2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
Sports season
The 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 66th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and the North Carolina are the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Wake Forest are the defending ACC tournament champions.
Changes from 2018
After the 2018 season, Louisville Cardinals coach Ken Lolla resigned after 13 years and a 155–77–39 record with the team.[ 2] He was replaced by John Michael Hayden on December 27, 2018[ 3]
Teams
Stadiums and locations
1. ^ Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer
Personnel
Notes
Records shown are prior to the 2019 season
Years at school includes the 2019 season
ACC records include only years with current school.
Preseason
Hermann Trophy
Prior to the season five ACC men's soccer players were selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list.[ 5] [ 6]
Preseason poll
The 2019 ACC preseason poll was announced on August 19, 2019. The league's 12 head coaches voted North Carolina as the preseason favorite, with 9 of the 12 votes.[ 7] Full results of the preseason poll are shown below:
Media poll (ACC Championship)
Rank
Team
Votes
1
North Carolina
9
2
Duke
1
Virginia
Wake Forest
Preseason national polls
Preseason polls will come out in August 2019. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer , Soccer America , and Top Drawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.
United Soccer [ 8]
CSN[ 9]
Soccer America [ 10]
TopDrawer Soccer [ 11]
Boston College
Clemson
RV
RV
Duke
10
8
8
10
Louisville
14
15
16
9
NC State
RV
25
25
22
North Carolina
6
7
1
7
Notre Dame
9
14
16
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
RV
RV
Virginia
12
13
9
15
Virginia Tech
16
19
14
19
Wake Forest
4
1
5
3
Regular season
Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC member tied
ACC teams in bold
All times Eastern time.
Week 1 (Aug. 26 – Sept. 1)
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
August 29
2:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 2–0
0
August 30
4:00 p.m.
Syracuse
No. 13 Georgetown
Shaw Field • Washington, D.C.
L 1–3
1,121
6:00 p.m.
No. 15 UCF
No. 4 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
W 2–1
1,578
7:00 p.m.
Loyola (MD)
NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
W 2–1
942
South Carolina
Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
W 4–1
3,382
7:30 p.m.
Cleveland State
No. 14 Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
T 2–2 (2OT)
1,115
Creighton
No. 6 North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
T 2–2 (2OT)
2,417
Furman
No. 10 Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
W 1–0
1,173
8:00 p.m.
Pacific
No. 12 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
W 2–0
3,770
Pittsburgh
No. 2 Indiana
Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
L 2–3 (2OT)
2,847
10:00 p.m.
No. 16 Virginia Tech
Loyola (CA)
Sullivan Field • Los Angeles, CA
W 2–1
0
August 31
7:00 p.m.
No. 9 Notre Dame
Saint Louis
Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MO
W 3–2
5,942
September 1
2:30 p.m.
Cal State Bakersfield
No. 10 Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
W 2–1
547
4:00 p.m.
Boston College
Boston
Nickerson Field • Boston, MA
W 1–0
4,415
5:00 p.m.
Northwestern
Pittsburgh
Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
L 0–1
0
7:00 p.m.
Creighton
No. 4 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
W 1–0
2,089
St. John's
NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
L 0–1 (2OT)
764
7:30 p.m.
No. 15 UCF
No. 6 North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
L 1–2
814
10:00 p.m.
No. 16 Virginia Tech
UC Santa Barbara
Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA
W 3–1
1,500
Players of the week:
Week 2 (Sept. 2 – Sept. 8)
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
September 2
5:00 p.m.
Detroit Mercy
Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
W 8–0
1,267
7:00 p.m.
Binghamton
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
W 3–1
1,169
No. 12 Virginia
No. 1 Maryland
Audi Field • Washington, D.C.
W 2–0
1,884
September 3
7:30 p.m.
No. 9 Kentucky
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
W 3–0
2,389
September 6
4:00 p.m.
Princeton
No. 5 Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
W 4–0
0
No. 10 Virginia Tech
Loyloa (MD)
Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA
W 2–1
0
6:00 p.m.
Rhode Island
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 2–1
351
7:00 p.m.
Dartmouth
No. 1 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
W 3–1
0
Seattle
No. 11 Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
W 4–2
686
Yale
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
T 1–1 (2OT)
1,765
7:30 p.m.
