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2021 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 23, 2021 – October 29, 2021
Number of teams12
2022 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickThorleifur Úlfarsson, 4th overall
Picked byHouston Dynamo
Regular season
Season championsAtlantic:Clemson
Coastal:Pittsburgh
  Runners-upAtlantic:Louisville
Coastal:Duke
Season MVPOffensive: Thorleifur Úlfarsson
Midfielder: Peter Stroud
Defensive:Jasper Löeffelsend
ACC Tournament
ChampionsNotre Dame
  Runners-upDuke
Finals MVPUnited States Dawson McCartney
ACC men's soccer seasons
2021 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 1 Clemson + 5 – 3 – 0 16 – 5 – 2
Louisville + 5 – 3 – 0 10 – 7 – 1
No. 17 Wake Forest + 4 – 3 – 1 13 – 7 – 1
Boston College 2 – 4 – 2 6 – 7 – 2
Syracuse 2 – 5 – 1 8 – 8 – 2
NC State 1 – 5 – 2 7 – 8 – 2
Coastal
No. 12 Duke + 5 – 2 – 1 14 – 5 – 1
No. 6 Pittsburgh + 5 – 2 – 1 13 – 5 – 2
No. 4 Notre Dame ‡ 4 – 2 – 2 14 – 5 – 5
North Carolina + 4 – 4 – 0 11 – 7 – 2
No. 19 Virginia Tech + 3 – 4 – 1 11 – 5 – 4
Virginia 2 – 5 – 1 6 – 9 – 3
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 68th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

Clemson are the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and the Pittsburgh are the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Clemson is the defending ACC tournament Champion.

Clemson and Pittsburgh both retained their regular season titles in their respective conferences. However, Clemson could not defend its ACC Tournament crown, with Notre Dame prevailing in the 2021 tournament. Eight ACC teams were invited to the NCAA tournament. Clemson had the best showing of the eight, winning their third title in program history.

Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Atlantic Division[1]
Team Stadium Capacity
Boston College Eagles Newton Campus Soccer Field 2,500
Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500
Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300
NC State Wolfpack Dail Soccer Field 3,000
Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 5,000
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Spry Stadium 3,000
Coastal Division[1]
Team Stadium Capacity
Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000
North Carolina Tar Heels Dorrance Field 4,200
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735
Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies Thompson Field 2,500

1. ^ Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel[edit]

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Bob Thompson 2 1–3–1 1–3–1 1–3–1
Clemson Mike Noonan 12 337–179–46 124–66–33 48–33–15
Duke John Kerr Jr. 14 192–148–43 111–89–30 44–51–16
Louisville John Michael Hayden 3 15–16–3 15–16–3 8–10–2
North Carolina Carlos Somoano 11 137–42–29 137–42–29 53–17–16
NC State George Kiefer 5 192–122–61 30–28–14 9–19–9
Notre Dame Chad Riley 4 29–24–4 29–24–4 11–15–2
Pittsburgh Jay Vidovich 6 251–99–33 44–45–2 17–23–3
Syracuse Ian McIntyre 12 202–139–62 95–75–33 18–35–16
Virginia George Gelnovatch 26 345–139–59 345–139–59 93–66–32
Virginia Tech Mike Brizendine 13 88–103–30 88–103–30 23–60–19
Wake Forest Bobby Muuss 7 177–74–36 102–18–12 39–5–7

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2021 season
  • Years at school includes the 2021 season
  • ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason[edit]

Hermann Trophy[edit]

The preseason watch list for the Hermann Trophy was released on August 26, 2021.[2]

Player Class Position School
Jasper Löeffelsend Graduate Student DF Pittsburgh
Valentin Noël Junior FW Pittsburgh

Preseason Poll[edit]

The 2021 ACC Preseason Poll was announced on August 18, 2021. The league's 12 head coaches voted Pittsburgh as the preseason favorite, with 7 of the 12 votes.[3] Full results of the preseason poll are shown below:

Atlantic Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Clemson 64 (9)
2 Wake Forest 57 (2)
3 Louisville 38
4 Boston College 36 (1)
5 NC State 27
6 Syracuse 26
Coastal Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Pittsburgh 64 (9)
2 North Carolina 58 (3)
3 Virginia Tech 40
4 Virginia 32
5 Duke 28
6 Notre Dame 24
Media poll (ACC Championship)
Rank Team Votes
1 Pittsburgh 7
2 Clemson 3
3 North Carolina 2

