2024 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 71st season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. This was the first season with fifteen teams competing in the conference, after the additions of California, SMU, and Stanford on July 1, 2024.

Wake Forest were the defending regular season champions of the Atlantic Division and Notre Dame were the defending regular season champions of the Coastal Division. Neither of those two teams could use their regular season championships to win the ACC tournament title, as Clemson won as the fourth seed. Clemson and Notre Dame faced-off in the NCAA tournament final. Clemson would go on to win the game 2–1. It marked the third straight year that an ACC team won the college soccer championship.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Stadium Capacity Boston College Newton Campus Soccer Field 1,800 California Edwards Stadium 22,000 Clemson Riggs Field 6,500 Duke Koskinen Stadium 7,000 Louisville Lynn Stadium 5,300 NC State Dail Soccer Field 3,000 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium 2,500

Team Stadium Capacity North Carolina Dorrance Field 4,200 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field 735 SMU Washburne Stadium 2,577 Stanford Laird Q. Cagan Stadium 2,952 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium 1,500 Virginia Klöckner Stadium 7,100 Virginia Tech Thompson Field 2,500 Wake Forest Spry Stadium 3,000

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

Coaches

Head coaching changes One ACC team will start the season with a new head coach as George Kiefer mutually agreed to part ways with NC State on November 3, 2023. Marc Hubbard was hired as his replacement on December 9, 2023.

Head coaching records Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record Boston College Bob Thompson 5 14–26–13 14–26–13 4–16–9 California Leonard Griffin 3 31–35–15 11–14–11 0–0–0 Clemson Mike Noonan 15 381–194–77 168–81–41 60–41–18 Duke John Kerr Jr. 17 230–159–51 150–100–38 58–56–21 Louisville John Michael Hayden 6 46–35–10 46–35–10 19–20–5 North Carolina Carlos Somoano 14 167–58–43 156–58–43 61–26–23 NC State Marc Hubbard 1 232–52–37 0–0–0 0–0–0 Notre Dame Chad Riley 7 64–39–17 64–39–17 23–21–6 Pittsburgh Jay Vidovich 9 282–116–44 75–62–13 26–30–10 SMU Kevin Hudson 9 89–38–15 89–38–15 0–0–0 Stanford Jeremy Gunn 13 336–108–77 149–47–46 0–0–0 Syracuse Ian McIntyre 15 239–156–79 132–92–47 22–41–22 Virginia George Gelnovatch 29 366–147–68 366–147–68 105–74–36 Virginia Tech Mike Brizendine 16 106–131–39 106–131–39 28–77–21 Wake Forest Bobby Muuss 10 215–90–42 140–34–18 52–12–11

Notes Records shown are prior to the 2024 season Years at school includes the 2024 season ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 22, 2024.

Player Class Position School Nick Dang Senior DF Virginia

Preseason Poll

The 2024 ACC Preseason Poll was released on August 14, 2024 before the season began. The full results of the poll are shown below:

1 Clemson 193 (12) 2 Notre Dame 167 3 North Carolina 156 (2) 4 Wake Forest 149 (1) 5 Stanford 147 6 Virginia 124 7 Duke 122 8 SMU 99 9 Pittsburgh 95 10 Syracuse 90 11 NC State 73 12 Louisville 69 13 California 38 14 Virginia Tech 32 15 Boston College 21

Preseason awards

Preseason All-ACC Watchlist

Position Player Class School Goalkeeper Brennan Klein Senior Boston College Defender Kevin Carmichael California Riley Thomas Graduate Student North Carolina Paul Wise Senior Virginia Willie Cardona Virginia Tech Midfielder Joran Gerbet Clemson Ruben Mesalles Duke Sander Roed Louisville Bryce Boneau Notre Dame Guiherme Feitosa Pittsburgh Zach Bohane Junior Stanford Babacar Niang Senior Wake Forest Forward Hakim Karamoko Sophomore NC State Bailey Sparks Senior SMU Nick Kaloukian Junior Syracuse

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

Week 1 (Aug. 19 – Aug. 26)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance August 22 5:00p.m. 24 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 2–0 373 5:30p.m. Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA T 2–2 308 6:00p.m. NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 3–2 2,584 7:00p.m. 1 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 3–0 4,210 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 4–0 550 13 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 3–0 1,142 25 Syracuse Beyer-Small Field • Hamilton, NY W 1–0 1,123 7:30p.m. California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 1–2 250 8:00p.m. 2 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN T 1–1 607 16 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 2–0 2,000 6 North Carolina PNC Field • Birmingham, AL W 1–0 421 15 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 1–2 2,234 9:30p.m. 10 SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, Texas W 1–0 1,761 10:00p.m. 20 Duke Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA T 2–2 376 5 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 2–1 927 August 25 4:00p.m. NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 1–0 881 7:00p.m. 15 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 3–2 2,010 Colgate 13 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA L 0–1 1,380 Denver 5 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA L 0–1 1,074 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 2–0 762 25 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 3–0 1,955 10 SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX T 1–1 1,358 7:30p.m. 6 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 0–0 3,501 8:00p.m. California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 1–0 473 9:00p.m. 20 Duke Triton Soccer Stadium • San Diego, CA W 3–2 232 August 26 5:30p.m. Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA T 1–1 493

