2022 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

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2022 Syracuse Orange men's soccer
Syracuse Orange logo.svg
ACC tournament champions
ACC Atlantic Division champions
NCAA tournament, College Cup National Champions
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 1
Record19–2–4 (5–1–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jukka Masalin (13th season)
  • Sean Lawlor (3rd season)
Home stadium SU Soccer Stadium
Seasons
←  2021
2023  →
2022 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 1 Syracuse ‡ 5 –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 season is the 103rd season of Syracuse University fielding a men's varsity soccer team. It was the program's 10th season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and their 13th season with Ian McIntyre as the head coach of the program. Syracuse played their home matches at SU Soccer Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

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The 2022 season was the most successful season in program history. It was the first time a team from the university reached the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament championship game going on to defeat #13 Indiana, 7–6 on penalties after a 2–2 draw. [1] [2] It was the program's first national soccer title since 1936.

Background

In 2021, the Orange finished the season 8–8–2 overall and 2–5–1 in ACC play to finish in fifth in the Atlantic Division. As the tenth overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to North Carolina in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Player Movement

Players Leaving

Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for Departure
Andres Quevedo0GK6'0"169Junior Dallas, Texas Graduated
Deandre Kerr 7FW5'11"—Sophomore Ajax, Ontario Signed Homegrown player contract with Toronto FC
Manel Busquets10FW6'3"175Senior Barcelona, Spain Graduated
Hilli Goldhar11MF5'9"149Senior Toronto, Canada Graduated; Transferred to North Carolina
Kyle Gruno14DF6'4"—Sophomore Bonita Springs, Florida Transferred to FAU
Luke Biasi 17DF6'0"180Graduate Student Buford, Georgia Graduated
Max Kent20DF6'2"—Graduate Student Minneapolis, Minnesota Graduated
Kenny Clapp24DF6'0"170Sophomore Baltimore, Maryland Transferred to Lycoming College
Zephyn Brockert-Kress29DF——Freshman Farmington Hills, Michigan —
Jack Anderson31DF——Freshman Holyoke, Massachusetts Transferred to UMass

Players Arriving

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious School
Nathan Opoku 10FW6'0"173Sophomore Accra, Ghana Lindsey Wilson College
Lorenzo Boselli11MF5'11"172Junior Bregnano, Italy Dallas College
Gavin Wigg12DF6'2"171Junior Columbus, Ohio Western Michigan
Levonte Johnson 14FW5'10"185Senior Brampton, Ontario Seattle
Louie Bulger15DF5'10"157Senior Tokyo, Japan Butler

Recruiting Class

NameNationalityHometownClubTDS Rating
Marc Chin
MF
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Oviedo, Florida Montverde Academy Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Samuel Coss
GK
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bowie, Maryland Baltimore ArmourStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Andrea Di Blasio
FW
Flag of the United States.svg  USA New York, New York Met OvalStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Antonino Pagano
MF
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Manlius, New York Fayetteville–Manlius Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Squad

Roster

As of January 30, 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 Sam Coss
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Russell Shealy
2 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Christian Curti
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abdi Salim
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Noah Singelmann
5 MF Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Amferny Sinclair
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Julio Fulcar
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Curt Calov
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jeorgio Kocevski
9 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julius Rauch
10 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Nathan Opoku
11 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lorenzo Boselli
12 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gavin Wigg
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Colin Biros
14 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Levonte Johnson
15 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Louie Bulger
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michal Gradus
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Giona Leibold
18 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Camden Holbrook
19 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Buster Sjoberg
20 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Trevor Carabin
21 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stephen Betz
22 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Olu Oyegunle
23 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jackson Glenn
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Andrea DiBlasio
25 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Parker Kump
26 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tony Shaw
27 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Aidan Arber
28 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Francesco Pagano
29 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Antonio Pagano
30 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Jahiem Wickham
31 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Noah Lechelt
32 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Marc Chin
40 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lucas Daunhauer

Team management

PositionStaff
Athletic director John Wildhack
Head coach Ian McIntyre
Associate head coachJukka Masalin
Assistant coachSean Lawlor

Source: [7]

