2022 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

The 2022 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. They were led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his thirteenth season. They played their home games at Riggs Field. This was the team's 62nd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 35th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2022 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	13–7–1 (3–4–1 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Noonan (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Philip Jones (10th season) Camilo Rodriguez (7th season)
Home stadium	Riggs Field
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 1 Syracuse ‡	5	–	1	–	2			18	–	2	–	5
No. 24 Wake Forest +	5	–	3	–	0			14	–	6	–	0
Louisville +	4	–	3	–	1			9	–	6	–	3
No. 13 Clemson +	3	–	4	–	1			13	–	7	–	1
Boston College	1	–	4	–	3			4	–	7	–	5
NC State	1	–	5	–	2			6	–	7	–	5
Coastal
No. 3 Duke +	5	–	0	–	3			13	–	2	–	4
No. 16 Virginia +	5	–	1	–	2			10	–	4	–	5
No. 8 Pittsburgh +	3	–	2	–	3			12	–	5	–	5
North Carolina +	2	–	2	–	4			8	–	6	–	5
Notre Dame	3	–	4	–	1			8	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech	0	–	8	–	0			3	–	14	–	1
‡ – ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2022 NCAA tournament As of December 13, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The Tigers finished the season 13–7–1 overall and 3–4–1 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. As the eighth overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Notre Dame in the First Round, top seed Duke in the Quarterfinals, fourth seed Wake Forest in the Semifinals and became the lowest seed to reach the final in ACC Tournament history.^[1] They came up short in the final losing to eventual National Champion Syracuse 2–0. They received an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded the sixth overall seed. After a First Round bye, they lost to UCLA in the Second Round to end their National Title defense.

Background

Main article: 2021 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

The Tigers finished the season 16–5–2 overall and 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first in the Atlantic Division. As the second overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated North Carolina in the Quarterfinals before losing to Duke in the Semifinals. They received an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded the eight overall seed. After a First Round bye, they defeated Denver in overtime in the Second Round and Kentucky in the Third Round. In the quarterfinals, they face off against top seed Oregon State, who they defeated on penalties to advance. Penalties were required again to defeat Notre Dame in the Semifinals. In the Final Clemson defeated Washington to win their third National Title in program history.

Player movement

Players leaving

Players Leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
George Marks	1	GK	6'1"	177	Senior	Charlotte, North Carolina	Graduated, Drafted 57th overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Oskar Ågren	3	DF	6'3"	180	Junior	Malmo, Sweden	Drafted 13th overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Justin Malou	4	DF	5'11"	175	Senior	Kedougou, Senegal	Graduated
Callum Johnson	8	MF	5'9"	165	Junior	New York, New York	Drafted 42nd overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador	10	MF	5'10"	165	Senior	Royal Palm Beach, Florida	Graduated, Drafted 44th overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Camilo Comi	11	FW	5'7"	147	Freshman	Rosario, Argentina	Transferred to VCU
John Martin	13	MF/DF	5'9"	155	Senior	Clemson, South Carolina	Graduated, Drafted 64th overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Charlie Asensio	15	DF	5'9"	155	Senior	Roswell, Georgia	Graduated, Drafted 35th overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Quinn McNeill	17	MF	5'11"	160	Senior	Greenville, South Carolina	Graduated, Signed with Charlotte FC
Josh Hallenberger	23	FW	5'10"	155	Sophomore	San Antonio, Texas	Transferred to Akron
James Brighton	25	FW	6'1"	190	Junior	Hilton Head Island, South Carolina	Graduated
Jake Barron	26	DF	6'2"	175	Junior	Orlando, Florida	Graduated
Tyler Hutchinson	29	DF	5'9"	160	Sophomore	Cliffside Park, New Jersey	Transferred to Seton Hall
Giles Thaxter	31	GK	6'3"	195	Senior	Richmond, Virginia	Graduated

Players arriving

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Joey Skinner	13	DF	6'2"	155	Sophomore	Charlotte, North Carolina	UNC Greensboro
Derek Waleffe	16	MF	5'11"	167	Graduate Student	Madison, Wisconsin	Brown

