2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 64th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 25, 2017 – November 12, 2017
Number of teams	12
2018 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Jon Bakero, Wake Forest
Picked by	Chicago Fire, 5th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Atlantic: Wake Forest Coastal: North Carolina
Runners-up	Atlantic: Louisville Coastal: Duke
Season MVP	Offensive: Jon Bakero Midfielder: Cam Lindley Defensive: Kevin Politz
ACC tournament
Champions	Wake Forest
Runners-up	Virginia
Finals MVP	Andreu Cases Mundet
ACC men's soccer seasons
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2017 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 5 Wake Forest ‡	7	–	0	–	1			19	–	2	–	2
No. 7 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1			13	–	2	–	5
No. 17 Clemson +	4	–	4	–	0			12	–	6	–	1
NC State +	3	–	3	–	2			8	–	6	–	4
Boston College	1	–	6	–	1			6	–	10	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	6	–	2			6	–	8	–	4
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	1			17	–	4	–	1
No. 13 Duke +	4	–	3	–	1			13	–	4	–	3
No. 19 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	3			13	–	4	–	5
No. 18 Notre Dame +	3	–	3	–	2			11	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech +	3	–	5	–	0			10	–	10	–	0
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0			8	–	10	–	0
‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the North Carolina are the defending regular season champions for the Atlantic and Coastal Conferences, respectively. Wake Forest are the defending ACC tournament champions.

Changes from 2016

George Kiefer replaces Kelly Findley as the NC State Wolfpack head coach.^[1]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atlantic Division^[2]
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Boston College Eagles	Newton Soccer Complex	2,500
Clemson Tigers	Riggs Field	6,500
Louisville Cardinals	Lynn Stadium	5,300
NC State Wolfpack	Dail Soccer Field	3,000
Syracuse Orange	SU Soccer Stadium	5,000
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Spry Stadium	3,000

Coastal Division^[2]
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Duke Blue Devils	Koskinen Stadium	7,000
North Carolina Tar Heels	Fetzer Field	5,025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Alumni Stadium	2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers	Ambrose Urbanic Field	735
Virginia Cavaliers	Klöckner Stadium	8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies	Thompson Field	2,500

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

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Captain
Boston College Eagles	Ed Kelly ^[3]	Henry Balf ^[4]
Clemson Tigers	Mike Noonan ^[5]	Tanner Dieterich   Oliver Shannon ^[6]
Duke Blue Devils	John Kerr, Jr. ^[7]	Kevon Black   Cody Brinkman   Markus Fjørtoft   Carter Manley   Brian White ^[8]
Louisville Cardinals	Ken Lolla ^[9]	Tim Kübel ^[10]
NC State Wolfpack	George Kiefer ^[11]	Julius Duchscherer ^[12]
North Carolina Tar Heels	Carlos Somoano ^[13]	David October ^[14]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Bobby Clark ^[15]	Matt Habrowski   Chris Hubbard   Jon Gallagher ^[16]
Pittsburgh Panthers	Jay Vidovich ^[17]	Bryce Cregan   Javi Pérez^[18]
Syracuse Orange	Ian McIntyre ^[19]
Virginia Cavaiers	George Gelnovatch ^[20]
Virginia Tech Hokies	Mike Brizendine ^[21]	Ben Lundgaard   Collin Verfurth   Marcelo Acuna ^[22]
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Bobby Muuss ^[23]	Kevin Politz   Jon Bakero   Steven Echevarria^[24]

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

Prior to the season, 7 players were named to the Hermann Trophy watch list.^[25]

• Tim Kübel – Louisville
• Cam Lindley – North Carolina
• Jon Gallagher – Notre Dame
• Mo Adams – Syracuse
• Edward Opoku – Virginia
• Marcelo Acuna – Virginia Tech
• Brad Dunwell – Wake Forest

Preseason poll

The 2017 ACC preseason poll was announced on August 16. Wake Forest and North Carolina were selected to win the Atlantic Division and Coastal Division, respectively. North Carolina was selected as the favorite to win the ACC championship. The poll was voted on by all ACC coaches, for a total of 12 possible votes.^[26]

ACC championship votes

1. North Carolina – 5
2. Wake Forest – 3
3. Clemson – 2
4. Virginia – 1
5. Notre Dame – 1

Regular season poll

Atlantic Division poll Wake Forest – 62 (8 first-place votes) Clemson – 60 (3) Louisville – 52 (1) Syracuse – 41 Boston College – 20 NC State – 17

