ACC men's soccer tournament

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ACC men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
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ACC Men's Soccer Tournament Logo
Sport College soccer
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Number of teams12
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Sahlen's Stadium
Current location Cary, North Carolina
Played1987–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Clemson
Most championships Virginia (11)
TV partner(s) ESPN3, ESPNU
Official website theacc.com/msoc

The ACC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1987. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.

Contents

Champions

Key

(2)Title number
*Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season
^Winning team reached College Cup
Winning team lost national championship
Winning team won national championship

By year

Claudio Reyna was the 1991 ACC tournament MVP. ClaudioReyna USMNT 20060511.jpg
Claudio Reyna was the 1991 ACC tournament MVP.
Ben Olsen was the 1997 ACC tournament MVP. BenOlsen 20060410.jpg
Ben Olsen was the 1997 ACC tournament MVP.
Zac MacMath won the ACC tournament MVP award in 2010. Zac MacMath.jpg
Zac MacMath won the ACC tournament MVP award in 2010.
YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueTournament MVP
1987 North Carolina 4–3* NC State Duke Soccer StadiumDurham, North Carolina Derek Missimo (UNC)
1988 Virginia 2–1 North Carolina Riggs FieldClemson, South Carolina none named
1989 Wake Forest 2–2 NC State Duke Soccer StadiumDurham, North Carolina Neil Covone (Wake)
1990 NC State 2–1 Virginia Duke Soccer StadiumDurham, North Carolina Henry Gutierrez (NC State)
1991 Virginia (2)3–1 Wake Forest Fetzer FieldChapel Hill, North Carolina Claudio Reyna (Virginia)
1992 Virginia (3)4–2 Clemson Fetzer FieldChapel Hill, North Carolina Brad Agoos (Virginia)
1993 Virginia (4)2–1 Clemson Fetzer FieldChapel Hill, North Carolina Jaro Zawislan (Clemson)
1994 Virginia (5)1–0 Duke Riggs FieldClemson, South Carolina Mark Peters (Virginia)
1995 Virginia^ (6)1–0 Clemson Duke Soccer StadiumDurham, North Carolina Mike Fisher (Virginia)
1996 Maryland 2–0 Virginia Klöckner StadiumCharlottesville, Virginia Pierre Venditti (Maryland)
1997 Virginia (7)2–0 Maryland Disney's Wide World of SportsOrlando, Florida Ben Olsen (Virginia)
1998 Clemson 1–0 Duke Spry Soccer StadiumWinston-Salem, North Carolina Josh Campbell (Clemson)
1999 Duke 2–1* Virginia Spry Soccer StadiumWinston-Salem, North Carolina Troy Garner (Duke)
2000 North Carolina (2)1–0* Virginia Spry Soccer StadiumWinston-Salem, North Carolina Caleb Norkus (UNC)
2001 Clemson (2)2–1 Virginia Riggs FieldClemson, South Carolina Ian Fuller (Clemson)
2002 Maryland^ (2)3–0 Virginia SAS Soccer ComplexCary, North Carolina Abe Thompson (Maryland)
2003 Virginia (8)1–1 Maryland^ SAS Soccer ComplexCary, North Carolina Ryan Burke (Virginia)
2004 Virginia (9)2–1 Maryland^ SAS Soccer ComplexCary, North Carolina Jeremy Barlow (Virginia)
2005 Duke (2)0–0 North Carolina SAS Soccer ComplexCary, North Carolina Blake Camp (Duke)
2006 Duke (3)1–0* Wake Forest^ Maryland SoccerPlexGermantown, Maryland Michael Videira (Duke)
2007 Boston College 2–1 Wake Forest SAS Soccer ComplexCary, North Carolina Sherron Manswell (BC)
2008 Maryland (3)1–0 Virginia WakeMed Soccer ParkCary, North Carolina Jeremy Hall (Maryland)
2009 Virginia (10)1–0 NC State WakeMed Soccer ParkCary, North Carolina Diego Restrepo (Virginia)
2010 Maryland (4)1–0 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer ParkCary, North Carolina Zac MacMath (Maryland)
2011 North Carolina (3)3–1 Boston College WakeMed Soccer ParkCary, North Carolina Ben Speas (North Carolina)
2012 Maryland^ (5)2–1 North Carolina Maryland SoccerPlexGermantown, Maryland Patrick Mullins (Maryland)
2013 Maryland (6)1–0 Virginia^ Maryland SoccerPlexGermantown, Maryland Patrick Mullins (Maryland)
2014 Clemson (3)2-1* Louisville WakeMed Soccer ParkCary, North Carolina Paul Clowes (Clemson)
2015 Syracuse^1–0 Notre Dame Alumni StadiumNotre Dame, Indiana Ben Polk (Syracuse)
2016 Wake Forest (2)3–1 Clemson MUSC Health StadiumCharleston, South Carolina Ian Harkes (Wake Forest)
2017 Wake Forest (3)0–0 Virginia MUSC Health StadiumCharleston, South Carolina Andreu Cases Mundet (Wake Forest)
2018 Louisville 1–0 North Carolina Sahlen's StadiumCary, North Carolina Tate Schmitt (Louisville)
2019 Virginia (11)3–1 Clemson Sahlen's StadiumCary, North Carolina Henry Kessler (Virginia)
2020 Clemson (4)2–1 Pittsburgh^ Sahlen's StadiumCary, North Carolina Kimarni Smith (Clemson)
2021 Notre Dame 2–0 Duke Sahlen's StadiumCary, North Carolina Dawson McCartney (Notre Dame)
2022 Syracuse (2)2–0 Clemson Sahlen's StadiumCary, North Carolina Russell Shealy (Syracuse)
2023 Clemson (5)1–1 North Carolina Sahlen's StadiumCary, North Carolina Ousmane Sylla (Clemson)

By school

Through 2023

SchoolAppsWLTPctTitlesTitle years
Boston College168140.36412007
Clemson3629267.52451998, 2001, 2014, 2020, 2023
Duke3622296.43931999, 2005, 2006
Louisville8861.5671 2018
Maryland2728192.59261996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013
NC State3515276.37511990
North Carolina3630258.54031987, 2000, 2011
Notre Dame9972.5561 2021
Pittsburgh8671.4640
Syracuse8754.5632 2015, 2022
Virginia3647219.669111988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2019
Virginia Tech187161.3130
Wake Forest36233110.43831989, 2016, 2017

Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer.

Pre-tournament champions

Prior to 1987, the champion was determined based on regular season play.

SeasonChampionRunner-up
1953MarylandDuke
1954MarylandNorth Carolina
1955MarylandNorth Carolina
1956MarylandVirginia
1957MarylandVirginia
1958MarylandNorth Carolina
1959MarylandNorth Carolina
1960MarylandDuke
1961MarylandDuke
1962MarylandNorth Carolina
1963MarylandVirginia
1964MarylandNorth Carolina
1965MarylandNorth Carolina
1966Maryland
North Carolina
1967MarylandNorth Carolina
1968MarylandNorth Carolina
1969VirginiaMaryland
1970VirginiaMaryland
1971MarylandDuke
1972ClemsonDuke
1973ClemsonMaryland
1974ClemsonMaryland
1975ClemsonNorth Carolina
1976ClemsonMaryland
1977ClemsonNorth Carolina
1978ClemsonNorth Carolina
1979ClemsonNorth Carolina
Virginia
1980DukeClemson
NC State
1981ClemsonDuke
1982Clemson
Duke
1983VirginiaDuke
1984VirginiaClemson
NC State
1985ClemsonVirginia
1986VirginiaNC State

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