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2020 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationSeptember 18, 2020 – November 8, 2020
Number of teams11
2021 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickDaniel Pereira, 1st overall
Picked byAustin FC
Regular Season
Season championsPittsburgh (North Division)
Wake Forest (South Division)
  Runners-upVirginia Tech (North Division)
North Carolina (South Division)
ACC Tournament
ChampionsClemson
  Runners-upPittsburgh
Finals MVPEngland Kimarni Smith
ACC men's soccer seasons
2020 ACC men's fall soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North
No. 2 Pittsburgh 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Virginia Tech 3 – 1 – 2 3 – 2 – 2
Notre Dame 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Virginia 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Louisville 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Syracuse 0 – 3 – 2 0 – 3 – 2
South
No. 3 Wake Forest 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
North Carolina 3 – 1 – 2 3 – 2 – 2
No. 1 Clemson‡ 3 – 2 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Duke 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
NC State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 6 – 1
Boston College† 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0
As of March 9, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, Boston College suspended the Fall 2020 men's soccer season; begins play in March.

The 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season will be the 67th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

Clemson are the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and the Virginia are the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Wake Forest are the defending ACC Tournament Champions.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the season has been significantly modified from previous seasons. The teams were reorganized geographically, and will play a six-game conference season. The season will begin on September 18, 2020 instead of August 28, 2020 and conclude on November 7, 2020. A modified spring season was also played due to the pandemic.

Changes from 2019

After 33 years as head coach, Ed Kelly retired following the 2019 season. Bob Thompson was hired as the head coach for Boston College on January 23, 2020.[1]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the season

Further information: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football

On September 4, 2020 the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the fall Olympic sports schedule, which included the schedule for men's soccer. The men's soccer season will begin on September 18, 2020 instead of the originally planned August 28, and conclude on November 8. The season will culminate with the 2020 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, which will be reduced to eight teams for the 2020 season only.

On January 26, 2021, it was announced that a spring portion of the 2020 season would be played. Each team will play five matches in their division. Divisions would return to the Atlantic and Coastal division, as in previous years. The winner of the Coastal will play the winner of the Atlantic on April 13. The winner of that match will play Clemson (winner of the fall season) on April 17 to determine the automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.[2]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

North Division
Team Stadium Capacity
Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735
Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 5,000
Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies Thompson Field 2,500
South Division
Team Stadium Capacity
Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500
Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000
North Carolina Tar Heels Fetzer Field 5,025
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Spry Stadium 3,000

1. ^ Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer. Boston College has opted out of participating in the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel

Team Head Coach Years at School Overall Record Record at School ACC Record
Boston College Bob Thompson 1 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Clemson Mike Noonan 10 323–176–43 110–63–30 41–29–13
Duke John Kerr Jr. 13 188–138–40 107–79–27 40–44–15
Louisville John Michael Hayden 2 10–8–2 10–8–2 3–4–1
North Carolina Carlos Somoano 10 128–37–25 128–37–25 46–15–13
NC State George Kiefer 4 113–34–26 131–47–33 8–11–5
Notre Dame Chad Riley 3 21–15–4 21–15–4 7–8–2
Pittsburgh Jay Vidovich 5 235–95–33 28–41–2 8–22–3
Syracuse Ian McIntyre 10 200–132–58 93–68–28 18–27–13
Virginia George Gelnovatch 25 341–129–59 341–129–59 89–59–31
Virginia Tech Mike Brizendine 11 81–97–26 81–97–26 18–55–17
Wake Forest Bobby Muuss 6 164–71–34 89–15–10 31–4–5

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2020 season
  • Years at school includes the 2020 season
  • ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a preseason Hermann Trophy watch list was released in January instead of August. Six players from ACC schools were named to the watchlist.[3]

Player Class Position School
Justin Malou Senior DF Clemson
Valentin Noel Sophomore MF Pittsburgh
Veljko Petkovic Sophomore MF Pittsburgh
Colin Shutler Senior GK Virginia
Kimarni Smith Senior FW Clemson
Kristo Strickler Senior MF Virginia Tech

Preseason Poll

The preseason poll was released on September 8, 2020.[4]

South Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Clemson 45 (5)
2 Wake Forest 44 (5)
3 North Carolina 33 (1)
4 NC State 21
5 Duke 17
North Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Virginia 59 (9)
2 Pittsburgh 44 (2)
3 Virginia Tech 35
4 Syracuse 30
5 Louisville 29
6 Notre Dame 28
Media poll (ACC Championship)
Rank Team Votes
1 Clemson 5
2 Wake Forest 4
3 North Carolina 1
Virginia

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls were to be released in August and September 2020. Only CollegeSoccerNews.com released a preseason poll due to the COVID-19 pandemic. TopDrawer Soccer and United Soccer Coaches released a preseason poll in February 2021.

