2022 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team

2022 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 8
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 4
Record	12–5–5 (3–2–3 ACC)
Head coach	Jay Vidovich (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Michael Behonick (7th season) Bryce Cregan (1st season)
Home stadium	Ambrose Urbanic Field
Seasons ←  2021 2023  →

2022 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	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
‡ – ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2022 NCAA tournament 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	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	Junior	North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania	Transferred to Duquesne
Louis Spicer	28	MF	5'10"	168	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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK   USA Cabral Carter 1 GK   NED Joe Van der Sar 2 DF   USA Jackson Gilman 3 MF   BRA Leonardo Andrade 4 DF   JOR Mohammad Abualnadi 5 DF   FRA Yanis Leerman 6 MF   BRA Lucas Rosa 7 MF   BRA Guilherme Feitosa 8 MF   FRA Valentin Noël 10 FW   FRA Bertin Jacquesson 11 MF   BRA Rodrigo Almeida 13 DF   USA Noah Hall 14 DF   USA Abraham Brown

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   ITA Ideal Shefqeti 16 DF   BRA Henrique Gallina 17 FW   USA Luis Sahmkow 19 FW   USA Josh Luchini 20 MF   USA Mateo Stoka 21 MF   SRB Filip Mirkovic 22 MF   FRA Mathys Lefebvre 23 FW   GER Djavid Abdullatif 24 MF   SUI Jackson Walti 25 FW   USA Eben McIntyre 26 MF   USA Michael Sullivan 31 GK   AUT Kilian Vallant 32 GK   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
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer [14]	7	2 (1)	10т	10	8	10	25	RV	RV	23	24	RV	Not released				8
TopDrawer Soccer [15]	9	5	5	5	3	10	14	15	14	13	15	16	—	22	22	10	4

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]

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