2023 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Soccer |
Duration | August 25, 2023 – October 28, 2023 |
Number of teams | 12 |
2024 MLS SuperDraft | |
Top draft pick | Wayne Fredrick, 2nd overall |
Picked by | Colorado Rapids |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Atlantic:Wake Forest Coastal:Notre Dame |
Runners-up | Atlantic:Clemson Coastal:Virginia |
Season MVP | Offensive:Forster Ajago Midfielder:Jeorgio Kocevski & Mouhameth Thiam Defensive:Garrison Tubbs |
Top scorer | Forster Ajago[1] |
ACC tournament | |
Champions | Clemson |
Runners-up | North Carolina |
Finals MVP | Ousmane Sylla |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Atlantic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Wake Forest + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Clemson ‡ | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 15 | – | 3 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Syracuse + | 2 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Louisville + | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 0 | – | 5 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Notre Dame + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 13 | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Virginia + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Duke+ | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 North Carolina + | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh + | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC |
The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 70th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
Syracuse were the defending regular season champions of the Atlantic Division and Wake Forest were the defending regular season champions of the Coastal Division. Syracuse were the defending ACC tournament champions. Syracuse went on to win the 2022 NCAA tournament and entered the season as defending national champions on top of their league titles.[2]
Wake Forest repeated as champions of the Atlantic Division and Notre Dame won the Coastal Division regular season title. Neither of those two teams could use their regular season championships to win the ACC tournament title, as Clemson won as the fourth seed. Nine ACC teams would go on to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Notre Dame and Clemson both qualified for the College Cup and both won their Semifinal victories to face-off in the National Championship game. Clemson would go on to win the game 2–1. This was Clemson's second title in three years, and it marked the third straight year that an ACC team won the college soccer championship.[3]
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Atlantic Division | ||
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Team | Stadium | Capacity |
Boston College | Newton Campus Soccer Field | 1,800[4] |
Clemson | Riggs Field | 6,500[5] |
Louisville | Lynn Stadium | 5,300[6] |
NC State | Dail Soccer Field | 3,000[7] |
Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium | 1,500[8] |
Wake Forest | Spry Stadium | 3,000[9] |
Coastal Division | ||
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Team | Stadium | Capacity |
Duke | Koskinen Stadium | 7,000[10] |
North Carolina | Dorrance Field | 4,200[11] |
Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium | 2,500[12] |
Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field | 735[13] |
Virginia | Klöckner Stadium | 7,100[14] |
Virginia Tech | Thompson Field | 2,500[15] |
Note: Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami (FL) are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference but do not sponsor men's soccer.
Personnel
Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | ACC record |
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Boston College | Bob Thompson | 4 | 11–16–8 | 11–16–8 | 4–11–6 |
Clemson | Mike Noonan | 14 | 362–191–72 | 153–78–36 | 56–40–16 |
Duke | John Kerr Jr. | 16 | 219–155–48 | 139–96–35 | 54–53–20 |
Louisville | John Michael Hayden | 5 | 34–29–7 | 34–29–7 | 17–16–3 |
North Carolina | Carlos Somoano | 13 | 156–55–36 | 145–55–36 | 59–23–20 |
NC State | George Kiefer | 7 | 205–137–68 | 43–43–21 | 11–29–13 |
Notre Dame | Chad Riley | 6 | 51–36–11 | 51–36–11 | 18–21–5 |
Pittsburgh | Jay Vidovich | 8 | 276–109–40 | 69–55–9 | 24–27–7 |
Syracuse | Ian McIntyre | 14 | 228–149–69 | 121–85–40 | 25–41–19 |
Virginia | George Gelnovatch | 28 | 361–152–67 | 361–152–67 | 100–72–35 |
Virginia Tech | Mike Brizendine | 15 | 102–122–35 | 102–122–35 | 26–72–20 |
Wake Forest | Bobby Muuss | 9 | 204–87–37 | 129–31–13 | 48–11–8 |
Notes
- Records shown are prior to the 2023 season
- Years at school includes the 2023 season
- ACC records include only years with current school.
