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2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 26, 2019 – November 1, 2019
Number of teams12
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickRobbie Robinson
Picked byInter Miami CF, 1st overall
Regular Season
Season championsAtlantic:Clemson
Coastal:Virginia
  Runners-upAtlantic:Wake Forest
Coastal:Pittsburgh
Season MVPOffensive: Robbie Robinson
Midfielder: Joe Bell
Defensive:Malick Mbaye
Top scorerRobbie RobinsonClemson[1]
ACC Tournament
ChampionsVirginia
  Runners-upClemson
Finals MVPUnited States Henry Kessler
ACC men's soccer seasons
2019 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson + 6 1 1 18 2 2
No. 3 Wake Forest + 6 2 0 16 5 2
NC State + 3 4 1 9 7 3
No. 20 Louisville + 3 4 1 10 8 2
Boston College + 2 4 2 9 6 3
Syracuse + 2 4 2 8 7 4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia 6 1 1 21 1 2
Pittsburgh + 4 3 1 10 8 2
Notre Dame + 3 5 0 10 8 1
North Carolina 3 5 0 7 8 3
No. 13 Virginia Tech + 2 4 2 10 6 3
Duke 2 5 1 7 9 2
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

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

Atlantic Division[4]
Team Stadium Capacity
Boston College Eagles Newton Soccer Complex 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[4]
Team Stadium Capacity
Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000
North Carolina Tar Heels Fetzer Field 5,025
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

Team Head Coach Years at School Overall Record Record at School ACC Record
Boston College Ed Kelly 33 321–248–70 281–235–65 109–112–30
Clemson Mike Noonan 9 305–174–41 92–61–28 35–28–12
Duke John Kerr Jr. 12 181–129–38 100–70–25 38–39–14
Louisville John Michael Hayden 1 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
North Carolina Carlos Somoano 9 121–29–22 121–29–22 43–10–13
NC State George Kiefer 3 104–27–23 122–40–30 5–7–4
Notre Dame Chad Riley 2 11–7–3 11–7–3 4–3–1
Pittsburgh Jay Vidovich 4 225–87–31 18–33–4 4–19–2
Syracuse Ian McIntyre 9 192–125–54 85–61–24 16–25–11
Virginia George Gelnovatch 24 320–128–57 320–128–57 83–58–30
Virginia Tech Mike Brizendine 10 71–91–23 71–91–23 16–53–15
Wake Forest Bobby Muuss 5 148–66–32 73–10–8 25–2–5

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]

Player Class Position School
Daniele Proch Senior FW Duke
Emil Elveroth Junior FW Louisville
David Loera Junior MF NC State
Mauricio Pineda Senior MF North Carolina
Bruno Lapa Senior MF Wake Forest

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:

Atlantic
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Wake Forest 64 (9)
2 Louisville 48 (1)
3 Syracuse 42 (1)
4 NC State 38
5 Clemson 36 (1)
6 Boston College 18
Coastal
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 North Carolina 65 (10)
2 Virginia 46 (1)
3 Duke 45 (1)
4 Virginia Tech 38
5 Notre Dame 36
6 Pittsburgh 16
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 ComplexChestnut 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 StadiumWinston–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 FieldClemson, SC W 4–1 3,382
7:30 p.m. Cleveland State No. 14 Louisville Lynn StadiumLouisville, KY T 2–2 (2OT) 1,115
Creighton No. 6 North Carolina Fetzer FieldChapel Hill, NC T 2–2 (2OT) 2,417
Furman No. 10 Duke Koskinen StadiumDurham, NC W 1–0 1,173
8:00 p.m. Pacific No. 12 Virginia Klöckner StadiumCharlottesville, VA W 2–0 3,770
Pittsburgh No. 2 Indiana Bill Armstrong StadiumBloomington, IN L 2–3 (2OT) 2,847
10:00 p.m. No. 16 Virginia Tech Loyola (CA) Sullivan FieldLos Angeles, CA W 2–1 0
August 31 7:00 p.m. No. 9 Notre Dame Saint Louis Hermann StadiumSt. 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 FieldBoston, 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 StadiumSanta Barbara, CA W 3–1 1,500

Players of the Week

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Irakoze Donasiyano Virginia Michael DeShields Wake Forest
Reference:[12]

