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2020 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season will be the 67th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2020 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationSeptember 18, 2020 – November 8, 2020
Number of teams11
2021 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickDaniel Pereira, 1st overall
Picked byAustin FC
Regular season
Season championsPittsburgh (North Division)
Wake Forest (South Division)
  Runners-upVirginia Tech (North Division)
North Carolina (South Division)
Season MVPOffensive: Valentin Noël
Midfielder: Daniel Pereira
Defensive:Jasper Löeffelsend
ACC Tournament
ChampionsClemson
  Runners-upPittsburgh
Finals MVPEngland Kimarni Smith
ACC men's soccer seasons
2020 ACC men's fall soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North
No. 2 Pittsburgh 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Virginia Tech 3 – 1 – 2 3 – 2 – 2
Notre Dame 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Virginia 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Louisville 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Syracuse 0 – 3 – 2 0 – 3 – 2
South
No. 3 Wake Forest 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
North Carolina 3 – 1 – 2 3 – 2 – 2
No. 1 Clemson‡ 3 – 2 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Duke 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
NC State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 6 – 1
Boston College† 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0
As of March 9, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, Boston College suspended the Fall 2020 men's soccer season; begins play in March.
2020 ACC men's spring soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 7 Clemson ‡ 4 – 1 – 1 14 – 3 – 3
Louisville 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 8 – 1
No. 6 Wake Forest + 3 – 0 – 2 13 – 3 – 2
NC State 1 – 2 – 3 3 – 8 – 4
Boston College * 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 3 – 1
Syracuse 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 7 – 4
Coastal
No. 3 Pittsburgh + 5 – 1 – 0 16 – 4 – 0
No. 4 North Carolina + 4 – 1 – 1 9 – 5 – 4
Duke 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 10 – 3
Virginia 2 – 4 – 0 7 – 8 – 1
No. 15 Virginia Tech + 2 – 4 – 0 7 – 6 – 4
Notre Dame 1 – 5 – 0 8 – 9 – 0
As of May 18, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC
Note: *- Due to COVID-19, Boston College suspended the Fall 2020 men's soccer season; began play in March.

Clemson are the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and the Virginia are the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Wake Forest are the defending ACC tournament Champions.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the season has been significantly modified from previous seasons. The teams were reorganized geographically, and will play a six-game conference season. The season will begin on September 18, 2020, instead of August 28, 2020 and conclude on November 7, 2020. A modified spring season was also played due to the pandemic.

Changes from 2019

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After 33 years as head coach, Ed Kelly retired following the 2019 season. Bob Thompson was hired as the head coach for Boston College on January 23, 2020.[1]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the season

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Further information: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football

On September 4, 2020, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the fall Olympic sports schedule, which included the schedule for men's soccer. The men's soccer season will begin on September 18, 2020, instead of the originally planned August 28, and conclude on November 8. The season will culminate with the 2020 ACC Men's Soccer tournament, which will be reduced to eight teams for the 2020 season only.

On January 26, 2021, it was announced that a spring portion of the 2020 season would be played. Each team will play five matches in their division. Divisions would return to the Atlantic and Coastal division, as in previous years. The winner of the Coastal will play the winner of the Atlantic on April 13. The winner of that match will play Clemson (winner of the fall season) on April 17 to determine the automatic qualifier for the NCAA tournament.[2]

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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North Division
Team Stadium Capacity
Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735
Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 5,000
Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies Thompson Field 2,500
South Division
Team Stadium Capacity
Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500
Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000
North Carolina Tar Heels Fetzer Field 5,025
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Spry Stadium 3,000

1. ^ Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer. Boston College has opted out of participating in the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel

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Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Bob Thompson 1 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Clemson Mike Noonan 10 323–176–43 110–63–30 41–29–13
Duke John Kerr Jr. 13 188–138–40 107–79–27 40–44–15
Louisville John Michael Hayden 2 10–8–2 10–8–2 3–4–1
North Carolina Carlos Somoano 10 128–37–25 128–37–25 46–15–13
NC State George Kiefer 4 113–34–26 131–47–33 8–11–5
Notre Dame Chad Riley 3 21–15–4 21–15–4 7–8–2
Pittsburgh Jay Vidovich 5 235–95–33 28–41–2 8–22–3
Syracuse Ian McIntyre 11 200–132–58 93–68–28 18–27–13
Virginia George Gelnovatch 25 341–129–59 341–129–59 89–59–31
Virginia Tech Mike Brizendine 11 81–97–26 81–97–26 18–55–17
Wake Forest Bobby Muuss 6 164–71–34 89–15–10 31–4–5