Preseason
Hermann Trophy
The ACC placed five players on the watch-list, which was announced on August 24.[16]
Player | Class | Position | School |
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Gage Guerra | Junior | FW | Louisville |
Alex Meinhard | Senior | Clemson | |
Filip Mirkovic | Junior | MF | Pittsburgh |
Garrison Tubbs | Senior | DF | Wake Forest |
Vemund Hole Vik | Graduate Student | North Carolina |
Preseason Poll
The 2023 ACC Preseason Poll was released on August 16, 2023 prior to the season beginning.[17] Full results of the poll are shown below:
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Clemson | 58 (5) |
2 | Wake Forest | 56 (3) |
3 | Syracuse | 53 (4) |
4 | Louisville | 34 |
5 | Boston College | 23 |
6 | NC State | 22 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Pittsburgh | 56 (5) |
2 | Duke | 51 (3) |
3 | Virginia | 50 (3) |
4 | North Carolina | 39 (1) |
5 | Notre Dame | 28 |
6 | Virginia Tech | 22 |
Media poll (ACC Championship) | ||
Team | Votes | |
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Clemson | 6 | |
Wake Forest | 2 | |
Duke | 1 | |
Pittsburgh | ||
Syracuse | ||
Virginia |
Preseason awards
- Preseason All-ACC Watchlist[17]
Position | Player | Class | School |
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Goalkeeper | Connor Jordan-Hyde | Senior | Virginia Tech |
Defender | Paddy Burns | Senior | Notre Dame |
Midfielder | Augustine Boadi | Sophomore | Boston College |
Ousmane Sylla | Senior | Clemson | |
Nick Pariano | Duke | ||
Sander Roed | Junior | Louisville | |
Sam Williams | Sophomore | North Carolina | |
Will Buete | Junior | NC State | |
Filip Mirkovic | Senior | Pittsburgh | |
Giona Leibold | Junior | Syracuse | |
Hosei Kijima | Senior | Wake Forest | |
Forward | Leo Afonso | Senior | Virginia |
Regular season
Index to colors and formatting |
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ACC member won |
ACC member lost |
ACC member tied |
ACC teams in bold |
All times Eastern time.
Week 1 (Aug. 22 – Aug. 28)
Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
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August 24 | 4:00 p.m. | Merrimack | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 1–0 | 551 |
UCLA | Virginia Tech | Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA | L 1–4 | 170 | ||
6:00 p.m. | Iona | No. 15 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 1–0 | 1,980 | |
7:00 p.m. | Grand Canyon | No. 18 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 3–1 | 1,324 | |
Penn State | No. 5 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | T 1–1 | 2,000 | ||
Providence | No. 1 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 2–0 | 1,276 | ||
UCF | No. 9 Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | L 1–2 | 4,090 | ||
7:30 p.m. | Loyola (MD) | North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | T 1–1 | 3,335 | |
No. 16 Tulsa | Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 1–0 | 687 | ||
8:00 p.m. | No. 2 Indiana | Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | T 1–1 | 2,092 | |
August 25 | 7:00 p.m. | Radford | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | W 3–1 | 1,447 |
7:30 p.m. | Jacksonville | No. 4 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | W 3–1 | 1,023 | |
August 27 | 12:00 p.m. | Duquesne | Virginia Tech | Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA | L 1–5 | 133 |
2:30 p.m. | Furman | No. 4 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | W 6–0 | 1,129 | |
6:00 p.m. | California | No. 18 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | T 1–1 | 1,352 | |
7:00 p.m. | Loyola Marymount | No. 15 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | L 1–3 | 1,445 | |
IUPUI | Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | W 5–0 | 512 | ||
7:30 p.m. | American | North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | Cancelled[18] | ||
August 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Boston College | Quinnipiac | Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium • Hamden, CT | L 1–3 | 325 |
7:00 p.m. | Binghamton | No. 1 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 3–0 | 1,422 | |
Howard | No. 5 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | W 5–0 | 734 | ||
UNC Wilmington | No. 9 Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | T 1–1 | 1,575 | ||
USC Upstate | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | W 3–0 | 1,804 | ||
7:30 p.m. | Bellarmine | Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 3–0 | 887 |
- Players of the Week
Offensive | Defensive | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team |
