2022 Patriot League men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:Patriot League
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:3,218
Venue:Campus Sites, Higher seed
Champions:Navy
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Tim O'Donohue
Coachcount:1st
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Zach Wagner
Mvpteam:Navy

The 2022 Patriot League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Patriot League held from November 5 through November 12, 2022. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seeded team hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Loyola Greyhounds.[1] They were unable to defend their crown, as they finished in seventh place during the regular season and did not qualify for the tournament. The Navy Midshipmen would go on to claim the title, defeating American in the final, 1–0.[2] The conference championship was the second for the Navy men's soccer program, and the first for head coach Tim O'Donohue.[3] As tournament champions, Loyola earned the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six of the ten Patriot League 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 in the tournament as Colgate and Navy both finished with 14 points in conference play. The teams tied their regular season match-up so a second tie breaker of overall records was used. Colgate finished with 7–3–7 record while Navy finished with a 5–4–8 record so Colgate was awarded the third seed and Navy was the fourth seed. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth seed of the tournament and the first team to not qualify for the tournament as American and Loyola (MD) both finished with eleven conference points. The two teams tied their regular season match-up so overall records were used again. American finished with a 6–6–5 record while Loyola (MD) finished with a 4–5–8 record and was therefore unable to defend its tournament crown.[4] [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Army5–1–318
2Boston University4–2–315
3Colgate3–1–514
4Navy3–1–514
53–2–413
6American3–4–211

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

Player Team
Cristian CoelhoNavy
Pierce Holbrook
AJ Schuetz
Zach Wagner
Mattias CooperAmerican
Cooper Nunn
Evan Schweickert
Gage GuerraArmy
Cooper Warren
Colin InnesBoston University
Francesco Montali
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Men's Soccer Championship. February 24, 2022. Patriot League. patriotleague.org.
  2. Web site: 2022 Men's Soccer Championship. July 17, 2023. Patriot League. patriotleague.org.
  3. Web site: 2022 Patriot League Men’s Soccer Record Book. July 17, 2023. Patriot League. patriotleague.org.
  4. Web site: 2022 Patriot League Men’s Soccer Championship Field Set (11.2.22). patriotleague.org. Patriot League. November 2, 2022. July 17, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2022 Men's Soccer Standings. patriotleague.org. Patriot Leagueaccess-date=July 17, 2023.
  6. Web site: No. 4 Navy Claims 2022 Patriot League Men’s Soccer Title (11.12.22). patriotleague.org. Patriot League. November 12, 2022. July 17, 2023.