The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 64th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the North Carolina are the defending regular season champions for the Atlantic and Coastal Conferences, respectively. Wake Forest are the defending ACC tournament champions.
Changes from 2016
George Kiefer replaces Kelly Findley as the NC State Wolfpack head coach.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Atlantic Division 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 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 CaptainBoston College Eagles Henry Balf Clemson Tigers Tanner Dieterich Oliver Shannon Duke Blue Devils Kevon Black Cody Brinkman Markus Fjørtoft Carter Manley Brian WhiteLouisville Cardinals NC State Wolfpack Julius Duchscherer North Carolina Tar Heels David October Notre Dame Fighting Irish Matt Habrowski Chris Hubbard Jon Gallagher Pittsburgh Panthers Bryce Cregan Javi PérezSyracuse Orange Virginia Cavaiers Virginia Tech Hokies Ben Lundgaard Collin Verfurth Marcelo Acuna Wake Forest Demon Deacons Kevin Politz Jon Bakero Steven Echevarria
Preseason
Hermann Trophy Prior to the season, 7 players were named to the Hermann Trophy watch list.
Tim Kübel – Louisville Cam Lindley – North Carolina Jon Gallagher – Notre Dame Mo Adams – Syracuse Edward Opoku – Virginia Marcelo Acuna – Virginia Tech Brad Dunwell – Wake Forest
Preseason poll The 2017 ACC preseason poll was announced on August 16. Wake Forest and North Carolina were selected to win the Atlantic Division and Coastal Division, respectively. North Carolina was selected as the favorite to win the ACC championship. The poll was voted on by all ACC coaches, for a total of 12 possible votes.
ACC championship votes
North Carolina – 5 Wake Forest – 3 Clemson – 2 Virginia – 1 Notre Dame – 1
Regular season poll Atlantic Division poll Wake Forest – 62 (8 first-place votes) Clemson – 60 (3) Louisville – 52 (1) Syracuse – 41 Boston College – 20 NC State – 17
Coastal Division poll
North Carolina – 69 (9) Virginia – 58 (2) Notre Dame – 51 (1) Virginia Tech – 31 Duke – 28 Pittsburgh – 15
Regular season Index to colors and formattingACC member wonACC member lostACC member tiedACC teams in bold All times Eastern time.
Week 1 (Aug 21–27) Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance August 25 4:00 PM Quinnipiac Boston College Newton Soccer Complex N/A W 4–0 462August 25 5:00 PM Cal State Fullerton #5 Clemson Riggs Field N/A W 2–0 2,538August 25 7:00 PM #17 Virginia Tech #14 Creighton Sandra D. Thompson Field N/A W 2–0 4,089August 25 7:00 PM Florida Atlantic NC State Dail Soccer Field N/A W 3–2 1,543 August 25 7:00 PM Pittsburgh Ohio State Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium N/A L 0–1 1,400August 25 7:30 PM #12 Providence #4 North Carolina Rudd Field ACC Network Extra W 4–2 826August 25 7:00 PM #8 Syracuse Saint Louis Hermann Stadium N/A W 2–1 (OT) 2,348August 25 7:00 PM Villanova #13 Virginia Klöckner Stadium N/A W 3–2 (2OT) 3,594August 25 7:30 PM Rutgers Scarlet Knights #2 Wake Forest Spry Stadium ACC Network Extra W 5–1 3,882August 25 7:30 PM San Diego #10 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium ACC Network Extra W 2–0 746August 25 7:30 PM UCF Duke Koskinen Stadium ACC Network Extra W 2–0 1,725August 25 7:30 PM UC Irvine #9 Louisville Lynn Stadium ACC Network Extra W 2–1 2,078August 27 2:00 PM Cal Poly #10 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium ACC Network Extra W 2-1 (2OT) August 27 2:30 PM Fordham Duke Koskinen Stadium ACC Network