Harvard
No. 20 North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
W 6–0
1,122
Liberty
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
W 3–0
906
Louisville
Florida Atlantic
FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
W 3–0
229
UNC Greensboro
No. 19 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
W 2–1
2,718
8:00 p.m.
Longwood
NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
W 1–0
1,494
September 7
7:00 p.m.
High Point
No. 7 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
W 1–0
1,578
September 8
4:00 p.m.
No. 5 Duke
Harvard
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
W 3–0
993
No. 10 Virginia Tech
Hofstra
Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA
W 4–3
0
7:00 p.m.
Denver
No. 11 Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
W 1–0
641
No. 22 New Hampshire
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
T 2–2 (2OT)
721
Players of the week:
Week 3 (Sept. 9 – Sept. 15)
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
September 9
7:00 p.m.
Delaware
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
T 3–3 (2OT)
309
Houston Baptist
No. 1 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
W 4–0
1,187
No. 20 North Carolina
UNC Greensboro
UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC
W 1–0
1,085
USC Upstate
No. 19 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
W 7–0
1,101
7:30 p.m.
Louisville
South Florida
Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL
L 0–2
702
September 10
7:00 p.m.
Boston College
Holy Cross
Smith Stadium • Worcester, MA
W 3–2
0
NC State
William & Mary
Albert–Daly Field • Williamsburg, VA
T 1–1 (2OT)
226
September 13
6:00 p.m.
No. 6 Virginia
No. 2 Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
UVA 3–1
1,092
7:00 p.m.
No. 13 Clemson
No. 10 Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
CLEM 4–2
1,078
No. 20 Louisville
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
T 0–0 (2OT)
1,756
No. 18 North Carolina
No. 9 Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
UNC 3–1
2,012
No. 1 Wake Forest
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
WAKE 2–0
913
September 14
7:00 p.m.
Boston College
NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
NCST 1–0
1,250
Players of the week:
Week 4 (Sept. 16 – Sept. 22)
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
September 16
7:00 p.m.
Akron
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
W 1–0
576
No. 22 SMU
No. 2 Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
L 0–2
237
September 17
7:00 p.m.
College of Charleston
NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
W 4–1
731
Cornell
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
W 3–2 (OT)
521
Davidson
No. 11 North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
T 0–0 (2OT)
1,411
Fordham
No. 7 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
W 3–2 (OT)
1,435
Grand Canyon
No. 17 Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
W 4–0
712
No. 16 Notre Dame
No. 4 Indiana
Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
T 1–1 (2OT)
2,392
Radford
No. 5 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
W 1–0
1,043
No. 1 Wake Forest
James Madison
Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA
L 0–1
1,453
September 20
5:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
PITT 2–0
344
6:00 p.m.
No. 16 Notre Dame
No. 11 North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
UNC 2–0
2,375
7:00 p.m.
NC State
No. 5 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
UVA 2–0
3,858
7:30 p.m.
No. 17 Virginia Tech
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
LOU 2–1
1,368
8:00 p.m.
No. 15 Duke
No. 7 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
CLEM 3–1
2,452
September 21
7:30 p.m.
Syracuse
No. 1 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
WAKE 1–0
3,143
Players of the week:
Week 5 (Sept. 23 – Sept. 29)
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
September 23
7:00 p.m.
Western Michigan
No. 5 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
W 1–0 (OT)
957
September 24
4:00 p.m.
UMass
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 1–0
180
7:00 p.m.
No. 4 Clemson
Furman
Stone Stadium • Greenville, SC
W 2–0
2,712
No. 2 Georgetown
No. 17 Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
W 1–0 (2OT)
1,053
No. 21 Notre Dame
Michigan State
DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI
W 1–0
616
Syracuse
Colgate
Beyer-Small '76 Field • Hamilton, NY
W 1–0
425
No. 7 Wake Forest
Davidson
Alumni Soccer Stadium • Davidson, NC
W 1–0
849
September 27
1:00 p.m.
Boston College
No. 18 Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
T 2–2 (2OT)
1,232
7:00 p.m.
Duke
No. 14 North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
DUKE 3–2
2,244
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
T 1–1 (2OT)
1,706
7:30 p.m.
NC State
No. 17 Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
NCST 2–1
1,057
September 28
11:00 a.m.
No. 3 Virginia
No. 21 Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
UVA 1–0
646
7:00 p.m.
