| 2024 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer | |
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NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 6 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 5 |
| Record | 12–5–7 (4–2–2 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Spry Stadium |
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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 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 78th season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's tenth season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. [1] The Demon Deacons played their home matches at Spry Stadium.
Contents
- Background
- Player movement
- Players leaving
- Players arriving
- Squad
- Roster
- Team management
- Schedule
- Awards and honors
- 2025 MLS Super Draft
- Rankings
- References
The Demon Deacons started the season ranked fifteenth, but had a disappointing opening week losing 2–1 to VCU and defeating Central Arkansas 3–2. The results saw them fall out of the national rankings. They followed that with a streak of games where they went 1–1–1, with the tie coming against number 21 UCF. They also tied their ACC opener against Virginia and drew 1–1 with fourteenth ranked Elon. They followed those two draws with a loss to fourth ranked Clemson. A defeat of Syracuse saw the Demon Deacons achieve a 3–3–3 overall record, and a 1–1–1 ACC record. They then went on a seven-game unbeaten run, which included two ACC wins over Boston College and Virginia Tech and a draw against sixteenth ranked Duke. They finished the season with a defeat at twenty first ranked SMU and a defeat of twelfth ranked NC State.
The Demon Deacons finished the regular season 8–4–5 overall and 4–2–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fifth overall seed in the ACC Tournament hosted Syracuse in the First Round. They defeated the Orange 2–1, the same result as in the regular season to move on. Next was a re-match against fourth seed and fifteenth ranked SMU, where the teams drew 2–2. The Demon Deacons advanced via penalty shoot-out. In the Semifinals, Wake Forest won a regular season rematch with Virginia 5–1 to advance to the final. In a re-match with Clemson, the two teams drew, and Wake won the championship in another penalty shoot-out. They received the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. They were the eighth overall seed earned a bye into the Second Round. There they defeated Maryland 2–1 to set-up a Third Round rematch with Clemson. The match again went into overtime, but this time Wake scored in the overtime period to avoid a penalty shoot-out. The Demon Deacon's run ended in the Quarterfinals where they lost to top seed, and number one ranked, Ohio State 3–0. The Demon Deacons finished with a 12–5–7 overall record and were ranked sixth in the final United Soccer Coaches poll.
