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2022 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

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2022 Big Ten Conference men' soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 2022
through December 2022
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Fox Sports (Fox/FS2, BTN)
2023 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickJoshua Bolma, 4th overall
Picked byNew England Revolution
Regular season
ChampionsMaryland
Season MVPMD Myers
Tournament
ChampionsRutgers
  Runners-upIndiana
Finals MVPMD Myers
Men's Soccer seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Maryland+ 4 0 4 11 4 5
Ohio State+ 4 2 2 11 3 6
Rutgers 4 2 2 10 5 6
No. 2 Indiana+ 3 1 4 14 4 7
Penn State 3 2 3 6 6 4
Wisconsin 3 4 1 6 6 4
Michigan State 3 4 1 6 9 2
Northwestern 1 5 2 3 9 5
Michigan 1 6 1 4 10 3
As of December 13, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big Ten

The 2022 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 31st season of college soccer play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. This was the Big Ten's tenth season with 14 teams. The Maryland Terrapins were the Big Ten Champions.[1]

Previous season

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Penn State were the Big Ten regular season champions, earning their first Big Ten regular season title since 2013. The Nittany Lions also completed the double by winning the 2021 Big Ten Men's Soccer tournament, making it their first tournament title since 2005. The Nittany Lions earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer tournament.

Besides Penn State, Big Ten runners-up and third place finishers, Maryland and Indiana, respectively, earned at-large berths into the NCAA tournament. Penn State and Indiana earned national seeds, with Penn State earning the 12th overall seed, while Indiana earned the 15th overall seed. Maryland was eliminated in the opening round by LIU. Indiana reached the third round (Sweet Sixteen) before losing to eventual national runners-up, Washington. Penn State was eliminated by Hofstra by a record 2–8 scoreline.

Two Big Ten players were selected with the first two picks of the 2022 MLS SuperDraft. Maryland's Ben Bender, was selected by expansion club, Charlotte FC with the first overall draft pick.[2][3] Indiana goalkeeper, Roman Celentano, was selected second overall by FC Cincinnati. Additionally, Farai Mutatu, Brett St. Martin, and Daniel Bloyou were drafted.

Coaching changes

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There was one head coaching change ahead of the 2022 season. Wisconsin head coach, John Trask was relieved of his duties following the 2021 season.[4] Wisconsin hired Loyola Chicago head coach, Neil Jones.[5]

Coaches

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Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2021 season

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Record at school B1G record
Indiana Todd Yeagley Wisconsin 11 129–54–36 (.671)[6] 122–45–34 (.692)[6] 35–15–18 (.647)[6]
Maryland Sasho Cirovski Hartford 28 412–156–60 (.704)[7] 386–143–53 (.709)[7] 24–9–7 (.688)[7]
Michigan Chaka Daley Providence 9 151–165–48 (.481)[8][9] 61–54–21 (.526)[8][9] 23–20–9 (.529)[8][9]
Michigan State Damon Rensing Michigan State (asst.) 12 117–66–30 (.620)[10] 117–66–30 (.620)[10] 31–26–13 (.536)[10]
Northwestern Tim Lenahan Lafayette 20 305–209–72 (.582) 169–140–51 (.540) 36–60–20 (.397)
Ohio State Brian Maisonneuve Indiana (asst.) 4 17–41–5 (.310)[11] 17–41–5 (.310)[11] 6–24–3 (.227)[11]
Penn State Jeff Cook Bethlehem Steel (asst.) 4 220–160–57 (.569)[12] 40–22–8 (.629)[12] 21–7–4 (.719)[12]
Rutgers Jim McElderry Fordham 3 147–152–43 (.493)[13] 24–29–7 (.458) 10–20–2 (.344)
Wisconsin Neil Jones Loyola 1 81–54–24 (.585) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–)

Preseason

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Recruiting classes

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Rankings
Team TDS CSN Signees
Indiana 7[14]
Maryland 8[15]
Michigan 8[16]
Michigan State 9[17]
Northwestern 6[18]
Ohio State 6[19]
Penn State 7[20]
Rutgers 8[21]
Wisconsin 9[22]

Preseason Coaches polls

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The preseason polls will be released in August 2022. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
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Preseason awards

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All−American Teams

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USC 1st Team USC 2nd Team TDS 1st Team TDS 2nd Team CSN 1st Team CSN 2nd Team

Preseason All Big Ten

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All Big Ten Honorable Mention (received votes from four or more members of the media):

  • Indiana:
  • Maryland:
  • Michigan:
  • Michigan State:
  • Northwestern:
  • Ohio State:
  • Penn State:
  • Rutgers:
  • Wisconsin:

Rankings

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National rankings

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    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  Pre Wk
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Final
Indiana USC 13 21 RV 15 16 RV NV RV RV NV RV RV None released 2
TDS 8 10 11 8 16 19 18 16 18 21 24 15 8 4 2
CSN 5
Maryland USC 20 9 14 8 9 8 8 7 8 8 7 6 None released 17
TDS 17 12 19 7 5 6 5 6 6 8 8 5 8 18 19 20 21
CSN 20
Michigan USC NV None released
TDS NV
CSN NV
Michigan State USC NV None released
TDS NV
CSN NV
Northwestern USC NV None released
TDS NV
CSN NV
Ohio State USC NV 22 13 11 17 15 13 13 18 16 None released
TDS NV 24 13 17 17 17 19 18 24 24
CSN NV
Penn State USC 21 NV 20 NV None released
TDS 14 19 16 22 18 13 24 25
CSN 22
Rutgers USC NV None released
TDS NV 18
CSN NV
Wisconsin USC NV None released
TDS NV
CSN NV

Regional rankings - USC Midwest Region

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    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV No votes received

The United Soccer Coaches' Midwest region ranks teams across the Big Ten, Horizon, and Missouri Valley Conferences.

