2022 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

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.

2022 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–6–5 (2–2–4 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumDorrance Field
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 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 edit

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 edit

Departures edit

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 edit

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Andrew Cordes 1 GK 6'1" 190   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 edit

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 edit

Roster edit

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

Team management edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Source:[15]

Rankings edit

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

References edit

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  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.
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