Men’s College Soccer – 2022 College Cup – The Tale Of The Tape

Only Four Left Standing. A Comparison Of The Participants.

The Final Four	Pittsburgh	Indiana	Syracuse	Creighton
Teams
Overall Record	12-4-5 (Pitt)	13-4-6 (Indiana)	17-2-4 (Syracuse)	13-4-6 (Creighton)
Conference	ACC	Big Ten	ACC	Big East
Conference Record	3-2-3	3-1-4	5-1-2	3-3-4
Regular Season Finish In Conference Play	3rd Coastal	4th	1st Atlantic	6th
Record Away From Home	4-3-1	4-3-3	5-0-2	5-3-2
Coach Years At Helm	Jay Vidovich 8	Todd Yeagley 13	Ian McIntyre 13	Johnny Torres 4
NCAA Seed	None	13	3	None
RPI	22	20	1	30
College Soccer News/United Soccer Coaches Rank In Last Poll Issued	RV/RV	26/RV	3/3	17/NR
Total Number Shots	316	278	388	367
Average Number Shots Per Game	15.0	12.1	16.9	16.0
Number Shots On Goal	139	125	160	169
Shots on Goal Percentage	0.44	0.45	0.41	.46
Total Goals Scored	42	40	43	63
Average Goals Scored Per Game	2.00	1.74	1.87	2.74
Total Goals Allowed	21	27	14	31
Average Goals Allowed Per Game	1.00	1.17	0.61	1.35
Number Shutouts	8	8	11	4
Times Shutout by Opponent	2	1	1	0
Most Goals Allowed In A Single Game	3 (2 times)	3 (4 times)	2 (2 times)	4 (1 time)
Corners Taken	98	150	152	150
Corners Allowed	90	87	94	124
Win Streak/Unbeaten Streak	4/4	3/3	4/12	7/7
Last Loss	Virginia 0-1 11/6/2022	Rutgers 1-3 11/13/2022	Cornell 1-2 10/4/2022	Providence 2-4 11/2/2022
Strength	Tenacity /Expereince	Momentum/Cohesiveness	Opportunistic/Depth	Momentum/Firepower
How They Beat You	Persistence/Pressure	Balance/Determination	Consistency/Tempo	Grit/Desire
Where They Have The Edge	Midfield	Up Top	Backline/Goal	Up Top
Top Goal Scorer	Valentin Noel (11g, 3a) Senior Midfielder	Ryan Wittenbrink (9g, 9a) RS Senior Forward	Levonte Johnson (10g, 6a) Senior Forward	Duncan McGuire (22g, 4a) Junior Forward
Number Players With Three Or More Goals	Six	Five	Five	Six
Wild Card/The X-Factor	Bertin Jacquesson (8g, 5a) Junior Forward	Tommy Mihalic (6g, 2a) Sophomore Forward	Lorenzo Boselli (3g, 4a) Junior Midfielder Curt Calov (2g, 6a) Sophomore Midfielder	Jackson Castro (10g, 8a) Sophomore Midfielder
Key Distributor	Filip Mirkovic (3g, 12a) Junior Midfielder	Nyk Sessock (0g,7a) Senior Defender	Nathan Opoku (9g, 6a) Sophomore Forward	Giorgio Probo Sophomore Midfielder (5g, 14a)
Key Defender	Yanis Leerman Graduate Student	Daniel Munie Senior	Christian Curti (0g, 3a) Senior	Owen O’Malley (8g, 6a) Sophomore
Goalkeeper	Joe van der Sar (0.98 GAA) Senior	JT Harms (1.04 GAA) Junior	Russell Shealy (0.62 GAA) RS Senior	Paul Kruse (1.35 GAA) Graduate Student
Don’t Underestimate	Rodrigo Almeida (0g, 3a) GS Midfielder	Samuel Sarver (4g, 3a) Sophomore Forward Patrick McDonald Sophomore Midfielder	Giona Leibold (5g, 2a) Sophomore Midfielder	Mark O’Neill (4g, 0a) Sophomore Midfielder
Freshmen To Watch	Jackson Gilman (0g, 3a) Defender	Jack Wagoner (0g, 2a) Midfielder	NA	NA
A Key Element	Lucas Rosa (2g, 6a) Graduate Student Midfielder	Herbert Endeley (3g, 5a) Senior Forward Brett Bebej (3g, 1a) Senior Defender	Jeorgio Kocevski (5g, 1a) Junior Midfielder Nathan Opoku (9g, 6a) Sophomore Forward The Entire Backline	Callum Watson (3g, 4a) Senior Midfielder Charles Auguste (3g, 2a) Senior Midfielder
The Glue	Jackson Walti (2g, 0a) GS Midfielder	Danie Munie Senior Defender Joey Maher – Junior Defender	Russell Shealy RS Senior Goalkeeper	Charles Auguste (3g, 2a) Senior Midfielder Paul Kruse GS Goalkeeper
Cards: Yellow/Red	33/3	31/1	43/2	63/1
Last Trip To College Cup	2020	2018	2015	2012
Road Traveled Home – H Away – A	Cleveland State 2-1 (H) Akron 3-0 (R) Kentucky 2-1 (R) Portland 1-0 OT (H)	Saint Louis 1-0 (H) Marshall 1-0 (H) UNCG 2-0 (R)	Penn 2-1 (H) Cornell 1-0 (H) Vermont 2-1 (H)	Missouri State 2-1 (H) Washington 3-1 (R) Tulsa 2-1 (R) Duke 3-2 (R)