  Wk
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Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers
Wisconsin

Awards and honors

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Player of the week honors

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Following each week's games, Big Ten conference officials select the player of the week.

Week Player School Pos. Ref.
Aug. 30 Laurence Wootton Ohio State M [1]
William Kulvik Maryland D
Sep. 6 Peter Mangione Penn State F [2]
Keagan McLaughlin Ohio State GK
Sep. 13 Malcolm Johnston Maryland M [3]
Marko Borkovic Ohio State M
Niklas Neumann Maryland GK
Keagan McLaughlin Ohio State GK
Sep. 20 Xavier Green Ohio State M [4]
Jackson Temple Rutgers F
Chris Rindov Maryland D
Sep. 27 Tyger Evans Penn State M [5]
Nick Richardson Maryland D
Oct. 4 Herbert Endeley Indiana F [6]
Owen Finnerty Michigan State GK
Oct. 11 Liam Butts Penn State F [7]
Nick Richardson Maryland D
Oct. 18 Ryan Wittenbrink Indiana F [8]
Carter Abbott Wisconsin GK
Oct. 25 MD Myers Rutgers F [9]
William Kulvik Maryland D
Nov. 1 Stefan Copetti Maryland F [10]
Chris Rindov Maryland D

Postseason honors

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Unanimous selections in bold.

2022 B1G Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year MD Myers, Rutgers
Midfielder of the Year Laurence Wootton, Ohio State
Defensive Player of the Year Daniel Munie, Indiana
Goalkeeper of the Year Keagan McLaughlin, Ohio State
Coach of the Year Sasho Cirovski, Maryland
Co-Freshman of the Year Cole Cruthers, Rutgers
Jonathan Stout, Michigan State
2022 B1G Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees All-Freshman Team Honorees
Forward Jack Wagoner, Indiana
Joshua Bolma, So., Maryland Tommy Mihalic, So., Indiana Luca Costabile, Maryland
Peter Mangione, Jr., Penn State Liam Butts, Sr., Penn State Nick Kaloukian, Michigan
MD Myers, Sr., Rutgers Max Keenan, Jr., Wisconsin Nolan Miller, Michigan
Midfield Jake Spadafora, Michigan State
Ryan Wittenbrink, Sr., Indiana Herbert Endeley, Sr., Indiana Jonathan Stout, Michigan State
Malcolm Johnston, Sr., Maryland Xavier Green, Sr., Ohio State Jason Gajadhar, Northwestern
Laurence Wootton, Jr., Ohio State Jason Bouregy, Jr., Rutgers Tanner Creech, Ohio State
Seth Kuhn, Gr., Penn State Tim Bielic, Sr., Wisconsin Luciano Pechota, Ohio State
Defense Matthew Henderson, Penn State
Daniel Munie, Sr., Indiana Anthony Samways, So., Ohio State Ben Liscum, Penn State
Nick Richardson, Sr., Maryland Obafemi Awodesu, Jr., Penn State Ian Abbey, Rutgers
Chris Rindov, Sr., Maryland Hugo Le Guennec, Sr., Rutgers Cole Cruthers, Rutgers
Goalkeeper Ciran Dalton, Rutgers
Keagan McLaughlin, Sr., Ohio State Owen Finnerty, Sr., Michigan State

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Goff, Steven (January 11, 2022). "Maryland's Ben Bender selected No. 1 by expansion Charlotte FC in MLS draft". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Carlisle, Jeff (January 11, 2022). "Charlotte FC picks Maryland's Ben Bender as top MLS draft selection". ESPN FC. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  4. ^ Milewski, Todd (November 13, 2021). "Badgers fire men's soccer coach John Trask after failing to top .500 for 3rd straight season". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  5. ^ Doherty, Leah (January 10, 2022). "Neil Jones named UW Men's Soccer Coach". WMTV. Gray Television. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
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  10. ^ a b c "Damon Rensing". msuspartans.com. Michigan State Spartans Athletics. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
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  14. ^ "Men's Soccer Announces 2022 Newcomers". Indiana University Athletics. January 18, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  15. ^ "Men's Soccer Announces 2022 Signees". University of Maryland Athletics. February 7, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  16. ^ McIntosh, Megan (May 23, 2022). "Daley Announces 2022 Incoming Class". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
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  18. ^ "2022 Men's Soccer Roster". Northwestern University Athletics. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  19. ^ "Marko Borkovic Inks With Buckeyes for 2022". Ohio State Buckeyes. May 2, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  20. ^ "Nittany Lions sign Kaleb Alva". Penn State University Athletics. March 7, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
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