ACC men's soccer tournament

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.

ACC men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
ACC Men's Soccer Tournament Logo
Sport	College soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Number of teams	12
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Sahlen's Stadium
Current location	Cary, North Carolina
Played	1987–present
Last contest	2023
Current champion	Clemson
Most championships	Virginia (11)
TV partner(s)	ESPN3, ESPNU
Official website	theacc.com/msoc

Champions

Key

(2)	Title number
*	Match went to extra time
†	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold	Winning 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.

 

Ben Olsen was the 1997 ACC tournament MVP.

 

Zac MacMath won the ACC tournament MVP award in 2010.

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Tournament MVP
1987	North Carolina	4–3*	NC State	Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	Derek Missimo (UNC)
1988	Virginia	2–1	North Carolina	Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina	none named
1989	Wake Forest	2–2†	NC State	Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	Neil Covone (Wake)
1990	NC State	2–1	Virginia	Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	Henry Gutierrez (NC State)
1991	Virginia‡ (2)	3–1	Wake Forest	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Claudio Reyna (Virginia)
1992	Virginia‡ (3)	4–2	Clemson	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Brad Agoos (Virginia)
1993	Virginia‡ (4)	2–1	Clemson	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Jaro Zawislan (Clemson)
1994	Virginia‡ (5)	1–0	Duke	Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina	Mark Peters (Virginia)
1995	Virginia^ (6)	1–0	Clemson	Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina	Mike Fisher (Virginia)
1996	Maryland	2–0	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia	Pierre Venditti (Maryland)
1997	Virginia‡ (7)	2–0	Maryland	Disney's Wide World of Sports • Orlando, Florida	Ben Olsen (Virginia)
1998	Clemson	1–0	Duke	Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Josh Campbell (Clemson)
1999	Duke	2–1*	Virginia	Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Troy Garner (Duke)
2000	North Carolina (2)	1–0*	Virginia	Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Caleb Norkus (UNC)
2001	Clemson (2)	2–1	Virginia	Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina	Ian Fuller (Clemson)
2002	Maryland^ (2)	3–0	Virginia	SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina	Abe Thompson (Maryland)
2003	Virginia (8)	1–1†	Maryland^	SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina	Ryan Burke (Virginia)
2004	Virginia (9)	2–1	Maryland^	SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina	Jeremy Barlow (Virginia)
2005	Duke (2)	0–0†	North Carolina	SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina	Blake Camp (Duke)
2006	Duke (3)	1–0*	Wake Forest^	Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland	Michael Videira (Duke)
2007	Boston College	2–1	Wake Forest‡	SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina	Sherron Manswell (BC)
2008	Maryland‡ (3)	1–0	Virginia	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina	Jeremy Hall (Maryland)
2009	Virginia‡ (10)	1–0	NC State	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina	Diego Restrepo (Virginia)
2010	Maryland (4)	1–0	North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina	Zac MacMath (Maryland)
2011	North Carolina‡ (3)	3–1	Boston College	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina	Ben Speas (North Carolina)
2012	Maryland^ (5)	2–1	North Carolina	Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland	Patrick Mullins (Maryland)
2013	Maryland‡ (6)	1–0	Virginia^	Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland	Patrick Mullins (Maryland)
2014	Clemson (3)	2-1*	Louisville	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina	Paul Clowes (Clemson)
2015	Syracuse^	1–0	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana	Ben Polk (Syracuse)
2016	Wake Forest‡ (2)	3–1	Clemson	MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	Ian Harkes (Wake Forest)
2017	Wake Forest (3)	0–0†	Virginia	MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	Andreu Cases Mundet (Wake Forest)
2018	Louisville	1–0	North Carolina	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina	Tate Schmitt (Louisville)
2019	Virginia‡ (11)	3–1	Clemson	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina	Henry Kessler (Virginia)
2020	Clemson (4)	2–1	Pittsburgh^	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina	Kimarni Smith (Clemson)
2021	Notre Dame	2–0	Duke	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina	Dawson McCartney (Notre Dame)
2022	Syracuse (2)	2–0	Clemson	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina	Russell Shealy (Syracuse)
2023	Clemson (5)	1–1†	North Carolina	Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina	Ousmane Sylla (Clemson)

By school

Through 2023

School	Apps	W	L	T	Pct	Titles	Title years
Boston College	16	8	14	0	.364	1	2007
Clemson	36	29	26	7	.524	5	1998, 2001, 2014, 2020, 2023
Duke	36	22	29	6	.439	3	1999, 2005, 2006
Louisville	8	8	6	1	.567	1	2018
Maryland	27	28	19	2	.592	6	1996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013
NC State	35	15	27	6	.375	1	1990
North Carolina	36	30	25	8	.540	3	1987, 2000, 2011
Notre Dame	9	9	7	2	.556	1	2021
Pittsburgh	8	6	7	1	.464	0
Syracuse	8	7	5	4	.563	2	2015, 2022
Virginia	36	47	21	9	.669	11	1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2019
Virginia Tech	18	7	16	1	.313	0
Wake Forest	36	23	31	10	.438	3	1989, 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.

Season	Champion	Runner-up
1953	Maryland	Duke
1954	Maryland	North Carolina
1955	Maryland	North Carolina
1956	Maryland	Virginia
1957	Maryland	Virginia
1958	Maryland	North Carolina
1959	Maryland	North Carolina
1960	Maryland	Duke
1961	Maryland	Duke
1962	Maryland	North Carolina
1963	Maryland	Virginia
1964	Maryland	North Carolina
1965	Maryland	North Carolina
1966	Maryland North Carolina	—
1967	Maryland	North Carolina
1968	Maryland	North Carolina
1969	Virginia	Maryland
1970	Virginia	Maryland
1971	Maryland	Duke
1972	Clemson	Duke
1973	Clemson	Maryland
1974	Clemson	Maryland
1975	Clemson	North Carolina
1976	Clemson	Maryland
1977	Clemson	North Carolina
1978	Clemson	North Carolina
1979	Clemson	North Carolina Virginia
1980	Duke	Clemson NC State
1981	Clemson	Duke
1982	Clemson Duke	—
1983	Virginia	Duke
1984	Virginia	Clemson NC State
1985	Clemson	Virginia
1986	Virginia	NC State

References

• "ACC Men's Soccer Annual Champions" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 51. (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
• . Atlantic Coast Conference. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

External links

• Official website