# 2022 WAC men's soccer tournament

The 2022 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Western Athletic Conference held from November 9 to November 13, 2022. The five-match tournament took place at CBU Soccer Field in Riverside, California on the campus of California Baptist University. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season divisional conference play. The defending champions were the Seattle Redhawks. Seattle was unable to defend their crown, falling 4–0 to San Jose State in the Semifinals. California Baptist went on to win the title in a penalty shoot-out against San Jose State. This was California Baptist's first WAC Tournament victory in program history and first for head coach Coe Michaelson. As tournament champions, California Baptist earned the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

## Seeding

Six of the ten Western Athletic Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2022 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as both Seattle and Utah Valley finished with identical 5–4–0 records during the regular season. Seattle earned the third seed by virtue of their 1–0 victory over Utah Valley on October 21 during the regular season. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds after California Baptist and Grand Canyon finished with identical 4–3–2 regular season records. The two teams tied their regular season match, 0–0 on October 9. California Baptist earned the fifth seed while Grand Canyon was the sixth seed.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
| 1 | Air Force | 7–1–1 | 22 |
| 2 | San Jose State | 5–2–2 | 17 |
| 3 | Seattle | 5–4–0 | 15 |
| 4 | Utah Valley | 5–4–0 | 15 |
| 5 | California Baptist | 4–3–2 | 14 |
| 6 | Grand Canyon | 4–3–2 | 14 |

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, Nov. 9 | First round Wednesday, Nov. 9 | First round Wednesday, Nov. 9 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 11 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 11 | Semifinals Friday, Nov. 11 | Final Sunday, Nov. 13 | Final Sunday, Nov. 13 | Final Sunday, Nov. 13 |
| | | | 1 | Air Force | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Utah Valley | 1 | 5 | California Baptist | 2 | | | |
| 5 | California Baptist | 3 | | | | 5 | California Baptist (pen.) | 0 (3) |
| | | | | | | 2 | San Jose State | 0 (1) |
| | | | 2 | San Jose State | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Seattle | 2 | 3 | Seattle | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Grand Canyon | 1 | | | | | | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.
2 goals
* Leo Mendez – California Baptist
* Anthony Guzman – San Jose State
1 goal
* Bryan Iliohan – California Baptist
* Luis Mueller – California Baptist
* Adolfo Pino – California Baptist
* Shaun Joash – Grand Canyon
* Joel Garcia – San Jose State
* Ryota Nakashima – San Jose State
* Christian Kootnz – Seattle
* Campbell Strong – Seattle
* Aaron Nixon – Utah Valley

## All-Tournament team

Source:
| Player | Team |
| Thomas Beecham | California Baptist |
| Antonio Gomez | California Baptist |
| Leo Mendez | California Baptist |
| Nolan Premack | California Baptist |
| Shaun Joash | Grand Canyon |
| Anthony Guzman | San Jose State |
| Kasper Poulsgaard | San Jose State |
| Finlay Wood | San Jose State |
| Peter Kingston | Seattle |
| Taketo Onodera | Seattle |
MVP in bold