Preseason awards[edit]

Preseason All-ACC Watchlist[3]
Position Player Class School
Goalkeeper Alec Smir Graduate Student North Carolina
Leon Krapf Redshirt Senior NC State
Defender Victor Souza Junior Boston College
Oskar Ågren Junior Clemson
Andreas Ueland Junior Virginia
Sivert Haugli Senior Virginia Tech
Midfielder Peter Stroud Sophomore Duke
Valentin Noël Junior Pittsburgh
Forward Pedro Fonseca Senior Louisville
Jack Lynn Senior Notre Dame
Deandre Kerr Sophomore Syracuse
Kyle Holcomb Senior Wake Forest

Regular season[edit]

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. 24 – Aug. 30)[edit]

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
August 26 5:00 p.m. No. 15 Virginia Tech Kansas City Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA T 2–2 (2OT) N/A
7:00 p.m. St. John's No. 6 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 2–1 N/A
USC Upstate NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–0 1,141
VCU No. 7 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC L 0–2 1,296
Western Michigan Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 2–1 1,815
7:30 p.m. Bucknell No. 4 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 7–0 1,227
Drexel Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 2–0 727
8:00 p.m. Duquesne No. 3 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 7–0 1,310
Louisville Saint Louis Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MO L 1–2 (2OT) 2,224
August 27 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Indiana Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN L 2–3 (OT) 2,347
7:30 p.m. Liberty Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 3–0 851
August 28 4:00 p.m. Boston College Quinnipiac Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium • Hamden, CT L 1–2 226
August 29 2:30 p.m. Merrimack Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 4–0 262
3:30 p.m. No. 15 Virginia Tech No. 1 Marshall Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA W 3–2 113
7:00 p.m. Bucknell No. 7 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC W 2–0 1,089
Syracuse No. 11 Penn State Jeffrey Field • State College, PA L 0–3 2,073
USC Upstate No. 6 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 5–0 N/A
7:30 p.m. VCU No. 4 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 1–1 (2OT) 1,776
August 30 5:30 p.m. Boston University Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 2–1 750
7:00 p.m. NIU Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 2–0 456
No. 3 Pittsburgh West Virginia Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium • Morgantown, WV L 1–2 1,316
UNC Asheville NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 4–0 1,589
7:30 p.m. Evansville Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 2–1 504
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Veljko Petković Pittsburgh George Marks Clemson
Reference:[4]

Week 2 (Aug. 31 – Sept. 6)[edit]

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 2 7:00 p.m. No. 24 Duke Michigan U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 1–0 0
High Point Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 2–0 1,042
September 3 4:00 p.m. UCF No. 10 Virginia Tech Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–1 50
7:00 p.m. No. 2 Georgetown Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 0–1 1,674
Georgia Southern No. 6 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 3–0 498
Lehigh No. 3 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 2–0 1,060
No. 20 Seton Hall NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC L 1–3 842
South Carolina No. 4 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 5–0 4,524
7:30 p.m. Bellarmine Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 1–0 (2OT) 1,200
Notre Dame No. 21 Kentucky Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY L 0–1 1,589
September 4 7:00 p.m. Cornell No 18 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC W 2–1 (2OT) 1,491
September 6 1:00 p.m. No. 10 Virginia Tech No. 20 Seton Hall Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC T 3–3 (2OT) 116
5:30 p.m. Hartford Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 1–0 615
6:00 p.m. Virginia No. 11 Maryland Audi Field • Washington, D.C. L 1–2 1,987
7:00 p.m. No. 6 North Carolina Davidson Alumni Soccer Stadium • Davidson, NC W 3–0 2,163
Niagara Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 2–0 896
No. 3 Pittsburgh No. 19 Akron FirstEnergy Stadium • Akron, OH L 1–2 1,955
Seattle No. 24 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC L 0–1 (2OT) 503
South Florida No. 4 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 3–0 1,412
UCF NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–1 802
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Stefan Sigurdarson Boston College Eliot Hamill Duke
Reference:[5]

Week 3 (Sept. 7 – Sept. 13)[edit]

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 7 7:30 p.m. No. 17 Kentucky Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY L 1–3 1,679
September 10 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Clemson NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC CLEM 2–0 1,840
No. 4 North Carolina No. 15 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 4–0 1,115
Notre Dame Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA T 1–1 (2OT) 927
Syracuse Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA CUSE 3–1 1,945
7:30 p.m. No. 25 Wake Forest Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 3–0 1,307
September 11 7:00 p.m. No. 6 Virginia Tech No. 19 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC DUKE 1–0 863
September 13 7:00 p.m. No. 15 Pittsburgh Penn State Jeffrey Field • State College, PA W 1–0 1,518
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Deandre Kerr Syracuse George Marks Clemson
Reference:[6]

