The 2022 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-seventh season. They played their home games at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. This was the team's 82nd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 70th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Cavaliers finished the season 10–4–5 overall and 5–1–2 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Coastal Division. As the third overall seed in the ACC Tournament they earned a first round bye, defeated Pittsburgh in the Quarterfinals but fell to Syracuse in the Semifinals in a penalty shoot-out. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they received a first round bye as the fourth overall seed but then lost in the Second Round to in another penalty shootout to end their season.
Background
The Cavaliers finished the season 6–9–3 overall and 2–5–1 in ACC play to finish in sixth place in the Coastal Division. As the eleventh overall seed in the ACC Tournament they lost in the First Round to sixth seeded Wake Forest. They received did not receive an invite to the NCAA Tournament.
Player movement
Players leaving Departures Antonio Rodriguez 00 GK 6'0" 180 Sophomore Bogota, Colombia — Oliver Gerbig 5 DF 6'2" 195 Senior Taipei, Taiwan Graduated Jules Anderson 8 MF 5'9" 155 Junior Ocean, New Jersey Transferred to San Diego State Nick Berghold 10 FW/MF 5'9" 165 Junior Wingdale, New York Graduated Ank Nibogora 12 FW 5'10" 165 Sophomore Kitchener, Ontario Transferred to Saint John's Kaya Ignacio 13 FW/MF 5'8" 160 Junior Georgetown, Texas Transferred to High Point Rafael Caipo 15 MF/DF 6'1" 170 Sophomore Lima, Peru — Julian Aguilar 16 MF 5'5" 138 Junior Guatemala City, Guatemala — Chris Scheipe 19 MF/DF 5'9" 155 Junior Duluth, Georgia — Jesper Moksnes 25 DF 6'2" 165 Freshman Stavanger, Norway Transferred to Duquesne Malcolm Brickhouse 27 MF 5'11" 170 Freshman Charlottesville, Virginia —
Players arriving
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Aidan O'Connor 5 DF 6'3" 215 Junior Grand Rapids, Michigan Western Michigan Moritz Kappelsberger 13 DF 6'3" 207 Graduate Student Rosenheim, Germany Wisconsin Daniel Mangarov 16 MF 5'7" 146 Junior Duluth, Georgia UNC Greensboro Axel Ahlander 24 MF 6'3" 190 Junior Nøtterøy, Norway James Madison Truman Gelnovatch 35 FW 5'10" 185 Graduate Student Miami, Florida Princeton
Recruiting class
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Sachse, Texas Sachse Boston, Massachusetts New England Revolution Safety Harbor, Florida Chargers SC Houston, Texas Houston Dynamo Harrisburg, North Carolina Atlanta United Cartersville, Virginia FC Richmond Athens, Tennessee Atlanta United Arlington, Virginia DC United
Squad
Roster
Team management Head coach George Gelnovatch Associate head coach Matt Chulis Assistant coach Adam Perron Volunteer assistant coach Mike Lyons Director of operations Jermaine Birriel
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Awards and honors Andreas Ueland Pre-Season ACC Watchlist August 16 ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 27 Holden Brown ACC Co-defensive Player of the Week October 4 Leo Afonso ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 25 Andreas Ueland Defensive Player of the Year November 9 Leo Afonso All-ACC First Team Andreas Ueland Holden Brown All-ACC Third Team Reese Miller ACC All-Freshman Team
2023 MLS Super draft
Andreas Ueland New England Revolution 3 68 DF
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