2022 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season explained

2022 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
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League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Soccer
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Duration:	August 25 – December 11, 2022
No Of Teams:	6
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Washington
Season Champ Name:	Champions
Second Place:	Stanford
Draft:	2023 MLS SuperDraft
Draft Link:	2023 MLS SuperDraft
Top Pick:	Ilijah Paul, Washington
Picked By:	Real Salt Lake, 7th overall
Mvp:	Joran Gerbet, Oregon State
Mvp Link:	Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year
Seasonslistnames:	Pac-12 Conference men's soccer
Prevseason Link:	2021 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
Prevseason Year:	2021
Nextseason Link:	2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
Nextseason Year:	2023

The 2022 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season is the 23rd season of men's varsity soccer sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference. Part of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the Pac-12 will begin play in August 2022 and conclude in November 2022.

Oregon State are the defending Pac-12 champions.

Teams

Stadiums and Locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
California Golden Bears	Berkeley, California	Edwards Stadium
		Witter Rugby Field
Oregon State Beavers	Corvallis, Oregon	Lorenz Field
San Diego State Aztecs	San Diego, California	SDSU Sports Deck
Stanford Cardinal	Stanford, California	Cagan Stadium
UCLA Bruins	Los Angeles, California	Wallis Annenberg Stadium
Washington Huskies	Seattle, Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings! Team! ^[1] ! !Signees

California
Oregon State
San Diego State	1
Stanford
UCLA
Washington

Preseason Coaches polls

The preseason polls will be released on August 16, 2022. Oregon State and Washington were voted to be co-champions. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.^[2]

T-1	Oregon State	21 (2)
	Washington	21 (1)
3	UCLA	18 (2)
4	Stanford	14 (1)
5	San Diego State	10
6	California	6

Preseason awards

Preseason All Pac-12

First Team

Second Team

All Pac–12 Honorable Mention (received votes from four or more members of the media):

• California:
• Oregon State:
• San Diego State:
• Stanford:
• UCLA:
• Washington:

Preseason exhibitions

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There was one coaching change ahead of the 2022 season. California head coach, Kevin Grimes, retired at the end of the 2021 season.^[3] Grimes was replaced by Leonard Griffin, who had previously coached Grand Canyon University.^[4]

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2021 season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Pac–12 record
California	Leonard Griffin	1	22–22–4	0–0–0	0–0–0
Oregon State	Terry Boss	5	49–29–9	49–29–9	28–17–5
San Diego State	Ryan Hopkins	3	204–106–38	9–14–4	3–14–2
Stanford	Jeremy Gunn	11	283–90–54	96–29–23	45–14–11
UCLA	Ryan Jorden	4	108–82–20	17–22–6	7–16–5
Washington	Jamie Clark	12	184–67–25	145–52–22	70–29–11

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 member tied
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Pacific time.

Conference results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

Schedule

Week 12 (Nov 7–13)

Postseason

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

The Pac-12 had four teams receive a bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament, three of the teams were seeded.

Seed	School	First round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2	Washington	bgcolor=#ddd		L 1–3 vs. – (Seattle, WA)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
5	Stanford	bgcolor=#ddd		W 6–2 – (Stanford, CA)	T 1–1 (5–6 PKs) No. 12 – (Stanford, CA)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
8	Oregon State	bgcolor=#ddd		L 0–2 – (Corvallis, OR)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
	UCLA	W 2–1 – (Los Angeles, CA)	W 2–1 at – (Clemson, SC)	L 0–3 at – (Burlington, VT)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
	W–L–T (%):						Total:

Rankings

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer 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	Wk 16	Final
California		NV													None released
	NV
	NV
Oregon State		5	5	10											None released
	5	5	3	15								16
	6	5	16								RV
San Diego State		NV													None released
	NV
	NV
Stanford		RV	3	2	2т	5т	6	5	9	5	5	6			None released
	NV	RV	RV	23	20	19	9	9	14	5	5	7
	NV	NV	6	6	9	7	6	9	7	6	7
UCLA		23	4	15	25	20	21		RV	RV		RV			None released
	20	20	14	6	14	15	14	25
	23	15	9	RV	26	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Washington		3	8	3	4	2	2	1 (5)	1 (6)	1 (6)	1 (5)	1 (6)			None released
	2	2	2	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

Regional rankings - USC Far West 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' Far West region ranks teams across the Pac-12, Big West, and WAC.

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
California
Oregon State	3	5				5	5	5	5	4
San Diego State			9
Stanford	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
UCLA	2	3	4	3	3	6	3	3	4	3
Washington	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the player of the week.