Week 4 (Sept. 14 – Sept. 20)[edit]

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 14 7:00 p.m. Binghamton Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 7–0 988
Campbell No. 16 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 1–0 538
Georgia Southern No. 2 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 5–0 1,232
Holy Cross Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 3–2 (OT) 381
James Madison NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–1 520
Michigan State Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN L 3–4 351
UNC Greensboro Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA T 0–0 (2OT) 932
September 17 7:00 p.m. Boston College No. 2 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 3–0 3,032
Louisville Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY LOU 5–4 (2OT) 1,113
NC State Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN ND 1–0 1,001
Virginia No. 17 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA VT 2–1 (2OT) 2,725
8:00 p.m. No. 5 Pittsburgh Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC WAKE 3–1 2,176
September 19 7:00 p.m. No. 12 Duke No. 16 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC DUKE 3–0 2,310
September 20 7:00 p.m. Wake Forest George Mason George Mason Stadium • Fairfax, VA W 1–0 175
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Jacob Labovitz Virginia Tech Eliot Hamill Duke
Reference:[7]

Week 5 (Sept. 21 – Sept. 27)[edit]

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 21 7:00 p.m. Boston College Yale Reese Stadium • New Haven, CT L 0–2 511
No. 2 Clemson UNC Greensboro UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC L 1–3 569
Notre Dame Michigan U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 3–1 317
Syracuse Cornell Berman Field • Ithaca, NY T 1–1 (2OT) 155
Virginia James Madison Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA L 0–1 (2OT) 564
No. 12 Virginia Tech William & Mary Albert–Daly Field • Williamsburg, VA W 3–2 1,129
7:30 p.m. Northern Kentucky No. 25 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 4–0 393
September 24 7:00 p.m. Notre Dame No. 12 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA VT 2–1 (OT) 1,423
Wake Forest NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC T 1–1 (2OT) 1,570
7:30 p.m. Boston College No. 25 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 2–0 827
September 25 7:00 p.m. No. 6 Duke Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY DUKE 1–0 1,879
North Carolina Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA UNC 2–0 2,046
No. 15 Pittsburgh No. 2 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC PITT 2–0 2,231
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Matt Bailey Pittsburgh Eliot Hamill Duke
Danny Flores Virginia Tech
Reference:[8]

Week 6 (Sept. 28 – Oct. 4)[edit]

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 28 7:00 p.m. East Tennessee State No. 11 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 2–0 511
Howard No. 4 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 4–0 739
Liberty Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC L 0–1 (2OT) 1,287
NC State Longwood Longwood Athletics Complex • Farmville, VA W 6–2 50
Trine Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 13–0 318
VCU Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 3–1 880
Vermont Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 5–2 325
7:30 p.m. Western Illinois No. 14 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 7–1 482
September 29 7:00 p.m. North Carolina UNC Wilmington UNCW Soccer Stadium • Wilmington, NC L 1–2 1,321
October 1 6:00 p.m. Virginia Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN ND 2–1 1,213
7:00 p.m. No. 19 Clemson Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC CLEM 2–1 3,560
No. 14 Louisville No. 4 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC DUKE 3–1 1,017
Syracuse No. 16 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 3–2 (2OT) 1,097
No. 11 Virginia Tech Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA T 0–0 (2OT) 1,956
October 3 7:00 p.m. NC State North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 4–0 1,433
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Thorleifur Úlfarsson Duke Charlie Asensio Clemson
Reference:[9]

Week 7 (Oct. 5 – Oct. 11)[edit]

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 5 1:30 p.m. UNC Wilmington Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA T 1–1 (2OT) 76
7:00 p.m. Boston College Northeastern Parsons Field • Brookline, MA W 2–1 221
No. 21 Clemson Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Field • Conway, SC W 2–0 858
Cleveland State No. 13 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 4–0 430
Colgate Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 3–0 326
Elon No. 3 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 3–1 520
Purdue Fort Wayne Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 4–0 403
William & Mary Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC W 4–0 1,119
October 8 6:00 p.m. No. 23 Louisville No. 9 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA VT 4–2 765
7:00 p.m. Boston College Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA UVA 2–1 0
NC State Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 0–0 (2OT) 1,572
Wake Forest North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC WAKE 2–1 1,283
October 9 7:00 p.m. No. 3 Duke No. 13 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 3–2 1,409
Notre Dame No. 21 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC ND 2–0 1,500
October 11 7:00 p.m. Denver Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA L 1–2 (OT) 992
Syracuse Bucknell Holmes Stadium • Lewisburg, PA W 4–0 175
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Daniel Russo Notre Dame Philip Quinton Notre Dame
Guilherme Feitosa Pittsburgh
Reference:[10]

