2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 66th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 26, 2019 – November 1, 2019
Number of teams	12
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Robbie Robinson
Picked by	Inter Miami CF, 1st overall
Regular season
Season champions	Atlantic:Clemson Coastal:Virginia
Runners-up	Atlantic:Wake Forest Coastal:Pittsburgh
Season MVP	Offensive: Robbie Robinson Midfielder: Joe Bell Defensive:Malick Mbaye
Top scorer	Robbie Robinson – Clemson[1]
ACC tournament
Champions	Virginia
Runners-up	Clemson
Finals MVP	Henry Kessler

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 Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and the North Carolina are the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Wake Forest are the defending ACC tournament champions.

Changes from 2018

After the 2018 season, Louisville Cardinals coach Ken Lolla resigned after 13 years and a 155–77–39 record with the team.^[2] He was replaced by John Michael Hayden on December 27, 2018^[3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atlantic Division[4]
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[4]
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	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	ACC record
Boston College	Ed Kelly	33	321–248–70	281–235–65	109–112–30
Clemson	Mike Noonan	9	305–174–41	92–61–28	35–28–12
Duke	John Kerr Jr.	12	181–129–38	100–70–25	38–39–14
Louisville	John Michael Hayden	1	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0
North Carolina	Carlos Somoano	9	121–29–22	121–29–22	43–10–13
NC State	George Kiefer	3	104–27–23	122–40–30	5–7–4
Notre Dame	Chad Riley	2	11–7–3	11–7–3	4–3–1
Pittsburgh	Jay Vidovich	4	225–87–31	18–33–4	4–19–2
Syracuse	Ian McIntyre	10	192–125–54	85–61–24	16–25–11
Virginia	George Gelnovatch	24	320–128–57	320–128–57	83–58–30
Virginia Tech	Mike Brizendine	10	71–91–23	71–91–23	16–53–15
Wake Forest	Bobby Muuss	5	148–66–32	73–10–8	25–2–5

Notes

• Records shown are prior to the 2019 season
• Years at school includes the 2019 season
• ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

Prior to the season five ACC men's soccer players were selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list.^[5][6]

Player	Class	Position	School
Daniele Proch	Senior	FW	Duke
Emil Elveroth	Junior	FW	Louisville
David Loera	Junior	MF	NC State
Mauricio Pineda	Senior	MF	North Carolina
Bruno Lapa	Senior	MF	Wake Forest

Preseason poll

The 2019 ACC preseason poll was announced on August 19, 2019. The league's 12 head coaches voted North Carolina as the preseason favorite, with 9 of the 12 votes.^[7] Full results of the preseason poll are shown below:

Atlantic

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Wake Forest	64 (9)
2	Louisville	48 (1)
3	Syracuse	42 (1)
4	NC State	38
5	Clemson	36 (1)
6	Boston College	18

Coastal

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	North Carolina	65 (10)
2	Virginia	46 (1)
3	Duke	45 (1)
4	Virginia Tech	38
5	Notre Dame	36
6	Pittsburgh	16

Media poll (ACC Championship)
Rank	Team	Votes
1	North Carolina	9
2	Duke	1
	Virginia
	Wake Forest

Preseason national polls

Preseason polls will come out in August 2019. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and Top Drawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.

	United Soccer[8]	CSN[9]	Soccer America[10]	TopDrawer Soccer[11]
Boston College
Clemson	RV	RV
Duke	10	8	8	10
Louisville	14	15	16	9
NC State	RV	25	25	22
North Carolina	6	7	1	7
Notre Dame	9	14		16
Pittsburgh
Syracuse		RV		RV
Virginia	12	13	9	15
Virginia Tech	16	19	14	19
Wake Forest	4	1	5	3