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 StadiumSyracuse, NY W 3–1 1,169
No. 12 Virginia No. 1 Maryland Audi FieldWashington, 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 StadiumNotre 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 FieldPittsburgh, PA W 3–0 906
Louisville Florida Atlantic FAU Soccer StadiumBoca 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

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Daniele Porch Duke Jake Gelnovatch Louisville
Colin Shutler Virginia
Reference:[13]

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 FieldPittsburgh, 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 StadiumGreensboro, 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 StadiumWorcester, MA W 3–2 0
NC State William & Mary Albert–Daly FieldWilliamsburg, 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 FieldBlacksburg, 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

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Kimarni Smith Clemson Andrew Pannenberg Wake Forest
Reference:[14]

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

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Cherif Dieye Louisville Matt Constant North Carolina
Reference:[15]

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 StadiumGreenville, 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 StadiumDavidson, 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

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Justin McMaster Wake Forest Colin Shutler Virginia
Reference:[16]

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

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Stefan Sigurdarson Boston College Joe Kellett Boston College
Robin Afamefuna Virginia
Reference:[17]

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

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Ryan Raposo Syracuse Felicien Dumas Notre Dame
Reference:[18]

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 StadiumColumbia, SC T 0–0 (2OT) 1,506
Northern Kentucky Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 1–0 (OT) 1,210
Pittsburgh Penn State Jeffrey FieldState 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

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Robbie Robinson Clemson Andrew Pannenberg (2) Wake Forest
Reference:[19]

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 ComplexBuies 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

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Daryl Dike Virginia Duncan Turnbull Notre Dame
Robbie Robinson (2) Clemson
Reference: ACC[20]

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 StadiumPrinceton, 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

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Calvin Harris Wake Forest Felicien Dumas (2) Notre Dame
Reference:[21]

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

Semifinals Final
      
1 Clemson 1
4 Pittsburgh 0
1 Clemson 1
2 Virginia 3
2 Virginia 1
3 Wake Forest 0

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 Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year Mike NoonanClemson
Offensive Player of the Year Robbie RobinsonClemson
Midfielder of the Year Joe BellVirginia
Defensive Player of the Year Malick Mbaye – Clemson
Freshman of the Year Philip Mayaka – Clemson
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
Felicien Dumas, Gr., D, Notre Dame
Veljko Petkovic, 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 Noel, M, Pittsburgh
Arturo Ordonez, 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

Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Clemson 1 2 3
Louisville 1 1
North Carolina 1 1 2
Notre Dame 1 1 2
Syracuse 2 2
Virginia 2 1 3
Virginia 1 1
Wake Forest 1 1 2
Total 8 6 1 1 16

List of selections

Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College Other
1 1 Inter Miami United States Robbie Robinson FW Clemson Generation Adidas
1 4 Vancouver Whitecaps Canada Ryan Raposo MF Syracuse Generation Adidas
1 5 Orlando City United States Daryl Dike FW Virginia Generation Adidas
1 6 New England Revolution United States Henry Kessler DF Virginia Generation Adidas
1 9 Montreal Impact United States Jeremy Kelly MF North Carolina
1 11 Nashville SC Canada Alistair Johnston DF Wake Forest
1 15 New York Red Bulls Senegal Cherif Dieye MF Louisville
1 19 Toronto FC Canada Nyal Higgins DF Syracuse
2 27 San Jose Earthquakes United States Jack Skahan MF North Carolina
2 28 Nashville SC United States Tanner Dieterich MF Clemson
2 31 Orlando City United States Joey DeZart MF Wake Forest
2 33 Toronto FC Senegal Malick Mbaye DF Clemson
2 37 Colorado Rapids Germany Robin Afamefuna DF Virginia
2 48 NYCFC France Felicien Dumas DF Notre Dame
3 70 Houston Dynamo United States Duncan Turnball GK Notre Dame
4 84 Sporting Kansas City United States James Kasak DF Virginia Tech

Notable undrafted players

The following players went pro after the 2019 season despite not getting drafted in the 2020 MLS draft.

Player Nationality Position College Team League
Blake Malone  USA DF North Carolina Orange County SC USL Championship
Daniele Proch  ITA FW Duke North Carolina FC USL Championship
Daniel Steedman  SCO MF Virginia Atlanta United 2 USL Championship

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