| 2022 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 3,678 | ||||
| Site | Campus Sites (Higher Seed) | ||||
| Champions | UC Riverside (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Tim Cupello (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Carlos Gonzalez[1] (UC Santa Barbara) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Riverside‡ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 4 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Irvine | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC San Diego # | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 2 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 11 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 0 | – | 8 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2022 Big West Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 2 through 12, 2022. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the higher seeds home stadium. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.[2] UC Santa Barbara was unable to defend its crown, falling to UC Riverside in the Final, 1–0.[3] This was the second Big West tournament title for the UC Riverside program, both of which have come under head coach Tim Cupello.[4] As tournament champions, UC Riverside earned the Big West's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2022 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. The first and second seeds earned a bye into the Semifinals, and hosted their Semifinal game. A tiebreaker was required to break a three-way tie between UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge, and UC Santa Barbara as all the teams ended the regular season with 16 points in conference play. The tiebreaker was head-to-head record among the three teams. UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine were both 1–0–1 and Cal State Northridge was 0–2. Therefore, Cal State Northridge was the fourth seed, and UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara moved on to a second tiebreaker, goal difference. UC Santa Barbara finished with +7, while UC Irvine finished with a -1 goal difference. Therefore, UC Santa Barbara was the second seed and UC Irvine was the third.[5]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | UC Riverside | 5–2–2 | 17 |
| 2 | UC Santa Barbara | 4–1–4 | 16 |
| 3 | UC Irvine | 5–3–1 | 16 |
| 4 | Cal State Northridge | 5–3–1 | 16 |
| 5 | UC Davis | 4–3–2 | 14 |
| 6 | Sacramento State | 4–5–0 | 12 |
Source:[6]
| First round Wednesday, Nov. 2 | Semifinals Saturday, Nov. 5 | Final Saturday, Nov. 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UC Riverside | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Cal State Northridge | 3 | 4 | Cal State Northridge | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | UC Davis | 2 | 1 | UC Riverside | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | UC Santa Barbara | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UC Santa Barbara (a.e.t.) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UC Irvine | 2 | 3 | UC Irvine | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Sacramento State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| November 2 | #3 UC Irvine | 2–0 | #6 Sacramento State | Irvine, CA |
| 6:00 p.m. PT |
 48' 66' 71' 80' 80' |
Report |
86' Bryan Gutierrez |
Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 333 Referee: Rene Nunez Assistant referees: Salma Perez Assistant referees: Trevor Wiseman Fourth official: Bubba Barnett |
| November 2 | #4 Cal State Northridge | 3–2 | #5 UC Davis | Northridge, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PT |
40' 52' 53' 61' |
Report |
39' Cason Goodman 41' Andy Velasquez 87' Zachary Batchelder |
Stadium: Matador Soccer Field Attendance: 577 Referee: Frank Anderson Assistant referees: Salvador Reyes Assistant referees: Irving Navarro Fourth official: Adrian Gonzalez |
| November 5 | #1 UC Riverside | 4–1 | #4 Cal State Northridge | Riverside, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PT |
42', 89' 78' 81' |
Report |
46'  79' AJ Johnson 78' David Diaz 89' Kanata Furutani |
Stadium: UC Riverside Soccer Stadium Attendance: 708 Referee: Sean Wright Assistant referees: Steve Lane Assistant referees: Wale Animashuan Fourth official: Magic Berenji |
| November 5 | #2 UC Santa Barbara | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | #3 UC Irvine | Santa Barbara, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PT |
96' 109' |
Report |
109' Luke Pruter |
Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 925 Referee: Frank Anderson Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard Assistant referees: Abdel Hakeem Wakil Fourth official: Shahin Torosian |
| November 12 | #1 UC Riverside | 1–0 | #2 UC Santa Barbara | Riverside, CA |
| 7:00 p.m. PT |
56' |
Report |
42' Henry Davies 81' Lucas Gonzalez |
Stadium: UC Riverside Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Ian Anderson Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard Assistant referees: Frank Anderson Fourth official: Vincent Brizzolara |
There were 16 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match (as of November 12, 2022).
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
