The 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 72nd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 21. Conference play began in September and concluded in October. The 2025 ACC men's soccer tournament was held from November 5 through November 16 at campus sites and at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.

Pittsburgh were the defending regular season champions. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons were the defending ACC tournament champions.

Virginia won the regular season title with an undefeated 5–0–3 regular season record. They were unable to convert their regular season title into an ACC Tournament title, as they lost in the final to SMU. Nine teams from the ACC qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

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 records Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record Boston College Bob Thompson 6 19–31–19 19–31–19 5–20–12 California Leonard Griffin 4 39–43–17 19–22–13 2–4–2 Clemson Mike Noonan 16 407–199–88 183–84–85 65–43–19 Duke John Kerr Jr. 18 241–163–55 161–104–42 62–57–24 Louisville John Michael Hayden 7 52–42–14 52–42–14 19–25–8 North Carolina Carlos Somoano 15 176–62–48 176–62–48 70–30–28 NC State Marc Hubbard 2 242–53–46 10–5–5 3–3–2 Notre Dame Chad Riley 8 122–67–39 71–44–22 26–24–8 Pittsburgh Jay Vidovich 10 296–122–44 89–68–13 32–32–10 SMU Kevin Hudson 10 115–44–23 115–44–23 4–2–2 Stanford Jeremy Gunn 14 345–113–82 158–52–51 3–2–3 Syracuse Ian McIntyre 16 246–163–82 139–99–50 24–45–24 Virginia George Gelnovatch 30 377–154–71 377–154–71 108–77–38 Virginia Tech Mike Brizendine 17 113–137–43 113–137–43 29–82–23 Wake Forest Bobby Muuss 11 227–95–49 152–39–25 56–14–13

Notes Records shown are prior to the 2025 season Years at school includes the 2025 season ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 21, 2025. Five ACC players were selected the preseason watchlist.

Player Class Position School FW Duke MF Wake Forest MF Clemson DF North Carolina DF Pittsburgh

Preseason Poll

The pre-season poll and pre-season all conference teams were voted on by the league's 15 head coaches. The results of the poll were released on August 13, prior to the season starting. The full results of the poll are shown below:

1 Clemson 185 (4) 2 Wake Forest 175 (5) 3 Pittsburgh 167 (4) 4 Duke 160 (2) T-5 SMU 136 Stanford 7 North Carolina 115 8 NC State 108 9 Virginia 104 10 Notre Dame 81 11 Syracuse 63 12 California 57 13 Virginia Tech 34 14 Louisville 33 15 Boston College 21

Preseason awards

Preseason All-ACC Watchlist

Position Player Class School Goalkeeper Sam Joseph Senior Virginia Tech Alex Svetanoff Junior Louisville Defender Chimere Omeze Sophomore Syracuse Alfredo Ortiz Senior California Casper Svendby Pittsburgh Midfielder Zach Bohane Stanford Andrew Czech Graduate Student North Carolina Ask Ekeland Senior Boston College Cooper Flax Wake Forest Ransford Gyan Sophomore Clemson Wyatt Lewis Junior Notre Dame Jaylinn Mitchell SMU Umberto Pelà Senior Virginia Forward Ulfur Bjornsson Junior Duke Donavan Phillip NC State

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

Week 1 (Aug. 19 – Aug. 25)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance August 21 5:00p.m. Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 6–0 640 5:30p.m. Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 1–0 517 6:00p.m. 14 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–0 2,138 13 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 5–1 591 7:00p.m. Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 0–1 1,565 Notre Dame U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI T 1–1 1,400 3 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 1–0 1,532 7:30p.m. North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 3–1 3,430 8:00p.m. California Saint Mary's Stadium • Moraga, CA W 3–2 357 9 Clemson 11 Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN T 2–2 6,395 18 5 SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, Texas T 2–2 1,016 6 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC Cancelled 7 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 1–0 1,719 15 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 2–1 781 17 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 2–0 0 August 24 12:00p.m. Syracuse Ridley Athletic Complex • Baltimore, MD W 1–0 258 3:00p.m. Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 2–0 1,168 6:00p.m. 14 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 6–0 3,241 7:00p.m. 17 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 1–0 534 UCF 6 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 2–1 2,257 15 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 1–0 826 7:30p.m. Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN T 0–0 569 North Carolina Championship Field • Seattle, WA W 2–1 1,079 8:30p.m. 5 SMU Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MO L 0–1 4,097 10:00p.m. California Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 1,206 4 13 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 2–1 952 August 25 5:30p.m. Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA L 1–3 415 7:00p.m. 7 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 3–2 986 8:00p.m. Louisville PNC Field • Birmingham, AL W 1–0 595

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Luka Lukic California Sam Joseph Virginia TechReference:

Week 2 (Aug. 26 – Sep. 1)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance August 26 7:00p.m. 6 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 4–1 6,536 August 28 5:30p.m. 5 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 2–0 1,279 7:00p.m. 11 Virginia George Mason Stadium • Fairfax, VA L 1–4 3,077 7:30p.m. 15 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 2–0 1,484 8:00p.m. SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX W 3–1 587 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 1–1 1,716 8:30p.m. 14 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 1–0 1,127 10:00p.m. 17 California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 1–2 328 10:30p.m. 4 Stanford Stevens Stadium • Santa Clara, CA W 2–1 881 August 29 6:00p.m. 8 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–0 578 IU Indy Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 4–0 532 UAB 6 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 6–0 3,422 7:00p.m. Boston College Chapey Field • Providence, RI L 0–2 856 7:15p.m. 12 Virginia Tech 2 Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex • Huntington, WV T 2–2 2,518 7:30p.m. 3 Pittsburgh Shaw Field • Washington, D.C. L 0–1 1,115 August 31 6:00p.m. 9 Duke Stone Stadium • Greenville, SC T 1–1 2,828 7:00p.m. Oral Roberts SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX W 2–1 1,262 5 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC T 0–0 1,872 10:00p.m. 4 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 1–0 1,211 UC San Diego 17 California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA T 1–1 603 September 1 4:00p.m. Syracuse Reese Stadium • New Haven, CT W 1–0 688 6:00p.m. 15 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC L 0–2 672 7:00p.m. 11 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 1–0 845

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Ransford Gyan Clemson Mitch Ferguson Notre DameReference:

Week 3 (Sep. 2 – Sep. 8)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 2 5:30p.m. Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 1–0 312 September 4 7:00p.m. SMU GCU Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 1–0 1,278 September 5 11:00a.m. 1 Stanford Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 1–0 375 6:00p.m. North Carolina 5 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC T 0–0 5,083 10 Pittsburgh 3 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 3–2 2,184 7:00p.m. 14 Duke Georgetown Shaw Field • Washington, D.C. T 2–2 2,210 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 0–1 1,913 7 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 4–0 1,233 Virginia 8 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA T 2–2 2,438 September 7 4:00p.m. California Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA CAL 2–0 362 7:30p.m. Indiana Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN L 0–1 1,883 September 8 7:00p.m. 10 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 4–1 436 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 0–0 648 8:00p.m. SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX L 1–2 728

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Ransford Gyan Clemson Alex Svetanoff LouisvilleReference:

Week 4 (Sep. 9 – Sep. 15)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 9 5:00p.m. Furman 14 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA T 0–0 774 6:00p.m. 4 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 1–0 750 2 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC L 1–2 1 7:00p.m. 6 Louisville Ohio State Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH W 1–0 940 10:00p.m. Saint Mary's 8 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 3–1 630 September 10 4:00p.m. Dean College Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 14–0 167 6:00p.m. California Jordan Field • Boston, MA L 1–3 384 Stetson 5 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 4–0 325 September 12 7:00p.m. Notre Dame Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ND 2–0 2,000 4 Wake Forest 21 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 1–1 2,280 September 13 6:00p.m. 5 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–0 981 Virginia 6 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY UVA 1–0 917 7:00p.m. 8 Stanford Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY STAN 3–2 2,224 8:00p.m. 2 Clemson SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX T 1–1 2,093 September 14 5:00p.m. 19 Duke California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA T 1–1 738 6:00p.m. Boston College 14 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA BC 1–0 889 September 15 7:00p.m. Incarnate Word Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA T 0–0 400

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Trevor Islam Stanford Andrej Borak Boston College Luke Burns Virginia Casper Mols VirginiaReference:

Week 5 (Sep. 16 – Sep. 22)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 16 6:00p.m. Queens 14 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC L 0–1 877 2 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 7–0 474 7:00p.m. North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 3–0 503 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 3–1 353 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC T 3–3 814 September 17 10:00p.m. 3 Stanford Spartan Soccer Complex • San Jose, CA T 2–2 2,489 September 19 6:00p.m. California 14 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 3–1 3,110 7:00p.m. 12 Louisville Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN ND 3–0 2,643 2 NC State Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA NCST 2–0 1,053 Pittsburgh Maryland Ludwig Field • College Park, MD L 1–2 2,754 Syracuse 19 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC DUKE 2–0 1,101 7:30p.m. 1 Wake Forest Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA UVA 6–3 2,161 September 20 8:00p.m. SMU North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 1–1 1,521 September 21 10:00p.m. Virginia Tech 3 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA STAN 3–1 1,616 September 22 7:00p.m. 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 7–0 850 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 2–1 482

Players of the Week Offensive Defensive Player Team Player Team Donavan Phillip NC State Logan Erb NC StateReference:

Week 6 (Sep. 23 – Sep. 29)