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2020 season
  • Years at school includes the 2020 season
  • ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason

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Hermann Trophy

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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a preseason Hermann Trophy watch list was released in January instead of August. Six players from ACC schools were named to the watchlist.[3]

Player Class Position School
Justin Malou Senior DF Clemson
Valentin Noël Sophomore MF Pittsburgh
Veljko Petkovic Sophomore MF Pittsburgh
Colin Shutler Senior GK Virginia
Kimarni Smith Senior FW Clemson
Kristo Strickler Senior MF Virginia Tech

Preseason Poll

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The preseason poll was released on September 8, 2020.[4]

South Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Clemson 45 (5)
2 Wake Forest 44 (5)
3 North Carolina 33 (1)
4 NC State 21
5 Duke 17
North Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Virginia 59 (9)
2 Pittsburgh 44 (2)
3 Virginia Tech 35
4 Syracuse 30
5 Louisville 29
6 Notre Dame 28
Media poll (ACC Championship)
Rank Team Votes
1 Clemson 5
2 Wake Forest 4
3 North Carolina 1
Virginia

Preseason national polls

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The preseason national polls were to be released in August and September 2020. Only CollegeSoccerNews.com released a preseason poll due to the COVID-19 pandemic. TopDrawer Soccer and United Soccer Coaches released a preseason poll in February 2021.

United
Soccer 		CSN[5] Top Drawer
Soccer[6]
Boston College N/A 24 NR
Clemson N/A 3 2
Duke N/A RV NR
Louisville N/A 18 NR
North Carolina N/A 27 14
NC State N/A 26 NR
Notre Dame N/A RV 12
Pitt N/A 28 3
Syracuse N/A RV NR
Virginia N/A 7 NR
Virginia Tech N/A 14 11
Wake Forest N/A 4 5

Recruiting rankings

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College Soccer News and TopDrawer Soccer release annual recruiting rankings. Below are their respective rankings for the Class of 2020 by program. Ten of the 12 programs earned Top 40 recruiting rankings by College Soccer News.

CSN[7] Top Drawer
Soccer[8]
Boston College — —
Clemson 9 11
Duke 1 2
Louisville 7 6
North Carolina 8 10
NC State 29 24
Notre Dame 32 —
Pitt — —
Syracuse 12 25
Virginia 5 3
Virginia Tech 23 20
Wake Forest 6 4

Preseason awards

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Preseason All-ACC Watchlist[4]
  • Kimarni Smith, Senior, Forward, Clemson
  • Jack Doran, Graduate, Midfielder, Duke
  • Pedro Fonseca, Junior, Forward, Louisville
  • Alec Smir, Junior, Goalkeeper, North Carolina
  • George Asomani, Senior, Midfielder, NC State
  • Jack Lynn, Junior, Forward, Notre Dame
  • Edward Kizza, Senior, Forward, Pitt
  • Sondre Norheim, Senior, Defender, Syracuse
  • Nathaniel Crofts, Senior, Forward, Virginia
  • Kristo Strickler, Senior, Forward, Virginia Tech
  • Michael DeShields, Senior, Defender, Wake Forest

Fall 2020 regular season

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Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC member tied
ACC teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Week 1 (Sep. 14 – Sept. 20)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 17 7:00 p.m. Kentucky No. 5 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 1–0 1
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Daniel Russo Notre Dame Keagan McLaughlin Notre Dame
Reference:[9]

Week 2 (Sep. 21 – Sept. 27)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 21 7:00 p.m. Duke Kentucky Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY L 2–4 95
September 25 7:30 p.m. No. 1 Wake Forest Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY WAKE 3–1 112
September 26 7:00 p.m. NC State Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC DUKE 1–0 (2OT) 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh No. 5 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN PITT 3–1 0
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Bertin Jacquesson Pittsburgh Arturo Ordoñez Pittsburgh
Calvin Harris Wake Forest
Reference:[10]

Week 3 (Sep. 28 – Oct. 4)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 28 7:30 p.m. Louisville Kentucky Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY L 1–3 115
October 1 7:00 p.m. No. 3 Clemson South Carolina Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC W 3–0 460
October 2 7:00 p.m. North Carolina Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC UNC 2–0 0
October 3 7:00 p.m. Notre Dame Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 2–1 169
NC State No. 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC WAKE 4–1 0
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Kyle Holcomb Wake Forest Alec Smir North Carolina
Mohamed Seye Clemson
Reference:[11]

