2022 Creighton Bluejays men's soccer | |
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NCAA tournament, College Cup | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 9 |
TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 4 |
Record | 13–4–6 (3–3–4 Big East) |
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Home stadium | Morrison Stadium |
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No. 20 Georgetown+ | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall+ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 3 | – | 1 | – | 6 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 3 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Creighton‡ | 3 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 13 | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UConn | 3 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 2 | – | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePaul | 1 | – | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 1 | – | 5 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big East |
The 2022 season was the 44th season of Creighton University fielding a men's varsity soccer team. It was the program's 10th season in the Big East Conference, and their fifth season with Johnny Torres as the head coach of the program. Creighton played their home matches at Morrison Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
Creighton finished the regular season 6–4–6 before going on a seven-match winning-streak that involved winning their first Big East Conference men's soccer tournament ever, and their first soccer conference tournament championship since winning the Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament in 2012. It also the first season since 2012 that the Bluejays reached the College Cup of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, being unseeded and defeated three seeded programs en route to the College Cup. There, they were eliminated by Syracuse University, losing the game 2–3.
Duncan McGuire lead the entire NCAA in goals scored during the 2022 season, scoring 22 goals.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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2022 Creighton Bluejays men's soccer coaching staff | |||
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Name | Position | Seasons at Creighton | Alma Mater |
Johnny Torres | Head Coach | 5 | Creighton University (1997) |
Ian Sarachan | Assistant Coach | 4 | University of Illinois Chicago (2010) |
Michael Gabb | Assistant Coach | 7 | Creighton University (2002) |
Mitch Kavanagh | Assistant Coach | 4 | Bellevue University (2015) |
Date Time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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Preseason | |||||||||||
August 12* 6:30 pm | Drake | W 5–2 | Morrison Stadium Omaha, NE | ||||||||
August 16* 12:00 pm | Bradley | W 4–1 | Morrison Stadium Omaha, NE | ||||||||
August 19* 6:30 pm | Denver | W 2–0 | Morrison Stadium Omaha, NE | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
August 25* 6:30 pm, Flosports | Oakland | W 6–0 | 1–0–0 | Morrison Stadium (896) Omaha, NE | |||||||
August 28* 6:30 pm, Flosports | Rutgers | W 6–1 | 2–0–0 | Morrison Stadium (1,615) Omaha, NE | |||||||
September 2* 6:30 pm, Flosports | No. 7 | No. 10 Saint Louis | L 2–3 | 2–1–0 | Morrison Stadium (1,413) Omaha, NE | ||||||
September 5* 6:30 pm, Flosports | No. 7 | San Diego State | T 2–2 | 2–1–1 | Morrison Stadium (1,178) Omaha, NE | ||||||
September 9* 7:30 pm, Flosports | No. 2 Stanford Socctoberfest | T 1–1 | 2–1–2 | Morrison Stadium (4,196) Omaha, NE | |||||||
September 14* 7:00 pm | at Omaha Dodge Street Derby | W 6–1 | 3–1–2 | Al F. Caniglia Field (1,996) Omaha, NE | |||||||
Big East regular season | |||||||||||
September 18 6:30 pm, BEDN | UConn | T 1–1 | 3–1–3 (0–0–1) | Morrison Stadium (2,629) Omaha, NE | |||||||
September 24 12:00 pm, BEDN | at No. 25 Georgetown | L 1–2 | 3–2–3 (0–1–1) | Shaw Field (887) Washington, DC | |||||||
October 1 6:30 pm, BEDN | Villanova | W 3–1 | 4–2–3 (1–1–1) | Morrison Stadium (1,562) Omaha, NE | |||||||
October 8 6:30 pm, BEDN | St. John's | T 1–1 | 4–2–4 (1–1–2) | Morrison Stadium (1,283) Omaha, NE | |||||||
October 12 6:00 pm, BEDN | at Xavier | L 1–3 | 4–3–4 (1–2–2) | Corcoran Field (519) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
October 15 2:00 pm, BEDN | at Seton Hall | T 1–1 | 4–3–5 (1–2–3) | Morrison Stadium (949) Omaha, NE | |||||||
October 19 2:00 pm, BEDN | Butler | W 4–2 | 5–3–5 (2–2–3) | Morrison Stadium (1,083) Omaha, NE | |||||||
October 22 7:00 pm, BEDN | at Marquette | T 2–2 | 5–3–6 (2–2–4) | Valley Fields (256) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
October 29 6:30 pm, BEDN | DePaul | W 3–0 | 6–3–6 (3–2–4) | Morrison Stadium (935) Omaha, NE | |||||||
November 2 6:00 pm, BEDN | at Providence | L 2–4 | 6–4–6 (3–3–4) | Anderson Stadium (893) Providence, RI | |||||||
Big East tournament | |||||||||||
November 5 6:00 pm, BEDN | (6) | at (3) Xavier Quarterfinals | W 2–1 | 7–4–6 | Corcoran Field (467) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
November 10 3:00 pm, Flosports | (6) | vs. (2) Seton Hall Semifinals | W 6–0 | 8–4–6 | Maryland SoccerPlex (247) Boyds, MD | ||||||
November 13 11:30 am, FS1 | (6) | vs. (1) No. 14 Georgetown Final | W 3–0 | 9–4–6 | Maryland SoccerPlex (1,147) Boyds, MD | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
November 17 11:30 am, ESPN+ | No. 23 Missouri State First round | W 2–1 | 10–4–6 | Morrison Stadium (1,054) Omaha, NE | |||||||
November 20 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at (2) No. 1 Washington Second round | W 3–1 | 11–4–6 | Husky Soccer Stadium (2,261) Seattle, WA | |||||||
November 26 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at (15) No. 17 Tulsa Third round | W 2–1 | 12–4–6 | Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium (540) Tulsa, OK | |||||||
December 3 6:00 pm, ACCNX | at (7) No. 4 Duke Quarterfinals | W 3–2 | 13–4–6 | Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium (1,061) Durham, NC | |||||||
December 9 5:00 pm, ESPNU | vs. (3) No. 3 Syracuse College Cup Semifinal | L 2–3 | 13–5–6 | WakeMed Soccer Park (10,286) Cary, NC | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time [2] . |
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United Soccer National [3] | RV | 7 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | 9 | |||||
United Soccer East Region [4] | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | — | — | 9 | 10 | Not released | ||||||
TopDrawer Soccer [5] | — | — | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |
CollegeSoccerNews.com [6] | 25 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 24 | RV | RV | — | — | RV | RV | — | 17 | Not released |
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