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. 26 – Sept. 1)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
August 29	2:30 p.m.	Quinnipiac	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 2–0	0
August 30	4:00 p.m.	Syracuse	No. 13 Georgetown	Shaw Field • Washington, D.C.	L 1–3	1,121
	6:00 p.m.	No. 15 UCF	No. 4 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 2–1	1,578
	7:00 p.m.	Loyola (MD)	NC State	Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 2–1	942
		South Carolina	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 4–1	3,382
	7:30 p.m.	Cleveland State	No. 14 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	T 2–2 (2OT)	1,115
		Creighton	No. 6 North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	T 2–2 (2OT)	2,417
		Furman	No. 10 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 1–0	1,173
	8:00 p.m.	Pacific	No. 12 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 2–0	3,770
		Pittsburgh	No. 2 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 2–3 (2OT)	2,847
	10:00 p.m.	No. 16 Virginia Tech	Loyola (CA)	Sullivan Field • Los Angeles, CA	W 2–1	0
August 31	7:00 p.m.	No. 9 Notre Dame	Saint Louis	Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MO	W 3–2	5,942
September 1	2:30 p.m.	Cal State Bakersfield	No. 10 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 2–1	547
	4:00 p.m.	Boston College	Boston	Nickerson Field • Boston, MA	W 1–0	4,415
	5:00 p.m.	Northwestern	Pittsburgh	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 0–1	0
	7:00 p.m.	Creighton	No. 4 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 1–0	2,089
		St. John's	NC State	Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 0–1 (2OT)	764
	7:30 p.m.	No. 15 UCF	No. 6 North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	L 1–2	814
	10:00 p.m.	No. 16 Virginia Tech	UC Santa Barbara	Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA	W 3–1	1,500

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Irakoze Donasiyano	Virginia	Michael DeShields	Wake Forest
Reference:[12]

Week 2 (Sept. 2 – Sept. 8)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:00 p.m.	Detroit Mercy	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 8–0	1,267
	7:00 p.m.	Binghamton	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 3–1	1,169
		No. 12 Virginia	No. 1 Maryland	Audi Field • Washington, D.C.	W 2–0	1,884
September 3	7:30 p.m.	No. 9 Kentucky	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 3–0	2,389
September 6	4:00 p.m.	Princeton	No. 5 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 4–0	0
		No. 10 Virginia Tech	Loyloa (MD)	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	W 2–1	0
	6:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 2–1	351
	7:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	No. 1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 3–1	0
		Seattle	No. 11 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 4–2	686
		Yale	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 1–1 (2OT)	1,765
	7:30 p.m.	Harvard	No. 20 North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 6–0	1,122
		Liberty	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 3–0	906
		Louisville	Florida Atlantic	FAU Soccer Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	W 3–0	229
		UNC Greensboro	No. 19 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 2–1	2,718
	8:00 p.m.	Longwood	NC State	Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 1–0	1,494
September 7	7:00 p.m.	High Point	No. 7 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 1–0	1,578
September 8	4:00 p.m.	No. 5 Duke	Harvard	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 3–0	993
		No. 10 Virginia Tech	Hofstra	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	W 4–3	0
	7:00 p.m.	Denver	No. 11 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 1–0	641
		No. 22 New Hampshire	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 2–2 (2OT)	721

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Daniele Porch	Duke	Jake Gelnovatch	Louisville
		Colin Shutler	Virginia
Reference:[13]

Week 3 (Sept. 9 – Sept. 15)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Delaware	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	T 3–3 (2OT)	309
		Houston Baptist	No. 1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 4–0	1,187
		No. 20 North Carolina	UNC Greensboro	UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC	W 1–0	1,085
		USC Upstate	No. 19 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 7–0	1,101
	7:30 p.m.	Louisville	South Florida	Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL	L 0–2	702
September 10	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	Holy Cross	Smith Stadium • Worcester, MA	W 3–2	0
		NC State	William & Mary	Albert–Daly Field • Williamsburg, VA	T 1–1 (2OT)	226
September 13	6:00 p.m.	No. 6 Virginia	No. 2 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	UVA 3–1	1,092
	7:00 p.m.	No. 13 Clemson	No. 10 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	CLEM 4–2	1,078
		No. 20 Louisville	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 0–0 (2OT)	1,756
		No. 18 North Carolina	No. 9 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	UNC 3–1	2,012
		No. 1 Wake Forest	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	WAKE 2–0	913
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	NC State	Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC	NCST 1–0	1,250

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Kimarni Smith	Clemson	Andrew Pannenberg	Wake Forest
Reference:[14]