Week 4 (Oct. 5 – Oct. 11)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 5 6:00 p.m. UAB No. 3 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 2–0 748
October 6 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Pittsburgh Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY PITT 3–2 (2OT) 1
October 9 6:00 p.m. No. 3 Clemson North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 1–0 0
7:00 p.m. Louisville No. 5 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA UVA 2–1 (2OT) 177
8:00 p.m. Duke NC State Dail Field • Raleigh, NC DUKE 3–1 70
October 10 7:00 p.m. UAB No. 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 3–0 0
Virginia Tech No. 2 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 4–2 55
October 11 7:00 p.m. Syracuse Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN ND 1–0 0
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Veljko Petkovic Pittsburgh Colin Shutler Virginia
Fillipo Zattarin North Carolina
Reference:[12]

Week 5 (Oct. 12 – Oct. 18)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 13 7:00 p.m. No. 1 Wake Forest Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 2–1 1,000
October 14 8:00 p.m. No. 5 Virginia Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA T 1–1 (2OT) 130
October 16 8:00 p.m. Duke Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 2–1 (2OT) 1,000
Louisville Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 2–2 (2OT) 1
October 17 11:00 p.m. Notre Dame Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA PPD
6:00 p.m. No. 3 North Carolina No. 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC WAKE 1–0 (OT) 0
7:00 p.m. Navy NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC L 1–2 70
No. 2 Pittsburgh No. 5 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA PITT 3–2 (OT) 132
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Valentin Noël Pittsburgh George Marks Clemson
Kimarni Smith Clemson
Reference:[13]

Week 6 (Oct. 19 – Oct. 25)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 23 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Wake Forest Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC WF 2–1 0
7:00 p.m. No. 1 Pittsburgh Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY PITT 4–1 0
8:00 p.m. No. 3 Clemson NC State Dail Field • Raleigh, NC CLEM 1–0 88
October 24 1:00 p.m. Virginia Notre Dame Alumni Field • South Bend, IN ND 2–1 (2OT) 133
6:30 p.m. Syracuse Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA T 1–1 (2OT) 101
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Omar Hernandez Wake Forest Oskar Ågren Clemson
Grayson Barber Clemson
Reference:[14]

Week 7 (Oct. 26 – Nov. 1)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 27 7:00 p.m. No. 5 North Carolina No. 3 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC T 3–3 (2OT) 1,000
October 30 5:00 p.m. No. 3 Clemson No. 2 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC WAKE 2–0 0
8:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY VT 2–1 (OT) 212
Virginia Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY UVA 1–0 160
November 1 1:00 p.m. NC State No. 5 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 0–0 (2OT) 0
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Jacob Labovitz Virginia Tech Nico Benalcazar Wake Forest
Reference:[15]

Week 8 (Nov. 2 – Nov. 8)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
November 2 1:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Notre Dame Alumni Field • South Bend, IN VT 1–0 0
November 6 4:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA VT 1–0 265
7:00 p.m. Louisville Notre Dame Alumni Field • South Bend, IN ND 4–1 266
8:00 p.m. Duke No. 4 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 2–0 0
November 7 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Wake Forest NC State Dail Field • Raleigh, NC WAKE 2–0 77
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Jack Lynn Notre Dame Andrew Pannenberg Wake Forest
Reference:[16]

Spring 2021 regular season

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Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC member tied
ACC teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Week 11 (Feb. 3 – Feb. 7)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
No games scheduled

Week 12 (Feb. 8 – Feb. 14)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
February 12 1:30 p.m. Hofstra Syracuse Afrim's Sports Park • Albany, NY W 2–1 0
7:00 p.m. Charlotte Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC T 0–0 (2OT) 0

Week 13 (Feb. 15 – Feb. 21)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
February 19 1:30 p.m. Syracuse Albany Afrim's Sports Park • Albany, NY T 1–1 (2OT) 0
7:00 p.m. Kentucky Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC L 0–1 (OT) 0
February 20 7:00 p.m. UAB NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–0 100
February 21 3:00 p.m. Akron Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA Postponed [17] –