Coastal Division poll North Carolina – 69 (9) Virginia – 58 (2) Notre Dame – 51 (1) Virginia Tech – 31 Duke – 28 Pittsburgh – 15

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 21–27)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 25	4:00 PM	Quinnipiac	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	N/A	W 4–0	462
August 25	5:00 PM	Cal State Fullerton	#5 Clemson	Riggs Field	N/A	W 2–0	2,538
August 25	7:00 PM	#17 Virginia Tech	#14 Creighton	Sandra D. Thompson Field	N/A	W 2–0	4,089
August 25	7:00 PM	Florida Atlantic	NC State	Dail Soccer Field	N/A	W 3–2	1,543
August 25	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium	N/A	L 0–1	1,400
August 25	7:30 PM	#12 Providence	#4 North Carolina	Rudd Field	ACC Network Extra	W 4–2	826
August 25	7:00 PM	#8 Syracuse	Saint Louis	Hermann Stadium	N/A	W 2–1 (OT)	2,348
August 25	7:00 PM	Villanova	#13 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	N/A	W 3–2 (2OT)	3,594
August 25	7:30 PM	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	#2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 5–1	3,882
August 25	7:30 PM	San Diego	#10 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2–0	746
August 25	7:30 PM	UCF	Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2–0	1,725
August 25	7:30 PM	UC Irvine	#9 Louisville	Lynn Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	2,078
August 27	2:00 PM	Cal Poly	#10 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2-1 (2OT)
August 27	2:30 PM	Fordham	Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 3–0	582
August 27	4:00 PM	Pittsburgh	James Madison	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium	N/A	L 0–1	200
August 27	6:00 PM	#12 Providence	#2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 4–1	2,597
August 27	6:00 PM	Radford	#5 Clemson	Riggs Field	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	1,231
August 27	6:00 PM	#17 Virginia Tech	Omaha	Al F. Caniglia Field	N/A	L 1–5	624
August 27	7:00 PM	Boston	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	N/A	W 4–0	453
August 27	7:00 PM	#8 Syracuse	SIU Edwardsville	Ralph Korte Stadium	N/A	W 2–1	337
August 27	7:30 PM	Rutgers	#4 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park	ACC Network Extra	W 6–1	926

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Jelani Pieters	North Carolina	Younes Boudadi	Boston College
Brandon Servania	Wake Forest
Reference: ACC^[27]

Week 2 (Aug 28 – Sep 3)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:00 PM	William & Mary	NC State	Dail Soccer Field	N/A	W 3–2 (OT)	419
August 28	7:30 PM	#25 Butler	#9 Louisville	Lynn Stadium	ACC Network Extra	L 0–1	1,457
August 31	6:00 PM	Hofstra	#12 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 4–0	1,588
September 1	2:00 PM	High Point	Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 3–2 (OT)	405
September 1	3:00 PM	Princeton	#8 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium	N/A	T 1–1	1,232
September 1	4:00 PM	LIU Brooklyn	NC State	Dail Soccer Field	N/A	Cancelled ^[28]	0
September 1	4:00 PM	New Hampshire	#22 Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	N/A	L 0–2	485
September 1	7:00 PM	Longwood	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field	ACC Network Extra	W 2–0	747
September 1	7:00 PM	#11 Louisville	Georgia State	GSU Soccer Field	N/A	W 1–0	100
September 1	7:00 PM	#3 North Carolina	UNC Wilmington	UNC Wilmington Soccer Stadium	N/A	L 0–1	1,778
September 1	7:00 PM	Pacific	Virginia Tech	James Madison Soccer Complex	N/A	W 1–0	85
September 1	7:00 PM	South Carolina	#5 Clemson	Riggs Field	N/A	W 4–1	5,610
September 2	7:00 PM	#9 Notre Dame	Connecticut	Morrone Stadium	N/A	W 1–0	4,522
September 2	8:00 PM	#2 Wake Forest	Saint Louis	Hermann Stadium	N/A	W 4–1	919
September 3	12:00 noon	Binghamton	Virginia Tech	James Madison Soccer Complex	N/A	W 2–0	100
September 3	7:00 PM	Northwestern	#8 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 3–1	1,010

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Tim Kübel	Louisville	Patrick Bunk-Andersen	Clemson
Reference: ACC^[29]

