2022 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 69th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

Clemson were the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and Pittsburgh were the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Notre Dame were the defending ACC tournament Champion.

Eight ACC teams were invited to the 2021 NCAA tournament. Clemson had the best showing of the eight, winning their third title in program history.

Syracuse won the Atlantic Conference with a 5–1–2 record and Duke won the Costal Conference. Syracuse went on to win the ACC tournament 2–0 over eighth seed Clemson in the final.

In 2022, eight ACC teams were again invited to the NCAA tournament. Clemson was unable to defend its title, but another ACC team Syracuse, claimed the title with a penalty shoot-out victory over Indiana.

Teams

Stadiums and locations Atlantic Division Team Stadium Capacity Boston College Newton Campus Soccer Field 1,800 Clemson Riggs Field 6,500 Louisville Lynn Stadium 5,300 NC State Dail Soccer Field 3,000 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium 1,500 Wake Forest Spry Stadium 3,000

Coastal Division Team Stadium Capacity Duke Koskinen Stadium 7,000 North Carolina Dorrance Field 4,200 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium 2,500 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field 735 Virginia Klöckner Stadium 7,100 Virginia Tech Thompson Field 2,500

Note: Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami (FL) are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference but do not sponsor men's soccer.

Personnel Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record Boston College Bob Thompson 3 7–9–3 7–7–9 3–7–3 Clemson Mike Noonan 13 353–184–48 140–71–35 53–36–15 Duke John Kerr Jr. 15 206–153–44 125–94–31 49–53–17 Louisville John Michael Hayden 4 25–23–4 25–23–4 13–13–2 North Carolina Carlos Somoano 12 148–49–31 137–49–31 57–21–16 NC State George Kiefer 6 199–130–63 37–36–16 10–24–11 Notre Dame Chad Riley 5 43–29–9 43–29–9 15–17–4 Pittsburgh Jay Vidovich 7 264–104–35 57–50–4 21–25–4 Syracuse Ian McIntyre 13 210–147–64 103–83–35 20–40–17 Virginia George Gelnovatch 27 351–148–62 351–148–62 95–71–33 Virginia Tech Mike Brizendine 14 99–108–34 99–108–34 26–64–20 Wake Forest Bobby Muuss 8 190–81–37 115–25–13 43–8–8

Notes Records shown are prior to the 2022 season Years at school includes the 2022 season ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

The ACC placed four players on the watch-list, which was announced on August 25.

Player Class Position School Til Zinnhardt Senior DF North Carolina Valentin Noël MF Pittsburgh Peter Stroud Junior Duke Levonte Johnson Senior FW Syracuse

Preseason Poll

The 2022 ACC Preseason Poll was released on August 16, 2022. The league's head coaches ranked Clemson as the preseason favorite, with 7 out of 12 votes. Full results of the poll are shown below:

+Atlantic Division 1 Clemson 64 (9) 2 Wake Forest 55 (3) 3 Louisville 47 4 Syracuse 33 5 Boston College 28 6 NC State 19 +Coastal Division 1 Pittsburgh 57 (6) 2 North Carolina 52 (5) 3 Notre Dame 44 (1) 4 Duke 38 5 Virginia Tech 34 6 Virginia 21

Media poll (ACC Championship) 1 Clemson 6 2 North Carolina 2 Pittsburgh 3 Notre Dame 1 Wake Forest

Preseason awards

Preseason All-ACC Watchlist

Position Player Class School Goalkeeper Brian Dowd Junior Notre Dame Defender Victor Souza Senior Boston College Andreas Ueland Virginia Midfielder Eric Danquah Junior Louisville Mayola Kinyua Senior Virginia Tech Omar Hernandez Wake Forest Sebastian Schacht Graduate Student North Carolina Amferny Sinclair Senior Syracuse Peter Stroud Junior Duke Jackson Walti Graduate Student Pittsburgh Forward Luke Hille Sophomore NC State Mohamed Seye Senior Clemson

Regular season Index to colors and formattingACC member wonACC member lostACC member tiedACC teams in bold All times Eastern time.

Week 1 (Aug. 21 – Aug. 29)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance August 25 4:00p.m. Quinnipiac Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 5–2 450 5:00p.m. Iona Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 2–0 596 No. 10 Saint Louis Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 3–1 852 7:00p.m. Seattle No. 4 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN L 1–3 437 Xavier Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA L 0–1 1,517 7:30p.m. Air Force No. 24 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 2–1 2,327 8:00p.m. No. 2 Georgetown No. 7 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 2–1 2,000 UCF No. 15 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 1–0 1,733 10:00p.m. Virginia Tech Grand Canyon GCU Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 0–1 2,515 August 26 7:00p.m. No. 13 Indiana No. 1 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 3–2 6,539 Loyola (MD) NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–0 1,534 7:30p.m. San Diego No. 12 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 1–0 587 August 28 2:30p.m. Milwaukee No. 12 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 4–0 372 6:00p.m. No. 21 Penn State Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 1–0 1,556 7:00p.m. Air Force No. 15 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 2–1 1,446 7:30p.m. South Florida No. 24 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 1–0 691 10:00p.m. Virginia Tech No. 23 UCLA Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 0–1 515 August 29 5:30p.m. Northeastern Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 3–2 873 7:00p.m. Rider Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 4–0 895 USC Upstate No. 1 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 2–0 3,053 No. 6 West Virginia No. 7 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 3–0 1,514 Wofford NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 4–0 882 7:30p.m. Bellarmine Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 3–0 645 No. 4 Notre Dame Michigan State DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI W 3–2 1,684

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Ousmane Sylla Clemson Christian Curti Syracuse Bertin Jacquesson PittsburghReference:

Week 2 (Aug. 30 – Sep. 5)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 1 5:00p.m. Michigan No. 17 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 3–0 416 8:00p.m. James Madison Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 3–0 1,774 September 2 4:00p.m. NC State Mercer Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA T 0–0 112 7:00p.m. No. 1 Clemson South Carolina Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC W 1–0 5,449 No. 2 Pittsburgh No. 11 Marshall Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex • Huntington, WV L 1–2 1,879 Radford Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA T 0–0 317 No. 15 Syracuse Vermont Virtue Field • Burlington, VT T 1–1 741 7:30p.m. Seattle Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 2–1 1,100 September 3 1:00p.m. Boston College UMass Rudd Field • Amherst, MA L 0–3 1,811 7:30p.m. FIU No. 13 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC L 1–2 774 8:00p.m. No. 22 Notre Dame No. 21 Indiana Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN Postponed No. 5 Wake Forest UAB PNC Field • Birmingham, AL W 2–0 315 September 5 5:00p.m. Mercer Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA L 2–3 175 6:00p.m. Virginia No. 9 Maryland Audi Field • Washington, D.C. L 1–6 2,022 7:00p.m. Howard No. 2 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 5–0 721 NC State Radford Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA Postponed No. 15 Syracuse Connecticut Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT W 5–0 2,052

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Conor Kelly NC State Prince Amponsah Wake ForestReference:

Week 3 (Sep. 6 – Sep. 12)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 6 5:30p.m. Siena Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA T 1–1 137 6:00p.m. UNC Asheville No. 1 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 4–0 1,504 7:00p.m. DePaul No. 22 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN T 1–1 337 No. 10 Louisville No. 5 Kentucky Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY L 2–3 2,004 Winthrop No. 4 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 5–1 1,020 September 9 7:00p.m. No. 10 Pittsburgh North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC PITT 1–0 2,437 Virginia Tech Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA UVA 4–2 3,378 September 10 1:00p.m. No. 22 Notre Dame No. 24 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY CUSE 1–0 1,872 7:00p.m. No. 1 Clemson Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA CLEM 2–1 1,208 NC State No. 4 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC WAKE 2–0 1,882 7:30p.m. No. 7 Duke No. 10 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY DUKE 2–1 1,033

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Shak Mohammed Duke Jackson Gilman Pittsburgh Roald Mitchell Wake Forest Garrison Tubbs Wake ForestReference:

Week 4 (Sep. 13 – Sep. 19)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 13 7:00p.m. ETSU North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 1–0 594 Fairleigh Dickinson No. 2т Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 3–2 1,457 James Madison NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC L 0–1 716 La Salle Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 5–0 855 Niagara No. 16 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 1–0 461 8:00p.m. No. 1 Clemson UAB PNC Field • Birmingham, AL W 2–0 934 September 16 7:00p.m. Louisville Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA T 1–1 638 NC State No. 10 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 3–0 1,075 North Carolina No. 5 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC T 1–1 3,155 Notre Dame Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ND 2–1 2,255 7:30p.m. No. 2т Wake Forest Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA WAKE 1–0 2,350 8:00p.m. No. 16 Syracuse No. 1 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CUSE 2–1 4,737 September 19 7:00p.m. Akron No. 10 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA T 3–3 495 Louisville Florida Gulf Coast FGCU Soccer Complex • Fort Myers, FL W 1–0 487 Presbyterian No. 1 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 4–0 1,143

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Levonte Johnson Syracuse Russell Shealy SyracuseReference:

Week 5 (Sep. 20 – Sep. 26)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 20 6:00p.m. Boston College Boston University Nickerson Field • Boston, MA T 0–0 280 7:00p.m. American Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 2–0 1,024 No. 7 Duke Elon Rudd Field • Elon, NC W 1–0 909 George Mason No. 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 6–1 1,794 Longwood Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 4–0 470 No. 3 Syracuse Colgate Beyer-Small Field • Hamilton, NY W 2–0 468 UNC Wilmington North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 0–0 1,475 September 21 7:00p.m. Chicago State Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 4–0 417 September 23 7:00p.m. Virginia Tech NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC NCST 1–0 1,691 8:00p.m. No. 8 Pittsburgh No. 25т Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 2–1 508 September 24 7:00p.m. Boston College No. 7 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC DUKE 1–0 1,937 North Carolina Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN UNC 1–0 818 Virginia No. 3 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY UVA 1–0 2,311 No. 1 Wake Forest No. 10 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC WAKE 6–1 3,744

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Aboubakar Camara Louisville Andreas Ueland VirginiaReference:

Week 6 (Sep. 27 – Oct. 3)