2019 ACC men's soccer tournament

The 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer tournament was the 33rd edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, NC.^[1][2]

2019 ACC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Matches	11
Site	Sahlen's Stadium (Final) Cary, North Carolina (Final)
Champions	Virginia (11th title)
Winning coach	George Gelnovatch (5th title)
MVP	Henry Kessler (Virginia)
Broadcast	ESPNU (Final), ACC Network Extra (all other rounds)
ACC men's soccer tournament «2018  2020»

2019 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson +	6	–	1	–	1			18	–	2	–	2
No. 3 Wake Forest +	6	–	2	–	0			16	–	5	–	2
NC State +	3	–	4	–	1			9	–	7	–	3
No. 20 Louisville +	3	–	4	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Boston College +	2	–	4	–	2			9	–	6	–	3
Syracuse +	2	–	4	–	2			8	–	7	–	4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia ‡	6	–	1	–	1			21	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh +	4	–	3	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Notre Dame +	3	–	5	–	0			10	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	5	–	0			7	–	8	–	3
No. 13 Virginia Tech +	2	–	4	–	2			10	–	6	–	3
Duke	2	–	5	–	1			7	–	9	–	2
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

The defending champions were the Louisville Cardinals.^[3] Louisville was unable to defend its crown, losing to Virginia Tech in the first round. The Virginia Cavaliers claimed their eleventh title by beating Clemson in the final.^[4]

Qualification

Main article: 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top 4 seeds received first round byes and hosted the winner of a first round game. All rounds, with the exception of the final were held at the higher seed's home field. Seeding is determined by regular season conference record.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Clemson	6–1–1	19
2	Virginia	6–1–1	19
3	Wake Forest	6–2–0	18
4	Pittsburgh	4–3–1	13
5	NC State	3–4–1	10
6	Louisville	3–4–1	10
7	North Carolina	3–5–0	9
8	Notre Dame	3–5–0	9
9	Boston College	2–4–2	8
10	Syracuse	2–4–2	8
11	Virginia Tech	2–4–2	8
12	Duke	2–5–1	7

Bracket

*Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds. ^[5]

	First Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
					#1 Clemson	3
	#8 Notre Dame	2^2OT			#8 Notre Dame	0
	#9 Boston College	1							#1 Clemson	1
									#4 Pittsburgh	0
					#4 Pittsburgh	2^(OT)
	#5 NC State	2			#5 NC State	1
	#12 Duke	1											#1 Clemson	1
													#2 Virginia	3
					#3 Wake Forest	2 (6)
	#6 Louisville	0			#11 Virginia Tech	2 (5)
	#11 Virginia Tech	2							#3 Wake Forest	0
									#2 Virginia	1
					#2 Virginia	2
	#7 North Carolina	0 (3)			#10 Syracuse	1
	#10 Syracuse	0 (5)

Schedule

First round

#8 Notre Dame v #9 Boston College

November 5	#8 Notre Dame	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#9 Boston College	South Bend, IN
2:00 p.m. EST	Ian Aschieris   61' Senan Farrelly   70' BC Own Goal   101'  (o.g.)	Report	23' Stefan Sigurdarson   37' Lasse Lehmann   39' Beto Luna   89' Kristofer Konradsson	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 117 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Anthony Vasoli Assistant referees: Carlos Leyva Fourth official: Frank Pizana

#7 North Carolina v #10 Syracuse

November 5	#7 North Carolina	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	#10 Syracuse	Chapel Hill, NC
4:00 p.m. EST	Mauricio Pineda   106'	Report	52' Amferny Sinclair   88' John-Austin Ricks	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 766 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Aaron Gallagher Assistant referees: Justin Howard Fourth official: Daniel Kanakanui
	Penalties
	Santiago Herrera   Mauricio Pineda   Jack Skahan   Jeremy Kelly		Massimo Ferrin   Ryan Raposo   Severin Soerlie   Sondre Norheim   Matt Orr

#5 NC State v #12 Duke

November 6	#5 NC State	2–1	#12 Duke	Raleigh, NC
2:00 p.m. EST	Pepe Garcia   5',   78' Ivy Brisma   6' Kuda Muskwe   22',   41' George Asomani   67'	Report	28' Daniele Proch   69' Hassan Pinto	Stadium: Dial Soccer Stadium Attendance: 377 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Patrick Schmidt Assistant referees: Kevin Maurer Fourth official: Daniel Kappler

#6 Louisville v #11 Virginia Tech

November 6	#6 Louisville	0–2	#11 Virginia Tech	Louisville, KY
4:00 p.m. EST	Cameron Wheeler   27' William Portman   86'	Report	42' Jon Ingason   42' Sivert Haugli   44',   76' Daniel Pereira	Stadium: Lynn Stadium Attendance: 255 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Jacob Johnson Assistant referees: Chad Collins Fourth official: Reiss Baxter

Quarterfinals

#2 Virginia v #10 Syracuse

November 10	#2 Virginia	2–1	#10 Syracuse	Charlottesville, VA
1:00 p.m. EST	Joe Bell   10' (pen.) Nathaniel Crofts   17'	Report	Luther Archimède   69' Ryan Raposo   74'	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 1,525 Referee: Jaime Herrera Assistant referees: Brian Odenwald Assistant referees: Michael Donovan Fourth official: Kevin Allen

