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