Schedule

Date
Time, TV		Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Preseason
August 13*
7:00 pm		 Marist W  6–0  –
 SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
August 16*
5:00 pm		 Villanova L  1–2  –
SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
August 20*
6:30 pm		 Saint Francis (PA) W  5–1  –
SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
Regular season
August 25*
5:00 pm,  ACCNX 		Iona W  2–0  1–0–0
SU Soccer Stadium (596)
Syracuse, NY
August 28*
6:00 pm,  ACCN 		No. 21  Penn State
Rivalry 		W  1–0  2–0–0
SU Soccer Stadium (1,556)
Syracuse, NY
September 2*
7:00 pm		No. 15at  Vermont T  1–1  2–0–1
 Virtue Field (741)
Burlington, VT
September 5*
7:00 pm		No. 15at  UConn
Rivalry 		W  5–0  3–0–1
 Morrone Stadium (2,052)
Storrs, CT
September 10
1:00 pm, ACCNX		No. 24No. 22  Notre Dame W  1–0  4–0–1
(1–0–0)		SU Soccer Stadium (1,872)
Syracuse, NY
September 13*
7:00 pm, ACCNX		No. 16 Niagara W  1–0  5–0–1
SU Soccer Stadium (461)
Syracuse, NY
September 16
7:00 pm, ACCN		No. 16at No. 1  Clemson W  2–1  6–0–1
(2–0–0)		 Riggs Field (4,737)
Clemson, SC
September 20*
7:00 pm, ACCN		No. 3at  Colgate W  2–0  7–0–1
 Beyer–Small '76 Field (468)
Hamilton, NY
September 24
7:00 pm, ACCNX		No. 3No. 21  Virginia L  0–1  7–1–1
(2–1–0)		SU Soccer Stadium (2,311)
Syracuse, NY
September 30
7:00 pm		No. 7at  Virginia Tech W  3–0  8–1–1
(3–1–0)		 Sandra D. Thompson Field (150)
Blacksburg, VA
October 4*
7:00 pm, ACCNX		No. 7No. 22  Cornell L  1–2  8–2–1
SU Soccer Stadium (570)
Syracuse, NY
October 7
7:00 pm, ACCNX		No. 7No. 4  Wake Forest W  2–0  9–2–1
(4–1–0)		SU Soccer Stadium (1,052)
Syracuse, NY
October 10*
6:00 pm, ACCNX		No. 7 Loyola (MD) W  6–1  10–2–1
SU Soccer Stadium (512)
Syracuse, NY
October 14
7:00 pm		No. 5at No. 11  Louisville W  2–1  11–2–1
(5–1–0)		 Lynn Stadium (1,388)
Louisville, KY
October 18*
7:00 pm, ACCNX		No. 4 Bucknell W  2–1  12–2–1
SU Soccer Stadium (309)
Syracuse, NY
October 22
7:00 pm		No. 4at  NC State T  1–1  12–2–2
(5–1–1)		 Dail Soccer Field (895)
Raleigh, NC
October 28
7:00 pm, ACCNX		No. 4 Boston College
Rivalry 		T  1–1  12–2–3
(5–1–2)		SU Soccer Stadium (1,201)
Syracuse, NY
ACC tournament
November 6
6:00 pm, ACCNX		(2) No. 4(7)  North Carolina
Quarterfinals		W  1–0  13–2–3
SU Soccer Stadium (1,292)
Syracuse, NY
November 9
5:00 pm, ACCN		(2) No. 4(3) No. 11 Virginia
Semifinals		T  1–1 (W 5–3 P) 2OT13–2–4
SU Soccer Stadium (1,340)
Syracuse, NY
November 13
5:00 pm,  ESPNU 		(2) No. 4vs. (8) No. 18 Clemson
Final		W  2–0  14–2–4
 WakeMed Soccer Park (2,193)
Cary, NC
NCAA tournament
November 20*
2:00 pm,  ESPN+ 		(3) No. 4No. 23  Penn
Second round		W  2–1  15–2–4
SU Soccer Stadium (595)
Syracuse, NY
November 27*
2:00 pm, ESPN+		(3) No. 4(14) No. 17 Cornell
Third round		W  1–0  16–2–4
SU Soccer Stadium (620)
Syracuse, NY
December 3*
2:00 pm, ESPN+		(3) No. 4No. 8 Vermont
Quarterfinals		W  2–1  17–2–4
SU Soccer Stadium (1,762)
Syracuse, NY
December 9*
6:00 pm, ESPNU		(3) No. 4vs. No. 9  Creighton
College Cup semifinals		W  3–2  18–2–4
WakeMed Soccer Park (10,286)
Cary, NC
December 12*
6:00 pm, ESPNU		(3) No. 4vs. (13) No. 12  Indiana
College Cup final 		W  2–2 (7–6 P) 2OT19–2–4
WakeMed Soccer Park (4,010)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time [8] .

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDateRef.
Amferny Sinclair Pre-Season ACC Watchlist August 16 [9]
Levonte Johnson Hermann Trophy Pre-Season Watchlist August 25 [10]
Christian Curti ACC Defensive Player of the Week August 30 [11]
Levonte Johnson ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 20 [12]
Russell Shealy ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Philip Horton ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 4 [13]
Russell Shealy ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Jeorgio Kocevski ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 11 [14]
Buster Sjoberg ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 18 [15]
Ian McIntyre ACC Coach of the Year November 9 [16]
Levonte Johnson All-ACC First Team
Nathan Opoku
Russell Shealy All-ACC Second Team
Christian Curti All-ACC Third Team
Jeorgio Kocevski
Ian McIntyre and the coaching staff United Soccer Coaches National Coaching Staff of the YearDecember 16 [17] [18]

2023 MLS Super Draft

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Abdi Salim Orlando City SC 117DF
Levonte Johnson Vancouver Whitecaps FC 129FW
Amferny Sinclair Real Salt Lake 245MF
Russell Shealy LA Galaxy 252GK
Buster Sjöberg Vancouver Whitecaps FC 371DF

Source: [19]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer [20] —15241637754443Not released1 (6)
TopDrawer Soccer [21] ———138767334311111

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