2022 CAA men's soccer tournament

2022 CAA men's soccer tournament
2022 CAA men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	3,263
Site	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions	Hofstra (6th title)
Winning coach	Richard Nuttall (6th title)
MVP	Eliot Goldthorp (Hofstra)
Broadcast	FloSports
CAA men's soccer tournament
«2021	2023»

The 2022 CAA men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association held from November 3 through November 12, 2022. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Hofstra Pride.^[1] They were able to successfully defend their title, defeating the top overall seed, Elon 2–1 in the Final.^[2] The conference tournament title was the sixth overall for the Hofstra men's soccer program all of which have come under head coach Richard Nuttall.^[3] As tournament champions, Hofstra earned the CAA's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2022 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Elon+	6	–	1	–	2	11	–	5	–	3
UNC Wilmington	5	–	1	–	3	6	–	4	–	7
Hofstra‡	5	–	2	–	2	14	–	4	–	3
Northeastern	4	–	4	–	1	6	–	9	–	3
Drexel	3	–	3	–	3	7	–	5	–	6
William & Mary	3	–	3	–	3	5	–	7	–	6
College of Charleston	3	–	4	–	2	5	–	7	–	5
Stony Brook	3	–	6	–	0	5	–	11	–	0
Monmouth	2	–	6	–	1	7	–	7	–	1
Delaware	2	–	6	–	1	4	–	11	–	2


‡ – 2022 CAA Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2022 NCAA Tournament As of December 13, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: CAA

This was the last CAA tournament under the "Colonial Athletic Association" identity. On July 20, 2023, the CAA announced it had changed its name to Coastal Athletic Association.^[4]

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as Drexel and William & Mary both finished with regular season records of 3–3–3. Drexel earned the fifth seed by virtue of their 4–1 regular season win over William & Mary on September 3.^[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Elon	6–1–2	20
2	UNC Wilmington	5–1–3	18
3	Hofstra	5–2–2	17
4	Northeastern	4–4–1	13
5	Drexel	3–3–3	12
6	William & Mary	3–3–3	12

Bracket

Source:^[6]

First Round Thursday, November 3			Semifinals Sunday, November 6			Final Saturday, November 12

			1	Elon	1
4	Northeastern	0	5	Drexel	0
5	Drexel	1				1	Elon	1
						3	Hofstra	2
			2	UNC Wilmington	1
3	Hofstra (a.e.t.)	1	3	Hofstra	2
6	William & Mary	0

Schedule

First Round

November 3	#4 Northeastern	0–1	#5 Drexel	Elon, NC
6:00 p.m. ET	Ahriá Simons 40' Fraser Brown 54' Ole Kjorholt 55' Tobias Wangerud 64'	Report	67' Cesar Banacloy 85' Youri Senden	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 177 Referee: Amin Hadzic Assistant referees: Jude Carr Assistant referees: Hudson Owens Fourth official: Forrest Ambrose

November 3	#3 Hofstra	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#6 William & Mary	Wilmington, NC
7:00 p.m. ET	Roc Charles 17' Team 28' Nico Oberrauch 40' Oliver Svalander 79' Ryan Carmichael 103'	Report	56' Joe Core 62' Augie Cooper 107' Diba Nwegbo 110' Jack Crocco	Stadium: UNCW Soccer Stadium Attendance: 85 Referee: Izlen Peksenar Assistant referees: Clive Edwards Assistant referees: Aaron Gallagher Fourth official: David McPhun

Semifinals

November 6	#1 Elon	1–0	#5 Drexel	Elon, NC
1:00 p.m. ET	Ben Rosenblatt 21' Marco Vesterholm 55' 89' Jeppe Jordoson 66'	Report	13' Cesar Banacloy 66' Daniel Nesseler 73' Harrison Coron 89' Dominick Bachstein	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 823 Referee: Mike Stutt Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner Assistant referees: Dustin Thorne Fourth official: Hicham El Bariqi

November 6	#2 UNC Wilmington	1–2	#3 Hofstra	Wilmington, NC
2:00 p.m. ET	Ethan Newsome 14' Bachir Ndiaye 52' Adam Hillis 61' Angelo Madrid 74'	Report	31' Marcelo Lage 75' Eliot Goldthrop 85' Roc Carles	Stadium: UNCW Soccer Stadium Attendance: 753 Referee: Richard Crowgey Assistant referees: Bradley Shrader Assistant referees: Jude Carr Fourth official: Erick Varone

Final

November 12	#1 Elon	1–2	#3 Hofstra	Elon, NC
1:00 p.m. ET	Vemund Hole Vik 32' Scott Vatne 37' Majaliwa Msabaha 72' Kasper Lehm 90'	Report	13' Eliot Goldthorp 39' Oliver Svalander 86' Francesco Perinelli	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 1,425 Referee: Izlen Peksenar Assistant referees: Kevin Uitto Assistant referees: Gabriel Rivera Fourth official: Hudson Owens

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.8 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

1 goal

Ben Rosenblatt – Elon
Kasper Lehm – Elon
Cesar Banacloy – Drexel
Ryan Carmichael – Hofstra
Eliot Goldthrop – Hofstra
Marcelo Lage – Hofstra
Francesco Perinelli – Hofstra
Oliver Svalander – Hofstra
Ethan Newsome – UNC Wilmington

All-Tournament team

Source:^[7]

Player	Team
Eliot Goldthorp	Hofstra
Ryan Carmichael
Pierce Infuso
Francesco Perinelli
Franc Gamiz Quer	Elon
Kasper Lehm
Ben Rosenblatt
Alessandro Capogna	Drexel
Youri Senden	Drexel
Bachir Ndiaye	UNC Wilmington
Gabriel Perrotta	UNC Wilmington

MVP in bold

References

^ Colonial Athletic Association. "2021 CAA Men's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
^ Colonial Athletic Association. "2022 CAA Men's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
^ "CAA Men's Record Book" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
^ "CAA Changes Official Conference Name To Coastal Athletic Association" (Press release). Coastal Athletic Association. July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
^ "CAA Men's Soccer Championship Begins Thursday with First Round Games in North Carolina". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. October 29, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
^ "2022 CAA Men's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
^ "Hofstra Repeats As CAA Men's Soccer Champions with 2-1 Win at Elon". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. November 12, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

[1] Colonial Athletic Association. "2021 CAA Men's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

[2] Colonial Athletic Association. "2022 CAA Men's Soccer Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

[3] "CAA Men's Record Book" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

[4] "CAA Changes Official Conference Name To Coastal Athletic Association" (Press release). Coastal Athletic Association. July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.

[5] "CAA Men's Soccer Championship Begins Thursday with First Round Games in North Carolina". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. October 29, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

[6] "2022 CAA Men's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

[7] "Hofstra Repeats As CAA Men's Soccer Champions with 2-1 Win at Elon". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. November 12, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

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