No. 4 Clemson
No. 7 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
WAKE 3–2 (OT)
4,126
Players of the week:
Week 6 (Sept. 30 – Oct. 6)
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
September 30
7:00 p.m.
Denver
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
W 3–2 (2OT)
279
October 1
4:00 p.m.
Merrimack
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
T 0–0 (2OT)
181
7:00 p.m.
Belmont
No. 24 Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
W 3–0
851
No. 6 Clemson
College of Charleston
CofC Soccer Stadium • Charleston, SC
W 3–0
1,544
DePaul
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
W 1–0
404
Gardner–Webb
No. 22 Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
W 4–0
409
George Washington
No. 1 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
W 3–0
1,160
UNC Wilmington
No. 20 North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
W 2–0
649
Wright State
No. 18 Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
T 2–2 (2OT)
422
October 4
6:00 p.m.
Notre Dame
NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
NCST 2–0
1,211
7:00 p.m.
No. 24 Louisville
No. 1 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
UVA 2–0
3,008
No. 20 North Carolina
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
UNC 2–1
704
Syracuse
No. 18 Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
DUKE 4–0
759
No. 3 Wake Forest
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
BC 2–1
523
October 5
7:00 p.m.
No. 22 Virginia Tech
No. 6 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
T 0–0 (2OT)
1,639
Players of the week:
Week 7 (Oct. 7 – Oct. 13)
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
October 7
7:00 p.m.
Howard
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
W 6–0
207
October 8
4:00 p.m.
Northeastern
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 3–0
206
7:00 p.m.
ETSU
No. 20 NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
W 1–0
389
High Point
No. 6 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
W 5–0
1,377
Purdue Fort Wayne
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
W 8–0
257
West Virginia
No. 18 North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
W 3–1
647
October 11
6:00 p.m.
No. 21 Duke
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
ND 1–0
748
7:00 p.m.
Louisville
No. 11 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
CLEM 4–0
1,700
No. 1 Virginia
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
WAKE 3–1
242
No. 22 Virginia Tech
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
PITT 3–1
621
No. 6 Wake Forest
No. 20 NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
T 1–1 (2OT)
1,056
October 12
7:00 p.m.
Syracuse
No. 18 North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
CUSE 4–3
876
Players of the week:
Week 8 (Oct. 14 – Oct. 20)
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
October 15
7:00 p.m.
Connecticut
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
W 1–0
342
Duke
Elon
Rudd Field • Elon, NC
L 2–3
724
No. 18 James Madison
No. 1 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
W 1–0
1,809
No. 23 NC State
South Carolina
Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC
T 0–0 (2OT)
1,506
Northern Kentucky
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
W 1–0 (OT)
1,210
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Jeffrey Field • State College, PA
L 1–3
509
William & Mary
No. 4 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
W 5–0
877
October 18
5:30 p.m.
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
VT 2–1
822
6:00 p.m.
No. 19 North Carolina
No. 4 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
WAKE 1–0
3,315
7:00 p.m.
No. 23 NC State
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
T 0–0 (2OT)
918
Pittsburgh
No. 1 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
PITT 2–0
3,201
7:30 p.m.
Boston College
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
LOU 3–2 (2OT)
2,643
October 19
7:00 p.m.
No. 8 Clemson
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
CLEM 7–4
1,342
Players of the week:
Week 9 (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27)
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
October 22
4:00 p.m.
SUNY Morrisville
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
W 11–0
64
7:00 p.m.
Elon
No. 23 NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
W 3–2
555
High Point
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
L 0–1
237
Loyola (MD)
No. 2 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
T 1–1 (2OT)
1,099
Michigan
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
L 0–1
585
No. 21 North Carolina
Campbell
Eakes Athletics Complex • Buies Creek, NC
T 1–1 (2OT)
415
Radford
No. 3 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
W 5–0
1,091
Saint Louis
No. 6 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
W 3–0
1,021
Temple
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
L 1–2
868
October 25
7:00 p.m.
Boston College
No. 3 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
CLEM 3–1
2,023
Duke
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
PITT 4–3
875
Louisville
No. 21 North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
LOU 1–0
1,326
No. 6 Virginia
No. 25 Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
UVA 2–0
1,738
October 26
7:00 p.m.
No. 23 NC State
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
CUSE 3–0
1,007
Notre Dame
No. 2 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC
ND 1–0
3,022
Players of the week:
Week 9 (Oct. 28 – Nov. 3)
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
October 29
7:00 p.m.