Week 14 (Feb. 22 – Feb. 28)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
February 23 12:30 p.m. Bowling Green Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Buffalo, NY L 1–2 0
February 24 6:00 p.m. NC State VCU Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA W 1–0 103
February 25 6:00 p.m. Liberty North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC L 0–1 0
February 26 7:00 p.m. UNCW Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC T 0–0 (2OT) 0
February 27 2:00 p.m. Notre Dame Butler Sellick Bowl • Indianapolis, IN W 1–0 100
7:00 p.m. Duquesne Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 1–0 0
February 28 1:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Field • Conway, SC W 2–0 200

Week 15 (Mar. 1 – Mar. 7)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
March 1 6:00 p.m. Davidson Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 1–0 0
March 2 1:00 p.m. George Mason Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 3–0 0
March 4 6:00 p.m. Louisville NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC LOU 3–0 90
March 5 7:00 p.m. No. 4 Pittsburgh North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 3–0 351
March 6 1:00 p.m. Duke No. 13 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA DUKE 4–2 250
7:00 p.m. Boston College No. 6 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC WAKE 3–2 0
March 7 1:00 p.m. Notre Dame Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA UVA 1–0 (OT) 110
5:00 p.m. Syracuse No. 1 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 3–1 813
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Giovanni Montesdeoca North Carolina Oliver Gerbig Virginia
Reference:[18]

Week 16 (Mar. 8 – Mar. 14)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
March 12 7:00 p.m. Notre Dame Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ND 2–0 0
Syracuse Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 3–1 300
March 13 5:00 p.m. No. 1 Clemson No. 21 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA CLEM 1–0 (2OT) 250
6:00 p.m. NC State No. 4 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC T 0–0 (2OT) 350
7:00 p.m. Boston College No. 8 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 2–0 0
No. 24 Virginia North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 2–0 580
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Giovanni Montesdeoca North Carolina Philip Quinton Notre Dame
Jack Lynn Notre Dame
Reference:[19]

Week 17 (Mar. 15 – Mar. 21)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
March 16 7:00 p.m. Calvin Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN W 1–0 141
March 19 2:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA UVA 2–0 187
7:00 p.m. No. 7 Pittsburgh Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC PITT 4–3 (2OT) 0
March 20 2:00 p.m. Louisville Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA BC 4–0 0
No. 15 North Carolina Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 0–0 (2OT) 0
7:00 p.m. NC State No. 1 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 1–0 753
No. 5 Wake Forest Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN WAKE 3–2 241
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Valentin Noël Pittsburgh Mike Suski Boston College
Christian Garner Boston College Alex Rando Virginia
Reference:[20]

Week 18 (Mar. 22 – Mar. 28)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
March 23 5:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 1–0 301
March 26 7:00 p.m. Syracuse NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC NCST 2–1 (OT) 100
March 27 1:00 p.m. No. 1 Clemson Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA CLEM 3–2 35
No. 5 Pittsburgh Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA PITT 2–1 (2OT) 600
7:00 p.m. Louisville No. 6 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC WAKE 2–1 (OT) 450
No. 16 North Carolina Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN UNC 2–1 (OT) 143
March 28 1:00 p.m. Duke Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA DUKE 3–1 441
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Thor Ulfarsson Duke Jackson Walti Pittsburgh
Reference:[21]

Week 19 (Mar. 29 – Apr. 4)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
March 30 6:00 p.m. St. Francis Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 1–0 0
April 2 7:00 p.m. Virginia Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 2–1 370
Virginia Tech No. 15 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC VT 1–0 423
No. 4 Wake Forest No. 1 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC T 0–0 (2OT) 1,000
April 3 7:00 p.m. Duke NC State Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC T 0–0 (2OT) 100
Notre Dame No. 3 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 2–0 0
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Kristo Strickler Virginia Tech Nathan Durst Virginia Tech
Reference:[22]

Week 20 (Apr. 5 – Apr. 11)

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Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
April 8 7:00 p.m. Virginia No. 1 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 5–0 0
April 9 7:00 p.m. NC State Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA T 0–0 (2OT) 65
No. 3 Clemson Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 2–1 0
Virginia Tech Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN VT 2–0 203
No. 4 Wake Forest Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY Canceled[23]
April 11 7:00 p.m. No. 18 North Carolina Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC UNC 1–0 0
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Aboubacar Camara Louisville Detre Bell Louisville
Reference:[24]

Rankings

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Fall 2020

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National

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Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
United Soccer Coaches
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Legend
  Increase in ranking
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  Not ranked previous week
  Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Final
Boston College
Clemson 2 3 3 3 3 5 4 2 1
Duke
Louisville
North Carolina 3 5 5 4 3 4
NC State
Notre Dame 5
Pittsburgh 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
Syracuse
Virginia 3 5 5 5
Virginia Tech 5 4
Wake Forest 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3

