2022 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The 2022 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented the University of Louisville during the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach John Michael Hayden, in his fourth season. They played their home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 44th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 9th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2022 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record9–6–3 (4–3–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bryan Green (4th season)
  • Sean Teepen (1st season)
Home stadiumLynn Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 ACC men's soccer standings
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 Cardinals finished the season 9–6–3 overall and 4–3–1 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. As the fifth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they were upset by twelfth seed Virginia Tech in the First Round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Western Michigan to end their season.

Background edit

The Cardinals finished the season 10–7–1 overall and 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Atlantic Division. As the fourth overall seed in the ACC Tournament the received a bye into the Quarterfinals, where they lost against fifth seed Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Bowling Green to end their season.

Player movement edit

Players leaving edit

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Jack Fasteen 8 MF 5'11" 168 Junior Louisville, Kentucky Transferred to Liberty
Pedro Fonseca 10 FW 5'8" 154 Senior Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Graduated; Drafted 53rd overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Zeiko Harris 12 DF 6'4" Senior Sandys Parish, Bermuda Graduated
Jack Hickey 18 DF 6'2" 175   Junior Richmond, KY Graduated
Jean Claude Bikorimana 25 MF Freshman Lexington, Kentucky
Detre Bell 30 GK 6'0" Graduate Student Hamilton, Bermuda Graduated

Players arriving edit

Recruiting Class edit

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
David Boccuzzo
MF
  USA Orlando, Florida Orlando City SC Academy      [1]
Quinton Elliot
FW
  USA Charleston, West Virginia Crew SC Academy      [2]
Damien Barker John
FW
  USA Queens, New York Met Oval      [3]
Sammy Murphy
MF
  USA Prospect, Kentucky Louisville City Academy      [4]

Squad edit

Roster edit

As of January 24, 2023[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Gavin Krenecki
2 DF   USA Dante Huckaby
3 DF   USA Ryan Nichols
4 DF   USA Bryce Lebel
5 DF   USA Matty Walters
6 MF   MEX Rafael Pinzón
7 FW   USA Brandon McManus
8 MF   USA David Boccuzzo
9 FW   USA Aboubacar Camara
10 FW   NGA Ugochukwu Achara
11 FW   SEN Macoumba Ba
12 MF   NOR Filip Fredhall
13 MF   USA Bradley Sample
14 MF   GHA Eric Danquah
15 MF   USA RC Schmeider
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   USA Josh Jones
17 FW   USA Nico Diaz
18 DF   DEN Marcus Jorgensen
19 MF   USA Patrick Ajdukiewicz
20 DF   USA Parker Forbes
21 MF   USA Ayden Nocus
22 DF   USA Axel Alejandre
23 MF   USA Quinton Elliot
25 FW   USA Damien Barker John
26 MF   USA Sammy Murphy
27 FW   CYP Konstantinos Georgallides
29 GK   USA Alex Svetanoff
30 GK   USA Ryan Troutman
31 GK   USA Liam Fitzgerald
46 MF   NOR Sander Roed

Team management edit

Position Staff
Head coach John Michael Hayden
Associate head coach Bryan Green
Assistant Coach Sean Teepen
Volunteer assistant coach Darren Yeagle
Director of Operations James Kusak

Source:[5]

Schedule edit

Source:[6]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular Season
August 25*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 10 Saint Louis W 3–1  1–0–0
Lynn Stadium (852)
Louisville, KY
August 29*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Bellarmine W 3–0  2–0–0
Lynn Stadium (645)
Louisville, KY
September 2*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Seattle W 2–1  3–0–0
Lynn Stadium (1,100)
Louisville, KY
September 6*
7:30 p.m., ESPN+
No. 10 at No. 5 Kentucky
Rivalry
L 2–3  3–1–0
Bell Soccer Complex (2,004)
Lexington, KY
September 10
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
No. 10 No. 7 Duke L 1–2  3–2–0
(0–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (1,033)
Louisville, KY
September 16
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Boston College T 1–1  3–2–1
(0–1–1)
Newton Campus Soccer Field (638)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 19*
7:00 p.m., Facebook Live
at Florida Gulf Coast W 1–0  4–2–1
FGCU Soccer Complex (487)
Fort Myers, FL
September 23
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 25т No. 8 Pittsburgh W 2–1  5–2–1
(1–1–1)
Lynn Stadium (508)
Louisville, KY
September 27*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
No. 15 UNC Greensboro T 1–1  5–2–2
Lynn Stadium (462)
Louisville, KY
September 30
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 15 at NC State W 1–0  6–2–2
(2–1–1)
Dail Soccer Field (62)
Raleigh, NC
October 8
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11 at Notre Dame W 2–0  7–2–2
(3–1–1)
Alumni Stadium (419)
Notre Dame, IN
October 11*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11 Evansville W 2–0  8–2–2
Lynn Stadium (452)
Louisville, KY
October 14
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11 No. 5 Syracuse L 1–2  8–3–2
(3–2–1)
Lynn Stadium (1,388)
Louisville, KY
October 18*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11 East Tennessee State T 1–1  8–3–3
Lynn Stadium (289)
Louisville, KY
October 21
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11 Clemson W 1–0  9–3–3
(4–2–1)
Lynn Stadium (1,013)
Louisville, KY
October 28
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 9 at Wake Forest L 0–3  9–4–3
(4–3–1)
Spry Stadium (2,011)
Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
November 2
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
(5) No. 11 (12) Virginia Tech
First Round
L 1–2  9–5–3
Lynn Stadium (515)
Louisville, KY
NCAA Tournament
November 17
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Western Michigan
First Round
L 1–2  9–6–3
Lynn Stadium (307)
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors edit

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Eric Danquah Pre-Season ACC Watchlist August 16 [7]
Aboubakar Camara ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 27 [8]
Josh Jones ACC Co-defensive Player of the Week October 25 [9]
Sander Roed All-ACC First Team November 9 [10]
Aboubakar Camara All-ACC Second Team

Rankings edit

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer[11]RV10тRV25т15111111911RVNot released
TopDrawer Soccer[12]16141610151118

References edit

  1. ^ "David Boccuzzo". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "Quinton Elliot". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "Damien Barker John". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "Sammy Murphy". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "2022 Men's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "2022 Men's Soccer Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Clemson Selected 2022 Preseason ACC Men's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  8. ^ "Louisville's Camara, UVA's Ueland Earn ACC Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 27, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  9. ^ "ACC Announces Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 25, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  11. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 13, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  12. ^ "College Soccer National Ranking". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.