Syracuse wins the 2022 DI men's soccer championship
Syracuse wins the 2022 DI men's soccer national championship
The agony, splendor, despair and glory of a penalty shootout was on full display at WakeMed Soccer Park on Monday night, as Syracuse defeated Indiana after 110 minutes of back-and-forth soccer was followed by eight penalty rounds in the national championship game.
Here's a shot-by-shot recap of the shootout:
| indiana | syracuse |
|---|---|
| Wittenbrink ✅ | Boselli ✅ |
| Henderlong ❌ | Kocevski ❌ |
| Mihalic ✅ | Calov ✅ |
| Sarver ✅ | Singelmann ✅ |
| Maher ✅ | Biros ✅ |
| Bezerra ✅ | Rauch ✅ |
| Helmer ✅ | Johnson ✅ |
| Goumballe ❌ | Sinclair ✅ |
Both goalkeepers made their presence known early, meeting the second penalty they faced and diverting them away. What followed was several rounds of textbook penalty kicks: blasted into top corners, lashed into side nettings and rolled past keepers who guessed the wrong way. On the third sudden-death kick, Syracuse keeper and College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player Russell Shealy stuffed Maouloune Goumballe, setting up a decisive and championship-winning spot kick from team captain Amferny Sinclair.
🏆 CHAMPIONS!!!! #MCollegeCup x @CuseMSOC pic.twitter.com/PKlC8xH9Fg
— NCAA Soccer (@NCAASoccer) December 13, 2022
A fitting way for the Orange to win the program's first national championship and a storybook end to a season that began with Syracuse picked to finish closer to the bottom of the ACC and no one even considering this team a factor in the title picture. Four months and a school-record 19 wins later, the Orange stand alone atop the men's college soccer mountain.
Forward Nathan Opoku was central to the win, once again involved in multiple goals during regulation as he was in the semifinal win over Creighton. His goal was a flash of his technical brilliance, beating two defenders with quick feet before curling one top corner with his left foot. Later he turned another defender before looping one into the path of Curt Calov who slotted home the second goal. Opoku's two goals and two assists in the College Cup earned him Most Outstanding Offensive Player honors.
The Hoosiers leave Cary, North Carolina as runners-up for the second time in three seasons. The defeat was even more agonizing after they battled back from a one-goal deficit on two occasions throughout regular time. The chances missed and defensive mistakes made will be replaying in their minds all offseason, but this team — this program — will undoubtedly be heard from again in the near future. The wait for the ninth star above the IU crest will have to wait another year.
In the meantime, the national championship trophy will be headed to a brand new home in upstate New York.
LET THE CELEBRATIONS BEGIN 💍#DareToDream pic.twitter.com/NxJIMukTZB
— Syracuse Men's Soccer (@CuseMSOC) December 13, 2022
Men's College Cup semifinal scores
The 2022 Men's College Cup semifinals were on Friday, Dec. 9. Syracuse and Indiana posted wins to advance to Monday's title game.
Here's what happened on Friday:
Here's the title game information:
The 2022 Men's College Cup field is set
The quarterfinals of the DI men's soccer championship were contested on Saturday.
Unseeded Creighton continued its unexpected run through to the College Cup with yet another upset, this time over No. 7 Duke, while Pittsburgh punched its ticket with an overtime winner. No. 3 Syracuse and No. 13 Indiana were the two seeded teams to advance. Below are Saturday's final scores:
- Pittsburgh 1, Portland 0 (F/2OT)
- Creighton 3, No. 7 Duke 2
- No. 3 Syracuse 2, Vermont 1
- No. 13 Indiana 2, No. 12 UNC Greensboro 0
Below is the TV schedule for the 2022 Men's College Cup semifinals. Both will be played on Friday, Dec. 9 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina:
All times ET
Third round has concluded
The third round of the 2022 DI men's soccer championship concluded Sunday with five games. Here are the results:
- No. 3 Syracuse 1, No. 14 Cornell 0
- No. 7 Duke 1, No. 10 FIU 0
- Pittsburgh 2, No. 1 Kentucky 1
- No. 13 Indiana 1, Marshall 0
- No. 12 UNC Greensboro 1, No. 5 Stanford 1 (UNC Greensboro wins on PKs 3-1).