United
Soccer 		CSN[5] Top Drawer
Soccer[6]
Boston College N/A 24 NR
Clemson N/A 3 2
Duke N/A RV NR
Louisville N/A 18 NR
North Carolina N/A 27 14
NC State N/A 26 NR
Notre Dame N/A RV 12
Pitt N/A 28 3
Syracuse N/A RV NR
Virginia N/A 7 NR
Virginia Tech N/A 14 11
Wake Forest N/A 4 5

Recruiting rankings

College Soccer News and TopDrawer Soccer release annual recruiting rankings. Below are their respective rankings for the Class of 2020 by program. Ten of the 12 programs earned Top 40 recruiting rankings by College Soccer News.

CSN[7] Top Drawer
Soccer[8]
Boston College — —
Clemson 9 11
Duke 1 2
Louisville 7 6
North Carolina 8 10
NC State 29 24
Notre Dame 32 —
Pitt — —
Syracuse 12 25
Virginia 5 3
Virginia Tech 23 20
Wake Forest 6 4

Preseason awards

Preseason All-ACC Watchlist[4]
  • Kimarni Smith, Senior, Forward, Clemson
  • Jack Doran, Graduate, Midfielder, Duke
  • Pedro Fonseca, Junior, Forward, Louisville
  • Alec Smir, Junior, Goalkeeper, North Carolina
  • George Asomani, Senior, Midfielder, NC State
  • Jack Lynn, Junior, Forward, Notre Dame
  • Edward Kizza, Senior, Forward, Pitt
  • Sondre Norheim, Senior, Defender, Syracuse
  • Nathaniel Crofts, Senior, Forward, Virginia
  • Kristo Strickler, Senior, Forward, Virginia Tech
  • Michael DeShields, Senior, Defender, Wake Forest

Fall 2020 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 (Sep. 14 – Sept. 20)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 17 7:00 p.m. Kentucky No. 5 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 1–0 1
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Daniel Russo Notre Dame Keagan McLaughlin Notre Dame
Reference:[9]

Week 2 (Sep. 21 – Sept. 27)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 21 7:00 p.m. Duke Kentucky Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY L 2–4 95
September 25 7:30 p.m. No. 1 Wake Forest Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY WAKE 3–1 112
September 26 7:00 p.m. NC State Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC DUKE 1–0 (2OT) 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh No. 5 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN PITT 3–1 0
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Bertin Jacquesson Pittsburgh Arturo Ordoñez Pittsburgh
Calvin Harris Wake Forest
Reference:[10]

Week 3 (Sep. 28 – Oct. 4)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 28 7:30 p.m. Louisville Kentucky Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY L 1–3 115
October 1 7:00 p.m. No. 3 Clemson South Carolina Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC W 3–0 460
October 2 7:00 p.m. North Carolina Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC UNC 2–0 0
October 3 7:00 p.m. Notre Dame Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 2–1 169
NC State No. 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC WAKE 4–1 0
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Kyle Holcomb Wake Forest Alec Smir North Carolina
Mohamed Seye Clemson
Reference:[11]

Week 4 (Oct. 5 – Oct. 11)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 5 6:00 p.m. UAB No. 3 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 2–0 748
October 6 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Pittsburgh Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY PITT 3–2 (2OT) 1
October 9 6:00 p.m. No. 3 Clemson North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 1–0 0
7:00 p.m. Louisville No. 5 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA UVA 2–1 (2OT) 177
8:00 p.m. Duke NC State Dail Field • Raleigh, NC DUKE 3–1 70
October 10 7:00 p.m. UAB No. 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 3–0 0
Virginia Tech No. 2 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 4–2 55
October 11 7:00 p.m. Syracuse Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN ND 1–0 0
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Veljko Petkovic Pittsburgh Colin Shutler Virginia
Fillipo Zattarin North Carolina
Reference:[12]

