2023 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

2023 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 25, 2023 – October 28, 2023
Number of teams	12
2024 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Wayne Fredrick, 2nd overall
Picked by	Colorado Rapids
Regular season
Season champions	Atlantic:Wake Forest Coastal:Notre Dame
Runners-up	Atlantic:Clemson Coastal:Virginia
Season MVP	Offensive:Forster Ajago Midfielder:Jeorgio Kocevski & Mouhameth Thiam Defensive:Garrison Tubbs
Top scorer	Forster Ajago [1]
ACC tournament
Champions	Clemson
Runners-up	North Carolina
Finals MVP	Ousmane Sylla
ACC men's soccer seasons
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2023 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 15 Wake Forest +	4	–	1	–	3			11	–	3	–	5
No. 1 Clemson ‡	4	–	2	–	2			15	–	3	–	5
No. 25 Syracuse +	2	–	1	–	5			9	–	5	–	7
No. 24 Louisville +	2	–	4	–	2			12	–	6	–	3
NC State	1	–	5	–	2			6	–	9	–	3
Boston College	0	–	5	–	3			3	–	9	–	5
Coastal
No. 2 Notre Dame +	6	–	0	–	2			13	–	3	–	6
No. 13 Virginia +	5	–	2	–	1			11	–	4	–	4
No. 20 Duke+	4	–	3	–	1			11	–	4	–	3
No. 6 North Carolina +	2	–	3	–	3			11	–	3	–	7
Pittsburgh +	2	–	3	–	3			6	–	7	–	4
Virginia Tech	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	9	–	4
‡ – ACC tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 70th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

Syracuse were the defending regular season champions of the Atlantic Division and Wake Forest were the defending regular season champions of the Coastal Division. Syracuse were the defending ACC tournament champions. Syracuse went on to win the 2022 NCAA tournament and entered the season as defending national champions on top of their league titles. ^[2]

Wake Forest repeated as champions of the Atlantic Division and Notre Dame won the Coastal Division regular season title. Neither of those two teams could use their regular season championships to win the ACC tournament title, as Clemson won as the fourth seed. Nine ACC teams would go on to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Notre Dame and Clemson both qualified for the College Cup and both won their Semifinal victories to face-off in the National Championship game. Clemson would go on to win the game 2–1. This was Clemson's second title in three years, and it marked the third straight year that an ACC team won the college soccer championship. ^[3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atlantic Division
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Boston College	Newton Campus Soccer Field	1,800 [4]
Clemson	Riggs Field	6,500 [5]
Louisville	Lynn Stadium	5,300 [6]
NC State	Dail Soccer Field	3,000 [7]
Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium	1,500 [8]
Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	3,000 [9]

Coastal Division
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Duke	Koskinen Stadium	7,000 [10]
North Carolina	Dorrance Field	4,200 [11]
Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium	2,500 [12]
Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field	735 [13]
Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	7,100 [14]
Virginia Tech	Thompson Field	2,500 [15]

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	4	11–16–8	11–16–8	4–11–6
Clemson	Mike Noonan	14	362–191–72	153–78–36	56–40–16
Duke	John Kerr Jr.	16	219–155–48	139–96–35	54–53–20
Louisville	John Michael Hayden	5	34–29–7	34–29–7	17–16–3
North Carolina	Carlos Somoano	13	156–55–36	145–55–36	59–23–20
NC State	George Kiefer	7	205–137–68	43–43–21	11–29–13
Notre Dame	Chad Riley	6	51–36–11	51–36–11	18–21–5
Pittsburgh	Jay Vidovich	8	276–109–40	69–55–9	24–27–7
Syracuse	Ian McIntyre	14	228–149–69	121–85–40	25–41–19
Virginia	George Gelnovatch	28	361–152–67	361–152–67	100–72–35
Virginia Tech	Mike Brizendine	15	102–122–35	102–122–35	26–72–20
Wake Forest	Bobby Muuss	9	204–87–37	129–31–13	48–11–8

Notes

• Records shown are prior to the 2023 season
• Years at school includes the 2023 season
• ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

The ACC placed five players on the watch-list, which was announced on August 24. ^[16]

Player	Class	Position	School
Gage Guerra	Junior	FW	Louisville
Alex Meinhard	Senior		Clemson
Filip Mirkovic	Junior	MF	Pittsburgh
Garrison Tubbs	Senior	DF	Wake Forest
Vemund Hole Vik	Graduate Student		North Carolina

