# 2022 Creighton Bluejays men's soccer team

The 2022 season was the 44th season of Creighton University fielding a men's varsity soccer team. It was the program's 10th season in the Big East Conference, and their fifth season with Johnny Torres as the head coach of the program. Creighton played their home matches at Morrison Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
Creighton finished the regular season 6–4–6 before going on a seven-match winning-streak that involved winning their first Big East Conference men's soccer tournament ever, and their first soccer conference tournament championship since winning the Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament in 2012. It also the first season since 2012 that the Bluejays reached the College Cup of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, being unseeded and defeated three seeded programs en route to the College Cup. There, they were eliminated by Syracuse University, losing the game 2–3.
Duncan McGuire lead the entire NCAA in goals scored during the 2022 season, scoring 22 goals.

## Roster
### Squad

    As of December 4, 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Paul Kruse |
| 2 | DF | CRC | Fabian Álvarez |
| 3 | DF | USA | Luke Mitchell |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Mitch Dobson |
| 5 | DF | POR | Miguel Ventura |
| 6 | MF | USA | Landon Sloan |
| 7 | DF | GER | Malte Kaiser |
| 8 | MF | HAI | Charles Auguste |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Alfie Pope |
| 10 | MF | CHI | Diego Dutilh |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Viserta |
| 12 | MF | USA | Dominic Briggs |
| 13 | FW | USA | Duncan McGuire |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Callum Watson |
| 15 | DF | USA | Ben Foulks |
| 16 | MF | USA | Jackson Castro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Alejandro Maillet |
| 18 | MF | USA | Owen O'Malley |
| 19 | MF | USA | Sean Green |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Liam Gilligan |
| 21 | FW | USA | Marcos Pessanha |
| 22 | DF | USA | Cameron Briggs |
| 23 | MF | USA | Mark O'Neill |
| 24 | GK | USA | Nathan Schnur |
| 25 | DF | USA | Jake Ashford |
| 26 | MF | USA | Owen Nelson |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Giorgio Probo |
| 28 | DF | USA | Luke Waters |
| 29 | MF | USA | Ryan Brakke |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Patrick Millard |
| 33 | GK | USA | Andrew Karcher |

### Coaching staff
## Schedule

| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Preseason ||||||
| August 12* 6:30 pm | | Drake | W 5–2 | | Morrison Stadium Omaha, NE |
| August 16* 12:00 pm | | Bradley | W 4–1 | | Morrison Stadium Omaha, NE |
| August 19* 6:30 pm | | Denver | W 2–0 | | Morrison Stadium Omaha, NE |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| August 25* 6:30 pm, Flosports | | Oakland | W 6–0 | 1–0–0 | Morrison Stadium (896) Omaha, NE |
| August 28* 6:30 pm, Flosports | | Rutgers | W 6–1 | 2–0–0 | Morrison Stadium (1,615) Omaha, NE |
| September 2* 6:30 pm, Flosports | No. 7 | No. 10 Saint Louis | L 2–3 | 2–1–0 | Morrison Stadium (1,413) Omaha, NE |
| September 5* 6:30 pm, Flosports | No. 7 | San Diego State | T 2–2 | 2–1–1 | Morrison Stadium (1,178) Omaha, NE |
| September 9* 7:30 pm, Flosports | | No. 2 Stanford Socctoberfest | T 1–1 | 2–1–2 | Morrison Stadium (4,196) Omaha, NE |
| September 14* 7:00 pm | | at Omaha Dodge Street Derby | W 6–1 | 3–1–2 | Al F. Caniglia Field (1,996) Omaha, NE |
| Big East regular season ||||||
| September 18 6:30 pm, BEDN | | UConn | T 1–1 | 3–1–3 (0–0–1) | Morrison Stadium (2,629) Omaha, NE |
| September 24 12:00 pm, BEDN | | at No. 25 Georgetown | L 1–2 | 3–2–3 (0–1–1) | Shaw Field (887) Washington, DC |
| October 1 6:30 pm, BEDN | | Villanova | W 3–1 | 4–2–3 (1–1–1) | Morrison Stadium (1,562) Omaha, NE |
| October 8 6:30 pm, BEDN | | St. John's | T 1–1 | 4–2–4 (1–1–2) | Morrison Stadium (1,283) Omaha, NE |
| October 12 6:00 pm, BEDN | | at Xavier | L 1–3 | 4–3–4 (1–2–2) | Corcoran Field (519) Cincinnati, OH |
| October 15 2:00 pm, BEDN | | at Seton Hall | T 1–1 | 4–3–5 (1–2–3) | Morrison Stadium (949) Omaha, NE |
| October 19 2:00 pm, BEDN | | Butler | W 4–2 | 5–3–5 (2–2–3) | Morrison Stadium (1,083) Omaha, NE |
| October 22 7:00 pm, BEDN | | at Marquette | T 2–2 | 5–3–6 (2–2–4) | Valley Fields (256) Milwaukee, WI |
| October 29 6:30 pm, BEDN | | DePaul | W 3–0 | 6–3–6 (3–2–4) | Morrison Stadium (935) Omaha, NE |
| November 2 6:00 pm, BEDN | | at Providence | L 2–4 | 6–4–6 (3–3–4) | Anderson Stadium (893) Providence, RI |
| Big East tournament ||||||
| November 5 6:00 pm, BEDN | (6) | at (3) Xavier Quarterfinals | W 2–1 | 7–4–6 | Corcoran Field (467) Cincinnati, OH |
| November 10 3:00 pm, Flosports | (6) | vs. (2) Seton Hall Semifinals | W 6–0 | 8–4–6 | Maryland SoccerPlex (247) Boyds, MD |
| November 13 11:30 am, FS1 | (6) | vs. (1) No. 14 Georgetown Final | W 3–0 | 9–4–6 | Maryland SoccerPlex (1,147) Boyds, MD |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| November 17 11:30 am, ESPN+ | | No. 23 Missouri State First round | W 2–1 | 10–4–6 | Morrison Stadium (1,054) Omaha, NE |
| November 20 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at (2) No. 1 Washington Second round | W 3–1 | 11–4–6 | Husky Soccer Stadium (2,261) Seattle, WA |
| November 26 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at (15) No. 17 Tulsa Third round | W 2–1 | 12–4–6 | Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium (540) Tulsa, OK |
| December 3 6:00 pm, ACCNX | | at (7) No. 4 Duke Quarterfinals | W 3–2 | 13–4–6 | Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium (1,061) Durham, NC |
| December 9 5:00 pm, ESPNU | | vs. (3) No. 3 Syracuse College Cup Semifinal | L 2–3 | 13–5–6 | WakeMed Soccer Park (10,286) Cary, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## 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 | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| United Soccer National | RV | 7 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 9 |
| United Soccer East Region | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | — | — | 9 | 10 | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released |
| TopDrawer Soccer | — | — | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |
| CollegeSoccerNews.com | 25 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 24 | RV | RV | — | — | RV | RV | — | 17 | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released |