Sunday's winners advanced to the quarterfinals, which will take place Saturday, Dec. 3. Here's a look at the matchups:
All times ET
Saturday scores in the third round
The 2022 DI men's soccer championship continued with three games in the third round on Saturday, Nov. 26. Click or tap below for stats.
*All game times are ET
View the bracket
The remaining five third round games take place on Sunday. Here are the games to look out for:
Second round results of the 2022 DI men's soccer tournament
The second round of the 2022 DI men's soccer tournament concluded Sunday, highlighted by Creighton's upset of 2-seed Washington and No. 11 FIU's 12-round PK shootout victory over New Hampshire.
Here are Sunday's results:
- No. 13 Indiana 1, Saint Louis 0
- Marshall 1, No. 4 Virginia 1 (5-3 PKs)
- No. 7 Duke 3, Denver 1
- Pittsburgh 3, No. 16 Akron 0
- No. 3 Syracuse 2, Penn 1 (F/2OT)
- No. 14 Cornell 2, Maryland 1
- Western Michigan 1, No. 9 Lipscomb 0
- No. 1 Kentucky 4, South Florida 0
- UCLA 2, No. 6 Clemson 1
- No. 12 UNC Greensboro 1, Ohio State 1 (6-5 PKs)
- No. 15 Tulsa 1, Georgetown 0 (F/2OT)
- No. 11 FIU 2, New Hampshire 2 (10-9 PKs)
- Creighton 3, No. 2 Washington 1
- No. 5 Stanford 6, High Point 2
- Vermont 3, No. 11 SMU 2
- Portland 2, No. 8 Oregon State 0
First round results from Thursday
The first round of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament took place on Thursday with sixteen matches, the winners of which move on to play in Sunday's second round.
Click or tap here to see the 2022 bracket
Here are the final scores from the first round:
- Georgetown 2, Navy 0
- High Point 2, North Carolina 0
- Denver 1, San Diego 0 (F/2OT)
- Creighton 2, Missouri State 1
- Marshall 1, Elon 0
- Maryland 5, Fairleigh Dickinson 2
- New Hampshire 2, Seton Hall 1
- Ohio State 3, Wake Forest 0
- Western Michigan 2, Louisville 1 (F/2OT)
- Penn 3, Rutgers 0
- Pittsburgh 2, Cleveland State 1
- South Florida 4, Hofstra 2
- Vermont 3, Quinnipiac 2 (F/2OT)
- Saint Louis 4, Memphis 2 (F/2OT)
- UCLA 2, Cal Baptist 1
- Portland 2, UC Riverside 1
Winners advance to play seeded teams on Sunday, Nov. 20. Below is the second round schedule (all times ET):
- Saint Louis at No. 13 Indiana | Noon | ESPN+
- Marshall at No. 4 Virginia | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
- Denver at No. 7 Duke | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
- Pittsburgh at No. 16 Akron | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
- Penn at No. 3 Syracuse | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
- Maryland at No. 14 Cornell | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
- Western Michigan at No. 9 Lipscomb | 3 p.m. | ESPN+
- South Florida at No. 1 Kentucky | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- UCLA at No. 6 Clemson | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- New Hampshire at No. 11 FIU | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- Ohio State at No. 12 UNC Greensboro | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- Georgetown at No. 15 Tulsa | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Creighton at No. 2 Washington | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- High Point at No. 5 Stanford | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- Vermont at No. 11 SMU | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- Portland at No. 8 Oregon State | 9 p.m. | ESPN+
Selections announced for DI men's soccer championship
INDIANAPOLIS — The field and bracket for the 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Committee, which awarded the tournament’s No. 1 seed to Kentucky.
MORE: Click or tap here for the full 2022 DI men's soccer championship field release
The 48-team field is made up of champions from 23 conferences, who qualified automatically, in addition to 25 teams that were selected at-large. The top 16 teams were seeded and received first-round byes. All first-round games will be played Thursday, Nov. 17, on campus sites, while all second-round action will take place Sunday, Nov. 20. The third round will be played Nov. 26 and 27, while the quarterfinals will be played Dec. 2 and 3.
BRACKET: Click or tap here to see the 2022 DI men's soccer championship bracket
ESPNU will provide live coverage of all three games at the Men’s College Cup on Dec. 9 and 12 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. This will be the fourth season in a row and eighth time overall the Men’s College Cup has been to Cary with Maryland (2005), Virginia (2009, 2014), Wake Forest (2007), Georgetown (2019), Marshall (2020) and Clemson (2021) winning previously.
DI men's soccer championship history
| YEAR | CHAMPION (RECORD) | COACH | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | HOST OR SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Clemson (16-5-2) | Mike Noonan | 2-0 | Washington | Cary, N.C. |
| 2020 | Marshall (13-2-3) | Chris Grassie | 1-0 (ot) | Indiana | Cary, N.C. |
| 2019 | Georgetown (20-1-3) | Brian Wiese | 3-3 (2ot, pk) | Virginia | Cary, N.C. |
| 2018 | Maryland (13-6-4) |
Sasho Cirovski |
1-0 | Akron | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| 2017 | Stanford (19-2-2) | Jeremy Gunn | 1-0 (2ot) | Indiana | Philadelphia |
| 2016 | Stanford (15-3-5) | Jeremy Gunn | 0-0 (2ot, pk) | Wake Forest | Houston |
| 2015 | Stanford (18-2-3) | Jeremy Gunn | 4-0 | Clemson | Kansas City, Kan. |
| 2014 | Virginia (14-6-3) | George Gelnovatch | 0-0 (2ot, pk) | UCLA | Cary, N.C. |
| 2013 | Notre Dame (17-1-6) | Bobby Clark | 2-1 | Maryland | Chester, Pa. |
| 2012 | Indiana (16-5-3) | Todd Yeagley | 1-0 | Georgetown | Hoover, Ala. |
| 2011 | North Carolina (21-2-3) | Carlos Somoano | 1-0 | Charlotte | Hoover, Ala. |
| 2010 | Akron (22-1-2) | Caleb Porter | 1-0 | Louisville | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| 2009 | *Virginia (19-3-3) | George Gelnovatch | 0-0 (2ot, pk) | Akron | Cary, N.C. |
| 2008 | Maryland (23-3) | Sasho Cirovski | 1-0 | North Carolina | Frisco, Texas |
| 2007 | Wake Forest (22-2-2) | Jay Vidovich | 2-1 | Ohio State | Cary, N.C. |
| 2006 | UC Santa Barbara (17-7-1) | Tim Vom Steeg | 2-1 | UCLA | St. Louis |
| 2005 | Maryland (20-4-1) | Sasho Cirovski | 1-0 | New Mexico | Cary, N.C. |
| 2004 | *Indiana (19-4-1) | Mike Freitag | 1-1 (2ot, pk) | UC Santa Barbara | Carson, Calif. |
| 2003 | Indiana (17-3-5) | Jerry Yeagley | 2-1 | St. John's (N.Y) | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2002 | UCLA (18-3-3) | Tom Fitzgerald | 1-0 | Stanford | Dallas |
| 2001 | North Carolina (20-3-2) | Elmar Bolowich | 2-0 | Indiana | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2000 | Connecticut (20-3-2) | Ray Reid | 2-0 | Creighton | Charlotte, N.C. |
| 1999 | Indiana (21-3) | Jerry Yeagley | 1-0 | Santa Clara | Charlotte, N.C. |
| 1998 | Indiana (23-2) | Jerry Yeagley | 3-1 | Stanford | Richmond |
| 1997 | UCLA (22-2) | Sigi Schmid | 2-0 | Virginia | Richmond |
| 1996 | St. John's (N.Y.) (22-2-2) | Dave Masur | 4-1 | FIU | Richmond |
| 1995 | Wisconsin (20-4-1) | Jim Launder | 2-0 | Duke | Richmond |
| 1994 | Virginia (22-3-1) | Bruce Arena | 1-0 | Indiana | Davidson |
| 1993 | Virginia (22-3) | Bruce Arena | 2-0 | South Carolina | Davidson |
| 1992 | Virginia (21-2-1) | Bruce Arena | 2-0 | San Diego | Davidson |
| 1991 | *Virginia (19-1-2) | Bruce Arena | 0-0 (4ot, pk) | Santa Clara | South Florida |
| 1990 | *UCLA (19-1-2) | Sigi Schmid | 0-0 (4ot, pk) | Rutgers | South Florida |
| 1989 | Santa Clara (20-0-3)/Virginia (21-2-2) | Steve Sampson/Bruce Arena | 1-1 (2ot) | Rutgers | |
| 1988 | Indiana (19-3-3) | Jerry Yeagley | 1-0 | Howard | Indiana |
| 1987 | Clemson (18-5-1) | I.M. Ibrahim | 2-0 | San Diego State | Clemson |
| 1986 | Duke (18-5-1) | John Rennie | 1-0 | Akron | Tacoma, Wash. |
| 1985 | UCLA (20-1-4) | Sigi Schmid | 1-0 (8ot) | American | Seattle |
| 1984 | Clemson (22-4) | I.M. Ibrahim | 2-1 | Indiana | Seattle |
| 1983 | Indiana (21-1-4) | Jerry Yeagley | 1-0 (2ot) | Columbia | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
| 1982 | Indiana (21-3-2) | Jerry Yeagley | 2-1 (8ot) | Duke | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
| 1981 | Connecticut (20-3-2) | Joe Morrone | 2-1 (ot) | Alabama A&M | Stanford |
| 1980 | San Francisco (24-0-2) | Steve Negoesco | 4-3 (ot) | Indiana | Tampa, Fla. |
| 1979 | SIU Edwardsville (19-2-3) | Bob Guelker | 3-2 | Clemson | Tampa, Fla. |
| 1978 | San Francisco# (28-1) | Steve Negoesco | 2-0 | Indiana | Tampa, Fla. |
| 1977 | Hartwick (16-0-2) | Jim Lennox | 2-1 | San Francisco | California |
| 1976 | San Francisco (20-2-3) | Steve Negoesco | 1-0 | Indiana | Penn |
| 1975 | San Francisco (21-1-2) | Steve Negoesco | 4-1 | SIU Edwardsville | SIU Edwardsville |
| 1974 | Howard (19-0) | Lincoln Phillips | 2-1 (4ot) | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| 1973 | St. Louis (15-2-3) | Harry Keough | 2-1 (ot) | UCLA | Miami, Fla. |
| 1972 | St. Louis (15-2-3) | Harry Keough | 4-2 | UCLA | Miami, Fla. |
| 1971 | Howard# (15-0) | Lincoln Phillips | 3-2 | St. Louis | Miami, Fla. |
| 1970 | St. Louis (14-0-1) | Harry Keough | 1-0 | UCLA | SIU Edwardsville |
| 1969 | St. Louis (13-0) | Harry Keough | 4-0 | San Francisco | San Jose State |
| 1968 | Maryland (14-0-1)/Michigan State (11-1-3) | Doyle Royal/Gene Kenney | 2-2 (2ot) | Georgia Tech-Emory | |
| 1967 | Michigan State (12-0-2)/St. Louis (8-3-2) | Gene Kenney/Harry Keough | 0-0 | (Game called due to weather | St. Louis |
| 1966 | San Francisco (11-0-1) | Steve Negoesco | 5-2 | Long Island | California |
| 1965 | St. Louis (14-0) | Bob Guelker | 1-0 | Michigan State | St. Louis |
| 1964 | Navy (15-0) | F.H. Warner | 1-0 | Michigan State | Brown |
| 1963 | St. Louis (13-1) | Bob Guelker | 3-0 | Navy | Rutgers |
| 1962 | St. Louis (12-0-1) | Bob Guelker | 4-3 | Maryland | St. Louis |
| 1961 | West Chester (12-0) | Mel Lorback | 2-0 | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| 1960 | St. Louis (14-1) | Bob Guelker | 3-2 | Maryland | Brooklyn |
| 1959 | St. Louis (11-1) | Bob Guelker | 5-2 | Bridgeport | Connecticut |
*Penalty kicks
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How to watch the 2022 DI men's soccer selection show
The 2022 DI men's soccer selection show is Monday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. ET on NCAA.com. We'll have the official bracket for the 2022 DI men's soccer championship shortly after. This will be the sport's 62nd year of crowning an NCAA champion. Here's how to watch the selection show.
When: Monday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. ET
Where: Live here on NCAA.com
The 2022 championship field will consist of 48 teams with the tournament running from Nov. 17 through Dec. 12. The College Cup, consisting of the national semifinals and finals will be held in Cary, North Carolina.