The 2022 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season was the 10th season of men's varsity soccer in the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season culminated with the 2022 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.
Background Previous season
Tulsa was the regular season champions, earning their first regular season title since 2009. The Golden Hurricane also completed the double by winning the 2021 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, making it their first tournament title since 2016. The Golden Hurricane earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Tulsa earned a national seed (the 6th overall seed) and reached the third round (Sweet Sixteen) before losing to West Virginia in overtime.
Two players from the American were selected in the third round of the 2022 MLS SuperDraft. SMU's Skage Simonsen was selected by D.C. United with the 69th overall pick and UCF's Nick Taylor was selected by Orlando City with the 74th overall pick. Additionally, Yanis Leerman of UCF was also drafted.
Program changes On May 4, 2022, American Conference commissioner Mike Aresco announced the addition of affiliate member institutions (UAB, Florida Atlantic, FIU and Charlotte) for men's soccer beginning in the fall 2022 season. All of these schools except FIU will become full members of The American on July 1, 2023.
Teams
Stadiums and Locations TeamLocationStadiumCapacityCharlotte 49ersCharlotte, North CarolinaTransamerica FieldFlorida Atlantic OwlsBoca Raton, FloridaFAU Soccer StadiumFIU PanthersUniversity Park, FloridaFIU Soccer StadiumMemphis TigersMemphis, TennesseeMike Rose Soccer ComplexSMU MustangsDallas, TexasWestcott FieldSouth Florida BullsTampa, FloridaCorbett StadiumTemple OwlsPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaTemple Owls Sports ComplexTulsa Golden HurricaneTulsa, OklahomaHurricane Soccer & Track StadiumUAB BlazersBirmingham, AlabamaPNC FieldUCF KnightsOrlando, FloridaUCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Head coaches Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2021 season
Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Record at school American record NCAATournaments NCAACollege Cups NCAATitlesCharlotte Charlotte (asst.) 10 6 0 0 Florida Atlantic South Carolina (asst.) 5 0 0 0FIU Coastal Carolina (asst.) 2 1 0 0Memphis Richard Mulrooney Memphis (asst.) 8 0 0 0SMU SMU (asst.) 7 3 0 0South Florida Bob Butehorn Florida Gulf Coast 5 5 0 0TempleBrian RowlandMaryland (asst.) 4 0 0 0Tulsa Tom McIntosh Tulsa (asst.) 27 11 0 0UAB Virginia Tech (asst.) 3 0 0 0UCF Scott Calabrese FIU 5 6 0 0
Preseason Recruiting classes + Rankings Team SigneesCharlotte Florida Atlantic FIU Memphis SMU South Florida Temple Tulane UAB UCF
Preseason Coaches polls The 2022 AAC Preseason Poll was released on August 23, 2022. The league's head coaches ranked Tulsa as the preseason favorite, with a unanimous 9 first place votes. Full results of the poll are shown below:
1 Tulsa 81 (9) 2 UCF 66 T-3 Charlotte 60 T-3 FIU 60 (1) 5 SMU 58 6 South Florida 36 7 Memphis 31 8 Florida Atlantic 27 9 Temple 19 10 UAB 14
Preseason awards All−American Teams
USC 1st TeamUSC 2nd TeamTDS 1st Team TDS 2nd TeamCSN 1st Team CSN 2nd Team
Preseason All AAC
First Team
Second Team
All AAC Honorable Mention (received votes from four or more members of the media): Charlotte: Florida Atlantic: FIU: Memphis: SMU: South Florida: Temple: Tulane: UAB: UCF:
Preseason exhibitions
Regular season Index to colors and formattingAAC member wonAAC member lostAAC member tiedAAC teams in bold All times Eastern time.