Week 3 (Sep 4–10)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	1:00 PM	Xavier	#22 Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	ACC Network Extra	L 2–3 (OT)	510
September 4	7:00 PM	#5 Clemson	Georgia Southern	Eagle Field – Erk Park	N/A	W 2–1 (OT)	1,237
September 4	7:00 PM	Georgia State	#2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	N/A	L 2–1 (OT)	1,066
September 4	7:00 PM	#3 North Carolina	UNC Greensboro	UNCG Soccer Stadium	N/A	W 2–1	3,072
September 4	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh	Loyola, MD	Ridley Athletic Complex	N/A	W 1–0	1,307
September 4	7:00 PM	UNC Wilmington	#12 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	N/A	W 2–1 (OT)	1,651
September 5	7:00 PM	#19 Kentucky	#8 Louisville	Lynn Stadium	ACC Network Extra	T 2–2 (2OT)	2,954
September 5	7:00 PM	Presbyterian	Duke	Koskinen Stadium	N/A	T 1–1 (2OT)	345
September 8	5:00 PM	#6 Notre Dame	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	ACC Network Extra	ND 3–1	846
September 8	7:00 PM	#3 Clemson	NC State	Dail Soccer Field	ACC Network Extra	NCST 1–0	1,589
September 8	7:00 PM	#7 Syracuse	#11 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	ACC Network Extra	T 1–1 (2OT)	2,596
September 8	7:00 PM	Virginia Tech	Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	DUKE 3–1	825
September 9	7:00 PM	#10 North Carolina	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field	ACC Network Extra	UNC 2–1	571
September 9	7:30 PM	#2 Wake Forest	#8 Louisville	Lynn Stadium	ACC Network Extra	WAKE 3–1	2,708
September 10	7:00 PM	Longwood	NC State	Dail Soccer Field	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	342

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Jon Gallagher	Notre Dame	Leon Krapf	NC State
Reference: ACC^[30]

Week 4 (Sep 11–17)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	7:00 PM	Appalachian State	#4 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	N/A	W 3–0	1,132
September 12	7:00 PM	Marquette	#11 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2–0	1,209
September 12	7:00 PM	Oregon State	#7 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 3–2	1,422
September 13	7:00 PM	William & Mary	#8 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park	ACC Network Extra	W 3–2	616
September 15	7:00 PM	Boston College	#10 Clemson	Riggs Field	ACC Network Extra	CLEM 1–0	1,901
September 15	7:00 PM	#17 Louisville	#7 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium	ACC Network Extra	LOU 2–1	2,006
September 15	7:00 PM	#12 Virginia	Virginia Tech	Sandra D. Thompson Field	ACC Network Extra	UVA 2–1	2,143
September 15	7:30 PM	NC State	#2 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium	ACC Network Extra	ND 3–0	1,221
September 16	7:00 PM	#8 North Carolina	#23 Duke	Bryan Park	ACC Network Extra	UNC 2–1	3,002
September 16	7:30 PM	Pittsburgh	#4 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	ACC Network Extra	WAKE 2–0	3,207

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Edward Opoku	Virginia	Felicien Dumas	Notre Dame
Reference: ACC^[31]

Week 5 (Sep 18–24)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	6:00 PM	Providence	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	N/A	W 2–1 (2OT)	138
September 19	7:00 PM	Bowling Green	#1 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	678
September 19	7:00 PM	Cornell	#11 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium	ACC Network Extra	L 0–1 (OT)	921
September 19	7:00 PM	Davidson	Virginia Tech	Sandra D. Thompson Field	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	412
September 19	7:00 PM	George Washington	#7 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park	ACC Network Extra	W 4–1	418
September 19	7:00 PM	High Point	#4 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	N/A	W 1–0 (2OT)	1,180
September 19	7:00 PM	IUPUI	#10 Louisville	Lynn Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 3–0	1,274
September 19	7:00 PM	NC State	Elon	Rudd Field	N/A	T 0–0 (2OT)	837
September 19	7:00 PM	Robert Morris	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	431
September 19	7:00 PM	UCLA	#8 Clemson	Riggs Field	N/A	W 3–0	2,147
September 19	7:00 PM	Wisconsin	Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 4–3	471
September 22	7:00 PM	Boston College	#10 Louisville	Lynn Stadium	ACC Network Extra	LOU 4–0	1,947
September 22	7:00 PM	Duke	#11 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium	ACC Network Extra	DUKE 2–1	2,022
September 22	7:00 PM	#7 North Carolina	#9 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	ACC Network Extra	UNC 2–1 (OT)	4,205
September 22	7:00 PM	#1 Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field	ACC Network Extra	VT 2–1	1,526
September 22	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh	#8 Clemson	Riggs Field	ACC Network Extra	CLEM 3–0	3,831
September 23	7:00 PM	#4 Wake Forest	NC State	Dail Soccer Field	ACC Network Extra	WAKE 3–0	1,539

