The 2022 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented the University of Louisville during the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach John Michael Hayden, in his fourth season. They played their home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 44th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 9th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Cardinals finished the season 9–6–3 overall and 4–3–1 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. As the fifth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they were upset by twelfth seed Virginia Tech in the First Round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to to end their season.

Background

The Cardinals finished the season 10–7–1 overall and 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Atlantic Division. As the fourth overall seed in the ACC Tournament the received a bye into the Quarterfinals, where they lost against fifth seed Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Bowling Green to end their season.

Player movement

Players leaving Departures Jack Fasteen 8 MF 5'11" 168 Junior Louisville, Kentucky Transferred to Liberty Pedro Fonseca 10 FW 5'8" 154 Senior Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Graduated; Drafted 53rd overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft Zeiko Harris 12 DF 6'4" — Senior Sandys Parish, Bermuda Graduated Jack Hickey 18 DF 6'2" 175 Junior Richmond, KY Graduated Jean Claude Bikorimana 25 MF — — Freshman Lexington, Kentucky — Detre Bell 30 GK 6'0" — Graduate Student Hamilton, Bermuda Graduated

Players arriving

Recruiting class

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Orlando, Florida Orlando City SC Academy Charleston, West Virginia Crew SC Academy Queens, New York Met Oval Prospect, Kentucky Louisville City Academy

Squad

Roster

Team management Head coach John Michael Hayden Associate head coach Bryan Green Assistant Coach Sean Teepen Volunteer assistant coach Darren Yeagle Director of Operations James Kusak

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Schedule

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!colspan=6 style=""| Regular Season

!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament

!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament

Awards and honors Eric Danquah Pre-Season ACC Watchlist August 16 Aboubakar Camara ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 27 Josh Jones ACC Co-defensive Player of the Week October 25 Sander Roed All-ACC First Team November 9 Aboubakar Camara All-ACC Second Team

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