Forster Ajago | Duke | Alex Svetanoff | Louisville |
Matthew Roou | Notre Dame | ||
Reference:[19] |
Week 2 (Aug. 29 – Sep. 4)
Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | Wofford | No. 3 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | T 2–2 | 645 |
7:30 p.m. | Loyola (MD) | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | T 1–1 | 1,357 | |
8:00 p.m. | George Mason | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 1–0 | 1,473 | |
September 1 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 8 Pittsburgh | Georgetown | Shaw Field • Washington, D.C. | L 1–4 | 977 |
5:30 p.m. | Jacksonville | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 1–0 | 486 | |
7:00 p.m. | North Carolina | ETSU | Summers-Taylor Stadium • Johnson City, TN | W 2–1 | 1,127 | |
NIU | Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | W 1–0 | 1,301 | ||
No. 20 Penn State | No. 1 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | T 1–1 | 2,684 | ||
South Carolina | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | W 2–0 | 4,573 | ||
No. 13 UCF | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | L 1–3 | 397 | ||
UNC Greensboro | No. 12 Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 2–0 | 1,221 | ||
7:30 p.m. | No. 16 Wake Forest | No. 20 Maryland | Ludwig Field • College Park, MD | T 0–0 | 4,644 | |
September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | Davidson | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | T 1–1 | 950 |
September 4 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 3 Duke | Princeton | Roberts Stadium • Princeton, NJ | W 2–0 | 1,200 |
5:30 p.m. | Green Bay | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | T 0–0 | 421 | |
6:00 p.m. | Furman | No. 16 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 5–1 | 1,360 | |
7:00 p.m. | Albany | No. 1 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 1–0 | 1,257 | |
No. 20 Maryland | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 2–1 | 2,139 | ||
North Carolina | VCU | Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA | W 4–1 | 607 | ||
NC State | Stetson | Athletic Training Center • DeLand, FL | L 0–2 | 241 |
- Players of the Week
Offensive | Defensive | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team |
Gage Guerra | Louisville | Trace Alphin | Wake Forest |
Reference:[20] |
Week 3 (Sep. 5 – Sep. 11)
Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Detroit Mercy | No. 20 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | W 1–0 | 204 |
No. 2 Marshall | Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | L 1–3 | 1,081 | ||
Presbyterian | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | W 6–0 | 1,465 | ||
8:00 p.m. | No. 19 Kentucky | No. 7 Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 4–2 | 2,350 | |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Boston College | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | NCST 2–0 | 1,954 |
7:00 p.m. | North Carolina | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | T 1–1 | 2,407 | |
Virginia | No. 10 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | DUKE 2–0 | 1,569 | ||
8:00 p.m. | No. 7 Louisville | No. 4 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | T 2–2 | 1,832 | |
September 9 | 7:00 p.m. | Clemson | No. 20 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | UND 3–2 | 1,703 |
No. 9 Wake Forest | Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | PITT 3–0 | 714 |
- Players of the Week
Offensive | Defensive | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team |
Gage Guerra (2) | Louisville | Julian Eyestone | Duke |
Reference:[21] |
Week 4 (Sep. 12 – Sep. 18)
Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Clemson | South Florida | Corbett Stadium • Tampa, FL | W 3–2 | 1,239 |
Gardner–Webb | No. 20 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 4–0 | 915 | ||
Howard | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | W 3–1 | 412 | ||
Virginia | No. 9 James Madison | Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA | T 1–1 | 1,464 | ||
Siena | No. 7 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | Cancelled | |||
8:00 p.m. | Michigan State | No. 10 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | L 0–1 | 532 | |
September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 8 Duke | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | CLEM 2–0 | 2,953 |
No. 10 Notre Dame | North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | T 1–1 | 4,298 | ||
No. 17 Pittsburgh | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | T 0–0 | 636 | ||