Preseason Poll

The 2023 ACC Preseason Poll was released on August 16, 2023 prior to the season beginning. ^[17] Full results of the poll are shown below:

Atlantic Division

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Clemson	58 (5)
2	Wake Forest	56 (3)
3	Syracuse	53 (4)
4	Louisville	34
5	Boston College	23
6	NC State	22

Coastal Division

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Pittsburgh	56 (5)
2	Duke	51 (3)
3	Virginia	50 (3)
4	North Carolina	39 (1)
5	Notre Dame	28
6	Virginia Tech	22

Media poll (ACC Championship)
Team	Votes
Clemson	6
Wake Forest	2
Duke	1
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia

Preseason awards

Preseason All-ACC Watchlist ^[17]

Position	Player	Class	School
Goalkeeper	Connor Jordan-Hyde	Senior	Virginia Tech
Defender	Paddy Burns	Senior	Notre Dame
Midfielder	Augustine Boadi	Sophomore	Boston College
	Ousmane Sylla	Senior	Clemson
	Nick Pariano		Duke
	Sander Roed	Junior	Louisville
	Sam Williams	Sophomore	North Carolina
	Will Buete	Junior	NC State
	Filip Mirkovic	Senior	Pittsburgh
	Giona Leibold	Junior	Syracuse
	Hosei Kijima	Senior	Wake Forest
Forward	Leo Afonso	Senior	Virginia

Regular season

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

All times Eastern time.

Week 1 (Aug. 22 – Aug. 28)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
August 24	4:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 1–0	551
		UCLA	Virginia Tech	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	L 1–4	170
	6:00 p.m.	Iona	No. 15 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 1–0	1,980
	7:00 p.m.	Grand Canyon	No. 18 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 3–1	1,324
		Penn State	No. 5 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	T 1–1	2,000
		Providence	No. 1 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 2–0	1,276
		UCF	No. 9 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	L 1–2	4,090
	7:30 p.m.	Loyola (MD)	North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	T 1–1	3,335
		No. 16 Tulsa	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 1–0	687
	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 Indiana	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	T 1–1	2,092
August 25	7:00 p.m.	Radford	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 3–1	1,447
	7:30 p.m.	Jacksonville	No. 4 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 3–1	1,023
August 27	12:00 p.m.	Duquesne	Virginia Tech	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	L 1–5	133
	2:30 p.m.	Furman	No. 4 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 6–0	1,129
	6:00 p.m.	California	No. 18 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	T 1–1	1,352
	7:00 p.m.	Loyola Marymount	No. 15 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	L 1–3	1,445
		IUPUI	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 5–0	512
	7:30 p.m.	American	North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	Cancelled [18]
August 28	4:00 p.m.	Boston College	Quinnipiac	Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium • Hamden, CT	L 1–3	325
	7:00 p.m.	Binghamton	No. 1 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 3–0	1,422
		Howard	No. 5 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 5–0	734
		UNC Wilmington	No. 9 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	T 1–1	1,575
		USC Upstate	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 3–0	1,804
	7:30 p.m.	Bellarmine	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 3–0	887

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Forster Ajago	Duke	Alex Svetanoff	Louisville
Matthew Roou	Notre Dame
Reference: [19]

Week 2 (Aug. 29 – Sep. 4)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Wofford	No. 3 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	T 2–2	645
	7:30 p.m.	Loyola (MD)	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	T 1–1	1,357
	8:00 p.m.	George Mason	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 1–0	1,473
September 1	4:00 p.m.	No. 8 Pittsburgh	Georgetown	Shaw Field • Washington, D.C.	L 1–4	977
	5:30 p.m.	Jacksonville	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 1–0	486
	7:00 p.m.	North Carolina	ETSU	Summers-Taylor Stadium • Johnson City, TN	W 2–1	1,127
		NIU	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 1–0	1,301
		No. 20 Penn State	No. 1 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 1–1	2,684
		South Carolina	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 2–0	4,573
		No. 13 UCF	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	L 1–3	397
		UNC Greensboro	No. 12 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 2–0	1,221
	7:30 p.m.	No. 16 Wake Forest	No. 20 Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	T 0–0	4,644
September 3	6:00 p.m.	Davidson	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	T 1–1	950
September 4	4:00 p.m.	No. 3 Duke	Princeton	Roberts Stadium • Princeton, NJ	W 2–0	1,200
	5:30 p.m.	Green Bay	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	T 0–0	421
	6:00 p.m.	Furman	No. 16 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 5–1	1,360
	7:00 p.m.	Albany	No. 1 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 1–0	1,257
		No. 20 Maryland	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 2–1	2,139
		North Carolina	VCU	Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA	W 4–1	607
		NC State	Stetson	Athletic Training Center • DeLand, FL	L 0–2	241