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Marcelo Acuna	Virginia Tech	Ximo Miralles	Clemson
Reference: ACC^[32]

Week 6 (Sep 25 – Oct 1)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 25	7:00 PM	Davidson	#9 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	1,056
September 25	7:00 PM	Syracuse	Colgate	Beyer-Small '76 Field	Patriot League Network	W 2–0	315
September 26	5:00 PM	Rhode Island	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	N/A	L 1–2	372
September 26	7:00 PM	Appalachian State	#19 Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 1–0	522
September 26	7:00 PM	Charlotte	#6 Clemson	Riggs Field	ACC Network Extra	W 4–1	1,308
September 26	7:00 PM	Longwood	Virginia Tech	Sandra D. Thompson Field	N/A	W 2–0	327
September 26	7:00 PM	#7 Notre Dame	#1 Indiana	Armstrong Stadium	Big Ten Network	L 0–1	4,654
September 26	7:00 PM	South Carolina	#2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	1,050
September 26	7:00 PM	South Florida	#8 Louisville	Lynn Stadium	ACC Network Extra	T 1–1 (2OT)	1,567
September 26	7:00 PM	UNC Asheville	NC State	Dail Soccer Field	ACC Network Extra	W 3–0	693
September 26	7:00 PM	West Virginia	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field	ACC Network Extra	W 7–0	456
September 26	7:00 PM	Winthrop	#5 North Carolina	UNCG Soccer Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 4–0	226
September 29	5:00 PM	Virginia Tech	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	ACC Network Extra	VT 1–0	308
September 29	7:00 PM	#6 Clemson	#2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	ESPNU	WAKE 3–2 (2OT)	4,781
September 29	7:00 PM	NC State	#5 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park	ACC Network Extra	UNC 1–0	3,206
September 29	7:00 PM	#21 Syracuse	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field	ACC Network Extra	PITT 2–1	489
September 29	7:00 PM	#10 Virginia	#7 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium	ACC Network Extra	T 1–1 (2OT)	2,158
September 30	7:00 PM	#8 Louisville	#19 Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	LOU 1–0	1,103

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Ema Twumasi	Wake Forest	Bryce Cregan	Pittsburgh
Reference: ACC^[33]

Week 7 (Oct 2–8)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 2	7:00 PM	Portland	#10 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1 (OT)	1,319
October 3	7:00 PM	Akron	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium	ACC Network Extra	L 0–1	1,172
October 3	7:00 PM	Belmont	NC State	Dail Soccer Field	ACC Network Extra	W 3–0	703
October 3	7:00 PM	Elon	#19 Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 1–0	543
October 3	7:00 PM	James Madison	#3 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park	ACC Network Extra	W 6–0	438
October 3	7:00 PM	Northwestern	#9 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1 (OT)	565
October 3	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh	#14 Columbia	Rocco B. Commiso Soccer Stadium	N/A	W 1–0	157
October 3	7:00 PM	Virginia Tech	South Carolina	Stone Stadium	N/A	W 3–2	3,972
October 6	5:00 PM	Boston College	#11 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	ACC Network Extra	UVA 1–0	1,781
October 6	7:00 PM	#19 Duke	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field	ACC Network Extra	DUKE 2–0	623
October 6	7:00 PM	#7 Louisville	Virginia Tech	Sandra D. Thompson Field	ACC Network Extra	LOU 1–0	573
October 6	7:00 PM	NC State	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium	ACC Network Extra	NCST 2–1	1,211
October 6	7:00 PM	#9 Notre Dame	#5 Clemson	Riggs Field	ACC Network Extra	ND 2–1	4,035
October 6	7:00 PM	#2 Wake Forest	#4 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park	ACC Network Extra	WAKE 2–1	2,006

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Jon Gallagher	Notre Dame	Sergi Nus	Virginia
Reference: ACC^[34]

