ACC men's soccer tournament

ACC men's soccer tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer championship
Sport	College soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast
Number of teams	15
Format	Single-elimination
Current stadium	Sahlen's Stadium
Current location	Cary, North Carolina
Played	1987–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	Wake Forest
Most championships	Virginia (11)
TV partner(s)	ESPN3, ESPNU
Official website	theacc.com/msoc

The ACC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1987. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.

The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship. Beginning in 2024, the tournament expanded from 12 teams to 15, with the No. 1 seed receiving a first-round bye; seeds 2-8 hosting first-round games; No. 1 seed and top remaining seeds in each bracket hosting quarterfinal games. The semifinals and championship game are all played at the same location.

Virginia is the most winning team of the ACC tournament with 11 conference titles.

Champions

The following is a list of Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament winners:

Finals

Key

• (1) – Title number
• Bold – Winner won regular season
•   – Match went to extra time
•   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
•   – Winning team reached College Cup
•   – Winning team won National Championship

Year by year

Ed.	Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Tournament MVP
1	1987	North Carolina (1)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	NC State	Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, NC	Derek Missimo (UNC)
2	1988	Virginia (1)	2–1	North Carolina	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	none named
3	1989	Wake Forest (1)	2–2 (5–3 p)	NC State	Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, NC	Neil Covone (Wake)
4	1990	NC State (1)	2–1	Virginia	Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, NC	Henry Gutierrez (NC State)
5	1991	Virginia (2)	3–1	Wake Forest	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	Claudio Reyna (Virginia)
6	1992	Virginia (3)	4–2	Clemson	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	Brad Agoos (Virginia)
7	1993	Virginia (4)	2–1	Clemson	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	Jaro Zawislan (Clemson)
8	1994	Virginia (5)	1–0	Duke	Riggs Field • Charlottesville, SC	Mark Peters (Virginia)
9	1995	Virginia (6)	1–0	Clemson	Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, NC	Mike Fisher (Virginia)
10	1996	Maryland (1)	2–0	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	Pierre Venditti (Maryland)
11	1997	Virginia (7)	2–0	Maryland	Wide World of Sports • Orlando, FL	Ben Olsen (Virginia)
12	1998	Clemson (1)	1–0	Duke	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	Josh Campbell (Clemson)
13	1999	Duke (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Virginia	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	Troy Garner (Duke)
14	2000	North Carolina (2)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Virginia	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	Caleb Norkus (UNC)
15	2001	Clemson (2)	2–1	Virginia	Riggs Field • Charlottesville, SC	Ian Fuller (Clemson)
16	2002	Maryland (2)	3–0	Virginia	SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NC	Abe Thompson (Maryland)
17	2003	Virginia (8)	1–1 (7–6 p)	Maryland	SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NC	Ryan Burke (Virginia)
18	2004	Virginia (9)	2–1	Maryland	SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NC	Jeremy Barlow (Virginia)
19	2005	Duke (2)	0–0 (5–4 p)	North Carolina	SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NC	Blake Camp (Duke)
20	2006	Duke (3)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Wake Forest	SoccerPlex • Germantown, MD	Michael Videira (Duke)
21	2007	Boston College (1)	2–1	Wake Forest	SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NC	Sherron Manswell (BC)
22	2008	Maryland (3)	1–0	Virginia	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	Jeremy Hall (Maryland)
23	2009	Virginia (10)	1–0	NC State	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	Diego Restrepo (Virginia)
24	2010	Maryland (4)	1–0	North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	Zac MacMath (Maryland)
25	2011	North Carolina (3)	3–1	Boston College	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	Ben Speas (North Carolina)
26	2012	Maryland (5)	2–1	North Carolina	SoccerPlex • Germantown, MD	Patrick Mullins (Maryland)
27	2013	Maryland (6)	1–0	Virginia	SoccerPlex • Germantown, MD	Patrick Mullins (Maryland)
28	2014	Clemson (3)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Louisville	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	Paul Clowes (Clemson)
29	2015	Syracuse (1)	1–0	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana	Ben Polk (Syracuse)
30	2016	Wake Forest (2)	3–1	Clemson	MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, SC	Ian Harkes (Wake Forest)
31	2017	Wake Forest (3)	0–0 (4–3 p)	Virginia	MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, SC	Andreu Mundet (Wake Forest)
32	2018	Louisville (1)	1–0	North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	Tate Schmitt (Louisville)
33	2019	Virginia (11)	3–1	Clemson	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC	Henry Kessler (Virginia)
34	2020	Clemson (4)	2–1	Pittsburgh	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC	Kimarni Smith (Clemson)
35	2021	Notre Dame (1)	2–0	Duke	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC	Dawson McCartney (Notre Dame)
36	2022	Syracuse (2)	2–0	Clemson	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC	Russell Shealy (Syracuse)
37	2023	Clemson (5)	1–1 (5–3 p)	North Carolina	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC	Ousmane Sylla (Clemson)
38	2024	Wake Forest (4)	1–1 (7–6 p)	Clemson	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC	Prince Amponsah (Wake Forest)

By school

Through 2024

School	Apps	W	L	T	Pct.	Titles	Winning years
Boston College	17	8	15	0	.348	1	2007
California	1	2	1	0	.667	0
Clemson	37	32	26	8	.545	5	1998, 2001, 2014, 2020, 2023
Duke	37	23	30	6	.441	3	1999, 2005, 2006
Louisville	9	8	7	1	.531	1	2018
Maryland	27	28	19	2	.592	6	1996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013
NC State	36	15	28	6	.367	1	1990
North Carolina	37	30	26	8	.531	3	1987, 2000, 2011
Notre Dame	10	9	8	2	.526	1	2021
Pittsburgh	9	6	8	1	.433	0
SMU	1	1	0	1	.750	0
Stanford	1	1	1	0	.500	0
Syracuse	9	7	6	4	.529	2	2015, 2022
Virginia	37	49	22	9	.669	11	1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2019
Virginia Tech	19	7	17	1	.300	0
Wake Forest	37	25	31	12	.456	4	1989, 2016, 2017, 2024

Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer.
Teams in italics no longer sponsor soccer in the ACC.

Pre-tournament champions

Prior to 1987, the champion was determined based on regular season play.

Season Champion Runner-up 1953 Maryland Duke 1954 Maryland North Carolina 1955 Maryland North Carolina 1956 Maryland Virginia 1957 Maryland Virginia 1958 Maryland North Carolina 1959 Maryland North Carolina 1960 Maryland Duke 1961 Maryland Duke 1962 Maryland North Carolina 1963 Maryland Virginia 1964 Maryland North Carolina 1965 Maryland North Carolina 1966 Maryland — North Carolina 1967 Maryland North Carolina 1968 Maryland North Carolina 1969 Virginia Maryland 1970 Virginia Maryland

Season Champion Runner-up 1971 Maryland Duke 1972 Clemson Duke 1973 Clemson Maryland 1974 Clemson Maryland 1975 Clemson North Carolina 1976 Clemson Maryland 1977 Clemson North Carolina 1978 Clemson North Carolina 1979 Clemson North Carolina Virginia 1980 Duke Clemson NC State 1981 Clemson Duke 1982 Clemson Duke — 1983 Virginia Duke 1984 Virginia Clemson NC State 1985 Clemson Virginia 1986 Virginia NC State

Claudio Reyna was the 1991 ACC tournament MVP Zac MacMath won the ACC tournament MVP award in 2010

References

• "Sites, Dates and Formats Announced for 2024-25 ACC Championships". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
• "ACC Men's Soccer Annual Champions" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
• "2010 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

External links

• Official website