2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

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. He was replaced by John Michael Hayden on December 27, 2018

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 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 10 192–125–54 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.

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. Full results of the preseason poll are shown below:

+Atlantic 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 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) 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.

UnitedSoccer CSN SoccerAmerica TopDrawerSoccerBoston College Clemson RV RV Duke 10 8 8 10Louisville 14 15 16 9NC State RV 25 25 22North Carolina 6 7 1 7Notre Dame 9 14 16Pittsburgh Syracuse RV RVVirginia 12 13 9 15Virginia Tech 16 19 14 19Wake Forest 4 1 5 3

Regular season Index to colors and formattingACC member wonACC member lostACC member tiedACC 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 Complex • Chestnut 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 Stadium • Winston–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 Field • Clemson, SC W 4–1 3,382 7:30 p.m. Cleveland State No. 14 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY T 2–2 (2OT) 1,115 Creighton No. 6 North Carolina Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 2–2 (2OT) 2,417 Furman No. 10 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 1–0 1,173 8:00 p.m. Pacific No. 12 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 2–0 3,770 Pittsburgh No. 2 Indiana Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 2–3 (2OT) 2,847 10:00 p.m. No. 16 Virginia Tech Loyola (CA) Sullivan Field • Los Angeles, CA W 2–1 0 August 31 7:00 p.m. No. 9 Notre Dame Saint Louis Hermann Stadium • St. 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 Field • Boston, 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 Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA W 3–1 1,500

Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Irakoze Donasiyano Virginia Michael DeShields Wake ForestReference:

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 Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 3–1 1,169 No. 12 Virginia No. 1 Maryland Audi Field • Washington, 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 Stadium • Notre 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 Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 3–0 906 Louisville Florida Atlantic FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca 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 VirginiaReference:

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 Field • Pittsburgh, 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 Stadium • Greensboro, 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 Stadium • Worcester, MA W 3–2 0 NC State William & Mary Albert–Daly Field • Williamsburg, 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 Field • Blacksburg, 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 ForestReference:

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 CarolinaReference:

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 Stadium • Greenville, 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 Stadium • Davidson, 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 VirginiaReference:

Week 6 (Sept. 30 – Oct. 6)