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Gage Guerra	Louisville	Trace Alphin	Wake Forest
Reference: [20]

Week 3 (Sep. 5 – Sep. 11)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Detroit Mercy	No. 20 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 1–0	204
		No. 2 Marshall	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	L 1–3	1,081
		Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 6–0	1,465
	8:00 p.m.	No. 19 Kentucky	No. 7 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 4–2	2,350
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Boston College	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	NCST 2–0	1,954
	7:00 p.m.	North Carolina	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	T 1–1	2,407
		Virginia	No. 10 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 2–0	1,569
	8:00 p.m.	No. 7 Louisville	No. 4 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 2–2	1,832
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Clemson	No. 20 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	UND 3–2	1,703
		No. 9 Wake Forest	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	PITT 3–0	714

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Gage Guerra (2)	Louisville	Julian Eyestone	Duke
Reference: [21]

Week 4 (Sep. 12 – Sep. 18)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	7:00 p.m.	Clemson	South Florida	Corbett Stadium • Tampa, FL	W 3–2	1,239
		Gardner–Webb	No. 20 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 4–0	915
		Howard	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 3–1	412
		Virginia	No. 9 James Madison	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	T 1–1	1,464
		Siena	No. 7 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	Cancelled
	8:00 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 10 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 0–1	532
September 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Duke	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	CLEM 2–0	2,953
		No. 10 Notre Dame	North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	T 1–1	4,298
		No. 17 Pittsburgh	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	T 0–0	636
		Virginia Tech	No. 5т Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	VT 2–1	1,071
September 16	7:00 p.m.	NC State	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 3–1	2,319
		No. 7 Syracuse	No. 20 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	T 1–1	2,217
September 18	7:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	No. 17 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 5–1	419

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Stephen Annor Gyamfi	Virginia	Timi Adams	Virginia Tech
Reference: [22]

Week 5 (Sep. 19 – Sep. 25)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	5:30 p.m.	Boston University	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	T 2–2	359
	7:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 7–0	1,173
		Liberty	No. 14 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 3–1	753
		No. 15 Notre Dame	No. 4 Akron	First Energy Stadium • Akron, OH	T 0–0	2,535
		No. 7 Syracuse	Cornell	Charles F. Berman Field • Ithaca, NY	L 1–2	915
		UNC Wilmington	North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 3–0	769
	7:30 p.m.	Evansville	No. 10 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 2–0	831
September 20	7:00 p.m.	North Florida	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 1–0	1,298
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	VT 1–0	964
		Clemson	No. 14 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	WAKE 1–0	2,528
		Pittsburgh	No. 7 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	CUSE 3–2	1,911
	8:00 p.m.	Virginia	No. 15 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	UND 3–1	1,710
September 24	4:00 p.m.	No. 11 Duke	North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 2–1	2,858
	7:00 p.m.	NC State	No. 10 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	LOU 5–2	563
September 25	7:00 p.m.	No. 19 Denver	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 3–1	703

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Damien Barker John	Louisville	Bryan Dowd	Notre Dame
Quenzi Huerman	North Carolina
Reference: [23]

Week 6 (Sep. 26 – Oct. 2)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	6:00 p.m.	High Point	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 3–2	415
	7:00 p.m.	No. 10 Wake Forest	Campbell	Eakes Athletics Complex • Buies Creek, NC	W 3–1	307
		Charleston	No. 21 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 3–2	418
		ETSU	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 1–0	1,400
September 27	7:00 p.m.	Gardner-Webb	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 3–1	432
September 29	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Louisville	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 3–0	1,761
		No. 18 North Carolina	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0	1,010
		No. 7 Syracuse	No. 21 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 5–3	1,524
		Virginia Tech	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	CLEM 2–1	2,876
		No. 10 Wake Forest	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	WAKE 1–0	207
October 1	7:00 p.m.	No. 15 Notre Dame	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	UND 3–1	1,615
October 2	5:30 p.m.	Suffolk	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 2–0	224
	7:00 p.m.	Kansas City	No. 8 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 3–2	812