Week 5 (Oct. 12 – Oct. 18)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 13 7:00 p.m. No. 1 Wake Forest Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 2–1 1,000
October 14 8:00 p.m. No. 5 Virginia Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA T 1–1 (2OT) 130
October 16 8:00 p.m. Duke Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 2–1 (2OT) 1,000
Louisville Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 2–2 (2OT) 1
October 17 11:00 p.m. Notre Dame Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA PPD
6:00 p.m. No. 3 North Carolina No. 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC WAKE 1–0 (OT) 0
7:00 p.m. Navy NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC L 1–2 70
No. 2 Pittsburgh No. 5 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA PITT 3–2 (OT) 132
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Valentin Noel Pittsburgh George Marks Clemson
Kimarni Smith Clemson
Reference:[13]

Week 6 (Oct. 19 – Oct. 25)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 23 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Wake Forest Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC WF 2–1 0
7:00 p.m. No. 1 Pittsburgh Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY PITT 4–1 0
8:00 p.m. No. 3 Clemson NC State Dail Field • Raleigh, NC CLEM 1–0 88
October 24 1:00 p.m. Virginia Notre Dame Alumni Field • South Bend, IN ND 2–1 (2OT) 133
6:30 p.m. Syracuse Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA T 1–1 (2OT) 101
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Omar Hernandez Wake Forest Oskar Ågren Clemson
Grayson Barber Clemson
Reference:[14]

Week 7 (Oct. 26 – Nov. 1)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 27 7:00 p.m. No. 5 North Carolina No. 3 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC T 3–3 (2OT) 1,000
October 30 5:00 p.m. No. 3 Clemson No. 2 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC WAKE 2–0 0
8:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY VT 2–1 (OT) 212
Virginia Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY UVA 1–0 160
November 1 1:00 p.m. NC State No. 5 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 0–0 (2OT) 0
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Jacob Labovitz Virginia Tech Nico Benalcazar Wake Forest
Reference:[15]

Week 8 (Nov. 2 – Nov. 8)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
November 2 1:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Notre Dame Alumni Field • South Bend, IN VT 1–0 0
November 6 4:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA VT 1–0 265
7:00 p.m. Louisville Notre Dame Alumni Field • South Bend, IN ND 4–1 266
8:00 p.m. Duke No. 4 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 2–0 0
November 7 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Wake Forest NC State Dail Field • Raleigh, NC WAKE 2–0 77
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Jack Lynn Notre Dame Andrew Pannenberg Wake Forest
Reference:[16]

Spring 2021 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 11 (Feb. 3 – Feb. 7)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance

Week 12 (Feb. 8 – Feb. 14)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
February 13 3:00 p.m. Georgetown Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA

Week 13 (Feb. 15 – Feb. 21)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
February 19 5:00 p.m. Virginia Tech VCU Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA
February 20 3:00 p.m. Akron Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA

Week 14 (Feb. 22 – Feb. 28)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
February 24 6:00 p.m. NC State VCU Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA
February 27 2:00 p.m. Notre Dame Butler Sellick Bowl • Indianapolis, IN
7:00 p.m. Duquesne Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
February 28 TBA Davidson Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
1:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Field • Conway, SC

Week 15 (Mar. 1 – Mar. 7)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
March 2 1:00 p.m. George Mason Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
March 4 6:00 p.m. Louisville NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC
March 5 7:00 p.m. Pittsburgh North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC
March 6 1:00 p.m. Duke Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
March 7 1:00 p.m. Notre Dame Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
5:00 p.m. Syracuse Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC

Week 16 (Mar. 8 – Mar. 14)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
March 12 7:00 p.m. Notre Dame Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
Syracuse Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
March 13 5:00 p.m. Clemson Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
7:00 p.m. Boston College Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA

Week 17 (Mar. 15 – Mar. 21)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
March 16 7:00 p.m. Calvin Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN
March 19 2:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
7:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
March 20 2:00 p.m. Louisville Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
7:00 p.m. NC State Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
Wake Forest Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN

Week 18 (Mar. 22 – Mar. 28)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
March 26/27 TBA Clemson Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
March 27 1:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
7:00 p.m. Louisville Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
North Carolina Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN

Week 19 (Mar. 29 – Apr. 4)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
April 2 7:00 p.m. Virginia Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
Virginia Tech North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC
Wake Forest Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
April 3 7:00 p.m. Notre Dame Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA

Week 20 (Apr. 5 – Apr. 11)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
April 8 7:00 p.m. Virginia Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
April 9 7:00 p.m. Clemson Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
Virginia Tech Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN

Rankings

Fall 2020

National

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
United Soccer Coaches
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
Final
Boston College
Clemson 2 3 3 3 3 5 4 2 1
Duke
Louisville
North Carolina 3 5 5 4 3 4
NC State
Notre Dame 5
Pittsburgh 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
Syracuse
Virginia 3 5 5 5
Virginia Tech 5 4
Wake Forest 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3

Spring 2021

National

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
United Soccer Coaches

To be announced.