Week 8 (Oct 9–15)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 9	1:00 PM	#19 Duke	#10 Georgetown	Shaw Field	Hoyas Live	W 2−1	497
October 10	4:00 PM	Boston College	Harvard	Jordan Field	NESN	W 3–1	167
October 10	7:00 PM	Florida Atlantic	#5 Louisville	Lynn Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 5–0	918
October 10	7:00 PM	Gardner-Webb	#11 Clemson	Riggs Field	ACC Network Extra	W 5–0	1,059
October 10	7:00 PM	Lehigh	#10 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 4–2	1,265
October 10	7:00 PM	Longwood	#2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	N/A	W 8–0	1,127
October 10	7:00 PM	#24 Michigan	#7 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 3–1	660
October 10	7:00 PM	Penn State	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field	ACC Network Extra	W 3–2	823
October 13	6:00 PM	Syracuse	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	ACC Network Extra	BC 2–1 (OT)	732
October 13	7:00 PM	#11 Clemson	#16 Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	CLEM 4–1	758
October 13	7:00 PM	#4 North Carolina	#5 Louisville	Lynn Stadium	ACC Network Extra	T 0–0 (2OT)	3,435
October 13	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh	#7 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium	ACC Network Extra	PITT 1–0	825
October 13	7:00 PM	#10 Virginia Cavaliers	NC State	Dail Soccer Field	RSN	T 0–0 (2OT)	956
October 14	7:00 PM	Virginia Tech	#2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	ACC Network Extra	WAKE 3–0	3,846

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Diego Campos	Clemson	Mauriq Hill	Pittsburgh
Reference: ACC^[35]

Week 9 (Oct 16–22)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 17	6:00 PM	Connecticut	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	N/A	W 3–2 (OT)	139
October 17	7:00 PM	#5 Louisville	Charlotte	Transamerica Field	N/A	W 1–0 (OT)	1,027
October 17	7:00 PM	#12 Notre Dame	#19 Akron	FirstEnergy Stadium	ESPN3	L 0–2	1,905
October 17	7:00 PM	Old Dominion	#4 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1 (2OT)	200
October 17	7:00 PM	Radford	#10 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	N/A	L 0–1	1,356
October 17	7:00 PM	UNC Wilmington	NC State	Dail Soccer Field	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	534
October 17	7:00 PM	#2 Wake Forest	Elon	Rudd Field	N/A	W 2–0	731
October 18	7:00 PM	Syracuse	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium	N/A	W 2–1	488
October 18	7:00 PM	Virginia Tech	William & Mary	Albert-Daly Field	N/A	L 1–4	515
October 20	7:00 PM	#15 Duke	#12 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium	ACC Network Extra	T 0–0 (2OT)	1,703
October 20	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh	#10 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium	ACC Network Extra	UVA 2–1 (2OT)	3,450
October 21	7:00 PM	#7 Clemson	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium	ACC Network Extra	CLEM 2–1	1,672
October 21	7:00 PM	NC State	#5 Louisville	Lynn Stadium	ACC Network Extra	NCST 3–2	1,978
October 21	7:00 PM	#2 Wake Forest	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex	ACC Network Extra	WAKE 4–0	791
October 22	2:30 PM	#4 North Carolina	Virginia Tech	Sandra D. Thompson Field	ACC Network Extra	UNC 4–0	850

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Manny Perez	NC State	Will Pulisic	Duke
Reference: ACC^[36]

Week 10 (Oct 23–29)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 24	7:00 PM	#14 Akron	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field	ACC Network Extra	L 0–3	707
October 24	7:00 PM	Delaware	#18 Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	331
October 27	7:00 PM	Boston College	NC State	Method Road	ACC Network Extra	T 0–0 (2OT)	609
October 27	7:00 PM	#11 Louisville	#4 Clemson	Riggs Field	ACC Network Extra	LOU 2–1	2,022
October 27	7:00 PM	#16 Notre Dame	#3 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park	ACC Network Extra	UNC 3–0	1,226
October 27	7:00 PM	Syracuse	#1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium	ACC Network Extra	T 0–0 (2OT)	4,357
October 27	7:00 PM	#18 Virginia	#13 Duke	Koskinen Stadium	ACC Network Extra	DUKE 1–0	905
October 27	7:00 PM	Virginia Tech	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field	ACC Network Extra	VT 3–0	905

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Daniel Wright	Duke	Hendrik Hilpert	Syracuse
Reference: ACC^[37]