Virginia Tech | No. 5т Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | VT 2–1 | 1,071 | ||
September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | NC State | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | UVA 3–1 | 2,319 |
No. 7 Syracuse | No. 20 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | T 1–1 | 2,217 | ||
September 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Fairleigh Dickinson | No. 17 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | W 5–1 | 419 |
- Players of the Week
Offensive | Defensive | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team |
Stephen Annor Gyamfi | Virginia | Timi Adams | Virginia Tech |
Reference:[22] |
Week 5 (Sep. 19 – Sep. 25)
Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 19 | 5:30 p.m. | Boston University | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | T 2–2 | 359 |
7:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | W 7–0 | 1,173 | |
Liberty | No. 14 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 3–1 | 753 | ||
No. 15 Notre Dame | No. 4 Akron | First Energy Stadium • Akron, OH | T 0–0 | 2,535 | ||
No. 7 Syracuse | Cornell | Charles F. Berman Field • Ithaca, NY | L 1–2 | 915 | ||
UNC Wilmington | North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | W 3–0 | 769 | ||
7:30 p.m. | Evansville | No. 10 Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 2–0 | 831 | |
September 20 | 7:00 p.m. | North Florida | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | W 1–0 | 1,298 |
September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Boston College | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | VT 1–0 | 964 |
Clemson | No. 14 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | WAKE 1–0 | 2,528 | ||
Pittsburgh | No. 7 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | CUSE 3–2 | 1,911 | ||
8:00 p.m. | Virginia | No. 15 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | UND 3–1 | 1,710 | |
September 24 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 11 Duke | North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | UNC 2–1 | 2,858 |
7:00 p.m. | NC State | No. 10 Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | LOU 5–2 | 563 | |
September 25 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 19 Denver | Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | W 3–1 | 703 |
- Players of the Week
Offensive | Defensive | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team |
Damien Barker John | Louisville | Bryan Dowd | Notre Dame |
Quenzi Huerman | North Carolina | ||
Reference:[23] |
Week 6 (Sep. 26 – Oct. 2)
Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 26 | 6:00 p.m. | High Point | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 3–2 | 415 |
7:00 p.m. | No. 10 Wake Forest | Campbell | Eakes Athletics Complex • Buies Creek, NC | W 3–1 | 307 | |
Charleston | No. 21 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | W 3–2 | 418 | ||
ETSU | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 1–0 | 1,400 | ||
September 27 | 7:00 p.m. | Gardner-Webb | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | W 3–1 | 432 |
September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 8 Louisville | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | UVA 3–0 | 1,761 |
No. 18 North Carolina | Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | T 0–0 | 1,010 | ||
No. 7 Syracuse | No. 21 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | DUKE 5–3 | 1,524 | ||
Virginia Tech | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | CLEM 2–1 | 2,876 | ||
No. 10 Wake Forest | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | WAKE 1–0 | 207 | ||
October 1 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 15 Notre Dame | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | UND 3–1 | 1,615 |
October 2 | 5:30 p.m. | Suffolk | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 2–0 | 224 |
7:00 p.m. | Kansas City | No. 8 Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | W 3–2 | 812 |
- Players of the Week
Offensive | Defensive | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team |
Nick Pariano | Duke | Joey Batrouni | Virginia |
Reference:[24] |
Week 7 (Oct. 3 – Oct. 9)
Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
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October 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Colgate | No. 18 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 1–0 | 784 |
Elon | No. 13 North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | W 2–0 | 814 | ||