#4 Pittsburgh v #5 NC State

November 10	#4 Pittsburgh	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#5 NC State	Pittsburgh, PA
3:00 p.m. EST	Edward Kizza   12',  93' Valentin Noel   43'	Report	53' George Asomani   61' Team   68' Jamie Smith	Stadium: Ambrose Urbanic Field Attendance: 1,010 Referee: Charles Murphy Assistant referees: Jason Caruso Assistant referees: Ankur Singh Fourth official: Carmen Serbio

#3 Wake Forest v #11 Virginia Tech

November 10	#3 Wake Forest	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	#11 Virginia Tech	Winston-Salem, NC
5:00 p.m. EST	Joey DeZart   59',   106' Kyle Holcomb   75'	Report	63' Will Mejia   73' Nathan Durst   77' James Kasak   79' Nick Blacklock   81' Daniel Pereira   84' Jacob Labovitz	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 2,009 Referee: Mike Stutt Assistant referees: Kevin Uitto Assistant referees: Rafael Baptista Fourth official: John Hieb
	Penalties
	Alistair Johnston   Omar Hernandez   Isaiah Parente   Calvin Harris   Bruno Lapa   Kyle Holcomb   Machop Chol		Sivert Haugli   Nick Blacklock   Marc Moppler   Daniel Pereira   Kristo Strickler   Jacob Labovitz   James Kasak

#1 Clemson v #8 Notre Dame

November 10	#1 Clemson	3–0	#8 Notre Dame	Clemson, SC
7:00 p.m. EST	Philip Mayaka   53' Malick Mbaye   73' (pen.) James Brighton   83' Nate Hall   87'	Report	70' Mohamed Omar   73' Philip Quinton	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 1,703 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer Assistant referees: Tarik Veledar Assistant referees: Kevin Huet Fourth official: Brian Todd

Semifinals

#2 Virginia v #3 Wake Forest

November 13	#2 Virginia	1–0	#3 Wake Forest	Charlottesville, VA
4:00 p.m. EST	Nathaniel Crofts   24' Henry Kessler   67' Andreas Ueland   81'	Report	22' Calvin Harris   79' Kyle Holcomb	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 586 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Mark Remsa Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Fourth official: Neil Morrissette

#1 Clemson v #4 Pittsburgh

November 13	#1 Clemson	1–0	#4 Pittsburgh	Clemson, SC
6:00 p.m. EST	Mohamed Seye   43' Philip Mayaka   67' Charlie Asensio   81'	Report	59' Lucas Cyriacus   81' Alexander Dexter	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 1,573 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Larry Pachon Assistant referees: A. Zhelyazkov Fourth official: Richonne Clark

Finals

#1 Clemson v #2 Virginia

November 17	#1 Clemson	1–3	#2 Virginia	Cary, NC
12:00 p.m. EST	James Brighton   18' Malick Mbaye   75'   82' Philip Mayaka   77' Tanner Dieterich   87'	Report	64' Axel Gunnarsson   78' Daniel Steedman   81' Cabrel Happi Kamseu   82' (pen.) Robin Afamefuna	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 1,330 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Tarik Veledar Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner Fourth official: Justin Frear

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

•   James Brighton – Clemson
•   Nathaniel Crofts – Virginia
•   Edward Kizza – Pittsburgh
•   Daniel Pereira – Virginia Tech

1 Goal

•   Robin Afamefuna – Virginia
•   Luther Archimède – Syracuse
•   Ian Aschieris – Notre Dame
•   George Asomani – NC State
•   Joe Bell – Virginia
•   Joey DeZart – Wake Forest
•   Pepe Garcia – NC State
•   Axel Gunnarsson – Virginia
•   Cabrel Happi Kamseu – Virginia
•   Kyle Holcomb – Wake Forest
•   Jon Ingason – Virginia Tech
•   James Kasak – Virginia Tech
•   Philip Mayaka – Clemson
•   Malick Mbaye – Clemson
•   Kuda Muskwe – NC State
•   Daniele Proch – Duke
•   Mohamed Seye – Clemson
•   Stefan Sigurdarson – Boston College

Own Goals

• Boston College (team) against Notre Dame

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
ACC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament team^[6]
Nathaniel Crofts	Virginia
Bret Halsey
Cabrel Happi Kamseu
Henry Kessler
James Brighton	Clemson
Tanner Dieterich
Philip Mayaka
Edward Kizza	Pittsburgh
Arturo Ordoñez
Michael DeShields	Wake Forest
Joey DeZart

MVP in Bold

See also

• Atlantic Coast Conference
• 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
• 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

References

1. "2019-20 ACC Championship Dates and Sites Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 30, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
2. "2019 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
3. Coons, Kip (November 11, 2018). "Louisville beats UNC in ACC men's soccer championship game". newsobserver.com. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
4. Hudtloff, Marty (November 17, 2019). "UVA Men's Soccer Wins ACC Championship, Defeats Clemson 3-1". nbc29.com. NBC29. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
5. "2019 ACC Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
6. "Virginia Wins 2019 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.