# 2022 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

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.

## Previous season

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. Indiana goalkeeper, Roman Celentano, was selected second overall by FC Cincinnati. Additionally, Farai Mutatu, Brett St. Martin, and Daniel Bloyou were drafted.

## Coaching changes

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. Wisconsin hired Loyola Chicago head coach, Neil Jones.

### Coaches

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) | 122–45–34 (.692) | 35–15–18 (.647) |
| Maryland | Sasho Cirovski | Hartford | 28 | 412–156–60 (.704) | 386–143–53 (.709) | 24–9–7 (.688) |
| Michigan | Chaka Daley | Providence | 9 | 151–165–48 (.481) | 61–54–21 (.526) | 23–20–9 (.529) |
| Michigan State | Damon Rensing | Michigan State (asst.) | 12 | 117–66–30 (.620) | 117–66–30 (.620) | 31–26–13 (.536) |
| 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) | 17–41–5 (.310) | 6–24–3 (.227) |
| Penn State | Jeff Cook | Bethlehem Steel (asst.) | 4 | 220–160–57 (.569) | 40–22–8 (.629) | 21–7–4 (.719) |
| Rutgers | Jim McElderry | Fordham | 3 | 147–152–43 (.493) | 24–29–7 (.458) | 10–20–2 (.344) |
| Wisconsin | Neil Jones | Loyola | 1 | 81–54–24 (.585) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) |

## Preseason
### Recruiting classes

Rankings :
| Team | Signees |
| Indiana | 7 |
| Maryland | 8 |
| Michigan | 8 |
| Michigan State | 9 |
| Northwestern | 6 |
| Ohio State | 6 |
| Penn State | 7 |
| Rutgers | 8 |
| Wisconsin | 9 |

### Preseason Coaches polls

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
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9

### Preseason awards
#### All−American Teams

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

#### Preseason All Big Ten

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
### National rankings

| | Improvement in ranking |
| | Drop in ranking |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 |
| NV | No votes received |
| | | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Final |
| Indiana | USC | 13 | 21 | RV | 15 | 16 | RV | NV | RV | RV | NV | RV | RV | None released | None released | None released | None released | 2 |
| Indiana | TDS | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 21 | | | 24 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Indiana | CSN | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Maryland | USC | 20 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | None released | None released | None released | None released | 17 |
| Maryland | TDS | 17 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Maryland | CSN | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michigan | USC | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | None released | None released | None released | None released | |
| Michigan | TDS | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michigan | CSN | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michigan State | USC | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | None released | None released | None released | None released | |
| Michigan State | TDS | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michigan State | CSN | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Northwestern | USC | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | None released | None released | None released | None released | |
| Northwestern | TDS | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Northwestern | CSN | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ohio State | USC | NV | | | 22 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 16 | None released | None released | None released | None released | |
| Ohio State | TDS | NV | | | 24 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 24 | | | | | |
| Ohio State | CSN | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Penn State | USC | 21 | NV | | | | 20 | NV | | | | | | None released | None released | None released | None released | |
| Penn State | TDS | 14 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 24 | 25 | | | | | | | | | |
| Penn State | CSN | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rutgers | USC | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | None released | None released | None released | None released | |
| Rutgers | TDS | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | | | | |
| Rutgers | CSN | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wisconsin | USC | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | None released | None released | None released | None released | |
| Wisconsin | TDS | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wisconsin | CSN | NV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Regional rankings - USC Midwest Region

| | 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.
* Indiana
* Maryland
* Michigan
* Michigan State
* Northwestern
* Ohio State
* Penn State
* Rutgers
* Wisconsin

## Awards and honors
### Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Big Ten conference officials select the player of the week.
| Week | Player | School | Pos. |
| Aug. 30 | Laurence Wootton | Ohio State | M |
| Aug. 30 | William Kulvik | Maryland | D |
| Sep. 6 | Peter Mangione | Penn State | F |
| Sep. 6 | Keagan McLaughlin | Ohio State | GK |
| Sep. 13 | Malcolm Johnston | Maryland | M |
| Sep. 13 | Marko Borkovic | Ohio State | M |
| Sep. 13 | Niklas Neumann | Maryland | GK |
| Sep. 13 | Keagan McLaughlin | Ohio State | GK |
| Sep. 20 | Xavier Green | Ohio State | M |
| Sep. 20 | Jackson Temple | Rutgers | F |
| Sep. 20 | Chris Rindov | Maryland | D |
| Sep. 27 | Tyger Evans | Penn State | M |
| Sep. 27 | Nick Richardson | Maryland | D |
| Oct. 4 | Herbert Endeley | Indiana | F |
| Oct. 4 | Owen Finnerty | Michigan State | GK |
| Oct. 11 | Liam Butts | Penn State | F |
| Oct. 11 | Nick Richardson | Maryland | D |
| Oct. 18 | Ryan Wittenbrink | Indiana | F |
| Oct. 18 | Carter Abbott | Wisconsin | GK |
| Oct. 25 | MD Myers | Rutgers | F |
| Oct. 25 | William Kulvik | Maryland | D |
| Nov. 1 | Stefan Copetti | Maryland | F |
| Nov. 1 | Chris Rindov | Maryland | D |

### Postseason honors

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 |
| Co-Freshman of the Year | Jonathan Stout, Michigan State |
2022 B1G Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team Honorees | Second Team Honorees | All-Freshman Team Honorees |
| Forward | 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 | 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 | 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 | Goalkeeper | Ciran Dalton, Rutgers |
| Keagan McLaughlin, Sr., Ohio State | Owen Finnerty, Sr., Michigan State | |