2022 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team

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2022 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer
Pitt Panthers wordmark.svg
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
Conference Atlantic 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 stadium Ambrose Urbanic Field
Seasons
  2021
2023  
2022 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 1 Syracuse5 1 218 2 5
No. 24 Wake Forest + 5 3 014 6 0
Louisville + 4 3 19 6 3
No. 13 Clemson + 3 4 113 7 1
Boston College 1 4 34 7 5
NC State 1 5 26 7 5
Coastal
No. 3 Duke + 5 0 313 2 4
No. 16 Virginia + 5 1 210 4 5
No. 8 Pittsburgh + 3 2 312 5 5
North Carolina + 2 2 48 6 5
Notre Dame 3 4 18 7 2
Virginia Tech 0 8 03 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.

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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

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
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for Departure
Nico Campuzano 0GK6'2"182Graduate Student Cantabria, Spain Graduated
Jasper Löeffelsend 2DF5'5"146Graduate Student Cologne, Germany Drafted 81st overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Raphaël Crivello3DF5'9"165Junior Bordeaux, France Transferred to UCF
Arturo Ordoñez 5DF6'2"174Senior Salou, Spain Graduated; Drafted 39th overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Alexander Dexter 13FW5'8"150Graduate Student Brooklyn, New York Graduated
Sito Sena14DF5'11"177Graduate Student Valencia, Spain Graduated
Lucas Mort15FW5'10"152 Redshirt.svg Sophomore Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Soshun Shigaki18MF5'5"157Sophomore Tokyo, Japan
Veljko Petković 19MF5'10"164Junior Queens, New York Left the University [1]
Matt Bailey20MF5'7"145Graduate Student Kent Island, Maryland Graduated
Max Brown22DF6'2"186Freshman Aurora, Ohio Transferred to Cleveland State
Cade Hagan23FW5'11"175Freshman Chicago, Illinois Transferred to DePaul
Anthony Harding27DF5'11"165 Redshirt.svg Junior North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Transferred to Duquesne
Louis Spicer28MF5'10"168 Redshirt.svg Sophomore Cambridge, England

Players arriving

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious School
Yanis Leerman5DF6'2"175Graduate Student Troyes, France UCF
Ideal Shefqeti15MF6'0"178Graduate Student Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy Fairleigh Dickinson
Henrique Gallina16DF6'1"180Graduate Student Atibaia, Brazil South Florida
Josh Luchini19FW6'0"165Graduate Student Wexford, Pennsylvania Lehigh

Recruiting Class

NameNat.HometownClubTDS Rating
Cabral Carter
GK
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Los Angeles, California LAFC So CalStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Jackson Gilman
MF
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Schwenksville, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Union MLS NextStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Niko Manos
DF
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ambridge, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh RiverhoundsStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Eben McIntyre
FW
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Charleroi, Pennsylvania Century V FCStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mateo Stoka
MF
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Milwaukee, Wisconsin Sockers FC (Academy)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cabral Carter
1 GK Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Joe Van der Sar
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jackson Gilman
3 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Leonardo Andrade
4 DF Flag of Jordan.svg  JOR Mohammad Abualnadi
5 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Yanis Leerman
6 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Lucas Rosa
7 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Guilherme Feitosa
8 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Valentin Noël
10 FW Flag of France.svg  FRA Bertin Jacquesson
11 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Rodrigo Almeida
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Noah Hall
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abraham Brown
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Ideal Shefqeti
16 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Henrique Gallina
17 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Luis Sahmkow
19 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Josh Luchini
20 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mateo Stoka
21 MF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Filip Mirkovic
22 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Mathys Lefebvre
23 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Djavid Abdullatif
24 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Jackson Walti
25 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eben McIntyre
26 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michael Sullivan
31 GK Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Kilian Vallant
32 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Andrew Noel

Team management

PositionStaff
Athletic Director Heather Lyke
Head coach Jay Vidovich
Assistant coachMichael Behonick
Assistant coachBryce Cregan

Source: [7]

Schedule

Source: [8]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (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. 7at  Michigan State W 1–0 
DeMartin Soccer Complex
East Lansing, MI
Regular season
August 25*
8:00 p.m.
No. 7No. 2  Georgetown W  2–1  1–0–0
Ambrose Urbanic Field (2,000)
Pittsburgh, PA
August 29*
7:00 p.m.
No. 7No. 6  West Virginia W  3–0  2–0–0
Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,514)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 2*
:00 p.m.
No. 2at 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. 10at  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. 10No. 14  Akron T  3–3  5–1–1
Ambrose Urbanic Field (495)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 23
8:00 p.m.
No. 8at 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. 25No. 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. 25No. 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  2OT8–3–5
Ambrose Urbanic Field (438)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 6
4:00 p.m.,  ACCN
(6) No. 24at (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  2OT12–4–5
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

RecipientAwardDateRef.
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

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] 95553101415141315162222104

2023 MLS Super draft

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Bertin Jacquesson Real Salt Lake 116FW
Valentin Noël Austin FC 120MF
Jackson Walti Austin FC 256MF

Source: [16]

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