Week 4 (Sept. 16 – Sept. 22)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 16	7:00 p.m.	Akron	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 1–0	576
		No. 22 SMU	No. 2 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	L 0–2	237
September 17	7:00 p.m.	College of Charleston	NC State	Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 4–1	731
		Cornell	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 3–2 (OT)	521
		Davidson	No. 11 North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	T 0–0 (2OT)	1,411
		Fordham	No. 7 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 3–2 (OT)	1,435
		Grand Canyon	No. 17 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 4–0	712
		No. 16 Notre Dame	No. 4 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	T 1–1 (2OT)	2,392
		Radford	No. 5 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 1–0	1,043
		No. 1 Wake Forest	James Madison	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	L 0–1	1,453
September 20	5:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	PITT 2–0	344
	6:00 p.m.	No. 16 Notre Dame	No. 11 North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 2–0	2,375
	7:00 p.m.	NC State	No. 5 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 2–0	3,858
	7:30 p.m.	No. 17 Virginia Tech	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	LOU 2–1	1,368
	8:00 p.m.	No. 15 Duke	No. 7 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	CLEM 3–1	2,452
September 21	7:30 p.m.	Syracuse	No. 1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	WAKE 1–0	3,143

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Cherif Dieye	Louisville	Matt Constant	North Carolina
Reference:[15]

Week 5 (Sept. 23 – Sept. 29)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	No. 5 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 1–0 (OT)	957
September 24	4:00 p.m.	UMass	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 1–0	180
	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 Clemson	Furman	Stone Stadium • Greenville, SC	W 2–0	2,712
		No. 2 Georgetown	No. 17 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 1–0 (2OT)	1,053
		No. 21 Notre Dame	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	W 1–0	616
		Syracuse	Colgate	Beyer-Small '76 Field • Hamilton, NY	W 1–0	425
		No. 7 Wake Forest	Davidson	Alumni Soccer Stadium • Davidson, NC	W 1–0	849
September 27	1:00 p.m.	Boston College	No. 18 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	T 2–2 (2OT)	1,232
	7:00 p.m.	Duke	No. 14 North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	DUKE 3–2	2,244
		Pittsburgh	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 1–1 (2OT)	1,706
	7:30 p.m.	NC State	No. 17 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	NCST 2–1	1,057
September 28	11:00 a.m.	No. 3 Virginia	No. 21 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	UVA 1–0	646
	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 Clemson	No. 7 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	WAKE 3–2 (OT)	4,126

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Justin McMaster	Wake Forest	Colin Shutler	Virginia
Reference:[16]

Week 6 (Sept. 30 – Oct. 6)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Denver	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 3–2 (2OT)	279
October 1	4:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	T 0–0 (2OT)	181
	7:00 p.m.	Belmont	No. 24 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 3–0	851
		No. 6 Clemson	College of Charleston	CofC Soccer Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 3–0	1,544
		DePaul	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 1–0	404
		Gardner–Webb	No. 22 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 4–0	409
		George Washington	No. 1 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 3–0	1,160
		UNC Wilmington	No. 20 North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 2–0	649
		Wright State	No. 18 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	T 2–2 (2OT)	422
October 4	6:00 p.m.	Notre Dame	NC State	Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC	NCST 2–0	1,211
	7:00 p.m.	No. 24 Louisville	No. 1 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 2–0	3,008
		No. 20 North Carolina	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	UNC 2–1	704
		Syracuse	No. 18 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 4–0	759
		No. 3 Wake Forest	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	BC 2–1	523
October 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 Virginia Tech	No. 6 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	T 0–0 (2OT)	1,639

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Stefan Sigurdarson	Boston College	Joe Kellett	Boston College
		Robin Afamefuna	Virginia
Reference:[17]

Week 7 (Oct. 7 – Oct. 13)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 7	7:00 p.m.	Howard	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 6–0	207
October 8	4:00 p.m.	Northeastern	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 3–0	206
	7:00 p.m.	ETSU	No. 20 NC State	Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 1–0	389
		High Point	No. 6 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 5–0	1,377
		Purdue Fort Wayne	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 8–0	257
		West Virginia	No. 18 North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 3–1	647
October 11	6:00 p.m.	No. 21 Duke	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	ND 1–0	748
	7:00 p.m.	Louisville	No. 11 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	CLEM 4–0	1,700
		No. 1 Virginia	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	WAKE 3–1	242
		No. 22 Virginia Tech	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	PITT 3–1	621
		No. 6 Wake Forest	No. 20 NC State	Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC	T 1–1 (2OT)	1,056
October 12	7:00 p.m.	Syracuse	No. 18 North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	CUSE 4–3	876

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Ryan Raposo	Syracuse	Felicien Dumas	Notre Dame
Reference:[18]