Week 1 (Aug. 25 – Aug. 29)
Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance August 25 4:00p.m. Charlotte UConn Morrone Stadium • Mansfield, CT W 3-1 904 August 25 6:00p.m. No. 11 Tulsa Marquette Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI W 4-2 250 August 25 7:00p.m. Lehigh Temple Temple Owls Sports Complex • Philadelphia, PA W 1-0 507 August 25 7:00p.m. Akron No. 18 FIU FIU Soccer Stadium • Westchester, FL L 3-5 868 August 25 7:00p.m. Florida Gulf Coast South Florida Corbett Stadium • Tampa, FL T 0-0 583 August 25 8:00p.m. UCF No. 15 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 0-1 1,733 August 25 8:00p.m. Oral Roberts SMU Westcott Field • Dallas, TX W 4-0 1,400 August 26 5:00p.m. Memphis Queens PNC Field • Birmingham, AL W 5-0 150 August 26 8:00p.m. Charleston UAB PNC Field • Birmingham, AL W 2-0 330 August 28 12:30p.m. Memphis Charleston PNC Field • Birmingham, AL T 1-1 250 August 28 3:30p.m. Queens UAB PNC Field • Birmingham, AL W 3-0 300 August 28 6:00p.m. Lynn Florida Atlantic FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, FL T 2-2 471 August 28 7:30p.m. South Florida No. 24 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC L 0-1 691 August 28 10:00p.m. SMU Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA L 1-3 753 August 29 7:00p.m. No. 18 FIU No. 25 St. John's Belson Stadium • Queens, NY W 1-0 1,500 August 29 7:00p.m. Gardner–Webb Charlotte Transamerica Field • Charlotte, NC W 4-0 708 August 29 7:00p.m. North Florida UCF UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FL W 2-1 416 August 29 7:00p.m. Seton Hall Temple Temple Owls Sports Complex • Philadelphia, PA T 1-1 421
Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Jose Ortiz SMU Bryce Meredith MemphisReference:
Week 2 (Aug. 30 – Sep. 5)
Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance August 31 6:00p.m. Stetson Florida Atlantic FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, FL W 2-1 351 September 1 8:00p.m. Xavier Memphis Memphis Soccer & Track Stadium • Memphis, TN L 0-1 307 September 2 3:00p.m. Temple Georgetown Shaw Field • Washington, DC L 2-5 1,067 September 2 8:00p.m. South Florida Marquette Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI L 1-0 358 September 2 8:00p.m. Kansas City Tulsa Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium • Tulsa, OK W 4-1 559 September 2 8:00p.m. Central Arkansas SMU Westcott Field • Dallas, TX W 2-0 800 September 3 7:00p.m. No. 23 Lipscomb Florida Atlantic FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, FL L 0-2 236 September 3 7:30p.m. FIU North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 2-1 774 September 3 8:00p.m. Wake Forest UAB PNC Field • Birmingham, AL L 0-2 315 September 4 8:00p.m. Charlotte Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA W 5-0 201 September 5 3:00p.m. UC Riverside UCF UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FL W 3-0 343 September 5 7:00p.m. Penn Temple Temple Owls Sports Complex • Philadelphia, PA T 1-1 551 September 5 8:00p.m. Oral Roberts Tulsa Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium • Tulsa, OK W 4-0 807 September 5 8:00p.m. Texas–Rio Grande Valley SMU Westcott Field • Dallas, TX W 7-2 125
Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Stephen Afrifa FIU Sean Suber CharlotteReference:
Week 3 (Sep. 6 – Sep. 12)
Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 6 7:00p.m. North Florida FIU FIU Soccer Stadium • Westchester, FL W 2-0 625 September 6 7:30p.m. Washington South Florida Corbett Stadium • Tampa, FL L 0-3 526 September 7 7:00p.m. Florida Atlantic Army Malek Stadium at Clinton Field • West Point, NY L 0-2 150 September 9 5:00p.m. Detroit Mercy Charlotte Transamerica Field • Charlotte, NC W 5-0 837 September 9 7:00p.m. Mercer South Florida Corbett Stadium • Tampa, FL W 2-0 313 September 9 7:00p.m. Lafayette Temple Temple Owls Sports Complex • Philadelphia, PA L 1-3 533 September 9 8:00p.m. SMU Saint Louis Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MO W 3-0 1,719 September 9 8:00p.m. Wisconsin UAB PNC Field • Birmingham, AL L 0-2 286 September 9 9:00p.m. UCF UC Irvine Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA W 3-2 175 September 10 6:00p.m. FIU New Hampshire Bremner Field • Durham, NH L 0-3 1,823 September 10 7:00p.m. Florida Atlantic Marist Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field • Poughkeepsie, NY L 0-2 620 September 10 8:00p.m. Green Bay Memphis Memphis Soccer & Track Stadium • Memphis, TN W 1-0 277 September 11 8:00p.m. Kentucky Tulsa Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium • Tulsa, OK T 1-1 766
Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Knut Ahlander SMU Cam Weston MemphisReference:
Week 4 (Sep. 13 – Sep. 19)
Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 13 7:00p.m. Winthrop Charlotte Transamerica Field • Charlotte, NC W 5-0 750 September 13 7:00p.m. Saint Peter's Temple Temple Owls Sports Complex • Philadelphia, PA W 3-1 397 September 13 8:00p.m. UNC Greensboro SMU Westcott Field • Dallas, TX T 0-0 500 September 13 8:00p.m. Clemson UAB PNC Field • Birmingham, AL L 0-2 934 September 16 7:00p.m. Tulsa FIU FIU Soccer Stadium • Westchester, FL FIU 3-0 813 September 16 7:00p.m. South Florida Florida Atlantic FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, FL T 1-1 513 September 17 7:00p.m. UCF Temple Temple Owls Sports Complex • Philadelphia, PA UCF 4-0 424 September 17 7:00p.m. UAB Charlotte Transamerica Field • Charlotte, NC CLT 3-0 931 September 17 8:00p.m. SMU Memphis Memphis Soccer & Track Stadium • Memphis, TN MEM 1-0 219
Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Stephen Afrifa FIU Lasse Laursen CharlotteReference:
Week 5 (Sep. 20 – Sep. 26)
Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 20 7:00p.m. Central Arkansas Memphis Memphis Soccer & Track Stadium • Memphis, TN W 6-4 314 September 20 7:00p.m. North Florida Florida Atlantic FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, FL L 0-1 146 September 20 7:00p.m. UAB Mercer Betts Stadium • Macon, GA L 2-3 327 September 20 8:00p.m. Tulsa Missouri State Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium • Springfield, MO W 3-0 493 September 21 7:00p.m. Coastal Carolina Charlotte Transamerica Field • Charlotte, NC W 6-1 989 September 23 8:00p.m. FIU SMU Westcott Field • Dallas, TX SMU 6-4 1,100 September 24 7:00p.m. Temple South Florida Corbett Stadium • Tampa, FL USF 2-1 512 September 24 7:00p.m. UAB Florida Atlantic FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, FL FAU 1-0 261 September 24 8:00p.m. UCF Memphis Memphis Soccer & Track Stadium • Memphis, TN MEM 3-2 203 September 25 8:00p.m. Charlotte Tulsa Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium • Tulsa, OK TUL 2-0 417
Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Knut Ahlander SMU Henry Sach TulsaReference:
Week 6 (Sep. 27 – Oct. 3)
Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 27 7:00p.m. FIU VCU Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA W 1-0 305 September 27 8:00p.m. Memphis SIUE Ralph Korte Stadium • Edwardsville, IL T 1-1 245 September 30 8:00p.m. Temple SMU Westcott Field • Dallas, TX SMU 4-1 650 September 30 8:00p.m. Tulsa UAB PNC Field • Birmingham, AL T 0-0 123 October 1 6:00p.m. Florida Atlantic UCF UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FL FAU 2-1 569 October 1 7:00p.m. Memphis FIU FIU Soccer Stadium • Westchester, FL FIU 3-2 442
Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Fredrik Skilberg SMU Philip Hildebrandt FIUReference:
Week 7 (Oct. 4 – Oct. 10)
Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance October 5 7:00p.m. SMU UCF UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FL SMU 2-1 193 October 5 7:00p.m. FIU Temple Temple Owls Sports Complex • Philadelphia, PA FIU 3-0 132 October 5 8:00p.m. South Florida UAB PNC Field • Birmingham, AL T 2-2 216 October 5 8:00p.m. Florida Atlantic Tulsa Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium • Tulsa, OK TUL 3-0 401 October 5 8:00p.m. Charlotte Memphis Memphis Soccer & Track Stadium • Memphis, TN T 1-1 212 October 9 6:00p.m. UCF FIU FIU Soccer Stadium • Westchester, FL UCF 3-1 476 October 9 7:00p.m. Tulsa South Florida Corbett Stadium • Tampa, FL USF 2-1 383 October 9 7:00p.m. Charlotte Florida Atlantic FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, FL T 2-2 211 October 9 8:00p.m. UAB SMU Westcott Field • Dallas, TX SMU 1-0 350 October 9 8:00p.m. Memphis Temple Temple Owls Sports Complex • Philadelphia, PA MEM 1-0 273
Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Lucca Dourado UCF Salvatore Mazzaferro South FloridaReference:
Week 8 (Oct. 11 – Oct. 17)