Extra W 3–0 582August 27 4:00 PM Pittsburgh James Madison Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium N/A L 0–1 200 August 27 6:00 PM #12 Providence #2 Wake Forest Spry Stadium ACC Network Extra W 4–1 2,597August 27 6:00 PM Radford #5 Clemson Riggs Field ACC Network Extra W 2–1 1,231August 27 6:00 PM #17 Virginia Tech Omaha Al F. Caniglia Field N/A L 1–5 624August 27 7:00 PM Boston Boston College Newton Soccer Complex N/A W 4–0 453August 27 7:00 PM #8 Syracuse SIU Edwardsville Ralph Korte Stadium N/A W 2–1 337August 27 7:30 PM Rutgers #4 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park ACC Network Extra W 6–1 926
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Jelani Pieters North Carolina Younes Boudadi Boston College Brandon Servania Wake ForestReference: ACC
Week 2 (Aug 28 – Sep 3) Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance August 28 7:00 PM William & Mary NC State Dail Soccer Field N/A W 3–2 (OT) 419 August 28 7:30 PM #25 Butler #9 Louisville Lynn Stadium ACC Network Extra L 0–1 1,457August 31 6:00 PM Hofstra #12 Virginia Klöckner Stadium ACC Network Extra W 4–0 1,588September 1 2:00 PM High Point Duke Koskinen Stadium ACC Network Extra W 3–2 (OT) 405September 1 3:00 PM Princeton #8 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium N/A T 1–1 1,232September 1 4:00 PM LIU Brooklyn NC State Dail Soccer Field N/A Cancelled 0September 1 4:00 PM New Hampshire #22 Boston College Newton Soccer Complex N/A L 0–2 485 September 1 7:00 PM Longwood Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field ACC Network Extra W 2–0 747September 1 7:00 PM #11 Louisville Georgia State GSU Soccer Field N/A W 1–0 100September 1 7:00 PM #3 North Carolina UNC Wilmington UNC Wilmington Soccer Stadium N/A L 0–1 1,778September 1 7:00 PM Pacific Virginia Tech James Madison Soccer Complex N/A W 1–0 85September 1 7:00 PM South Carolina #5 Clemson Riggs Field N/A W 4–1 5,610September 2 7:00 PM #9 Notre Dame Connecticut Morrone Stadium N/A W 1–0 4,522September 2 8:00 PM #2 Wake Forest Saint Louis Hermann Stadium N/A W 4–1 919 September 3 12:00 noon Binghamton Virginia Tech James Madison Soccer Complex N/A W 2–0 100September 3 7:00 PM Northwestern #8 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium ACC Network Extra W 3–1 1,010
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Tim Kübel Louisville Patrick Bunk-Andersen ClemsonReference: ACC
Week 3 (Sep 4–10) Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 4 1:00 PM Xavier #22 Boston College Newton Soccer Complex ACC Network Extra L 2–3 (OT) 510September 4 7:00 PM #5 Clemson Georgia Southern Eagle Field – Erk Park N/A W 2–1 (OT) 1,237 September 4 7:00 PM Georgia State #2 Wake Forest Spry Stadium N/A L 2–1 (OT) 1,066September 4 7:00 PM #3 North Carolina UNC Greensboro UNCG Soccer Stadium N/A W 2–1 3,072September 4 7:00 PM Pittsburgh Loyola, MD Ridley Athletic Complex N/A W 1–0 1,307September 4 7:00 PM UNC Wilmington #12 Virginia Klöckner Stadium N/A W 2–1 (OT) 1,651September 5 7:00 PM #19 Kentucky #8 Louisville Lynn Stadium ACC Network Extra T 2–2 (2OT) 2,954September 5 7:00 PM Presbyterian Duke Koskinen Stadium N/A T 1–1 (2OT) 345 September 8 5:00 PM #6 Notre Dame Boston College Newton Soccer Complex ACC Network Extra ND 3–1 846September 8 7:00 PM #3 Clemson NC State Dail Soccer Field ACC Network Extra NCST 1–0 1,589September 8 7:00 PM #7 Syracuse #11 Virginia Klöckner Stadium ACC Network Extra T 1–1 (2OT) 2,596September 8 7:00 PM Virginia Tech Duke Koskinen Stadium ACC Network Extra DUKE 3–1 825 September 9 7:00 PM #10 North Carolina Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field ACC Network Extra UNC 2–1 571September 9 7:30 PM #2 Wake Forest #8 Louisville Lynn Stadium ACC Network Extra WAKE 3–1 2,708September 10 7:00 PM Longwood NC State Dail Soccer Field ACC Network Extra W 2–1 342