No. 16 Hofstra | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | T 1–1 | 1,092 | ||
Winthrop | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | W 4–1 | 1,005 | ||
October 6 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 Louisville | Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | CLEM 4–0 | 2,575 |
Virginia | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | T 1–1 | 712 | ||
Virginia Tech | No. 20 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | PITT 3–1 | 913 | ||
No. 6 Wake Forest | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | WAKE 3–0 | 1,636 | ||
7:30 p.m. | No. 18 Syracuse | No. 13 North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | CUSE 1–0 | 2,387 | |
October 7 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 14 Duke | No. 11 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | UND 1–0 | 1,451 |
- Players of the Week
Offensive | Defensive | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team |
Ousmane Sylla | Clemson | Jahiem Wickham | Syracuse |
Reference:[25] |
Week 8 (Oct. 10 – Oct. 16)
Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
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October 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Florida Gulf Coast | No. 14 North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | W 3–0 | 1,114 |
William & Mary | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | T 1–1 | 315 | ||
7:00 p.m. | American | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | L 1–2 | 295 | |
Elon | No. 15 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | W 3–0 | 559 | ||
Oberlin | No. 8 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | W 6–0 | 229 | ||
Ohio State | Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | T 2–2 | 587 | ||
Temple | No. 10 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | L 1–2 | 352 | ||
Wofford | No. 4 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 2–0 | 956 | ||
Yale | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | L 0–1 | 211 | ||
October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 8 Notre Dame | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | UND 1–0 | 2,115 |
7:00 p.m. | Boston College | Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | LOU 1–0 | 822 | |
No. 11 Pittsburgh | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | UVA 2–1 | 2,551 | ||
8:00 p.m. | NC State | No. 15 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | DUKE 2–1 | 1,457 | |
October 14 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 14 North Carolina | No. 4 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | WAKE 1–0 | 2,454 |
October 15 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 21 Clemson | No. 10 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | T 1–1 | 1,612 |
- Players of the Week
Offensive | Defensive | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team |
Forster Ajago | Duke | Garrison Tubbs | Wake Forest |
Mouhameth Thiam | Virginia | ||
Reference:[26] |
Week 9 (Oct. 17 – Oct. 23)
Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
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October 17 | 5:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech | Queens | Sports Complex at Marion Diehl Park • Charlotte, NC | W 3–2 | 155 |
5:30 p.m. | Stonehill | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | L 1–2 | 236 | |
6:00 p.m. | Louisville | Oakland | Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI | W 4–0 | 100 | |
7:00 p.m. | Duquesne | No. 23 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | W 2–0 | 975 | |
High Point | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | T 0–0 | 373 | ||
No. 6 Notre Dame | Michigan | U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | W 3–0 | 1,893 | ||
Robert Morris | No. 3 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | W 5–1 | 699 | ||
William & Mary | No. 11 North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | T 0–0 | 684 | ||
October 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Yale | No. 22 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 2–0 | 487 |
October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Boston College | No. 15 Clemson | Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | CLEM 6–0 | 2,470 |
No. 18 Virginia | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | UVA 3–0 | 2,061 | ||
8:00 p.m. | No. 6 Notre Dame | No. 3 Wake Forest | Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | T 1–1 | 2,261 | |
October 21 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 9 Duke | No. 23 Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA | T 0–0 | 1,180 |