Week 8 (Oct. 14 – Oct. 20)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 15	7:00 p.m.	Connecticut	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 1–0	342
		Duke	Elon	Rudd Field • Elon, NC	L 2–3	724
		No. 18 James Madison	No. 1 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 1–0	1,809
		No. 23 NC State	South Carolina	Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC	T 0–0 (2OT)	1,506
		Northern Kentucky	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 1–0 (OT)	1,210
		Pittsburgh	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA	L 1–3	509
		William & Mary	No. 4 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 5–0	877
October 18	5:30 p.m.	Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	VT 2–1	822
	6:00 p.m.	No. 19 North Carolina	No. 4 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	WAKE 1–0	3,315
	7:00 p.m.	No. 23 NC State	Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	T 0–0 (2OT)	918
		Pittsburgh	No. 1 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	PITT 2–0	3,201
	7:30 p.m.	Boston College	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	LOU 3–2 (2OT)	2,643
October 19	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Clemson	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	CLEM 7–4	1,342

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Robbie Robinson	Clemson	Andrew Pannenberg (2)	Wake Forest
Reference:[19]

Week 9 (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 22	4:00 p.m.	SUNY Morrisville	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 11–0	64
	7:00 p.m.	Elon	No. 23 NC State	Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 3–2	555
		High Point	Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	L 0–1	237
		Loyola (MD)	No. 2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	T 1–1 (2OT)	1,099
		Michigan	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 0–1	585
		No. 21 North Carolina	Campbell	Eakes Athletics Complex • Buies Creek, NC	T 1–1 (2OT)	415
		Radford	No. 3 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 5–0	1,091
		Saint Louis	No. 6 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 3–0	1,021
		Temple	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	L 1–2	868
October 25	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	No. 3 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	CLEM 3–1	2,023
		Duke	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	PITT 4–3	875
		Louisville	No. 21 North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	LOU 1–0	1,326
		No. 6 Virginia	No. 25 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	UVA 2–0	1,738
October 26	7:00 p.m.	No. 23 NC State	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	CUSE 3–0	1,007
		Notre Dame	No. 2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	ND 1–0	3,022

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Daryl Dike	Virginia	Duncan Turnbull	Notre Dame
Robbie Robinson (2)	Clemson
Reference: ACC[20]

Week 9 (Oct. 28 – Nov. 3)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 29	7:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	North Carolina	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC	L 0–1	874
		Denver	Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 1–0	208
		No. 22 Virginia Tech	Princeton	Roberts Stadium • Princeton, NJ	L 2–3	200
November 1	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Wake Forest	No. 25 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	WAKE 3–1	1,310
	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Clemson	NC State	Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC	CLEM 3–0	1,171
		North Carolina	No. 4 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 2–1 (OT)	2,193
		Pittsburgh	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	ND 1–0	584
		Syracuse	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	BC 2–1	413
		No. 22 Virginia Tech	Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	VT 2–1	793

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Calvin Harris	Wake Forest	Felicien Dumas (2)	Notre Dame
Reference:[21]

Rankings

National

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

United Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Boston College		RV	RV	RV				RV	RV					RV
Clemson	RV	19	13	7	4	6	11	8	3	2 (4)	2 (1)	1 (19)	3	5
Duke	10	5	2	15	RV	18	21	RV
Louisville	14	RV	20	RV	17	24	RV	RV	RV	25	RV		RV	20
North Carolina	6	20	18	11	14	20	18	19	21	RV
NC State	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	20	23	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Notre Dame	9	11	10	16	21	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV
Pittsburgh									RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV
Syracuse										RV				RV
Virginia	12	7	6	5	3 (4)	1 (20)	1 (25)	1 (22)	6	4	4 (1)	2 (6)	1 (27)	2
Virginia Tech	16	10	9	17	18	22	22	RV	25	22	22	19	23	13
Wake Forest	4	1 (16)	1 (24)	1 (26)	7	3	6	4	2 (3)	7	7	7	9	3 (1)