Appalachian State
North Carolina
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–1
874
Denver
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
W 1–0
208
No. 22 Virginia Tech
Princeton
Roberts Stadium • Princeton, NJ
L 2–3
200
November 1
6:00 p.m.
No. 7 Wake Forest
No. 25 Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
WAKE 3–1
1,310
7:00 p.m.
No. 2 Clemson
NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
CLEM 3–0
1,171
North Carolina
No. 4 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
UVA 2–1 (OT)
2,193
Pittsburgh
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
ND 1–0
584
Syracuse
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
BC 2–1
413
No. 22 Virginia Tech
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
VT 2–1
793
Players of the week:
Rankings
National
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
Pre
Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Wk 12
Final
Boston College
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Clemson
RV
19
13
7
4
6
11
8
3
2 (4 )
2 (1 )
1 (19 )
3
5
Duke
10
5
2
15
RV
18
21
RV
Louisville
14
RV
20
RV
17
24
RV
RV
RV
25
RV
RV
20
North Carolina
6
20
18
11
14
20
18
19
21
RV
NC State
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
20
23
23
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Notre Dame
9
11
10
16
21
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Pittsburgh
RV
RV
RV
25
RV
RV
Syracuse
RV
RV
Virginia
12
7
6
5
3 (4 )
1 (20 )
1 (25 )
1 (22 )
6
4
4 (1 )
2 (6 )
1 (27 )
2
Virginia Tech
16
10
9
17
18
22
22
RV
25
22
22
19
23
13
Wake Forest
4
1 (16 )
1 (24 )
1 (26 )
7
3
6
4
2 (3 )
7
7
7
9
3 (1 )
Top Drawer Soccer
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
Pre
Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Wk 12
Wk 13
Wk 14
Wk 15
Wk 16
Final
Boston College
14
21
21
16
21
24
25
25
15
25
Clemson
12
8
7
6
11
6
5
5
5
6
4
4
6
8
8
Duke
10
10
7
7
6
21
RV
RV
RV
Louisville
9
9
8
5
10
10
11
5
20
20
22
20
24
RV
12
14
14
14
North Carolina
7
7
20
23
14
12
RV
RV
18
RV
NC State
22
22
22
24
RV
17
16
19
17
Notre Dame
16
16
17
15
13
20
RV
RV
19
22
16
15
20
23
Pittsburgh
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Syracuse
RV
RV
RV
25
25
25
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Virginia
15
15
16
3
3
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
Virginia Tech
19
19
19
17
15
13
10
12
16
17
20
19
13
12
11
12
12
12
Wake Forest
3
3
2
1
1
5
4
9
10
4
10
9
9
10
9
8
3
3
Regional – USC South Region
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Wk 12
Boston College
8
9
9
9
10
9
7
7
10
9
Clemson
6
6
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
Duke
2
2
6
8
4
6
8
Louisville
10
8
10
5
8
8
8
5
8
9
8
North Carolina
7
7
4
4
5
4
4
4
8
NC State
9
10
8
6
5
5
5
7
5
6
7
Notre Dame
5
5
5
7
9
10
6
10
6
8
Pittsburgh
10
10
9
6
9
5
6
Syracuse
10
10
Virginia
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
1
Virginia Tech
4
4
7
6
7
7
9
6
4
4
4
5
Wake Forest
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
Postseason
ACC tournament
NCAA tournament
Ten teams from the ACC were selected to the NCAA tournament, a record number from one conference. All ten teams were also selected to host their first matches of the tournament. Four teams received seeds, including three of the top four seeds, and first round byes.[ 22]
Seed
School
1st round
2nd round
3rd round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
1
Virginia
BYE
W 2–0 vs. Campbell – (Charlottesville, VA )
W 3–0 vs. St. John's – (Charlottesville, VA )