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Jon Gallagher Notre Dame Leon Krapf NC StateReference: ACC
Week 4 (Sep 11–17) Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result AttendanceSeptember 12 7:00 PM Appalachian State #4 Wake Forest Spry Stadium N/A W 3–0 1,132September 12 7:00 PM Marquette #11 Virginia Klöckner Stadium ACC Network Extra W 2–0 1,209September 12 7:00 PM Oregon State #7 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium ACC Network Extra W 3–2 1,422September 13 7:00 PM William & Mary #8 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park ACC Network Extra W 3–2 616September 15 7:00 PM Boston College #10 Clemson Riggs Field ACC Network Extra CLEM 1–0 1,901September 15 7:00 PM #17 Louisville #7 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium ACC Network Extra LOU 2–1 2,006September 15 7:00 PM #12 Virginia Virginia Tech Sandra D. Thompson Field ACC Network Extra UVA 2–1 2,143September 15 7:30 PM NC State #2 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium ACC Network Extra ND 3–0 1,221September 16 7:00 PM #8 North Carolina #23 Duke Bryan Park ACC Network Extra UNC 2–1 3,002 September 16 7:30 PM Pittsburgh #4 Wake Forest Spry Stadium ACC Network Extra WAKE 2–0 3,207
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Edward Opoku Virginia Felicien Dumas Notre DameReference: ACC
Week 5 (Sep 18–24) Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance September 19 6:00 PM Providence Boston College Newton Soccer Complex N/A W 2–1 (2OT) 138September 19 7:00 PM Bowling Green #1 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium ACC Network Extra W 2–1 678September 19 7:00 PM Cornell #11 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium ACC Network Extra L 0–1 (OT) 921September 19 7:00 PM Davidson Virginia Tech Sandra D. Thompson Field ACC Network Extra W 2–1 412September 19 7:00 PM George Washington #7 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park ACC Network Extra W 4–1 418September 19 7:00 PM High Point #4 Wake Forest Spry Stadium N/A W 1–0 (2OT) 1,180September 19 7:00 PM IUPUI #10 Louisville Lynn Stadium ACC Network Extra W 3–0 1,274September 19 7:00 PM NC State Elon Rudd Field N/A T 0–0 (2OT) 837September 19 7:00 PM Robert Morris Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field ACC Network Extra W 2–1 431September 19 7:00 PM UCLA #8 Clemson Riggs Field N/A W 3–0 2,147 September 19 7:00 PM Wisconsin Duke Koskinen Stadium ACC Network Extra W 4–3 471 September 22 7:00 PM Boston College #10 Louisville Lynn Stadium ACC Network Extra LOU 4–0 1,947September 22 7:00 PM Duke #11 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium ACC Network Extra DUKE 2–1 2,022September 22 7:00 PM #7 North Carolina #9 Virginia Klöckner Stadium ACC Network Extra UNC 2–1 (OT) 4,205September 22 7:00 PM #1 Notre Dame Virginia Tech Thompson Field ACC Network Extra VT 2–1 1,526September 22 7:00 PM Pittsburgh #8 Clemson Riggs Field ACC Network Extra CLEM 3–0 3,831 September 23 7:00 PM #4 Wake Forest NC State Dail Soccer Field ACC Network Extra WAKE 3–0 1,539
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Marcelo Acuna Virginia Tech Ximo Miralles ClemsonReference: ACC
Week 6 (Sep 25 – Oct 1) Schedule and results: