The 2023 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 77th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by thirteenth year head coach Carlos Somoano and played their home games at Dorrance Field.
The Tar Heels finished the season 11–4–7 overall and 2–3–3 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Coastal Division. As the seventh overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated tenth seed Virginia Tech in the First Round, upset second seed Wake Forest in the Quarterfinals, and sixth seed Syracuse to reach the ACC Final. There they faced off against Clemson and fell in a penalty shoot-out. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the third overall seed. They defeated in the First Round, and advanced in another penalty shoot-out over fourteenth seed in the Third Round. They were unable to advance further as they lost to in the Quarterfinals to end their season.
Background
The Tar Heels finished the season 8–6–5 overall and 2–2–4 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Coastal Division. As the seventh overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Boston College in the First Round, before losing to eventual champions Syracuse in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team, they lost to in the First Round to end their season.
Player movement
Departures Departures Benjamin Kabeya 4 MF/DF 5'10" 183 Freshman Berne, Switzerland Signed professional contract Julian Hinojosa 5 DF 5'8" 155 Senior Dallas, Texas Graduated Hilli Goldhar 11 MF 5'9" 150 Graduate Student Toronto, Canada Graduated Key White 13 FW 5'10" 159 Junior Norfolk, Virginia Transferred to Old Dominion Victor Olofsson 14 MF 5'11" 160 Senior Vaernamo, Sweden Graduated James Person 16 DF 6'0" 160 Senior Walnut Creek, California Graduated Cameron Fisher 17 MF 5'11" 160 Senior Palo Alto, California Graduated Matthew Senanou 18 DF 6'4" 208 Sophomore Chicago, Illinois Transferred to Xavier Milo Garvanian 22 DF/MF 6'1" 160 Graduate Student Albuquerque, New Mexico Graduated; drafted 54th overallin the 2023 MLS SuperDraft Sebastian Schacht 23 MF 6'0" 175 Graduate Student Christchurch, New Zealand Graduated Marco Saborio-Perez 24 GK 6'2" 190 Graduate Student Geneva, Switzerland Graduated Akeim Clarke 25 FW 6'3" 190 Junior Windsor, Connecticut — Tim Schels 28 MF 5'9" 161 Junior Erding, Germany Transferred to FIU Luc Granitur 31 FW 5'9" 155 Sophomore Vero Beach, Florida Transferred to North Florida Guy Vivaldini 36 MF/FW 6'2" 174 Sophomore Itupeva, Brazil Transferred to Xavier Derek Lippert 37 DF 5'9" 149 Freshman Mexico City, Mexico — Finn Sansom 40 DF/MF 5'11" 183 Freshman Shrewsbury, England — Rohit Thakur 41 FW 5'7" 140 Freshman Morrisville, North Carolina —
Incoming transfers Departures Vemund Hole Vik 4 DF 6'0" 175 Graduate Student Ålesund, Norway Elon Martin Vician 9 FW 6'4" N/A Graduate Student Bratislava, Slovakia Harvard Quenzi Huerman 11 MF/FW 6'0" 172 Graduate Student Vannes, France Seton Hall David Bercedo 13 FW 5'8" 148 Graduate Student Madrid, Spain Quinnipiac Collin Travasos 24 GK 6'3" 195 Graduate Student Encinitas, California California
Recruiting class Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Boca Raton, Florida Inter Miami CF Academy Medford, New Jersey JFC Real Winston-Salem, North Carolina North Carolina Fusion Saint Petersburg, Florida Tampa Bay United Chapel Hill, North Carolina North Carolina FC Palm Harbor, Florida Tampa Bay United Denver, Colorado Colorado Rapids Academy Honolulu, Hawaii IMG Academy Raleigh, North Carolina IMG Academy
Squad
Roster
Team management Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham Head coach Carlos Somoano Assistant Coach Grant Porter Assistant Coach Michael Harrington
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!colspan=6 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=6 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament
!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Awards and honors
Vemund Hole Vik Pre-Season Hermann Trophy Watchlist August 24 Sam Williams Pre-Season All-ACC Team August 26 Quenzi Huerman ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week September 26 Andrew Cordes ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 24 Quenzi Huerman All-ACC First Team November 8, 2023 Riley Thomas All-ACC Second Team Sam Williams All-ACC Third Team Quenzi Huerman ACC All-Tournament Team November 12, 2023 Martin Vician Til Zinnhardt
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