2022 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

2022 Syracuse Orange men's soccer
ACC tournament champions ACC Atlantic Division champions
NCAA tournament, College Cup National Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 1
Record	19–2–4 (5–1–2 ACC)
Head coach	Ian McIntyre (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Jukka Masalin (13th season) Sean Lawlor (3rd season)
Home stadium	SU Soccer Stadium
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 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.

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

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Andres Quevedo	0	GK	6'0"	169	Junior	Dallas, Texas	Graduated
Deandre Kerr	7	FW	5'11"	—	Sophomore	Ajax, Ontario	Signed Homegrown player contract with Toronto FC
Manel Busquets	10	FW	6'3"	175	Senior	Barcelona, Spain	Graduated
Hilli Goldhar	11	MF	5'9"	149	Senior	Toronto, Canada	Graduated; Transferred to North Carolina
Kyle Gruno	14	DF	6'4"	—	Sophomore	Bonita Springs, Florida	Transferred to FAU
Luke Biasi	17	DF	6'0"	180	Graduate Student	Buford, Georgia	Graduated
Max Kent	20	DF	6'2"	—	Graduate Student	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Graduated
Kenny Clapp	24	DF	6'0"	170	Sophomore	Baltimore, Maryland	Transferred to Lycoming College
Zephyn Brockert-Kress	29	DF	—	—	Freshman	Farmington Hills, Michigan	—
Jack Anderson	31	DF	—	—	Freshman	Holyoke, Massachusetts	Transferred to UMass

Players Arriving

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Nathan Opoku	10	FW	6'0"	173	Sophomore	Accra, Ghana	Lindsey Wilson College
Lorenzo Boselli	11	MF	5'11"	172	Junior	Bregnano, Italy	Dallas College
Gavin Wigg	12	DF	6'2"	171	Junior	Columbus, Ohio	Western Michigan
Levonte Johnson	14	FW	5'10"	185	Senior	Brampton, Ontario	Seattle
Louie Bulger	15	DF	5'10"	157	Senior	Tokyo, Japan	Butler

Recruiting Class

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Marc Chin MF	USA	Oviedo, Florida	Montverde Academy	[3]
Samuel Coss GK	USA	Bowie, Maryland	Baltimore Armour	[4]
Andrea Di Blasio FW	USA	New York, New York	Met Oval	[5]
Antonino Pagano MF	USA	Manlius, New York	Fayetteville–Manlius	[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. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Sam Coss 1 GK  USA Russell Shealy 2 DF  CAN Christian Curti 3 DF  USA Abdi Salim 4 DF  GER Noah Singelmann 5 MF  CRC Amferny Sinclair 6 MF  USA Julio Fulcar 7 MF  USA Curt Calov 8 MF  USA Jeorgio Kocevski 9 FW  GER Julius Rauch 10 FW  GHA Nathan Opoku 11 MF  ITA Lorenzo Boselli 12 DF  USA Gavin Wigg 13 MF  USA Colin Biros 14 FW  CAN Levonte Johnson 15 DF  JPN Louie Bulger 16 MF  USA Michal Gradus

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  USA Giona Leibold 18 FW  USA Camden Holbrook 19 DF  SWE Buster Sjoberg 20 MF  USA Trevor Carabin 21 DF  USA Stephen Betz 22 DF  CAN Olu Oyegunle 23 DF  USA Jackson Glenn 24 FW  USA Andrea DiBlasio 25 GK  USA Parker Kump 26 MF  USA Tony Shaw 27 DF  USA Aidan Arber 28 FW  USA Francesco Pagano 29 MF  USA Antonio Pagano 30 GK  CAN Jahiem Wickham 31 MF  CAN Noah Lechelt 32 DF  USA Marc Chin 40 GK  USA Lucas Daunhauer

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic director	John Wildhack
Head coach	Ian McIntyre
Associate head coach	Jukka Masalin
Assistant coach	Sean Lawlor

Source:^[7]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (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. 15	at Vermont	T 1–1	2–0–1	Virtue Field (741) Burlington, VT
September 5* 7:00 pm	No. 15	at UConn Rivalry	W 5–0	3–0–1	Morrone Stadium (2,052) Storrs, CT
September 10 1:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 24	No. 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. 16	at 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. 3	at Colgate	W 2–0	7–0–1	Beyer–Small '76 Field (468) Hamilton, NY
September 24 7:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 3	No. 21 Virginia	L 0–1	7–1–1 (2–1–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (2,311) Syracuse, NY
September 30 7:00 pm	No. 7	at 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. 7	No. 22 Cornell	L 1–2	8–2–1	SU Soccer Stadium (570) Syracuse, NY
October 7 7:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 7	No. 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. 5	at 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. 4	at 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) 2OT	13–2–4	SU Soccer Stadium (1,340) Syracuse, NY
November 13 5:00 pm, ESPNU	(2) No. 4	vs. (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. 4	No. 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. 4	No. 8 Vermont Quarterfinals	W 2–1	17–2–4	SU Soccer Stadium (1,762) Syracuse, NY
December 9* 6:00 pm, ESPNU	(3) No. 4	vs. 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. 4	vs. (13) No. 12 Indiana College Cup final	W 2–2 (7–6 P) 2OT	19–2–4	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

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
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 Year	December 16	[17][18]

2023 MLS Super Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Abdi Salim	Orlando City SC	1	17	DF
Levonte Johnson	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1	29	FW
Amferny Sinclair	Real Salt Lake	2	45	MF
Russell Shealy	LA Galaxy	2	52	GK
Buster Sjöberg	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3	71	DF

Source:^[19]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer[20]	—	15	24	16	3	7	7	5	4	4	4	3	Not released				1 (6)
TopDrawer Soccer[21]	—	—	—	13	8	7	6	7	3	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	1

References

External links

• Syracuse Men's Soccer