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 in the First Round, in the Second Round, first overall seed Kentucky in the Third Round, and in the Quarterfinals to make the College Cup. There they lost to Indiana to end their season.
Background
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 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 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 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 Junior North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Transferred to Duquesne Louis Spicer 28 MF 5'10" 168 Sophomore Cambridge, England —
Players arriving
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers 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 Los Angeles, California LAFC So Cal Schwenksville, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Union MLS Next Ambridge, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Riverhounds Charleroi, Pennsylvania Century V FC Milwaukee, Wisconsin Sockers FC (Academy)
Squad
Roster
Team management Athletic Director Heather Lyke Head coach Jay Vidovich Assistant coach Michael Behonick Assistant coach Bryce Cregan
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Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| ACC tournament
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Awards and honors Jackson Walti Pre-Season ACC Watchlist August 16 Valentin Noël Hermann Trophy Pre-Season Watchlist August 25 Bertin Jacquesson ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week August 30 Jackson Gilman ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week September 13 Valentin Noel All-ACC First Team November 9 Filip Mirkovic Bertin Jacquesson All-ACC Second Team Jackson Walti Jackson Gilman ACC All-Freshman Team
Rankings
2023 MLS Super draft
Bertin Jacquesson Real Salt Lake 1 16 FW Valentin Noël Austin FC 1 20 MF Jackson Walti Austin FC 2 56 MF
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