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
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	8–6–5 (2–2–4 ACC)
Head coach	Carlos Somoano (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Grant Porter (12th season) Michael Harrington (1st season)
Home stadium	Dorrance Field
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 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

Main article: 2021 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

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	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  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

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

Main article: 2023 MLS SuperDraft

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

Source:^[15]

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

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer[16]	24	13	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released				—
TopDrawer Soccer[17]	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

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3. "David Danquah". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
4. "Aristide Gry". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
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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.
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