W 3–2 vs. SMU – (Charlottesville, VA )
W 2–1 vs. Wake Forest – (Cary, NC )
T 3–3 (6–7 PKs) vs. Georgetown – (Cary, NC )
2
Clemson
BYE
W 2–1 (OT) vs. Charlotte – (Clemson, SC )
W 2–1 (OT) vs. Providence – (Clemson, SC )
T 1–1 (4–5 PKs) vs. Stanford – (Clemson, SC )
4
Wake Forest
BYE
W 3–0 vs. Maryland – (Winston-Salem, NC )
W 3–1 vs. Michigan – (Winston-Salem, NC )
W 1–0 vs. UC Santa Barbara – (Winston-Salem, NC )
L 1–2 vs. Virginia – (Cary, NC )
10
Virginia Tech
BYE
W 4–1 vs. New Hampshire – (Blacksburg, VA )
L 1–2 vs. Stanford – (Stanford, CA )
None
Boston College
W 2–0 vs. Yale – (Chestnut Hill, MA )
L 0–2 vs. Washington – (Seattle, WA )
None
Louisville
W 4–1 vs. South Florida – (Louisville, KY )
W 1–0 vs. UC Davis – (Davis, CA )
L 1–5 vs. Georgetown – (Washington, D.C. )
None
NC State
L 2–3 (2OT) vs. Coastal Carolina – (Raleigh, NC )
None
Notre Dame
L 2–3 vs. Wright State – (South Bend, IN )
None
Pittsburgh
W 2–0 vs. Lehigh – (Pittsburgh, PA )
L 0–5 vs. Georgetown – (Washington, D.C. )
None
Syracuse
W 3–2 vs. Rhode Island – (Syracuse, NY )
L 1–2 vs. St. John's – (New York, NY )
W–L–T (%):
4–2–0 (.667)
5–3–0 (.625)
3–2–0 (.600)
2–0–1 (.833)
1–1–0 (.500)
0–0–1 (.500) Total: 15–8–2 (.640)
Awards
Postseason awards
The Atlantic Coast Conference post season awards were announced on November 13, 2019, the same day as the Semifinals of the ACC tournament.[ 23]
All-ACC awards and teams
2019 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
Rookie Team
Philip Mayaka , Fr., M, Clemson
Malick Mbaye , Sr., D, Clemson
Robbie Robinson , Jr., F, Clemson
Kimarni Smith , Jr., F, Clemson
Daniele Proch , Sr., M, Duke
Mauricio Pineda , Sr., M, North Carolina
Edward Kizza , Jr., F, Pittsburgh
Ryan Raposo , So., M, Syracuse
Joe Bell , Jr., M, Virginia
Colin Shutler , Jr., GK, Virginia
Bruno Lapa , Sr., M, Wake Forest
Grayson Barber , So., F, Clemson
Tanner Dieterich , Sr., M, Clemson
George Marks , So., GK, Clemson
Cherif Dieye , Sr., M, Louisville
David Loera , Jr., M, NC State
Jeremy Kelly , Sr., M, North Carolina
Jack Skahan , Sr., M, North Carolina
Jack Lynn , So., F, Notre Dame
Daryl Dike , So., F, Virginia
Henry Kessler , Jr., D, Virginia
Kristo Strickler , Jr., M, Virginia Tech
Stefan Sigurdarson, Fr., F, Boston College
Félicien Dumas, Gr., D, Notre Dame
Veljko Petković , Fr., M, Pittsburgh
Sito Sena, Jr., D, Pittsburgh
Robin Afamefuna, Sr., D/M, Virginia
Irakoze Donasiyano , Jr., F, Virginia
Andreas Ueland, Fr., D, Virginia
Machop Chol , Jr., F, Wake Forest
Alistair Johnston , Sr., D, Wake Forest
Andrew Pannenberg , So., GK, Wake Forest
Isaiah Parente , So., M, Wake Forest
Amos Shapiro-Thompson , M, Boston College
Stefan Sigurdarson, F, Boston College
Victor Souza, D, Boston College
Oskar Ågren , D, Clemson
Philip Mayaka , M, Clemson
Valentin Noël , M, Pittsburgh
Arturo Ordoñez , D, Pittsburgh
Veljko Petkovic , M, Pittsburgh
Andreas Ueland, D, Virginia
Daniel Pereira , M, Virginia Tech
Calvin Harris , F, Wake Forest
MLS SuperDraft
Eight players from the ACC were selected in the first round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft, which ties a record set by the ACC in 2016 and 2018 . The eight players were twice as many as any other conference had in the first round. This is the first time the ACC has had the number one overall pick since 2016.[ 24]
Total picks by school
List of selections
Notable undrafted players
The following players went pro after the 2019 season despite not getting drafted in the 2020 MLS draft.
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