McIntyre, Five Orange Earn ACC Accolades
11/9/2022 12:23:00 PM | Men's Soccer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse men's soccer head coach Ian McIntyre is the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, as voted on by his fellow ACC head coaches. McIntyre is now a two-time recipient of the ACC Coach of the Year trophy, having won the award previously in 2014.
McIntyre has orchestrated one of the great turnarounds in program history. After finishing with an 8-8-2 record and 10th place overall in the ACC in 2021, Syracuse has a 13-2-3 record in 2022 and clinched the Atlantic Division title for the first time since 2014. The Orange won a program-best 17 points in ACC regular-season play under the direction of McIntyre.
Syracuse also finished with a 5-0-2 away record this season, the first time in the McIntyre era that a team finished the regular season with an undefeated record away from the SU Soccer Stadium. In 2020 and 2021, the Orange finished with a combined 2-10-3 road record.
The Basildon, England native is in his 13th year as head coach of the Orange. McIntyre has a record of 117-87-39 in the Salt City.
FIVE SELECTED TO All-ACC TEAMS
Five Syracuse student-athletes earned All-ACC honors. Among ACC member schools, Syracuse is tied for second in All-ACC team representation with Wake Forest. All five Orange student-athletes earn All-ACC accolades for the first time in their careers.
Senior forward Levonte Johnson and sophomore forward Nathan Opoku were named first-team All-ACC, while redshirt-senior goalkeeper Russell Shealy earned second-team All-ACC honors. Junior midfielder Jeorgio Kocevski and senior defender Christian Curti garnered third-team All-ACC recognition. Four of the five honorees arrived to Syracuse through the transfer portal, as Kocevski committed to Syracuse coming out of Liverpool High School.
Johnson and Opoku both earn All-ACC First Team honors after productive regular season campaigns. Both forwards are tied for third in goals scored in the ACC with eight, while Johnson is second in points with 22. Johnson scored the 86th minute match-winner against North Carolina in the ACC Championship Quarterfinal.
The two newcomers have started every match this season after transferring to Syracuse in the offseason. Johnson arrived at Syracuse from Seattle University and Opoku played a season at Lindsey Wilson College in Kentucky before his time with the Orange.
Shealy earns a spot on the second-team All-ACC list off the back of a career season. The Cartersville, Georgia native is second in the ACC in clean sheets (8), save percentage (.833), and goals against average (.590). He also saved a career-high 50 shots this season. Shealy played two seasons at Maryland before transferring to Syracuse prior to the 2020 season.
Kocevski and Curti are All-ACC Third Team selections after both receiving ACC Player of the Week awards in the regular season. Curti was the ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 30 after leading 'Cuse to back-to-back clean sheets against Iona and then-No.21 Penn State. Kocevski won ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 11 after scoring the game-winning goal against then-No. 4 Wake Forest in a 2-0 victory.
Curti has started 34 matches in his two seasons in Syracuse after transferring from Marist. He has two goals and three assists in his Orange career. The Ontario, Canada native is a versatile option for McIntyre and his staff. Curti has played centerback,
wingback and in the midfield during his time in upstate New York.
Kocevski, a local talent from Liverpool, New York, is a vital part of the Syracuse starting XI. He has 14 starts this season and career-highs in goals (4), assists (2), and points (10). Kocevski has 44 appearances in his Syracuse career.
The Orange host their first ever ACC Championship Semifinal today at 5 p.m. against Virginia. Gates open at 4 p.m. and tickets are $10 for the general public, $5 for youth ages 18 and under and senior citizens, and free for Syracuse students with a valid Syracuse University ID. The match will be televised live on ACC Network.
For all the latest updates on Syracuse men's soccer follow us on Instagram (CuseMsoc), Twitter (CuseMsoc), and Facebook (CuseMSOC).
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McIntyre has orchestrated one of the great turnarounds in program history. After finishing with an 8-8-2 record and 10th place overall in the ACC in 2021, Syracuse has a 13-2-3 record in 2022 and clinched the Atlantic Division title for the first time since 2014. The Orange won a program-best 17 points in ACC regular-season play under the direction of McIntyre.
Syracuse also finished with a 5-0-2 away record this season, the first time in the McIntyre era that a team finished the regular season with an undefeated record away from the SU Soccer Stadium. In 2020 and 2021, the Orange finished with a combined 2-10-3 road record.
The Basildon, England native is in his 13th year as head coach of the Orange. McIntyre has a record of 117-87-39 in the Salt City.
FIVE SELECTED TO All-ACC TEAMS
Five Syracuse student-athletes earned All-ACC honors. Among ACC member schools, Syracuse is tied for second in All-ACC team representation with Wake Forest. All five Orange student-athletes earn All-ACC accolades for the first time in their careers.
Senior forward Levonte Johnson and sophomore forward Nathan Opoku were named first-team All-ACC, while redshirt-senior goalkeeper Russell Shealy earned second-team All-ACC honors. Junior midfielder Jeorgio Kocevski and senior defender Christian Curti garnered third-team All-ACC recognition. Four of the five honorees arrived to Syracuse through the transfer portal, as Kocevski committed to Syracuse coming out of Liverpool High School.
Johnson and Opoku both earn All-ACC First Team honors after productive regular season campaigns. Both forwards are tied for third in goals scored in the ACC with eight, while Johnson is second in points with 22. Johnson scored the 86th minute match-winner against North Carolina in the ACC Championship Quarterfinal.
The two newcomers have started every match this season after transferring to Syracuse in the offseason. Johnson arrived at Syracuse from Seattle University and Opoku played a season at Lindsey Wilson College in Kentucky before his time with the Orange.
Shealy earns a spot on the second-team All-ACC list off the back of a career season. The Cartersville, Georgia native is second in the ACC in clean sheets (8), save percentage (.833), and goals against average (.590). He also saved a career-high 50 shots this season. Shealy played two seasons at Maryland before transferring to Syracuse prior to the 2020 season.
Kocevski and Curti are All-ACC Third Team selections after both receiving ACC Player of the Week awards in the regular season. Curti was the ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 30 after leading 'Cuse to back-to-back clean sheets against Iona and then-No.21 Penn State. Kocevski won ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 11 after scoring the game-winning goal against then-No. 4 Wake Forest in a 2-0 victory.
Curti has started 34 matches in his two seasons in Syracuse after transferring from Marist. He has two goals and three assists in his Orange career. The Ontario, Canada native is a versatile option for McIntyre and his staff. Curti has played centerback,
wingback and in the midfield during his time in upstate New York.
Kocevski, a local talent from Liverpool, New York, is a vital part of the Syracuse starting XI. He has 14 starts this season and career-highs in goals (4), assists (2), and points (10). Kocevski has 44 appearances in his Syracuse career.
The Orange host their first ever ACC Championship Semifinal today at 5 p.m. against Virginia. Gates open at 4 p.m. and tickets are $10 for the general public, $5 for youth ages 18 and under and senior citizens, and free for Syracuse students with a valid Syracuse University ID. The match will be televised live on ACC Network.
For all the latest updates on Syracuse men's soccer follow us on Instagram (CuseMsoc), Twitter (CuseMsoc), and Facebook (CuseMSOC).
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