Top Drawer Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Boston College									14	21	21	16	21	24	25	25	15	25
Clemson				12	8	7	6	11	6	5	5	5	6	4	4	6	8	8
Duke	10	10	7	7	6	21	RV	RV	RV
Louisville	9	9	8	5	10	10	11	5	20	20	22	20	24	RV	12	14	14	14
North Carolina	7	7	20	23	14	12	RV	RV	18	RV
NC State	22	22	22	24	RV				17	16	19	17
Notre Dame	16	16	17	15	13	20	RV	RV	19	22	16	15	20	23
Pittsburgh											RV				RV	RV	RV	RV
Syracuse	RV	RV								RV	25	25	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Virginia	15	15	16	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2
Virginia Tech	19	19	19	17	15	13	10	12	16	17	20	19	13	12	11	12	12	12
Wake Forest	3	3	2	1	1	5	4	9	10	4	10	9	9	10	9	8	3	3

Regional – USC South Region

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
Boston College	8	9	9	9	10	9	7	7		10		9
Clemson	6	6	3	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2
Duke	2	2	6	8	4	6	8
Louisville	10	8	10	5	8	8		8	5	8	9	8
North Carolina	7	7	4	4	5	4	4	4	8
NC State	9	10	8		6	5	5	5	7	5	6	7
Notre Dame	5	5	5	7	9	10	6		10	6	8
Pittsburgh				10			10	9	6	9	5	6
Syracuse											10	10
Virginia	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	1
Virginia Tech	4	4	7	6	7	7	9	6	4	4	4	5
Wake Forest	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3

Postseason

ACC tournament

Main article: 2019 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Clemson	1
	4	Pittsburgh	0
						1	Clemson	1
						2	Virginia	3
	2	Virginia	1
	3	Wake Forest	0

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

Ten teams from the ACC were selected to the NCAA tournament, a record number from one conference. All ten teams were also selected to host their first matches of the tournament. Four teams received seeds, including three of the top four seeds, and first round byes.^[22]

Seed	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1	Virginia	BYE	W 2–0 vs. Campbell – (Charlottesville, VA)	W 3–0 vs. St. John's – (Charlottesville, VA)	W 3–2 vs. SMU – (Charlottesville, VA)	W 2–1 vs. Wake Forest – (Cary, NC)	T 3–3 (6–7 PKs) vs. Georgetown – (Cary, NC)
2	Clemson	BYE	W 2–1 (OT) vs. Charlotte – (Clemson, SC)	W 2–1 (OT) vs. Providence – (Clemson, SC)	T 1–1 (4–5 PKs) vs. Stanford – (Clemson, SC)
4	Wake Forest	BYE	W 3–0 vs. Maryland – (Winston-Salem, NC)	W 3–1 vs. Michigan – (Winston-Salem, NC)	W 1–0 vs. UC Santa Barbara – (Winston-Salem, NC)	L 1–2 vs. Virginia – (Cary, NC)
10	Virginia Tech	BYE	W 4–1 vs. New Hampshire – (Blacksburg, VA)	L 1–2 vs. Stanford – (Stanford, CA)
None	Boston College	W 2–0 vs. Yale – (Chestnut Hill, MA)	L 0–2 vs. Washington – (Seattle, WA)
None	Louisville	W 4–1 vs. South Florida– (Louisville, KY)	W 1–0 vs. UC Davis– (Davis, CA)	L 1–5 vs. Georgetown – (Washington, D.C.)
None	NC State	L 2–3 (2OT) vs. Coastal Carolina– (Raleigh, NC)
None	Notre Dame	L 2–3 vs. Wright State – (South Bend, IN)
None	Pittsburgh	W 2–0 vs. Lehigh – (Pittsburgh, PA)	L 0–5 vs. Georgetown – (Washington, D.C.)
None	Syracuse	W 3–2 vs. Rhode Island – (Syracuse, NY)	L 1–2 vs. St. John's – (New York, NY)
	W–L–T (%):	4–2–0 (.667)	5–3–0 (.625)	3–2–0 (.600)	2–0–1 (.833)	1–1–0 (.500)	0–0–1 (.500) Total: 15–8–2 (.640)

Awards

Postseason awards

The Atlantic Coast Conference post season awards were announced on November 13, 2019, the same day as the Semifinals of the ACC tournament.^[23]

All-ACC awards and teams

2019 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year	Mike Noonan – Clemson
Offensive Player of the Year	Robbie Robinson – Clemson
Midfielder of the Year	Joe Bell – Virginia
Defensive Player of the Year	Malick Mbaye – Clemson
Freshman of the Year	Philip Mayaka – Clemson