Week 11 (Oct 30 – Nov 5)

Schedule and results:
Note: Rankings shown are seedings from ACC tournament

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 1	7:00 PM	12 Syracuse	5 Clemson	Riggs Field, Clemson, SC	ACC Network Extra	CLEM 2–2 (4–3 PK)	1,348
November 1	7:00 PM	11 Boston College	6 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	UVA 4–0	536
November 1	7:00 PM	10 Pittsburgh	7 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium, Notre Dame, IN	ACC Network Extra	ND 5–0	128
November 1	7:00 PM	9 Virginia Tech	8 NC State	Dail Soccer Field, Raleigh, NC	ACC Network Extra	VT 1–0 (OT)	800
November 5	1:00 PM	9 Virginia Tech	1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	WAKE 3–0	1,709
November 5	1:00 PM	7 Notre Dame	2 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC	ACC Network Extra	ND 2–1	395
November 5	1:00 PM	6 Virginia	3 Louisville	Lynn Stadium, Louisville, KY	ACC Network Extra	UVA 0–0 (4–3 PK)	738
November 5	1:00 PM	5 Clemson	4 Duke	Koskinen Stadium, Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	CLEM 1–0	468

Week 12 (Nov 6 – Nov 12)

Schedule and results:
Note: Rankings shown are seedings from ACC tournament

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 8	7:00 PM	5 Clemson	1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	WAKE 2–1	1,872
November 8	7:00 PM	7 Notre Dame	6 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	UVA 2–1	1,142
November 12	12:00 PM	6 Virginia	1 Wake Forest	MUSC Health Stadium, Charleston, SC	ESPNU	WAKE 0–0 (4–3 PK)	1,174

Rankings

United Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2017 Top 25 coaches poll

	Pre Aug 3.	Wk 1 Aug. 29	Wk 2 Sept. 5	Wk 3 Sept. 12	Wk 4 Sept. 19	Wk 5 Sept. 26	Wk 6 Oct. 3	Wk 7 Oct. 10	Wk 8 Oct. 17	Wk 9 Oct. 24	Wk 10 Oct. 31	Wk 11 Nov. 7	Wk 12 Nov. 14	Final Dec. 12
Boston College		22	RV
Clemson	5	5	3	10	8	6	5	11	7	4	9	5	5	17
Duke		RV	RV	23	RV	19	19	16	15	18	11	16	14	13
Louisville	9	11	8	17	10	8	7	5	5	11	6	9	9	7
North Carolina	4	3	10	8	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	6	7	4
NC State					RV	RV	RV	RV		RV		RV	RV
Notre Dame	10	9	6	2	1	7	9	7	12	16	21	13	12	18
Pittsburgh									RV	RV
Syracuse	8	8	7	7	11	21	RV
Virginia	13	12	11	12	9	10	11	10	10	13	16	17	8	19
Virginia Tech	17	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV					RV
Wake Forest	2	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	5

^[38]

Top Drawer Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Pre July 1	Wk 1 Aug. 25	Wk 2 Aug. 28	Wk 3 Sept. 4	Wk 4 Sept. 11	Wk 5 Sept. 18	Wk 6 Sept. 25	Wk 7 Oct. 2	Wk 8 Oct. 9	Wk 9 Oct. 16	Wk 10 Oct. 23	Wk 11 Oct. 30	Wk 12 Nov. 6	Wk 13 Nov. 13	Wk 14 Nov. 20	Wk 15 Nov. 27	Wk 16 Dec. 4	Final Dec. 11
Boston College			25
Clemson	8	8	8	5	8	12	9	10	13	6	4	14	12	8	19	19	19	19
Duke			19	16	15	17	10	11	11	13	17	8	17	11	9	12	12	12
Louisville	12	12	11	7	13	9	7	6	6	7	15	13	13	9	11	6	6	6
North Carolina	4	4	4	14	16	13	5	3	4	4	3	3	8	6	5	4	4	4
NC State					RV
Notre Dame	17	17	10	6	3	4	8	7	7	8	16	21	14	10	22	22	22	22
Pittsburgh
Syracuse	7	7	7	9	7	11	20
Virginia	14	14	12	8	4	5	6	5	5	5	11	9	4	12	21	21	21	21
Virginia Tech	20	20					RV	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Wake Forest	3	3	3	3	6	7	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	5

^[39]