Top Drawer Soccer
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Final
Boston College
Clemson 2
Duke
Louisville
North Carolina 14
NC State
Notre Dame 12
Pittsburgh 3
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech 11
Wake Forest 5

Postseason

ACC Tournament

Main article: 2020 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament

Eight teams will qualify for the modified ACC Men's Soccer Tournament.

Semifinals Final
      
N1 Pittsburgh 3
N3 Notre Dame 1
N1 Pittsburgh 1
S3 Clemson 2
N4 Virginia 1
S3 Clemson 2

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

On August 13, 2020, the NCAA suspended postseason tournaments for all fall sports. The tournament will be played from April 17 to May 17, 2021.

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
TBD Clemson


MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2021 MLS SuperDraft

The 2021 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 21, 2021. The Atlantic Coast Conference had a record total of twenty five players selected, with twelve first round selections. This eclipsed the previous record of eighteen total selections, set twice previously. The twelve first round picks surpassed the previous record of eight first round picks, set in 2016, 2018, and 2020. The twenty five players selected represented one third of the players taken in the draft. The ACC also had five players selected in the first five picks, a first in draft history.[17] Also of note, at least one player was selected from a team that played during the 2020 season. Only Boston College did not have a player selected and Boston College elected to suspend their season due to COVID-19.

Total picks by school

Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Clemson 3 – – 3
Duke 1 – – 1
Louisville – 2 – 2
NC State – 1 – 1
North Carolina – 1 2 3
Notre Dame – – 1 1
Pittsburgh 1 – – 1
Syracuse 1 – 1 2
Virginia 2 3 – 5
Virginia Tech 1 1 – 2
Wake Forest 3 1 – 4
Total 12 9 4 25

List of selections

Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College
1 1 Austin FC Venezuela Daniel Pereira MF Virginia Tech
1 2 FC Cincinnati EnglandHong Kong Calvin Harris FW Wake Forest
1 3 Colorado Rapids Kenya Philip Mayaka MF Clemson
1 4 D.C. United England Kimarni Smith FW Clemson
1 5 D.C. United United States Michael DeShields DF Wake Forest
1 7 Real Salt Lake United States Bret Halsey DF Virginia
1 13 New York Red Bulls Guadeloupe Luther Archimède FW Syracuse
1 17 Minnesota United FC Jamaica Justin McMaster FW Wake Forest
1 20 Nashville SC Tanzania Irakoze Donasiyano FW Virginia
1 21 Austin FC United States Aedan Stanley DF Duke
1 24 New England Revolution Uganda Edward Kizza FW Pittsburgh
1 27 Columbus Crew Senegal Justin Malou DF Clemson
2 28 Austin FC Scotland Daniel Steedman FW Virginia
2 30 Houston Dynamo United States Kristofer Strickler FW Virginia Tech
2 34 Real Salt Lake United States Elijah Amo FW Louisville
2 39 San Jose Earthquakes Ghana George Asomani MF NC State
2 40 New York Red Bulls Guinea Lamine Conte MF Louisville
2 45 Toronto FC England Nathaniel Crofts FW Virginia
2 48 FC Dallas United States Colin Shutler GK Virginia
2 49 Orlando City SC United States Andrew Pannenberg GK Wake Forest
2 50 Sporting Kansas City Canada Matt Constant DF North Carolina
3 59 Atlanta United United States Aiden McFadden MF Notre Dame
3 73 Nashville SC Norway Sondre Norheim DF Syracuse
3 76 FC Dallas United States Mark Salas DF North Carolina
3 79 FC Dallas United States Giovanni Montesdeoca FW North Carolina

Notable undrafted players

The following players went pro after the 2020 season despite not getting drafted in the 2021 MLS draft.

Player Nationality Position College Team League

Homegrown players

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,[18] 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.[19] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Original MLS team Player Pos. School Ref.
Atlanta United Machop Chol MF Wake Forest (Sr.) [20]
Columbus Crew Isaiah Parente MF Wake Forest (Jr.) [21]
Sporting Kansas City Grayson Barber F Clemson (Jr.) [22]

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