| 2024 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer | |
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NCAA Tournament, First Round | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 9–4–5 (4–3–1 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Dorrance Field |
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| No. 7 Pittsburgh + | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Clemson + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 15 | – | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Duke + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 11 | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Wake Forest ‡ | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 SMU + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Stanford + | 3 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Virginia + | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 NC State + | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 0 | – | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 78th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by fourteenth year head coach Carlos Somoano and played their home games at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Contents
- Background
- Player movement
- Departures
- Incoming Transfers
- Recruiting class
- Squad
- Roster
- Team management
- Schedule
- Awards and honors
- 2025 MLS Super Draft
- Rankings
- References
The Tar Heels began the season ranked number six and defeated UAB in their first game of the season. The followed that with a 0–0 draw against California Baptist. They fell to number seventeen in the rankings before winning two games to move back up to twevlth. A draw against St. John's saw the team rise back up to eleventh. They won their rivalry match against Duke to move up to sixth. A defeat of in-state foe and eighteenth ranked NC State saw them rise to third. While ranked third the Tar Heels went 1–1–1, defeating California, drawing Mercer, and losing to twenty-fourth ranked Clemson. They fell to number seven where they spent four games. They defeated College of Charleston and William & Mary, drew Notre Dame, and lost to fourth ranked Pittsburgh to fall to number eleven. There they defeated number seven Stanford to move back to eigtht. They rounded out the regular season with a 0–1 loss to Boston College. They began the postseason at fourteenth in the rankings.
The Tar Heels finished the regular season 9–3–4 overall and 4–3–1 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. As the sixth overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they hosted eleventh seed California, in a regular season re-match, in the First Round. California took revenge for the Tar Heels' regular season victory, and eliminated them from tournament contention with a 2–1 victory. North Carolina received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were and unseeded team. They hosted Furman in the First Round, and were eliminated in a penalty shoot-out to end their season. They finished the season with a 9–4–5 record.