October 22 | 1:00 p.m. | NC State | No. 22 Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY | T 1–1 | 320 |
5:00 p.m. | Louisville | No. 11 North Carolina | Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC | UNC 2–0 | 3,887 |
- Players of the Week
Offensive | Defensive | ||
---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team |
Stephen Annor Gyamfi | Virginia | Andrew Cordes | North Carolina |
Reference:[27] |
Week 10 (Oct. 24 – Oct. 30)
Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 24 | 7:00 p.m. | High Point | No. 14 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 3–1 | 1,094 |
Howard | No. 8 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | W 7–0 | 523 | ||
Radford | Virginia Tech | Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA | L 2–3 | 642 | ||
October 27 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 10т Clemson | NC State | Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC | T 1–1 | 1,289 |
No. 20 Pittsburgh | No. 5 Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | UND 6–0 | 2,224 | ||
No. 19 Syracuse | Boston College | Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA | T 1–1 | 517 | ||
Virginia Tech | No. 8 Duke | Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC | DUKE 7–1 | 1,367 | ||
No. 3 Wake Forest | Louisville | Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY | T 2–2 | 1,052 | ||
7:30 p.m. | No. 10т North Carolina | No. 14 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | UVA 1–0 | 2,487 |
- Players of the Week
Offensive | Defensive | ||
---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team |
Eno Nto | Notre Dame | Aidan O'Connor | Virginia |
Reference:[28] |
Rankings
United Soccer Coaches
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Final | |
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Boston College | |||||||||||||
Clemson | 9 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 15 | 10т | 14 | 14 | 1 (7) | ||
Duke | 4 (1) | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
Louisville | RV | 12 | 7 | 5т | 10 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 24 | ||||
North Carolina | 18 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10т | 13 | 7 | 6 | |||||
NC State | |||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 20 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 (1) | ||
Pittsburgh | 5 | 8 | RV | 17 | RV | RV | 20 | 11 | 23 | 20 | |||
Syracuse | 1 (4) | 1 (8) | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 25 |
Virginia | 15 | RV | RV | RV | 18 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 13 | ||||
Virginia Tech | |||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 18 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
Top Drawer Soccer
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Final | |
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Boston College | |||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 4 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Duke | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Louisville | 19 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 23 | 20 | 24 | ||||||||||
North Carolina | 19 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
NC State | |||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 20 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||
Pittsburgh | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 20 | ||||||
Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Virginia | 22 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||||||
Virginia Tech | |||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 17 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Postseason
ACC Tournament
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
9 | Louisville | 1 | |||||||
4 | Clemson | 5 | |||||||
4 | Clemson (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||||
7 | North Carolina | 1 (4) | |||||||
6 | Syracuse | 1 | |||||||
7 | North Carolina | 3 |
NCAA tournament
Seed | School | First round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
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2 | Notre Dame | BYE | W 2–0 vs. Kentucky – (Notre Dame, IN) | T 0–0 (4–2 PKs) vs. No. 16 Western Michigan – (Notre Dame, IN) | T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) vs. Indiana – (Notre Dame, IN) | W 1–0 vs. Oregon State – (Louisville, KY) | L 1–2 vs. No. 14 Clemson – (Louisville, KY) |
3 | North Carolina | BYE | W 2–0 vs. Memphis – (Chapel Hill, NC) | T 2–2 (5–3 PKs) vs. No. 17 Hofstra – (Chapel Hill, NC) | L 0–1 vs. Oregon State – (Chapel Hill, NC) | ||