Spring 2021

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National

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Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
United Soccer Coaches
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  Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Final
Boston College
Clemson 1 (16) 1 (23) 1 (19) 1 (24) 1 (23) 3 (4) 4 (1) 1 (21) 7
Duke RV
Louisville
North Carolina RV 15 16 15 18 15 16 4
NC State
Notre Dame RV RV RV
Pittsburgh 4 8 7 5 3 (1) 1 (13) 1 (16) 3 (1) 3 (2)
Syracuse
Virginia 24 RV RV
Virginia Tech 13 21 25 RV 15
Wake Forest 6 4 5 6 4 (1) 4 5 4 (2) 6
Top Drawer Soccer
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Legend
  Increase in ranking
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  Not ranked previous week
  Pre
Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Wk 12
Wk 13
Final
Boston College
Clemson 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 9 9
Duke
Louisville
North Carolina 14 13 13 14 RV 16 8 4
NC State
Notre Dame 12 11 11 11 11 RV RV
Pittsburgh 3 3 3 3 3 7 6 5 4 4 3 6 5 1 3
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech 11 10 10 10 10 17 18 15 16 16
Wake Forest 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 5

Postseason

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ACC Tournament

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Main article: 2020 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament

Eight teams will qualify for the modified ACC Men's Soccer Tournament.

Semifinals Final
      
N1 Pittsburgh 3
N3 Notre Dame 1
N1 Pittsburgh 1
S3 Clemson 2
N4 Virginia 1
S3 Clemson 2

NCAA tournament

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Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

On August 13, 2020, the NCAA suspended postseason tournaments for all fall sports. The tournament will be played from April 17 to May 17, 2021.

Seed School 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Clemson W 2–1 vs. American – (Spry Stadium) T 1–1 (6–7 PKs) vs. Marshall – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
2 Pittsburgh W 6–1 vs. Monmouth – (Bryan Park) W 4–0 vs. UCF – (WakeMed Soccer Park) W 3–0 vs. #7 Washington – (WakeMed Soccer Park) L 0–1 vs. #3 Indiana – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
5 Wake Forest W 3–2 vs. Coastal Carolina – (Spry Stadium) W 2–1 vs. Kentucky – (WakeMed Soccer Park) L 1–2 vs. North Carolina – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
North Carolina T 1–1 (4–1 PKs) vs. Charlotte – (Sahlen's Stadium) W 1–0 vs. #4 Stanford – (WakeMed Soccer Park) W 2–1 vs. #5 Wake Forest – (WakeMed Soccer Park) L 0–1 vs. Marshall – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
Virginia Tech W 2–1 (OT) vs. Oregon State – (Bryan Park) T 2–2 (6–7 PKs) vs. #6 Seton Hall – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
W–L (%): 4–0–1 (.900) 3–0–2 (.800) 2–1–0 (.667) 0–2–0 (.000) 0–0–0 (–) Total: 9–3–3 (.700)

Awards

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Postseason awards

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The Atlantic Coast Conference post season awards were announced on April 14, 2021, and considered both the fall season and spring season. Some players who were drafted and did not play in the spring season were included on the All Conference teams.[25]

All-ACC awards and teams

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2020 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year Jay Vidovich – Pittsburgh
Offensive Player of the Year Valentin Noël – Pittsburgh
Midfielder of the Year Daniel Pereira – Virginia Tech
Defensive Player of the Year Jasper Löeffelsend – Pittsburgh
Freshman of the Year Bertin Jacquesson – Pittsburgh
2020 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team Rookie Team

Grayson Barber, Jr., F, Clemson
Philip Mayaka, So., M, Clemson
Kimarni Smith, Sr., F, Clemson
Jack Lynn, Jr., F, Notre Dame
Nico Campuzano, Gr., GK, Pittsburgh
Jasper Löeffelsend, Gr., D, Pittsburgh
Valentin Noël, So., M, Pittsburgh
Daniel Pereira, So., M, Virginia Tech
Kristo Strickler, Sr., M, Virginia Tech
Calvin Harris, So., F, Wake Forest
Isaiah Parente, Jr., M, Wake Forest