Postseason

ACC tournament

Main article: 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Wake Forest	2
	5	Clemson	1
						1	Wake Forest	0 (4)
						6	Virginia	0 (3)
	6	Virginia	2
	7	Notre Dame	1

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

Nine teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference were selected to participate in the NCAA tournament. Nine teams tied the record for most number of teams from a single conference in the tournament. The record of nine was achieved in 2016, also by the ACC. For the second straight year, seven ACC teams were seeded and received a first round bye in the tournament. The ACC now holds the top three spots for most teams from a conference. The ACC had eight teams invited in 2005. This is the seventeenth consecutive year that at least five teams from the ACC have earned an NCAA bid.^[40] All rankings shown in the table below are tournament seeds.

Seed	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1	Wake Forest	BYE	W 1–0 vs. Columbia – (Winston-Salem, NC)	W 2–0 vs. Butler – (Winston-Salem, NC)	L 0–2 vs. #9 Stanford – (Winston-Salem, NC)
3	North Carolina	BYE	W 2–1 vs. UNC Wilmington – (Chapel Hill, NC)	W 2–0 vs. Southern Methodist – (Cary, NC)	W 2–1 vs. Fordham – (Chapel Hill, NC)	L 0–1 vs. #2 Indiana – (Chester, Pennsylvania)
4	Louisville	BYE	W 3–2 vs. San Francisco – (Louisville, KY)	W 2–0 vs. Colgate – (Louisville, KY)	T 0–0 ^L, 3–4 PKvs. #5 Akron – (Louisville, KY)
6	Duke	BYE	W 2–1 vs. FIU – (Durham, NC)	T 2–2 ^L, 7–8 PK vs. Fordham – (Durham, NC)
8	Clemson	BYE	L 1–3 vs. Coastal Carolina – (Clemson, SC)
11	Virginia	BYE	L 0–1 vs. Fordham – (Charlottesville, VA)
12	Notre Dame	BYE	L 0–1 (OT) vs. Wisconsin – (Notre Dame, IN)
None	Virginia Tech	W 2–0 vs. Air Force – (Blacksburg, VA)	L 0–3 vs. #7 Michigan State – (East Lansing, MI)
None	NC State	L 0–2 vs. Old Dominion – (Norfolk, VA)

Awards

Postseason awards

All-ACC awards and teams

The ACC announced award winners on November 7, 2017. All awards were voted on by the league's head coaches.^[41]

2017 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year	Bobby Muuss – Wake Forest
Offensive Player of the Year	Jon Bakero – Wake Forest
Midfielder of the Year	Cam Lindley – North Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year	Kevin Politz – Wake Forest
Freshman of the Year	Manny Perez – NC State

2017 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
Diego Campos, Sr., F, Clemson Oliver Shannon, Sr., M, Clemson Tim Kübel, Sr., D, Louisville Cam Lindley, So., M, North Carolina Alan Winn, Sr., F, North Carolina Jon Gallagher, Sr., F, Notre Dame Jean-Christophe Koffi, Jr., M, Virginia Marcelo Acuna, Sr., F, Virginia Tech Ben Lundgaard, Sr., GK, Virginia Tech Jon Bakero, Sr., F, Wake Forest Ema Twumasi, So., M, Wake Forest	Brian White, Sr., F, Duke Tate Schmitt, Jr., M, Louisville Mohamed Thiaw, Sr., F, Louisville Zach Wright, Sr., F, North Carolina Manny Perez, Fr., M, NC State Javi Pérez, Jr., M, Pitt Mo Adams, So., M, Syracuse Pablo Aguilar, Sr., F, Virginia Jeff Caldwell, Sr., GK, Virginia Edward Opoku, Jr., F, Virginia Kevin Politz, Sr., D, Wake Forest	Markus Fjørtoft, Gr., D, Duke Carter Manley, Sr., D, Duke Will Pulisic, Fr., GK, Duke Alex Comsia, Jr., D, North Carolina Mauricio Pineda, So., M, North Carolina Jeffrey Farina, Sr., F, Notre Dame Pol Planellas, Sr., M, Pitt Tajon Buchanan, Fr., F, Syracuse Sergi Nus, Jr., D, Virginia Luis Argudo, Sr., M, Wake Forest Brad Dunwell, Jr., M, Wake Forest	Robbie Robinson, Fr., F, Clemson Will Pulisic, Fr., GK, Duke John Nelson, Fr., D, North Carolina David Loera, Fr., M, NC State Manny Perez, Fr., M, NC State Alexander Dexter, Fr., F, Pitt Edward Kizza, Fr., F, Pitt Tajon Buchanan, Fr., F, Syracuse Joe Bell, Fr., M, Virginia Omir Fernandez, Fr., M, Wake Forest Brandon Servania, Fr., M, Wake Forest

