# 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.
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

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 |
| 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 |
| Riley Berge DF | USA | Columbia, Maryland | Baltimore Armour |
| David Danquah MF | USA | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Chattanooga Red Wolves |
| Aristide Gry GK | USA | Hong Kong | Black Rock FC |
| Ty Johnson FW | USA | Chesterfield, Virginia | Richmond United |
| Hayden Morgan MF | USA | Tampa, Florida | Tampa Bay Rowdies |
| Parker O’Ferral DF | USA | Raleigh, North Carolina | North Carolina FC |
| Lucas Ross FW | USA | Verona, New Jersey | PDA |
| Rohit Thakur FW | USA | Morrisville, North Carolina | North Carolina FC |
| Sam Williams MF | USA | Tenafly, New Jersey | New York Red Bulls |

## Squad
### Roster

    As of January 18, 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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:

## Schedule

Source:
| 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 |
| Sebastian Schacht | Pre-Season ACC Watchlist | August 16 |
| Milo Garvanian | All-ACC Second Team | November 9 |
| Sam Williams | ACC All-Freshman Team | November 9 |

## 2023 MLS Super Draft

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

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| United Soccer | 24 | 13 | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — |
| TopDrawer Soccer | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |