2022 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

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2022 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,080
Site Krenzler Field
Cleveland, Ohio
(Semifinals & Final)
Champions Cleveland State (2nd title)
Winning coach Siniša Ubiparipović (1st title)
MVP Jannis Schmidt (Cleveland State)
Broadcast ESPN+
Horizon League men's soccer tournament
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2022 Horizon League men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cleveland State5 1 311 4 5
Wright State 4 1 44 7 6
IUPUI 4 2 37 7 6
Oakland 4 2 34 10 5
Robert Morris 4 3 26 7 3
Detroit Mercy 3 2 44 7 6
Green Bay 2 2 56 3 7
Northern Kentucky 2 6 14 11 2
Milwaukee 0 4 51 8 8
Purdue Fort Wayne 1 6 22 10 3
As of December 13, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Horizon

The 2022 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from November 6 through November 12, 2022. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Krenzler Field in Cleveland, Ohio. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Oakland Grizzlies were the defending champions. [1] They were unable to defend their crown, falling to Cleveland State in the Semifinals. Cleveland State would finish as tournament champions after defeating IUPUI 3–0 in the Final. [2] This was the second overall title for Cleveland State and first for head coach Siniša Ubiparipović. [3] As tournament champions, Cleveland State earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

Six Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. The top two seeds received byes to the Semifinals and the number one seed hosted the Semifinals and Final. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as IUPUI and Oakland both finished with identical 4–2–3 conference records. IUPUI earned the third seed by virtue of their 4–2 regular season win over Oakland on October 22. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Cleveland State 5–1–318
2 Wright State 4–1–416
3 IUPUI 4–2–315
4 Oakland 4–2–315
5 Robert Morris 4–3–214
6 Detroit Mercy 3–2–410

Bracket

Source: [5]

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Nov. 6
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 10
Final
Saturday, Nov. 12
1 Cleveland State 4
4 Oakland (pen.)2 (6)4 Oakland 2
5 Robert Morris 2 (5) 1 Cleveland State 3
3 IUPUI 0
2 Wright State 0
3 IUPUI 13 IUPUI 3
6 Detroit Mercy 0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 6 #3 IUPUI 1–0 #6 Detroit Mercy Indianapolis, IN
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Lukas Hackaa Soccerball shade.svg72' (pen.)
  • Josemir Gomez Yellow card.svg 79'
  • Medard Mikobi Yellow card.svg 90'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 55' Bennett Brooks
  • Yellow card.svg 86' Rocco Galati
Stadium: Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 237
Referee: Kevin Fikar
Assistant referees: Michael Nickerson
Assistant referees: Aaron Mitchell
Fourth official: Aaron Rawlins
November 6 #4 Oakland 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
#5 Robert Morris Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Gabriel Baylon Soccerball shade.svg69'
  • Charlie Retzer Soccerball shade.svg96'
  • Owen Smith Yellow card.svg 99'
  • Sebastian Nuzzo Yellow card.svg 106'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg9' Chase Gilley
  • Red card.svg 17' William Dodzi Afawubo
  • Yellow card.svg 71' Anass Hadran
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Gabe Norris
  • Yellow card.svg 99' Charlie Lawrence
  • Soccerball shade.svg106' Lucas Shearer
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 410
Referee: Michael Allie
Assistant referees: Jacob Little
Assistant referees: Christian Little
Fourth official: David Eerline
Penalties
  • Kieran Hayes Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Micah Sonnenberg Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Kai Garvey Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Ahmad Hamad Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Owen Smith Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Ville Ahola Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Dawsun Schrum Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Charlie Retzer Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Jack Klomparens Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Chase Gilly
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Hugo Kadima
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Owen Jowett
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Shane McMillan
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Bryan Akongo
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Preston Rushmore
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Connor Hain
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Lucas Shearer
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Jacob Haskins

Semifinals

November 10 #1 Cleveland State 4–2 #4 Oakland Cleveland, OH
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Albert Portas Soccerball shade.svg7'
  • Pablo Kawecki Soccerball shade.svg58'
  • Bojan Kolevski Soccerball shade.svg73', 79'
  • Jannis Schmidt Yellow card.svg 75'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg19' Gabriel Baylon
  • Soccerball shade.svg42' Charlie Retzer
  • Yellow card.svg 58' Ried Sporat
Stadium: Krenzler Field
Attendance: 650
Referee: Heber Estrada
Assistant referees: Quinton McFarlen
Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh
Fourth official: Sorin Stoica
November 10 #2 Wright State 0–3 #3 IUPUI Cleveland, OH
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Brady Shapiro Yellow card.svg 15'
  • Jacob Adams Yellow card.svg 74'
  • Coen Wilson Yellow card.svg 85'
  • Cole Werthmuller Yellow card.svg 88'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 14' Tyler Gainer
  • Soccerball shade.svg40' Caleb Hussain
  • Yellow card.svg 46' Kade Tepe
  • Yellow card.svg 73' Brady Horn
  • Soccerball shade.svg60' Lucas Hackaa
  • Soccerball shade.svg75' Logan Finnegan
  • Yellow card.svg 89' Ethan Vermillion
Stadium: Krenzler Field
Attendance: 404
Referee: Nicholas Baker
Assistant referees: Jason White
Assistant referees: Justin Tasak
Fourth official: Tim Dicken

Final

November 12 #1 Cleveland State 3–0 #3 IUPUI Cleveland, OH
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Albert Portas Soccerball shade.svg28'
  • Jannis Schmidt Soccerball shade.svg57'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 60'
  • Pablo Kawecki Yellow card.svg 64', Soccerball shade.svg73'
  • Jaume Rubio Yellow card.svg 76'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 59' Luckas Hackaa
  • Yellow card.svg 75' Logan Finnegan
Stadium: Krenzler Field
Attendance: 379
Referee: Calin Radosav
Assistant referees: Eulogio Villapando
Assistant referees: Adam Herges
Fourth official: Ali Zolgharnain

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match (as of November 12, 2022).

2 goals

  • Pablo Kawecki – Cleveland State
  • Bojan Kolevski – Cleveland State
  • Albert Portas – Cleveland State
  • Lukas Hackaa – IUPUI
  • Gabriel Baylon – Oakland
  • Charlie Retzer – Oakland

1 goal

  • Jannis Schmidt – Cleveland State
  • Logan Finnegan – IUPUI
  • Caleb Hussain – IUPUI
  • Chase Gilley – Robert Morris
  • Lucas Shearer – Robert Morris

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Jannis Schmidt Cleveland State
Pablo Kawecki
Bojan Kolevski
Albert Portas
Logan Finnegan IUPUI
Lukas Hackaa
Lucas Morefield
Gabriel Baylon Oakland
Charlie Retzer
Joe Kouadio Wright State
Brock Pickett

MVP in bold

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