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 TeamLocationStadiumCapacityCalifornia Golden BearsBerkeley, CaliforniaEdwards StadiumWitter Rugby FieldOregon State BeaversCorvallis, OregonLorenz FieldSan Diego State AztecsSan Diego, CaliforniaSDSU Sports DeckStanford CardinalStanford, CaliforniaCagan StadiumUCLA BruinsLos Angeles, CaliforniaWallis Annenberg StadiumWashington HuskiesSeattle, WashingtonHusky Soccer Stadium

Preseason

Recruiting classes + Rankings Team SigneesCalifornia Oregon State San Diego State 1Stanford 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.

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

All−American teams

USC 1st TeamUSC 2nd TeamTDS 1st TeamTDS 2nd TeamCSN 1st TeamCSN 2nd Team

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. Grimes was replaced by Leonard Griffin, who had previously coached Grand Canyon University.

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

Regular season Index to colors and formattingPac-12 member wonPac-12 member lostPac-12 member tiedPac-12 teams in bold All times Pacific time.

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

Positions by round

Schedule

Week 1 (Aug 22–28)

Week 2 (Aug 29–Sep 4)

Week 3 (Sep 5–11)

Week 4 (Sep 12–18)

Week 5 (Sep 19–25)

Week 6 (Sep 26–Oct 2)

Week 7 (Oct 3–9)

Week 8 (Oct 10–16)

Week 9 (Oct 17–23)

Week 10 (Oct 24–30)

Week 11 (Oct 31–Nov 6)

Week 12 (Nov 7–13)

Postseason

NCAA 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 Championship2Washington L 1–3 vs. – (Seattle, WA)5Stanford W 6–2 – (Stanford, CA) T 1–1 (5–6 PKs) No. 12 – (Stanford, CA)8Oregon State L 0–2 – (Corvallis, OR)UCLA W 2–1 – (Los Angeles, CA) W 2–1 at – (Clemson, SC) L 0–3 at – (Burlington, VT)W–L–T (%): Total:

Rankings

National rankings   Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25NVNo votes received  Pre Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 FinalCalifornia NVNone released NV NVOregon State 5510None released 5531516 6516RVSan Diego State NVNone released NV NVStanford RV322т5т659556None released NVRVRV2320199914557 NV NV669769767UCLA 23415252021RVRVRVNone released 202014614151425 23159RV2623RVRVRVRVRVWashington 3834221 (5)1 (6)1 (6)1 (5)1 (6)None released 22242211111 22232211111

Regional rankings - USC Far West Region   Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 10NVNo votes received The United Soccer Coaches' Far West region ranks teams across the Pac-12, Big West, and WAC.   Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12CaliforniaOregon State3555554San Diego State9Stanford1112222222UCLA2343363343Washington4221111111

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 Washington MF Sep. 5 Ilijah Paul Washington F Sep. 12 Elias Katsaros San Diego State D Sep. 19 Iljah Paul Washington F Sep. 26 Javier Armas Oregon State MF Oct. 3 Will Reilly Stanford MF Oct. 10 Lucas Meek Washington MF Oct. 17 Clarence Awoudor Oregon State F Oct. 24 Shane de Flores Stanford MF Oct. 31 Gio Miglietti Washington D/F Nov. 7 Imanol Rosales Washington MF Nov. 14 Joran Gerbet Oregon State MF

Postseason honors

Conference honors 2022 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Player of the YearJoran Gerbet – Oregon StateDefensive Player of the YearKeegan Hughes – StanfordCoach of the Year Jamie Clark – WashingtonFreshman of the Year CJ Fodrey – San Diego State

2022 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees Honorable MentionClarence 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 StateNonso 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 – StanfordJose 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

USC 1st TeamUSC 2nd TeamTDS 1st TeamTDS 2nd TeamCSN 1st TeamCSN 2nd Team

MLS SuperDraft

Draft picks

Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College17Real Salt LakeIlijah PaulFWWashington113Austin FCCJ FodreyFWSan Diego State240Charlotte FCNick ScardinaFWWashington359Seattle Sounders FCBlake BowenDFSan Diego State

Homegrown contracts

Original MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeNotesSeattle Sounders FCJacob CastroGKSan Diego State

Notes

References

External links Pac-12 Men's Soccer