Week 8 (Oct. 12 – Oct. 18)[edit]

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 12 7:00 p.m. Davidson No. 5 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 4–0 435
Eastern Illinois Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 5–0 609
George Washington Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC W 3–0 1,127
High Point NC State Dial Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 4–0 480
Wofford North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 1–0 466
October 15 7:00 p.m. No. 23 Clemson No. 9 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC CLEM 3–2 (OT) 1,204
North Carolina Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 2–0 562
Syracuse Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA BC 1–0 324
Virginia NC State Dial Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC UVA 2–1 751
October 16 7:00 p.m. No. 7 Pittsburgh Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN UND 1–0 (2OT) 385
No. 5 Virginia Tech Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC WAKE 3–1 3,026
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Aboubacar Camara Louisville Paddy Burns Notre Dame
Reference:[11]

Week 9 (Oct. 19 – Oct. 25)[edit]

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 19 7:00 p.m. No. 18 Duke Furman Stone Stadium • Greenville, SC W 3–2 538
Loyola (MD) Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC W 7–0 1,021
No. 15 Loyola Marymount North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 2–0 471
Oakland Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY L 1–2 0
UIC No. 20 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 3–0 259
William & Mary NC State Dial Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC L 0–1 369
October 20 6:00 p.m. Winthrop No. 13 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 3–0 551
October 22 7:00 p.m. No. 18 Duke No. 20 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN T 1–1 (2OT) 1,037
NC State Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 2–1 608
No. 10 Pittsburgh Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA T 2–2 (2OT) 0
October 23 7:00 p.m. No. 6 Clemson Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY CUSE 2–0 1,205
Wake Forest Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA BC 3–2 658
October 24 7:00 p.m. North Carolina No. 13 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA UNC 2–0 1,115
October 25 1:00 p.m. Mary Washington Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 2–0 82
7:00 p.m. Massachusetts No. 10 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 5–1 713
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Milo Garvanian North Carolina Alec Smir North Carolina
Reference:[12]

Week 10 (Oct. 26 – Nov. 2)[edit]

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 26 7:00 p.m. No. 17 FIU No. 15 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 4–0 1,335
October 29 4:30 p.m. No. 11 Notre Dame North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 3–1 1,481
7:00 p.m. Boston College NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC NCST 1–0 (2OT) 931
Louisville No. 15 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 5–1 1,889
Syracuse Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC WAKE 2–0 2,271
Virginia No. 13 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC DUKE 3–2 (OT) 1,117
No. 21 Virginia Tech No. 12 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 4–1 900
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Quinn McNeill Clemson Trace Alphin Notre Dame
Oskar Ågren Clemson
Reference:[13]

Rankings[edit]

National[edit]

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

United Soccer Coaches[edit]

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
Final
Boston College
Clemson 6 (1) 4 (1) 2 (6) 2 (5) 2 (4) 19 21 23 6 15 9 9 1 (24)
Duke 24 19 12 6 4 3 9 18 13 13 11 12
Louisville RV 25 14 23 RV RV
North Carolina 4 6 4 16 RV RV RV RV 18 23 RV
NC State RV RV
Notre Dame RV RV 20 11 23 20 4
Pittsburgh 3 (1) 3 (3) 15 5 15 16 13 7 10 12 6 5 (2) 6
Syracuse RV
Virginia RV RV RV
Virginia Tech 15 10 6 17 12 11 9 5 13 21 RV RV 19
Wake Forest 7 18 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 17

Top Drawer Soccer[edit]

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
Wk 13
Wk 14
Wk 15
Wk 16
Final
Boston College
Clemson 8 6 3 2 2 10 9 15 6 17 15 15 17 14 8 4 1
Duke 18 9 8 6 9 13 11 10 10 14 10 12 12 12
Louisville
North Carolina 4 5 2 4 11 11 17 23 20 20 22 22 22 22 22
NC State
Notre Dame 11 9 6 3 4
Pittsburgh 3 2 6 11 22 21 22 8 12 16 14 12 15 12 7 8 8
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech 19 18 18 21 21 25
Wake Forest 6 8 8 18 20 19 18