Recruiting Class

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Joseph Andema GK	GHA	Accra, Ghana	Montverde Academy	[2]
Noah Behrmann MF	USA	Charlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte Independence Soccer Club	[3]
Patrick Donovan GK	USA	Westport, Connecticut	Beachside SC	[4]
Marco Garcia FW	ITA	Liguria, Italy	Alabama FC	[5]
Aiden Hampton GK	USA	Southbury, Connecticut	Connecticut Rash	[6]
James Kelly MF	USA	Gastonia, North Carolina	Charlotte Soccer Academy	[7]
Michael John Petry MF	USA	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina	South Carolina United FC	[8]
Nathan Richmond MF	USA	Atlanta, Georgia	IMG Academy	[9]
Shawn Smart DF	USA	Apopka, Florida	Montverde Academy	[10]
Tyler Trimnal FW	USA	Lancaster, South Carolina	Charlotte Soccer Academy	[11]
Terry Watson DF	USA	Blythewood, South Carolina	South Carolina United FC	[12]

Squad

Roster

As of January 6, 2023^[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Patrick Donovan 1 GK  USA Trevor Manion 3 DF  USA Adam Lundegard 4 DF  USA Dawson Malcolm 5 DF  SEN Hamady Diop 6 DF  USA Dylan Sullivan 7 FW  SWE Tim Ströbeck 8 MF  USA Elton Chifamba 9 MF  ESP Mohamed Seye 10 MF  SEN Ousmane Sylla 11 MF  USA Brandon Parrish 12 DF  USA Enrique Montana III 13 DF  USA Joey Skinner 14 DF  USA Titus Sandy Jr. 15 DF  USA Terry Watson

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  USA Derek Waleffe 17 FW  USA Tyler Trimnal 18 MF  ESP Alvaro Gomez 19 FW  USA James Kelly 20 DF  USA Shawn Smart 21 MF  USA Noah Behrmann 22 GK  USA Aiden Hampton 24 MF  USA MJ Petry 25 MF  USA Nathan Richmond 26 FW  ITA Marco Garcia 27 FW  USA Isaiah Reid 28 DF  USA Ben Erkens 29 FW  USA Isaiah Easley 31 GK  GHA Joseph Andema

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Dan Radakovich
Head coach	Mike Noonan
Associate head coach	Philip Jones
Assistant Coach	Camilo Rodriguez
Director of Operations	Rob Thompson

Source:^[14]

Schedule

Source:^[15][16]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	at Wofford	L 1–3	–	Snyder Field Spartanburg, SC
August 16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	at Furman	W 3–0	–	Stone Stadium Greenville, SC
August 20*	No. 1	Georgia State		–	Soccer Practice Facility Clemson, SC
Regular season
August 26* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	No. 13 Indiana	W 3–2	1–0–0	Riggs Field (6,539) Clemson, SC
August 29* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	USC Upstate	W 2–0	2–0–0	Riggs Field (3,053) Clemson, SC
September 2* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	at South Carolina	W 1–0	3–0–0	Stone Stadium (5,449) Columbia, SC
September 6* 6:00 p.m.	No. 1	UNC Asheville	W 4–0	4–0–0	Riggs Field (1,504) Clemson, SC
September 10 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	at Boston College	W 2–1	5–0–0 (1–0–0)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (1,208) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 13* 8:00 p.m.	No. 1	at UAB	W 2–0	6–0–0	PNC Field (934) Birmingham, AL
September 16 8:00 p.m.	No. 1	No. 16 Syracuse	L 1–2	6–1–0 (1–1–0)	Riggs Field (4,737) Clemson, SC
September 19* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	Presbyterian	W 4–0	7–1–0	Riggs Field (1,143) Clemson, SC
September 24 7:00 p.m.	No. 10	No. 1 Wake Forest	L 1–6	7–2–0 (1–2–0)	Riggs Field (3,744) Clemson, SC
October 3 7:00 p.m.	No. 17	at North Carolina	W 1–0	8–2–0 (2–2–0)	Dorrance Field (1,257) Chapel Hill, NC
October 7 8:00 p.m.	No. 23	at No. 25 Pittsburgh	T 1–1	8–2–1 (2–2–1)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,428) Pittsburgh, PA
October 11* 7:00 p.m.	No. 18	No. 23 UNC Greensboro	L 1–2	8–3–1	Riggs Field (1,571) Clemson, SC
October 15 5:30 p.m.	No. 18	Virginia	L 1–2	8–4–1 (2–3–1)	Riggs Field (2,236) Clemson, SC
October 21 7:00 p.m.		at No. 11 Louisville	L 0–1	8–5–1 (2–4–1)	Lynn Stadium (1,013) Louisville, KY
October 24* 7:00 p.m.		UMass	W 3–1	9–5–1	Riggs Field (1,624) Clemson, SC
October 28 7:00 p.m.		NC State	W 3–0	10–5–1 (3–4–1)	Riggs Field (1,984) Clemson, SC
ACC Tournament
November 2 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(8)	(9) Notre Dame First Round	W 3–1	11–5–1	Riggs Field (1,720) Clemson, SC
November 6 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(8)	at (1) No. 3 Duke Quarterfinals	W 2–0	12–5–1	Koskinen Stadium (1,164) Durham, NC
November 9 7:00 p.m., ACCN	(8) No. 18т	at (4) No. 20т Wake Forest Semifinals	W 2–0	13–5–1	Spry Stadium (1,729) Winston-Salem, NC
November 13 Noon, ESPNU	(8) No. 18т	vs. (2) No. 3 Syracuse Final	L 0–2	13–6–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (2,913) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 20 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(6) No. 18т	UCLA Second Round	L 1–2	13–7–1	Riggs Field (1,186) Clemson, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Goals Record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season	ACC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	10		MF	Ousmane Sylla	5	0	0	5
2	9		FW	Mohamed Seye	3	1	0	4
3	11		MF	Brandon Parrish	1	2	0	3
	26		FW	Macro Garcia	3	0	0	3
	27		FW	Isaiah Reid	3	0	0	3
6	3		FW	Adam Lundegard	2	0	0	2
	5		DF	Hamady Diop	1	0	1	2
	7		FW	Tim Ströbeck	2	0	0	2
	13		DF	Joey Skinner	2	0	0	2
	16		MF	Derek Waleffe	0	2	0	2
	17		FW	Tyler Trimnal	2	0	0	2
	29		FW	Isaiah Easley	2	0	0	2
13	12		DF	Enrique Montana III	1	0	0	1
	18		MF	Alvaro Gomez	1	0	0	1
	25		MF	Nathan Richmond	1	0	0	1
Total					29	5	1	37

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			ACC Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
1	3		DF	Adam Lundegard	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
2	5		DF	Hamady Diop	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
	9		FW	Mohamed Seye	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	10		MF	Ousmane Sylla	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	8		MF	Elton Chifamba	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	11		MF	Brandon Parrish	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	20		DF	Shawn Smart	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	7		FW	Tim Ströbeck	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16		MF	Derek Waleffe	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		MF	Alvaro Gomez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	26		FW	Marco Garcia	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	29		FW	Isaiah Easley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	6		DF	Dylan Sullivan	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12		DF	Enrique Montana III	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	27		FW	Isaiah Reid	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					25	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	37	1	0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Mohamed Seye	Pre-Season ACC Watchlist	August 16	[17]
Ousmane Sylla	ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week	August 30	[18]
Ousmane Sylla	All-ACC First Team	November 9	[19]
Hamady Diop	All-ACC Second Team
Mohamed Seye	All-ACC Third Team
Joseph Andema	ACC All-Freshman Team

2023 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2023 MLS SuperDraft

Clemson had the first overall pick for the second time in four drafts. No other school has had two top-five picks in the past four seasons.^[20]

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Hamady Diop	Charlotte FC	1	1	DF
Joey Skinner	Nashville SC	1	13	DF
Isaiah Reid	Houston Dynamo	2	34	FW

Source:^[21]

Rankings

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer[22]	1 (8)	1 (7)	1 (6)	1 (7)	10	17	23	18	RV	—	—	18т	Not released				13
TopDrawer Soccer [23]	1	1	1	1	7	11	11	12	22	—	—	14	12	16	18	19	20