Week		Player	School	Pos.	Ref.
Aug. 26		Christian Soto		MF	^[5]
Sep. 5			Washington	F	^[6]
Sep. 12		Elias Katsaros		D	^[7]
Sep. 19		Iljah Paul	Washington	F	^[8]
Sep. 26		Javier Armas		MF	^[9]
Oct. 3				MF	^[10]
Oct. 10			Washington	MF	^[11]
Oct. 17		Clarence Awoudor	Oregon State	F	^[12]
Oct. 24		Shane de Flores	Stanford	MF	^[13]
Oct. 31			Washington	D/F	^[14]
Nov. 7		Imanol Rosales	Washington	MF	^[15]
Nov. 14		Joran Gerbet	Oregon State	MF	^[16]

Postseason honors

Conference honors

2022 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Joran Gerbet – Oregon State
Defensive Player of the Year	Keegan Hughes – Stanford
Coach of the Year	Jamie Clark – Washington
Freshman of the Year	CJ Fodrey – San Diego State

2022 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Honorees	Second Team Honorees	Honorable Mention
Clarence Awoudor – Washington Cam Cilley – Stanford CJ Fodrey – San Diego State Joran Gerbet – Oregon State Keegan Hughes – Stanford Kalani Kossa-Rienzi – Washington Lucas Meek – Washington Ilijah Paul – Washington Nick Scardina – Washington Christian Soto – Washington Mouhameth Thiam – Oregon State	Nonso Adimabua – California Javier Armas – Oregon State Blake Bowen – San Diego State Jacob Castro – San Diego State Gael Gibert – Oregon State Nate Jones – Washington Wyatt Meyer – California Gio Miglietti – Washington Tommy Silva – UCLA Jose Sosa – UCLA Keegan Tingey – Stanford	Jose Contell – UCLA Nate Crockbord – UCLA Shane de Flores – Stanford Kevin Diaz – UCLA Pietro Grassi – UCLA Fahmi Ibrahim – California Nicklas Lund – Oregon State Chris Meyers – Washington Imanol Rosales – Washington Iñigo Villaldea – San Diego State Dante Williams – Oregon State

National honors

MLS SuperDraft

See main article: 2023 MLS SuperDraft.

Draft picks

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College
1	7	Real Salt Lake	Ilijah Paul	FW	Washington
1	13	Austin FC	CJ Fodrey	FW	San Diego State
2	40	Charlotte FC	Nick Scardina	FW	Washington
3	59	Seattle Sounders FC	Blake Bowen	DF	San Diego State

Homegrown contracts

External links

• Pac-12 Men's Soccer

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 Men's DI Recruiting Rankings: April Club Soccer Youth Soccer . 2022-08-20 . TopDrawerSoccer.com . en.
2. Web site: Oregon State and Washington voted 2022 Pac-12 Men’s Soccer co-favorites . pac-12.com . August 19, 2022 . August 16, 2022.
3. Web site: Woitalla . Mike . Kevin Grimes bids adieu to Cal Bears after 22 seasons . . June 15, 2022 . February 3, 2022.
4. Web site: Faraudo . Jeff . Cal Men's Soccer: Ex-Assistant Leonard Griffin Returns to Lead Bears' Program . . June 16, 2022 . March 31, 2022.
5. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Aug. 29, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220829225432/https://pac-12.com/article/2022/08/29/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week-aug-29-2022. dead. August 29, 2022. Pac-12 Conference. Pac-12. August 29, 2022. November 5, 2022.
6. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 5, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220905220238/https://pac-12.com/article/2022/09/04/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week-sept-5-2022. dead. September 5, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. September 5, 2022. November 5, 2022.
7. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 12, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. September 12, 2022. November 5, 2022.
8. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 19, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220919224853/https://pac-12.com/article/2022/09/19/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week-sept-19-2022. dead. September 19, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. September 19, 2022. November 5, 2022.
9. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 26, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. September 26, 2022. November 5, 2022.
10. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Oct. 3, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221003222837/https://pac-12.com/article/2022/10/03/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week-oct-3-2022. dead. October 3, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. October 3, 2022. November 5, 2022.
11. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Oct. 10, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221106010825/https://pac-12.com/article/2022/10/10/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week-oct-10-2022. dead. November 6, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. October 10, 2022. November 5, 2022.
12. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Oct. 17, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. October 17, 2022. November 5, 2022.
13. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Oct. 24, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221024213701/https://pac-12.com/article/2022/10/24/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week-oct-24-2022. dead. October 24, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. October 24, 2022. November 5, 2022.
14. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Oct. 31, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221031213656/https://pac-12.com/article/2022/10/31/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week-oct-31-2022. dead. October 31, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. October 31, 2022. November 5, 2022.
15. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Nov. 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107224935/https://pac-12.com/article/2022/11/07/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week-nov-7-2022. dead. November 7, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. November 7, 2022. December 2, 2023.
16. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Nov. 14, 2022. pac-12.com. Pac-12. November 14, 2022. December 2, 2023.