Oskar Ågren, So., D, Clemson
Pedro Fonseca, Jr., F, Louisville
Giovanni Montesdeoca, Sr., F, North Carolina
Alec Smir, Jr., GK, North Carolina
Aiden McFadden, Sr., M, Notre Dame
Bertin Jacquesson, Fr., F, Pittsburgh
Veljko Petković, So., M, Pittsburgh
Jackson Walti, Jr., M, Pittsburgh
Bret Halsey, Jr., M, Virginia
Nico Benalcazar, So., D, Wake Forest
Machop Chol, Sr., F, Wake Forest

Kristofer Konradsson, Jr., M, Boston College
Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador, Jr., M, Clemson
Justin Malou, Sr., D, Clemson
George Marks, Jr., GK, Clemson
Peter Stroud, Fr., M, Duke
Elijah Amo, Sr., M, Louisville
Alexander Dexter, Sr., F, Pittsburgh
Arturo Ordoñez, So., D, Pittsburgh
Andreas Ueland, So., D, Virginia
Jacob Labovitz, Sr., F, Virginia Tech
Kyle Holcomb, Jr., F, Wake Forest

Hamady Diop, D, Clemson
Ousmane Sylla, M, Clemson
Antino Lopez, M, Duke
Nick Pariano, M, Duke
Peter Stroud, M, Duke
Thorleifur Úlfarsson, F, Duke
Aboubacar Camara, F, Louisville
Bertin Jacquesson, F, Pittsburgh
Filip Mirkovic, M, Pittsburgh
Deandre Kerr, F, Syracuse
Garrison Tubbs, D, Wake Forest

MLS SuperDraft

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Main article: 2021 MLS SuperDraft

The 2021 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 21, 2021. The Atlantic Coast Conference had a record total of twenty five players selected, with twelve first round selections. This eclipsed the previous record of eighteen total selections, set twice previously. The twelve first round picks surpassed the previous record of eight first round picks, set in 2016, 2018, and 2020. The twenty five players selected represented one third of the players taken in the draft. The ACC also had five players selected in the first five picks, a first in draft history.[26] Also of note, at least one player was selected from a team that played during the 2020 season. Only Boston College did not have a player selected and Boston College elected to suspend their season due to COVID-19.

Total picks by school

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Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Clemson 3 – – 3
Duke 1 – – 1
Louisville – 2 – 2
NC State – 1 – 1
North Carolina – 1 2 3
Notre Dame – – 1 1
Pittsburgh 1 – – 1
Syracuse 1 – 1 2
Virginia 2 3 – 5
Virginia Tech 1 1 – 2
Wake Forest 3 1 – 4
Total 12 9 4 25

List of selections

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Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College
1 1 Austin FC   Daniel Pereira MF Virginia Tech
1 2 FC Cincinnati    Calvin Harris FW Wake Forest
1 3 Colorado Rapids   Philip Mayaka MF Clemson
1 4 D.C. United   Kimarni Smith FW Clemson
1 5 D.C. United   Michael DeShields DF Wake Forest
1 7 Real Salt Lake   Bret Halsey DF Virginia
1 13 New York Red Bulls   Luther Archimède FW Syracuse
1 17 Minnesota United FC   Justin McMaster FW Wake Forest
1 20 Nashville SC   Irakoze Donasiyano FW Virginia
1 21 Austin FC   Aedan Stanley DF Duke
1 24 New England Revolution   Edward Kizza FW Pittsburgh
1 27 Columbus Crew   Justin Malou DF Clemson
2 28 Austin FC   Daniel Steedman FW Virginia
2 30 Houston Dynamo   Kristofer Strickler FW Virginia Tech
2 34 Real Salt Lake   Elijah Amo FW Louisville
2 39 San Jose Earthquakes   George Asomani MF NC State
2 40 New York Red Bulls   Lamine Conte MF Louisville
2 45 Toronto FC   Nathaniel Crofts FW Virginia
2 48 FC Dallas   Colin Shutler GK Virginia
2 49 Orlando City SC   Andrew Pannenberg GK Wake Forest
2 50 Sporting Kansas City   Matt Constant DF North Carolina
3 59 Atlanta United   Aiden McFadden MF Notre Dame
3 73 Nashville SC   Sondre Norheim DF Syracuse
3 76 FC Dallas   Mark Salas DF North Carolina
3 79 FC Dallas   Giovanni Montesdeoca FW North Carolina

Homegrown players

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Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[27] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[28] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Original MLS team Player Pos. School Ref.
Atlanta United Machop Chol MF Wake Forest (Sr.) [29]
Columbus Crew Isaiah Parente MF Wake Forest (Jr.) [30]
Sporting Kansas City Grayson Barber F Clemson (Jr.) [31]

References

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