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
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	9–6–3 (4–3–1 ACC)
Head coach	John Michael Hayden (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Bryan Green (4th season) Sean Teepen (1st season)
Home stadium	Lynn 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 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

Main article: 2021 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

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

Players leaving

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

Recruiting Class

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

Roster

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

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

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

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

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer^[11]	—	RV	10т	RV	25т	15	11	11	11	9	11	RV	Not released				—
TopDrawer Soccer^[12]	—	16	14	—	—	—	16	10	15	11	18	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

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. "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.