# 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game

The 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game (also known as the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's College Cup) was played on December 12, 2022, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina and determined the winner of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, the national collegiate soccer championship in the United States. This was the 64rd edition of the oldest active competition in United States college soccer.
The match featured Syracuse University, which made its first ever appearance in the College Cup final, and Indiana University Bloomington (known athletically as simply "Indiana"), which made its 16th appearance in the final, and its first since 2020.
The match was tied 2–2 at the end of regulation and after extra time. A penalty shootout was held to determine the College Cup winner, which Syracuse won 7–6. The title gave Syracuse their first NCAA title in men's soccer.

## Road to the final

The NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I men's national champion. The tournament has been formally held since 1959, when it was an eight-team tournament. Since then, the tournament has expanded to 48 teams, in which every Division I conference tournament champion is allocated a berth. It was Syracuse's first title game appearance in school history, and Indiana's 17th.
| Indiana (B1G) | Indiana (B1G) | Round | Syracuse (ACC) | Syracuse (ACC) |
| Opponent | Result | NCAA Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| Bye | — | First round | Bye | — |
| Saint Louis (A-10) | 1–0 (H) | Second round | Penn (Ivy) | 2–1 (H) |
| Marshall (SBC) | 1–0 (H) | Third round (Sweet 16) | Cornell (Ivy) | 1–0 (H) |
| UNC Greensboro (SoCon) | 2–0 (A) | Quarterfinals (Elite 8) | Vermont (A-East) | 2–1 (H) |
| Pittsburgh (ACC) | 2–0 (N) | College Cup (Final 4) | Creighton (Big East) | 3–2 (N) |

## Match details

| GK | 1 | Russell Shealy |
| DF | 2 | Christian Curti |
| DF | 3 | Abdi Salim | | | | | | 17' |
| DF | 4 | Noah Singelmann | 35' | 45' | 94' |
| MF | 5 | Amferny Sinclair | | | | | | 35' |
| MF | 8 | Jeorgio Kocevski |
| FW | 10 | Nathan Opoku | 36' | 45' |
| FW | 11 | Lorenzo Boselli | 24' | 45' | 67' |
| FW | 14 | Levonte Johnson | 32' | 45' | 67' | 83' |
| MF | 17 | Giona Leibold | 36' | 45' | 83' | 90' |
| DF | 22 | Olu Oyegunle |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Curt Calov | 32' | 45' | 67' | 83' | 94' |
| FW | 9 | Julius Rauch | 36' | 45' |
| MF | 13 | Colin Biros | 24' | 45' | 67' | 83' |
| MF | 18 | Camden Holbrook | 36' | 45' | 83' | 90' |
| DF | 23 | Jackson Glenn | 35' | 45' | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Ian McIntyre ||
| GK | 0 | JT Harms |
| DF | 2 | Joey Maher | | | | | 97' |
| DF | 5 | Daniel Munie |
| FW | 9 | Samuel Sarver |
| DF | 11 | Nyk Sessock |
| FW | 14 | Maouloune Goumballe | 24' | 45' | 62' | 105' |
| FW | 17 | Herbert Endeley |
| FW | 18 | Ryan Wittenbrink |
| DF | 19 | Brett Bebej | 105' |
| MF | 21 | Jack Wagoner | | | | | 90' |
| MF | 22 | Patrick McDonald |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Karsen Henderlong |
| FW | 10 | Tommy Mihalic | 24' | 45' | 62' | 108' |
| MF | 12 | Quinten Helmer |
| FW | 15 | Luka Bezerra |
| FW | 26 | Nate Ward | 108' |
| Manager: ||
| Todd Yeagley ||
| College Cup MVP Offensive: Nathan Opoku (Syracuse) Defensive: Russell Shealy (Syracuse) Assistant referees: Salma Perez (United States) Albert Escovar (United States) Fourth official: Dimitar Chavdarov (United States) | Match rules: 90 minutes. 20 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Unlimited substitutes, may not return if subbed out in the first half; may return unlimited times in the second half. |

### Statistics

Overall :
| | Syracuse | Indiana |
| Goals scored | 2 | 2 |
| Total shots | 20 | 15 |
| Shots on target | 8 | 5 |
| Saves | 3 | 6 |
| Corner kicks | 6 | 7 |
| Offsides | 2 | 5 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |