2022 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

2022 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–6–5 (2–2–4 ACC)
Head coach
  • Carlos Somoano (12th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Grant Porter (12th season)
  • Michael Harrington (1st season)
Home stadiumDorrance Field
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 ACC men's soccer standings
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 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
As of December 13, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

The 2022 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 76th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by twelfth year head coach Carlos Somoano and played their home games at Dorrance Field.

The Tar Heels finished the season 8–6–5 overall and 2–2–4 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Coastal Division. As the seventh overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Boston College in the First Round, before losing to eventual champions Syracuse in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team, they lost to High Point in the First Round to end their season.

Background

The Tar Heels finished the season 11–7–2 overall and 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. As the seventh overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Syracuse in the First Round, before losing to Clemson in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team, they defeated Loyola (MD) via penalty shoot-out in the First Round before losing to sixth seeded New Hampshire in the Second Round.

Player movement

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Alec Smir 1 GK 6'2" 190 Graduate Student Greensboro, North Carolina Drafted 62nd overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Filippo Zattarin 2 DF/MF 5'9" 168 Graduate Student Padua, Italy Graduated
Joe Pickering 4 DF 6'0" 175 Graduate Student East Sussex, England Graduated
Lucas del Rosario 7 FW/MF 5'10" 150 Graduate Student Durham, North Carolina Graduated
Santiago Herrera 9 FW 5'10" 160 Graduate Student Barquisimeto, Venezuela Graduated
Tega Ikoba 10 FW 6'4" 205 Freshman Madison, Alabama Signed a Homegrown Contract with Portland Timbers
Antonio Lopez 11 MF 5'8" 137 Junior Austin, Texas Transferred to Duke
J.P Philpot 12 GK 6'5" 195 Sophomore Greenville, North Carolina —
Jonathan Jimenez 16 FW 5'10" 169 Junior Norwalk, Connecticut Signed Homegrown Contract with NYCFC[1]
Alex Rose 21 FW 6'1" 157 Graduate Student Cary, North Carolina Graduated
Jake Schick 30 GK 6'2" 172 Junior Palm Harbor, Florida —
Aldair Sanchez 32 DF 5'8" 148 Sophomore Vancouver, Washington —
Garrett Kessel 33 MF 5'10" 150 Sophomore Oak Ridge, North Carolina —
Sam Moore 35 MF/DF 6'1" 151 Junior Richmond, Virginia Transferred to DePaul
Jacques Bouvery 37 MF 5'8" 155 Junior Washington, D.C. Graduated
Gerit Wintermeyer 39 FW 6'3" 205 Graduate Student Wiesbaden, Germany Graduated
Chris Sullivan 41 MF 6'0" 160 Graduate Student Naperville, Illinois Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Andrew Cordes 1 GK 6'1" 190 Redshirt Freshman Denver, Colorado Portland
Til Zinnhardt 2 DF 6'2" 175 Graduate Student Konigstein, Germany Tulsa
Juan Caffaro 10 MF 5'6" 150 Sophomore Rosario, Argentina Barry
Hilli Goldhar 11 MF 5'9" 150 Graduate Student Toronto, Canada Syracuse
James Person 16 DF 6'0" 160 Graduate Student Walnut Creek, California Saint Mary's
Sebastian Schacht 23 MF 6'0" 175 Graduate Student Christchurch, New Zealand Saint Mary's

Recruiting class

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Riley Berge
DF
  USA Columbia, Maryland Baltimore Armour [2]
David Danquah
MF
  USA Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga Red Wolves [3]
Aristide Gry
GK
  USA Hong Kong Black Rock FC [4]
Ty Johnson
FW
  USA Chesterfield, Virginia Richmond United [5]
Hayden Morgan
MF
  USA Tampa, Florida Tampa Bay Rowdies [6]
Parker O’Ferral
DF
  USA Raleigh, North Carolina North Carolina FC [7]
Lucas Ross
FW
  USA Verona, New Jersey PDA [8]
Rohit Thakur
FW
  USA Morrisville, North Carolina North Carolina FC [9]
Sam Williams
MF
  USA Tenafly, New Jersey New York Red Bulls [10]

Squad

Roster

As of January 18, 2023[11]

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 United States USA Quinn Colsson
1 GK United States USA Andrew Cordes
2 DF Germany GER Til Zinnhardt
4 MF Switzerland SUI Benjamin Kabeya
5 DF United States USA Julian Hinojosa
6 MF United States USA Andres Cardenas
7 MF United States USA Sam Williams
8 MF United States USA Jameson Charles
10 MF Argentina ARG Juan Caffaro
11 MF Canada CAN Hilli Goldhar
12 GK Hong Kong HKG Aristide Gry
13 FW United States USA Key White
14 MF Sweden SWE Victor Olofsson
15 DF United States USA Riley Thomas
16 DF United States USA James Person
17 MF United States USA Cameron Fisher
18 DF United States USA Matthew Senanou
19 MF United States USA Jonathan Sinclair
20 MF Ghana GHA Ernest Bawa
22 MF United States USA Milo Garvanian
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF New Zealand NZL Sebastian Schacht
24 GK Switzerland SUI Marco Saborio-Perez
25 FW United States USA Akeim Clarke
26 DF United States USA Matt Edwards
27 MF United States USA Andrew Czech
28 MF Germany GER Tim Schels
29 MF United States USA Yaya Bakayoko
31 FW United States USA Luc Granitur
33 DF United States USA Riley Berge
34 MF United States USA Ahmad Al-Qaq
35 MF United States USA Ty Johnson
36 MF Brazil BRA Guy Vivaldini
37 DF Mexico MEX Derek Lippert
38 FW United States USA Lucas Ross
39 MF United States USA Hayden Morgan
40 DF England ENG Finn Sansom
41 FW United States USA Rohit Thakur
42 FW United States USA Daniel Kutsch
44 DF Australia AUS Charlie Harper

Team management

Position Staff
Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham
Head Coach Carlos Somoano
Assistant Coach Grant Porter
Assistant Coach Michael Harrington
Volunteer Assistant Coach JR DeRose

Source:[11]

Schedule

Source:[12]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 14*
 No. 24 USC Upstate W 3–0  –
 Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
August 15*
 No. 24 Mount Olive T 1–1  –
 Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
August 19*
 No. 24 at James Madison W 2–0  –
 Sentara Park
Harrisonburg, VA
Regular season
August 25*
7:30 p.m. 		No. 24 Air Force W 2–1  1–0–0
 Dorrance Field (2,327)
Chapel Hill, NC
August 28*
7:30 p.m. 		No. 24 South Florida W 1–0  2–0–0
 Dorrance Field (691)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 3*
7:30 p.m. 		No. 13 FIU L 1–2  2–1–0
 Dorrance Field (774)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 9
7:00 p.m. 		No. 10 Pittsburgh L 0–1  2–2–0
(0–1–0) 		Dorrance Field (2,437)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 13*
:00 p.m. 		East Tennessee State W 1–0  3–2–0
 Dorrance Field (594)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 16
7:00 p.m. 		at No. 5 Duke
Rivalry 		T 1–1  3–2–1
(0–1–1) 		Koskinen Stadium (3,155)
Durham, NC
September 20*
7:00 p.m. 		UNC Wilmington T 0–0  3–2–2
 Dorrance Field (1,475)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 24
7:00 p.m. 		at Notre Dame W 1–0  4–2–2
(1–1–1) 		Alumni Stadium (818)
Notre Dame, IN
October 3
7:00 p.m. 		No. 17 Clemson L 0–1  4–3–2
(1–2–1) 		Dorrance Field (1,257)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 7
7:00 p.m. 		Virginia Tech W 2–0  5–3–2
(2–2–1) 		Dorrance Field (1,588)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 11*
7:00 p.m. 		VCU W 1–0  6–3–2
 Dorrance Field (690)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 14
7:00 p.m. 		at NC State T [ 2–2]  6–3–3
(2–2–2) 		Dail Soccer Field (1,939)
Raleigh, NC
October 18*
7:00 p.m. 		at Elon L 0–3  6–4–3
 Rudd Field (874)
Elon, NC
October 21
6:00 p.m. 		at Boston College T 1–1  6–4–4
(2–2–3) 		Newton Campus Soccer Field (688)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 25*
:00 p.m. 		William & Mary W 3–0  7–4–4
 Dorrance Field (330)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 28
7:00 p.m. 		No. 18 Virginia T 2–2  7–4–5
(2–2–4) 		Dorrance Field (1,196)
Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
November 2
6:00 p.m. 		(7) (10) Boston College
First Round 		W 1–0  8–4–5
 Dorrance Field (445)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 6
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		(7) (2) No. 4 Syracuse
Quarterfinals 		L 0–1  8–5–5
 SU Soccer Stadium (1,292)
Syracuse, NY
NCAA Tournament
November 17
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		High Point
First Round 		L 0–2  8–5–6
 Dorrance Field (458)
Chapel Hill, 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.
Sebastian Schacht Pre-Season ACC Watchlist August 16 [13]
Milo Garvanian All-ACC Second Team November 9 [14]
Sam Williams ACC All-Freshman Team

2023 MLS Super Draft

Player Team Round Pick # Position
Milo Garvanian CF Montréal 2 54 DF

Source:[15]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer[16]2413RVRVRVRV——————Not released—
TopDrawer Soccer[17]—23———————————————

References

  1. ^ "New York City Football Club Sign Three Players to Homegrown Contracts". nycfc.com. NYCFC. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Riley Berge". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  3. ^ "David Danquah". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  4. ^ "Aristide Gry". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Ty Johnson". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "Hayden Morgan". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  7. ^ "Parker O'Ferral". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  8. ^ "Lucas Ross". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  9. ^ "Rohit Thakur". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  10. ^ "Sam Williams". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  11. ^ a b "2022 Men's Soccer Roster". goheels.com. University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  12. ^ "2022 Men's Soccer Schedule". goheels.com. University of North Carolina. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  13. ^ "Clemson Selected 2022 Preseason ACC Men's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  14. ^ "2022 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  15. ^ "16 ACC Players Chosen in 2023 MLS SuperDraft". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  16. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 13, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  17. ^ "College Soccer National Ranking". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
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