Postseason[edit]

ACC Tournament[edit]

Main article: 2021 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 Pittsburgh 0
5 Notre Dame 2
5 Notre Dame 2
3 Duke 0
3 Duke 1
2 Clemson 0

NCAA tournament[edit]

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

The ACC sent eight teams to the NCAA tournament, which was the most of any conference. ACC teams also were four of the top eight seeds in the tournament.[14]

Seed School First round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
4 Notre Dame BYE W 3–0 vs. Villanova – (Notre Dame, IN) W 2–0 vs. Wake Forest – (Notre Dame, IN) T 1–1 (4–2 PKs) vs. No. 5 Pittsburgh – (Notre Dame, IN) T 1–1 (4–5 PKs) vs. No. 8 Clemson – (Cary, NC)
5 Pittsburgh BYE W 5–2 vs. Northern Illinois – (Pittsburgh, PA) W 4–0 vs. Hofstra – (Pittsburgh, PA) T 0–0 (4–2 PKs) vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Notre Dame, IN)
7 Duke BYE W 2–1 vs. UCLA – (Durham, NC) L 3–4 vs. No. 10 Saint Louis – (Durham, NC)
8 Clemson BYE W 1–0 vs. Denver – (Clemson, SC) W 2–1 vs. No. 9 Kentucky – (Clemson, SC) T 0–0 (4–3 PKs) vs. No. 1 Oregon State – (Corvallis, OR) T 1–1 (5–4 PKs)vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Cary, NC) W 2–0 vs. No. 2 Washington – (Cary, NC)
Louisville L 0–1 vs. Bowling Green – (Louisville, KY)
North Carolina T 0–0 (4–2 PKs) vs. Loyola (MD) – (Chapel Hill, NC) L 1–4 vs. No. 16 New Hampshire – (Durham, NH)
Virginia Tech W 2–1 vs. Campbell – (Blacksburg, VA) T 1–1 (3–4 PKs) vs. No. 11 West Virginia – (Morgantown, WV)
Wake Forest W 2–1 vs. Mercer – (Winston-Salem, NC) W 3–2 vs. No. 13 FIU – (Miami, FL) L 0–2 vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Notre Dame, IN)
W–L (%): 2–1–1 (.625) 5–1–1 (.786) 3–2–0 (.600) 0–0–3 (.500) 0–0–2 (.500) 1–0–0 (1.000) Total: 11–4–7 (.659)

Awards[edit]

Postseason awards[edit]

Postseason awards were released on November 10, prior to the ACC Tournament Semifinals.[15]

All-ACC awards and teams[edit]

2021 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year Jay Vidovich – Pittsburgh
Offensive Player of the Year Thorleifur Úlfarsson – Duke
Midfielder of the Year Peter Stroud – Duke
Defensive Player of the Year Jasper Löeffelsend – Pittsburgh
Freshman of the Year Shakur Mohammed – Duke
2021 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman Team

Oskar Ågren – Clemson
Peter Stroud – Duke
Thorleifur Úlfarsson – Duke
Aboubacar Camara – Louisville
Pedro Fonseca – Louisville
Alec Smir – North Carolina
Jack Lynn – Notre Dame
Jasper Löeffelsend – Pittsburgh
Deandre Kerr – Syracuse
Jacob Labovitz – Virginia Tech
Kyle Holcomb – Wake Forest

Hamady Diop – Clemson
George Marks – Clemson
Ousmane Sylla – Clemson
Shakur Mohammed – Duke
Rodrigo Almeida – Pittsburgh
Bertin Jacquesson – Pittsburgh
Valentin Noël – Pittsburgh
Arturo Ordoñez – Pittsburgh
Veljko Petkovic – Pittsburgh
Jackson Walti – Pittsburgh
Leo Afonso – Virginia

Victor Souza – Boston College
Quinn McNeill – Clemson
Sander Roed – Louisville
Joe Pickering – North Carolina
Filippo Zattarin – North Carolina
Philip Quinton – Notre Dame
Nico Campuzano – Pittsburgh
Mayola Kinyua – Virginia Tech
Nico Benalcazar – Wake Forest
Omar Hernandez – Wake Forest
Jake Swallen – Wake Forest