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Nick Pariano	Duke	Joey Batrouni	Virginia
Reference: [24]

Week 7 (Oct. 3 – Oct. 9)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Colgate	No. 18 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 1–0	784
		Elon	No. 13 North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 2–0	814
		No. 16 Hofstra	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	T 1–1	1,092
		Winthrop	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 4–1	1,005
October 6	7:00 p.m.	No. 21 Louisville	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	CLEM 4–0	2,575
		Virginia	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	T 1–1	712
		Virginia Tech	No. 20 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	PITT 3–1	913
		No. 6 Wake Forest	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	WAKE 3–0	1,636
	7:30 p.m.	No. 18 Syracuse	No. 13 North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	CUSE 1–0	2,387
October 7	7:00 p.m.	No. 14 Duke	No. 11 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	UND 1–0	1,451

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Ousmane Sylla	Clemson	Jahiem Wickham	Syracuse
Reference: [25]

Week 8 (Oct. 10 – Oct. 16)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 10	6:00 p.m.	Florida Gulf Coast	No. 14 North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 3–0	1,114
		William & Mary	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	T 1–1	315
	7:00 p.m.	American	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	L 1–2	295
		Elon	No. 15 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 3–0	559
		Oberlin	No. 8 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 6–0	229
		Ohio State	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	T 2–2	587
		Temple	No. 10 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	L 1–2	352
		Wofford	No. 4 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 2–0	956
		Yale	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	L 0–1	211
October 13	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	UND 1–0	2,115
	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	LOU 1–0	822
		No. 11 Pittsburgh	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 2–1	2,551
	8:00 p.m.	NC State	No. 15 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 2–1	1,457
October 14	7:00 p.m.	No. 14 North Carolina	No. 4 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	WAKE 1–0	2,454
October 15	1:00 p.m.	No. 21 Clemson	No. 10 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 1–1	1,612

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Forster Ajago	Duke	Garrison Tubbs	Wake Forest
Mouhameth Thiam	Virginia
Reference: [26]

Week 9 (Oct. 17 – Oct. 23)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 17	5:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Queens	Sports Complex at Marion Diehl Park • Charlotte, NC	W 3–2	155
	5:30 p.m.	Stonehill	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	L 1–2	236
	6:00 p.m.	Louisville	Oakland	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI	W 4–0	100
	7:00 p.m.	Duquesne	No. 23 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 2–0	975
		High Point	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	T 0–0	373
		No. 6 Notre Dame	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	W 3–0	1,893
		Robert Morris	No. 3 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 5–1	699
		William & Mary	No. 11 North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	T 0–0	684
October 18	7:00 p.m.	Yale	No. 22 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 2–0	487
October 20	6:00 p.m.	Boston College	No. 15 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	CLEM 6–0	2,470
		No. 18 Virginia	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	UVA 3–0	2,061
	8:00 p.m.	No. 6 Notre Dame	No. 3 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	T 1–1	2,261
October 21	7:00 p.m.	No. 9 Duke	No. 23 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0	1,180
October 22	1:00 p.m.	NC State	No. 22 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 1–1	320
	5:00 p.m.	Louisville	No. 11 North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 2–0	3,887

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Stephen Annor Gyamfi	Virginia	Andrew Cordes	North Carolina
Reference: [27]

Week 10 (Oct. 24 – Oct. 30)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 24	7:00 p.m.	High Point	No. 14 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 3–1	1,094
		Howard	No. 8 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 7–0	523
		Radford	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	L 2–3	642
October 27	7:00 p.m.	No. 10т Clemson	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	T 1–1	1,289
		No. 20 Pittsburgh	No. 5 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	UND 6–0	2,224
		No. 19 Syracuse	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	T 1–1	517
		Virginia Tech	No. 8 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 7–1	1,367
		No. 3 Wake Forest	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	T 2–2	1,052
	7:30 p.m.	No. 10т North Carolina	No. 14 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 1–0	2,487

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Eno Nto	Notre Dame	Aidan O'Connor	Virginia
Reference: [28]

Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

United Soccer Coaches

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		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	Final
Boston College
Clemson	9	RV			RV	RV	RV	21	15	10т	14	14	1 (7)
Duke	4 (1)	3	10	8	11	21	14	15	9	8	8	8	20
Louisville	RV	12	7	5т	10	8	21					20	24
North Carolina						18	13	14	11	10т	13	7	6
NC State
Notre Dame			20	10	15	15	11	8	6	5	2	4	2 (1)
Pittsburgh	5	8	RV	17	RV	RV	20	11	23	20
Syracuse	1 (4)	1 (8)	4	7	7	7	18	10	22	19	22	18	25
Virginia	15	RV			RV		RV		18	14	9	11	13
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest	18	16	9	20	14	10	6	4	3	3	6	6	15

Top Drawer Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		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	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Boston College
Clemson	4	10	18		23	24	18	15	12	9	14	11	4	3	2	2	1
Duke	5	4	8	3	12	21	12	13	8	8	7	8	11	19	19	19	19
Louisville			19	7	19	13	23					20	24
North Carolina						19	11	12	13	18	22	15	8	6	6	6	6
NC State
Notre Dame				20		22	16	6	4	4	2	4	6	5	5	4	2
Pittsburgh	7	8	11	8	16	16	10	9	15	10	20
Syracuse	1	1	3	6	5	8	13	11	17	19	24	19	21	24	24	24	24
Virginia					22				22	12	9	12	15	9	12	12	12
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest	17	17	14	19	9	5	3	3	3	3	5	7	9	18	18	18	18

Postseason

ACC Tournament

Main article: 2023 ACC men's soccer tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	9	Louisville	1
	4	Clemson	5
						4	Clemson (pen.)	1 (5)
						7	North Carolina	1 (4)
	6	Syracuse	1
	7	North Carolina	3

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

Seed	School	First round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2	Notre Dame	BYE	W 2–0 vs. Kentucky – (Notre Dame, IN)	T 0–0 (4–2 PKs) vs. No. 16 Western Michigan – (Notre Dame, IN)	T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) vs. Indiana – (Notre Dame, IN)	W 1–0 vs. Oregon State – (Louisville, KY)	L 1–2 vs. No. 14 Clemson – (Louisville, KY)
3	North Carolina	BYE	W 2–0 vs. Memphis – (Chapel Hill, NC)	T 2–2 (5–3 PKs) vs. No. 17 Hofstra – (Chapel Hill, NC)	L 0–1 vs. Oregon State – (Chapel Hill, NC)
7	Virginia	BYE	W 2–1 vs. FIU – (Charlottesville, VA)	L 0–1 vs. Indiana – (Charlottesville, VA)
9	Clemson	BYE	W 3–0 vs. Charlotte – (Clemson, SC)	W 1–0 @ No. 10 New Hampshire – (Durham, NH)	W 2–0 vs. No. 22 Stanford – (Clemson, SC)	W 1–0 vs. No. 5 West Virginia – (Louisville, KY)	W 2–1 vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Louisville, KY)
10	Wake Forest	BYE	L 2–3 2OT vs. Indiana – (Winston-Salem, NC)
15	Duke	BYE	L 1–2 vs. No. 16 Western Michigan – (Durham, NC)
	Louisville	W 4–3 vs. Dayton – (Louisville, KY)	L 0–1 @ No. 5 West Virginia – (Morgantown, WV)
	Pittsburgh	L 2–3 vs. James Madison – (Pittsburgh, PA)
	Syracuse	W 3–1 vs. Boston University – (Syracuse, NY)	L 0–3 @ No. 10 New Hampshire – (Durham, NH)
	W–L (%):	2–1–0 (.667)	4–4–0 (.500)	1–1–2 (.500)	1–1–1 (.500)	2–0–0 (1.000)	1–1–0 (.500) Total: 11–8–3 (.568)

Awards

All-ACC awards and teams

Source: ^[29]

2023 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year	Chad Riley – Notre Dame
Offensive Player of the Year	Forster Ajago – Duke
Midfielder of the Year	Jeorgio Kocevski – Syracuse Mouhameth Thiam – Virginia
Defensive Player of the Year	Garrison Tubbs – Wake Forest
Goalkeeper of the Year	Bryan Dowd – Notre Dame
Freshman of the Year	Stephen Annor Gyamfi – Virginia