2019 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
Philip Mayaka, Fr., M, Clemson Malick Mbaye, Sr., D, Clemson Robbie Robinson, Jr., F, Clemson Kimarni Smith, Jr., F, Clemson Daniele Proch, Sr., M, Duke Mauricio Pineda, Sr., M, North Carolina Edward Kizza, Jr., F, Pittsburgh Ryan Raposo, So., M, Syracuse Joe Bell, Jr., M, Virginia Colin Shutler, Jr., GK, Virginia Bruno Lapa, Sr., M, Wake Forest	Grayson Barber, So., F, Clemson Tanner Dieterich, Sr., M, Clemson George Marks, So., GK, Clemson Cherif Dieye, Sr., M, Louisville David Loera, Jr., M, NC State Jeremy Kelly, Sr., M, North Carolina Jack Skahan, Sr., M, North Carolina Jack Lynn, So., F, Notre Dame Daryl Dike, So., F, Virginia Henry Kessler, Jr., D, Virginia Kristo Strickler, Jr., M, Virginia Tech	Stefan Sigurdarson, Fr., F, Boston College Félicien Dumas, Gr., D, Notre Dame Veljko Petković, Fr., M, Pittsburgh Sito Sena, Jr., D, Pittsburgh Robin Afamefuna, Sr., D/M, Virginia Irakoze Donasiyano, Jr., F, Virginia Andreas Ueland, Fr., D, Virginia Machop Chol, Jr., F, Wake Forest Alistair Johnston, Sr., D, Wake Forest Andrew Pannenberg, So., GK, Wake Forest Isaiah Parente, So., M, Wake Forest	Amos Shapiro-Thompson, M, Boston College Stefan Sigurdarson, F, Boston College Victor Souza, D, Boston College Oskar Ågren, D, Clemson Philip Mayaka, M, Clemson Valentin Noël, M, Pittsburgh Arturo Ordoñez, D, Pittsburgh Veljko Petkovic, M, Pittsburgh Andreas Ueland, D, Virginia Daniel Pereira, M, Virginia Tech Calvin Harris, F, Wake Forest

MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

Eight players from the ACC were selected in the first round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft, which ties a record set by the ACC in 2016 and 2018. The eight players were twice as many as any other conference had in the first round. This is the first time the ACC has had the number one overall pick since 2016.^[24]

Total picks by school

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Clemson	1	2	–	–	3
Louisville	1	–	–	–	1
North Carolina	1	1	–	–	2
Notre Dame	–	1	1	–	2
Syracuse	2	–	–	–	2
Virginia	2	1	–	–	3
Virginia	–	–	–	1	1
Wake Forest	1	1	–	–	2
Total	8	6	1	1	16

List of selections

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	Other
1	1	Inter Miami	Robbie Robinson	FW	Clemson	Generation Adidas
1	4	Vancouver Whitecaps	Ryan Raposo	MF	Syracuse	Generation Adidas
1	5	Orlando City	Daryl Dike	FW	Virginia	Generation Adidas
1	6	New England Revolution	Henry Kessler	DF	Virginia	Generation Adidas
1	9	Montreal Impact	Jeremy Kelly	MF	North Carolina
1	11	Nashville SC	Alistair Johnston	DF	Wake Forest
1	15	New York Red Bulls	Cherif Dieye	MF	Louisville
1	19	Toronto FC	Nyal Higgins	DF	Syracuse
2	27	San Jose Earthquakes	Jack Skahan	MF	North Carolina
2	28	Nashville SC	Tanner Dieterich	MF	Clemson
2	31	Orlando City	Joey DeZart	MF	Wake Forest
2	33	Toronto FC	Malick Mbaye	DF	Clemson
2	37	Colorado Rapids	Robin Afamefuna	DF	Virginia
2	48	NYCFC	Felicien Dumas	DF	Notre Dame
3	70	Houston Dynamo	Duncan Turnball	GK	Notre Dame
4	84	Sporting Kansas City	James Kasak	DF	Virginia Tech

Notable undrafted players

The following players went pro after the 2019 season despite not getting drafted in the 2020 MLS draft.

Player	Nationality	Position	College	Team	League
Blake Malone	USA	DF	North Carolina	Orange County SC	USL Championship
Daniele Proch	ITA	FW	Duke	North Carolina FC	USL Championship
Daniel Steedman	SCO	MF	Virginia	Atlanta United 2	USL Championship

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External links

• ACC Soccer