Aidan Farwell – Boston College
Ruben Mesalles – Duke
Shakur Mohammed – Duke
Sander Roed – Louisville
Ken Bellini – North Carolina
Tega Ikoba – North Carolina
Josh Ramsey – Notre Dame
Matthew Roou – Notre Dame
Guilherme Feitosa – Pittsburgh
Curt Calov – Syracuse
Asparuh Slavov – Virginia
Danny Flores – Virginia Tech

MLS SuperDraft[edit]

Main article: 2022 MLS SuperDraft

A total of nineteen players were selected from ACC teams in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft. Their six first round picks and nineteen overall picks were the most of any conference in the draft. The nineteen total picks is the second highest in league history. Clemson had the most players selected with six.[16]

Total picks by school[edit]

Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Clemson 1 3 2 6
Duke 2 – – 2
Louisville – 1 – 1
NC State – – 1 1
North Carolina – – 1 1
Notre Dame 3 – – 3
Pittsburgh – 1 1 2
Virginia Tech – – 1 1
Wake Forest – 1 1 2
Total 6 6 7 19

List of selections[edit]

Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College
1 4 Houston Dynamo Iceland Thorleifur Úlfarsson FW Duke
1 13 San Jose Earthquakes Sweden Oskar Ågren DF Clemson
1 14 FC Cincinnati United States Ian Murphy DF Duke
1 18 Orlando City United States Jack Lynn FW Notre Dame
1 23 Colorado Rapids Canada Mohamed Omar MF Notre Dame
1 25 Columbus Crew United States Philip Quinton DF Notre Dame
2 29 Charlotte FC United States Kyle Holcomb FW Wake Forest
2 35 Austin FC United States Charlie Asensio DF Clemson
2 39 Houston Dynamo Spain Arturo Ordoñez DF Pittsburgh
2 42 LA Galaxy United States Callum Johnson MF Clemson
2 44 Vancouver Whitecaps Ecuador Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador MF Clemson
2 53 Real Salt Lake Brazil Pedro Fonseca FW Louisville
3 57 Charlotte FC United States George Marks GK Clemson
3 62 FC Dallas United States Alec Smir GK North Carolina
3 64 San Jose Earthquakes United States John Martin MF Clemson
3 67 CF Montréal Haiti Ivy Brisma FW NC State
3 81 Real Salt Lake Germany Jasper Löeffelsend DF Pittsburgh
3 83 Portland Timbers Norway Sivert Haugli DF Virginia Tech
Compensatory 87 FC Dallas United States Holland Rula DF Wake Forest

Homegrown players[edit]

Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

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,[17] 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.[18] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Original MLS team Player Pos. School Ref.
Portland Timbers Tega Ikoba FW North Carolina [19]
New York City FC Nico Benalcazar DF Wake Forest [20]
Toronto FC Deandre Kerr FW Syracuse [21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2019 ACC Men's Soccer Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. TheACC.com. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "2021 Men's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". machermanntrophy.org. Missouri Athletic Club. August 26, 2021. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Pitt Named Preseason ACC Men's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Petkovic, Marks Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  5. ^ "Sigurdarson, Hamill Earn ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "Syracuse's Kerr, Clemson's Marks Pick Up ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  7. ^ "Virginia Tech's Labovitz, Duke's Hamill Notch ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "Bailey, Flores, Hamill Earn ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  9. ^ "Ulfarsson, Asensio Notch ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  10. ^ "Feitosa, Quinton, Russo Earn ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 12, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  11. ^ "UofL's Camara, ND's Burns Notch ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  12. ^ "UNC's Garvanian, Smir Earn ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Distinction". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  13. ^ "McNeill, Alphin, Ågren Earn ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  14. ^ "ACC Receives National-Best Eight Bids to NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  15. ^ "2021 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Unveiled". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  16. ^ "Nineteen ACC Players Chosen in MLS SuperDraft". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  17. ^ "MLS Draft 2013: Homegrown player initiative rises as draft declines". Sporting News. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  18. ^ "MLS 2012 Roster Rules". Archived from the original on February 20, 2012.
  19. ^ "Timbers sign forward Tega Ikoba as Homegrown Player for 2022 season". Timbers.com. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  20. ^ "Nico Benalcazar Signs Homegrown Contract with New York City FC". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. January 19, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  21. ^ "Toronto FC sign forward Deandre Kerr as homegrown player". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 21, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
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