2023 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	All-Freshman Team
Ousmane Sylla – Clemson Forster Ajago – Duke Nick Pariano – Duke Quenzi Huerman – North Carolina Bryan Dowd – Notre Dame Matthew Roou – Notre Dame Filip Mirkovic – Pittsburgh Jeorgio Kocevski – Syracuse Stephen Annor Gyamfi – Virginia Mouhameth Thiam – Virginia Garrison Tubbs – Wake Forest	Brandon Parrish – Clemson Ulfur Bjornsson – Duke Amir Daley – Duke Julian Eyestone – Duke Damien Barker-John – Louisville Sander Roed – Louisville Riley Thomas – North Carolina Eno Nto – Notre Dame Trace Alphin – Wake Forest Jahlane Forbes – Wake Forest Hosei Kijima – Wake Forest Roald Mitchell – Wake Forest	Joran Gerbet – Clemson Pape Mar Boye – Clemson Nathan Richmond – Clemson Antino Lopez – Duke Josh Jones – Louisville Sam Williams – North Carolina Bryce Boneau – Notre Dame Kyle Genenbacher – Notre Dame Daniel Russo – Notre Dame Jackson Gilman – Pittsburgh Lorenzo Boselli – Syracuse	Xavier O'Neil – Boston College Pape Mar Boye – Clemson Ulfur Bjornsson – Duke Julian Eyestone – Duke Hakim Karamoko – NC State Nolan Spicer – Notre Dame Albert Thorsen – Pittsburgh Stephen Annor Gyamfi – Virginia Brendan Lambe – Virginia Noe Uwimana – Virginia Tech Liam O'Gara – Wake Forest

MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2024 MLS SuperDraft

The ACC had twenty players selected in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, which were the most picks from any conference. The ACC also lead all conferences with six first round selections. The twenty selections were the second most in ACC history behind the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. ^[30]

Total picks by school

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
Boston College	–	–	–	–
Clemson	–	2	1	3
Duke	1	1	1	3
Louisville	–	2	1	3
NC State	–	–	–	–
North Carolina	–	–	–	–
Notre Dame	1	–	1	2
Pittsburgh	–	1	–	1
Syracuse	1	1	–	2
Virginia	2	1	–	3
Virginia Tech	–	–	–	–
Wake Forest	1	1	1	3
Total	6	9	5	20

List of selections

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College
1	2	Wayne Frederick	Colorado Rapids	MF	Duke
1	6	Bryan Dowd	Chicago Fire	GK	Notre Dame
1	12	Aidan O'Connor	New York Red Bulls	DF	Virginia
1	17	Hosei Kijima	St. Louis City SC	MF	Wake Forest
1	21	Jeorgio Kocevski	Orlando City SC	MF	Syracuse
1	26	Stephen Annor Gyamfi	Huston Dynamo	FW	Virginia
2	32	Leo Afonso	Inter Miami CF	FW	Virginia
2	33	Olu Oyegunle	Atlanta United FC	DF	Syracuse
2	36	Brandon Parrish	D.C. United	MF	Clemson
2	37	Damien Barker John	Real Salt Lake	FW	Louisville
2	38	Jahlane Forbes	Charlotte FC	DF	Wake Forest
2	47	Josh Jones	Real Salt Lake	DF	Louisville
2	52	Antino Lopez	Seattle Sounders FC	DF	Duke
2	54	Filip Mirkovic	Orlando City SC	MF	Pittsburgh
2	55	Ousmane Sylla	Huston Dynamo	MF	Clemson
3	69	Gage Guerra	Portland Timbers	FW	Louisville
3	70	Nathan Richmond	Charlotte FC	MF	Clemson
3	75	Bryce Boneau	Nashville SC	MF	Notre Dame
3	78	Babacar Niang	Minnesota United FC	MF	Wake Forest
3	84	Ruben Mesalles	Real Salt Lake	DF	Duke

Homegrown players

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, ^[31] 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. ^[32] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Original MLS team	Player	Pos.	School	Ref.
Atlanta United FC	Garrison Tubbs	DF	Wake Forest	[33]
Philadelphia Union	Nick Pariano	MF	Duke	[34]
New York Red Bulls	Roald Mitchell	MF	Wake Forest	[35]

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External links

• ACC Men's Soccer