The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer tournament was the 32nd edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, NC.
The Louisville Cardinals won the tournament over the North Carolina Tar Heels 1–0 in the final.
Qualification
All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top 4 seeds receive first round byes and will host the winner of a first-round game. All rounds, with the exception of the final are held at the higher seed's home field. Seeding is determined by regular season conference record. Ties are broken by overall winning percentage. Ten of the twelve teams have been ranked this year and eight currently hold spots in the top 11 of the NCAA RPI.
SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints1 Wake Forest 7–1–0 212 North Carolina 6–1–0 183 Duke 5–3–0 154 Louisville 4–2–2 145 Notre Dame 4–3–1 136 Virginia 3–4–1 107 Virginia Tech 3–4–1 108 NC State 2–4–2 89 Boston College 2–5–1 710 Syracuse 1–4–3 611 Pittsburgh 2–6–0 612 Clemson 2–6–0 6
Bracket *Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds.
Schedule
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Statistics
Goalscorers 2 Goals Ian Aschieris – Notre Dame Edward Kizza – Pittsburgh
1 Goal
Haji Abdikadir – Louisville Elijah Amo – Louisville Alex Bautista – NC State Abe Bibas – Boston College Machop Chol – Wake Forest Joey DeZart – Wake Forest Cherif Dieye – Louisville Omir Fernandez – Wake Forest Jeremy Kelly – North Carolina David Loera – NC State Giovanni Montesdeoca – North Carolina Jelani Peters – North Carolina Mauricio Pineda – North Carolina Ryan Raposo – Syracuse Issa Rayyan – Duke David Sanz – Virginia Tech Tate Schmitt – Louisville Jack Skahan – North Carolina Kristo Strickler – Virginia Tech Brad Sweeney – NC State Nico Quashie – Virginia Tech
All-Tournament team
ACC Men's Soccer All-Tournament teamWill Pulisic, Duke Brandon Williamson, Duke Lamine Conte, Louisville Cherif Dieye, Louisville Ziyad Fekri, Louisville Jake Gelnovatch, Louisville Tate Schmitt, Louisville Nils Bruening, North Carolina Alex Comsia, North Carolina John Nelson, North Carolina Machop Chol, Wake Forest Sam Raben, Wake ForestMVP in Bold
See also Atlantic Coast Conference 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
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