All-Americans

College Soccer News

Six ACC players were named All-Americans by CollegeSoccerNews.com^[42]

Position		1st Team			2nd Team			3rd Team
		Player	School		Player	School		Player	School
FW		Jon Bakero Jon Gallagher	Wake Forest Notre Dame		Alan Winn	North Carolina		none
MF		Cam Lindley	North Carolina		none			none
DF		Tim Kübel	Louisville		Kevin Politz	Wake Forest		none
GK		none			none			none

Soccer America

Seven ACC players were named All-Americans by Soccer America on December 8 .^[43]

Position		1st Team			2nd Team			3rd Team
		Player	School		Player	School		Player	School
FW		Jon Bakero	Wake Forest		Jon Gallagher Alan Winn	Notre Dame North Carolina		Brian White	Duke
MF		Cam Lindley	North Carolina		none			none
DF		Tim Kübel	Louisville		none			Kevin Politz	Wake Forest
GK		none			none			none

United Soccer Coaches

On December 7, 2017, United Soccer Coaches announced their All-America teams, broken into three starting XI's. Seven ACC players were named All-America by USC.^[44]

Position		1st Team			2nd Team			3rd Team
		Player	School		Player	School		Player	School
FW		Jon Bakero	Wake Forest		Jon Gallagher Alan Winn	Notre Dame North Carolina		Brian White	Duke
MF		Cam Lindley	North Carolina		none			none
DF		Tim Kübel	Louisville		none			Kevin Politz	Wake Forest
GK		none			none			none

National awards

• Hermann Trophy: Jon Bakero^[45][46]
• Senior CLASS Award: Jon Bakero^[47]

MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2018 MLS SuperDraft

Total picks by school

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Clemson	0	2	0	0	2
Duke	2	1	0	0	3
Louisville	0	2	0	0	2
North Carolina	0	1	0	0	1
NC State	0	0	1	0	1
Notre Dame	1	0	0	0	1
Pittsburgh	0	1	0	0	1
Syracuse	1	0	0	0	1
Virginia	1	1	2	0	4
Virginia Tech	1	0	0	0	1
Wake Forest	2	0	1	0	3

List of selections

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	Other
1	5	Chicago Fire	Jon Bakero	FW	Wake Forest
1	10	Chicago Fire	Mo Adams	MF	Syracuse	Generation adidas
1	11	FC Dallas	Ema Twumasi	MF	Wake Forest	Generation adidas
1	14	Atlanta United FC	Jon Gallagher	FW	Notre Dame
1	16	New York Red Bulls	Brian White	MF	Duke
1	19	New York City FC	Jeff Caldwell	GK	Virginia
1	21	Columbus Crew	Ben Lundgaard	GK	Virginia Tech
1	23	Minnesota United FC	Carter Manley	DF	Duke
2	24	Los Angeles	Pol Calvet	MF	Pittsburgh
2	25	Colorado Rapids	Alan Winn	FW	North Carolina
2	28	Toronto FC	Tim Kübel	DF	Louisville
2	32	Columbus Crew	Edward Opoku	FW	Virginia	Generation adidas
2	35	San Jose Earthquakes	Mohamed Thiaw	FW	Louisville
2	36	Atlanta United FC	Oliver Shannon	MF	Clemson
2	38	Chicago Fire	Diego Campos	FW	Clemson
2	45	Seattle Sounders FC	Markus Fjørtoft	DF	Duke
3	59	Houston Dynamo	Pablo Aguilar	MF	Virginia
3	61	Portland Timbers	Caleb Duvernay	DF	NC State
3	66	Houston Dynamo	Sheldon Sullivan	DF	Virginia
3	67	Columbus Crew	Luis Argudo	MF	Wake Forest

Homegrown contracts

Main article: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

Original MLS team	Player	Position	College	Notes
New York Red Bulls	Kevin Politz	Defender	Wake Forest	2017 ACC Defender of the Year
FC Dallas	Brandon Servania	Midfielder	Wake Forest	2017 ACC Freshmen Best XI

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