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Ulfur Bjornsson Duke Tomas Hut SyracuseReference:

Week 2 (Aug. 27 – Sep. 2)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance August 27 6:00p.m. Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 2–0 1,374 August 28 8:00p.m. 15 Louisville Hurricane Soccer Stadium • Tulsa, OK W 2–1 471 August 29 7:00p.m. 7 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 2–2 1,124 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 5–0 861 7:30p.m. 17 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 3–1 1,801 8:00p.m. Notre Dame Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN T 2–2 4,573 9:30p.m. 6 SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX W 1–0 1,185 10:00p.m. California Sullivan Field • Los Angeles, CA L 0–1 572 13 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 5–0 518 August 30 7:00p.m. 1 Clemson Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC T 2–2 6,400 Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 2–1 806 Duke WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC L 2–3 117 3 Pittsburgh Jeffery Field • University Park, PA W 2–1 1,680 August 31 7:00p.m. NC State Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA T 2–2 247 Wake Forest 21 UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FL T 1–1 1,012 September 1 2:00p.m. Averett Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 14–1 477 3:00p.m. Boston College Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA W 1–0 337 7:00p.m. 3 Pittsburgh Rhodes Field • Philadelphia, PA L 0–1 300 8:00p.m. 9 SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX T 2–2 1,087 13 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 4–1 1,286 10:00p.m. California Matador Soccer Field • Northridge, CA W 1–0 475 September 2 7:00p.m. 7 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 0–1 2,134 15 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 3–1 958 Virginia Ludwig Field • College Park, MD T 1–1 2,402 7:30p.m. 17 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 6–0 1,001 Virginia Tech 23 Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY T 2–2 972

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Jaylinn Mitchell SMU Moritz Gundelach Boston CollegeReference:

Week 3 (Sep. 3 – Sep. 9)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 5 5:00p.m. Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 2–1 732 September 6 6:00p.m. Duke Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA DUKE 1–0 2,725 7:00p.m. Notre Dame 15 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY UND 2–1 1,165 12 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 2–2 1,202 5 Stanford 2 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC STAN 3–2 6,179 20 Syracuse Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA T 1–1 1,026 Wake Forest Greene–Harbison Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC L 1–3 350 8:00p.m. California NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC NCST 2–1 1,876 September 7 7:00p.m. 8 Pittsburgh 22 SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX PITT 3–1 913 September 8 4:00p.m. Virginia Tech Stone Stadium • Greenville, SC W 3–0 502 September 9 7:00p.m. Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 1–0 1,090 7:30p.m. 15 Louisville 16 Kentucky Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY W 1–0 1,439

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Shane de Flores Stanford Jacob Bartlett Notre DameReference:

Week 4 (Sep. 10 – Sep. 16)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 10 6:00p.m. 24 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 7–0 383 7:00p.m. 5 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 6–0 2,557 8:00p.m. 23 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN T 1–1 306 10:00p.m. 3 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 3–0 752 September 13 6:00p.m. 24 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC T 1–1 1,307 7:00p.m. 5 Clemson Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA CLEM 1–0 1,017 Louisville 7 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 3–2 1,207 11 North Carolina Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC UNC 2–1 4,000 SMU California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA SMU 2–1 429 Virginia Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC T 1–1 2,440 7:30p.m. 17 Virginia Tech Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY VT 2–0 1,726 September 14 7:00p.m. 3 Stanford 23 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN STAN 1–0 1,172 September 16 6:00p.m. 5 Clemson Smith Soccer Stadium • Worcester, MA T 2–2 2,573 Dominican California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 5–0 234 8:00p.m. SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX W 2–0 446

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Martin Vician North Carolina Cooper Wenzel Virginia TechReference:

Week 5 (Sep. 17 – Sep. 23)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 17 5:30p.m. Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 3–1 642 6:00p.m. 18 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 4–1 457 7:00p.m. Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 5–1 657 14 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC T 1–1 871 2 Pittsburgh Krenzler Field • Cleveland, OH W 4–0 247 September 18 10:00p.m. 1 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 1–0 967 September 20 7:00p.m. Boston College 2 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 2–0 1,007 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 6–1 1,233 18 NC State 6 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 2–0 3,601 Syracuse Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY T 1–1 922 7:30p.m. Wake Forest 4 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 1–0 6,222 8:00p.m. 13 Virginia Tech SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX SMU 2–0 627 September 21 7:00p.m. Virginia California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA T 1–1 710 September 22 10:00p.m. Duke 1 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA T 2–2 2,268

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Fletcher Bank Stanford Kyran Chambron Pinho SMU Daniel Burko SyracuseReference:

Week 6 (Sep. 24 – Sep. 30)