2022 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship

The 2022 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship was the 50th edition of the U Sports men's soccer championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2022 U Sports men's soccer season. The tournament started on November 10 and ended with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on November 13 in Kamloops, British Columbia.

2022 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship
Season2022-23
Teams8
Finals siteHillside Stadium
Kamloops, British Columbia
ChampionsThompson Rivers (1st title)
Runner-upUBC
Winning coachJohn Antulov (1st title)
MVPJunior Agyekum (Thompson Rivers)
TelevisionCBC Gem

Venue

The tournament was held at Hillside Stadium, on the grounds of Thompson Rivers University.[1] TRU last hosted the tournament in 2017, when they defeated perennial rival UBC on penalty kicks.[2]

Qualification

The championship consists of an eight-team single-elimination tournament. Four teams automatically qualify for the tournament as one of the winners of the four conferences, three qualify as the runners-ups, and one qualifies as the host.

Participating teams
Seed Team Qualified Record
1 CBU Capers AUS champions 10–0–2[3]
2 Montréal Carabins RSEQ champions 9–1–2
3 UBC Thunderbirds Canada West champions 9–3–3[4]
4 McMaster Marauders OUA champions 8–3–1
5 Thompson Rivers WolfPack Host 7–3–5[5]
6 TMU Bold OUA finalists 9–3–0[6]
7 St. Francis Xavier X-Men AUS finalists 7–3–2
8 UQTR Patriotes RSEQ finalists 7–3–2

Bracket

The bracket was announced on Sunday, November 6, 2022.[7]

First Round: November 10 Semi-Finals: November 11 Championship Game: November 12
         
1 CBU 2
8 UQTR 0
1 CBU 2
4 Thompson Rivers (p) 2
4 McMaster 1
5 Thompson Rivers 2
3 UBC 1
5 Thompson Rivers (p) 1
2 Montreal 3
7 STFX 0
2 Montreal 0 Bronze-Medal Game: November 12
3 UBC 3
3 UBC 4 1 CBU 0
6 TMU 0 2 Montreal 3

See also

References
  1. Donnelly, Adam. "Thompson Rivers University set to host 2022 USPORTs Men's National Soccer Championships in November". CFJC Today Kamloops. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  2. "History - Men's Soccer". U Sports. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  3. "Cape Breton Athletics". Cape Breton Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  4. "2022 Men's Soccer Cumulative Statistics". University of British Columbia Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  5. "2022 Men's Soccer Cumulative Statistics". Thompson Rivers University. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  6. "2022 Soccer (M) Cumulative Statistics". TMU Athletics & Recreation. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  7. "Draw and bracket announced for 2022 U SPORTS Men's Soccer championship presented by RBC". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
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