WASHINGTON – The No. 2/4 Georgetown University men's soccer team will open up the 2022 season on Thursday as the squad travels to No. 7/9 Pitt to take on the Panthers in a nonconference matchup at Ambrose Urbanic Field. Kickoff is slated for 8 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on the ACC Network Extra.

Follow the Action

• Fans can tune in online on the ACC Network Extra.
• Live stats will be available at GUHoyas.com.

About the Hoyas

• Georgetown went 18-3-1 in 2021, spending the entire year nationally ranked and sitting as high as No. 1 at times. The Hoyas boasted the MAC Hermann Trophy winner, three All-Americans and nine All-BIG EAST selections, including two major award winners. A pair of Hoyas also earned United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America honors.
• The Blue & Gray won both the regular season and championship titles a season ago as well as advancing to the NCAA College Cup for the third time in program history.
• This will be a new look for the Hoyas this season with five players signing professional contracts. Dante Polvara was picked up by Aberdeen F.C. in the Scottish Premiership, Will Sands and Sean Zawadzki signed contracts with the Columbus Crew, Giannis Nikopolidis was drafted in the MLS SuperDraft and Chris Hegardt signed a professional contract with Charlotte FC.
• Georgetown was picked second in the BIG EAST Conference Preseason Coaches Poll as the Hoyas were awarded 93 points and seven first place votes. Additionally, senior Daniel Wu was named the BIG EAST Co-Preseason Defensive Player of the Year as well as a spot on the Preseason All-BIG EAST squad.
• The Hoyas are currently ranked No. 2 in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll and No. 4 in the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Poll.
• Graduate student Ethan Koehler and seniors Aidan Rocha and Wu along with junior Kenny Nielsen were selected by the coaching staff and their teammates to lead the 2022 squad on the Hilltop this fall.
• This season, Georgetown will face eight teams that appeared in the most recent NCAA Tournament including three that finished the season ranked among the top 25.

About the Panthers

• Pitt was tabbed as ACC Coastal Division favorites, while midfielder Jackson Walti was named to the ACC Preseason Watch List, as voted upon by the league coaches and announced by the ACC office.
• The Panthers received six first-place votes in the Coastal Division, edging out second-place North Carolina, who received five votes. Pitt has won at least a share of the Coastal Division crown each of the past two seasons.
• Pitt enters the 2022 season ranked No. 7 in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll. Pitt finished last season 13-5-2 overall, defeating Northern Illinois and Hofstra in the NCAA Championship to make a second consecutive Elite Eight appearance.
• The Panthers have a challenging slate to begin the season opening against Georgetown and then facing 2021 Elite Eight team West Virginia at home before heading on the road to 2020 National Champion Marshall.

Series Info

• Georgetown is 22-5 all-time against the Panthers and 10-4 on the road.
• The last meeting was a 5-0 Hoya victory during the 2019 postseason at Shaw Field.
• The last time the teams met in Pennsylvania, it was a 3-1 Hoya victory in 2012, Pitt's final season in the BIG EAST Conference.