PORTLAND, Ore. – It's hard to get a sense of how historic a season is during a season. For Portland men's soccer, the stellar year that was 2022 played out exactly as they planned: Compete for the top spot in the conference and make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament while playing high-level, entertaining soccer.
It's almost just coincidence that it's been 27 years since Portland had a team play this well. This Pilot squad was simply the best Portland has fielded since 1995, a year that saw the Pilots make the College Cup semifinal for just the second time in program history and finish the year 16-3-3.