7 | Virginia | BYE | W 2–1 vs. FIU – (Charlottesville, VA) | L 0–1 vs. Indiana – (Charlottesville, VA) | |||
9 | Clemson | BYE | W 3–0 vs. Charlotte – (Clemson, SC) | W 1–0 @ No. 10 New Hampshire – (Durham, NH) | W 2–0 vs. No. 22 Stanford – (Clemson, SC) | W 1–0 vs. No. 5 West Virginia – (Louisville, KY) | W 2–1 vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Louisville, KY) |
10 | Wake Forest | BYE | L 2–3 2OT vs. Indiana – (Winston-Salem, NC) | ||||
15 | Duke | BYE | L 1–2 vs. No. 16 Western Michigan – (Durham, NC) | ||||
Louisville | W 4–3 vs. Dayton – (Louisville, KY) | L 0–1 @ No. 5 West Virginia – (Morgantown, WV) | |||||
Pittsburgh | L 2–3 vs. James Madison – (Pittsburgh, PA) | ||||||
Syracuse | W 3–1 vs. Boston University – (Syracuse, NY) | L 0–3 @ No. 10 New Hampshire – (Durham, NH) | |||||
W–L (%): | 2–1–0 (.667) | 4–4–0 (.500) | 1–1–2 (.500) | 1–1–1 (.500) | 2–0–0 (1.000) | 1–1–0 (.500) Total: 11–8–3 (.568) |
Awards
All-ACC awards and teams
Source:[29]
2023 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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Coach of the Year | Chad Riley – Notre Dame | |||||
Offensive Player of the Year | Forster Ajago – Duke | |||||
Midfielder of the Year | Jeorgio Kocevski – Syracuse Mouhameth Thiam – Virginia | |||||
Defensive Player of the Year | Garrison Tubbs – Wake Forest | |||||
Goalkeeper of the Year | Bryan Dowd – Notre Dame | |||||
Freshman of the Year | Stephen Annor Gyamfi – Virginia |
2023 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
First Team | Second Team | Third Team | All-Freshman Team | |||
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Ousmane Sylla – Clemson |
Brandon Parrish – Clemson |
Joran Gerbet – Clemson |
Xavier O'Neil – Boston College |
MLS SuperDraft
The ACC had twenty players selected in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, which were the most picks from any conference. The ACC also lead all conferences with six first round selections. The twenty selections were the second most in ACC history behind the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.[30]
Total picks by school
Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total |
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Boston College | – | – | – | – |
Clemson | – | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Duke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Louisville | – | 2 | 1 | 3 |
NC State | – | – | – | – |
North Carolina | – | – | – | – |
Notre Dame | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
Pittsburgh | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Syracuse | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
Virginia | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
Virginia Tech | – | – | – | – |
Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
List of selections
Round | Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | College |
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1 | 2 | Wayne Frederick | Colorado Rapids | MF | Duke |
1 | 6 | Bryan Dowd | Chicago Fire | GK | Notre Dame |
1 | 12 | Aidan O'Connor | New York Red Bulls | DF | Virginia |
1 | 17 | Hosei Kijima | St. Louis City | MF | Wake Forest |
1 | 21 | Jeorgio Kocevski | Orlando City | MF | Syracuse |
1 | 26 | Stephen Annor Gyamfi | Huston Dynamo | FW | Virginia |
2 | 32 | Leo Afonso | Inter Miami | FW | Virginia |
2 | 33 | Olu Oyegunle | Atlanta United | DF | Syracuse |
2 | 36 | Brandon Parrish | D.C. United | MF | Clemson |
2 | 37 | Damien Barker John | Real Salt Lake | FW | Louisville |
2 | 38 | Jahlane Forbes | Charlotte FC | DF | Wake Forest |
2 | 47 | Josh Jones | Real Salt Lake | DF | Louisville |
2 | 52 | Antino Lopez | Seattle Sounders | DF | Duke |
2 | 54 | Filip Mirkovic | Orlando City | MF | Pittsburgh |
2 | 55 | Ousmane Sylla | Huston Dynamo | MF | Clemson |
3 | 69 | Gage Guerra | Portland Timbers | FW | Louisville |
3 | 70 | Nathan Richmond | Charlotte FC | MF | Clemson |
3 | 75 | Bryce Boneau | Nashville SC | MF | Notre Dame |
3 | 78 | Babacar Niang | Minnesota United | MF | Wake Forest |
3 | 84 | Ruben Mesalles | Real Salt Lake | DF | Duke |
Homegrown players
The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[31] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[32] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.
Original MLS team | Player | Pos. | School | Ref. |
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Atlanta United | Garrison Tubbs | DF | Wake Forest | [33] |
Philadelphia Union | Nick Pariano | MF | Duke | [34] |
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