2021 ACC men's soccer tournament

2021 ACC men's soccer tournament
2021 ACC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Matches	11
Attendance	16,325
Site	Campus Sites; Sahlen's Stadium; Cary, North Carolina
Champions	Notre Dame (1st title)
Winning coach	Chad Riley (1st title)
MVP	Dawson McCartney (Notre Dame)
Broadcast	ESPNU (Final), ACC Network
ACC men's soccer tournament
«2020	2022»

The 2021 ACC men's soccer tournament will be the 35th edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament will decide the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The final will be played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina.^[1]

2021 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 1 Clemson +	5	–	3	–	0	16	–	5	–	2
Louisville +	5	–	3	–	0	10	–	7	–	1
No. 17 Wake Forest +	4	–	3	–	1	13	–	7	–	1
Boston College	2	–	4	–	2	6	–	7	–	2
Syracuse	2	–	5	–	1	8	–	8	–	2
NC State	1	–	5	–	2	7	–	8	–	2
Coastal
No. 12 Duke +	5	–	2	–	1	14	–	5	–	1
No. 6 Pittsburgh +	5	–	2	–	1	13	–	5	–	2
No. 4 Notre Dame ‡	4	–	2	–	2	14	–	5	–	5
North Carolina +	4	–	4	–	0	11	–	7	–	2
No. 19 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1	11	–	5	–	4
Virginia	2	–	5	–	1	6	–	9	–	3


‡ – ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The Clemson Tigers were the defending champions, but were unable to defend their title, as they fell to Duke in the semifinals. Notre Dame won their first ACC title, by defeating NC State in the first round, Louisville on penalties in the quarterfinals, Pittsburgh in the semifinals, and Duke in the final, 2–0. It was also the first ACC title for head coach Chad Riley. Notre Dame was the 5 seed entering the tournament, and they became the lowest seeded team to win since Syracuse in 2015, who won as the 7th seed.

Qualification edit

All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The winners of each division, Atlantic and Coastal, will be seeds 1 and 2. The top 4 seeds received first round byes and hosted the winner of a first-round game. The remaining 10 teams in the conference will be seeded according to points awarded in conference matches. All rounds, with the exception of the final will be held at the higher seed's home field. Seeding is determined by regular season conference record.^[2]

(*: division winners are automatically given the top two seeds).^[2]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points	Tiebreaker notes
1	Pittsburgh	5–2–1	16*	3–2 vs. Duke^[3]
2	Clemson	5–3	15*	5–1 vs Louisville^[4]
3	Duke	5–2–1	16	2–3 vs Pittsburgh^[3]
4	Louisville	5–3	15	1–5 vs. Clemson^[4]
5	Notre Dame	4–2–2	14
6	Wake Forest	4–3–1	13
7	North Carolina	4–4	12
8	Virginia Tech	3–3–1	10
9	Boston College	2–4–2	8
10	Syracuse	2–5–1	7	3–1 vs. Virginia^[5]
11	Virginia	2–5–1	7	1–3 vs. Syracuse^[5]
12	NC State	1–5–2	5

Bracket edit

*Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds.^[6]

First Round November 3			Quarterfinals November 7			Semifinals November 10			Final November 14

			1	Pittsburgh (a.e.t.)	2
8	Virginia Tech (a.e.t.)	1	8	Virginia Tech	1
9	Boston College	0				1	Pittsburgh	0
						5	Notre Dame	2
			4	Louisville	0 (0)
5	Notre Dame	1	5	Notre Dame (p)	0 (3)
12	NC State	0							5	Notre Dame	2
									3	Duke	0
			3	Duke	3
6	Wake Forest	3	6	Wake Forest	2
11	Virginia	0				3	Duke	1
						2	Clemson	0
			2	Clemson	2
7	North Carolina (a.e.t.)	1	7	North Carolina	1
10	Syracuse	0

Matches edit

First round edit

November 3 Match 1	#7 North Carolina	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#10 Syracuse	Chapel Hill, NC
6:00 p.m.	Joe Pickering 15' Riley Thomas 36' 90' Milo Garvanian 106' (pen.)	Report	54' Jeorgio Kocevski 58' Noah Singelmann 97' 102' Hilli Goldhar 105' Christian Curti	Stadium: Dorrance Field Attendance: 544 Referee: Andrea Pileri Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten Assistant referees: Heath Hixson Fourth official: David McPhun

November 3 Match 2	#8 Virginia Tech	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#9 Boston College	Blacksburg, VA
7:00 p.m.	Jack Dearie 97'	Report	68' Stefan Sigurdarson 92' Kristofer Konradsson	Stadium: Thompson Field Attendance: 1,535 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Hudson Owens Fourth official: Anthony Wolford

November 3 Match 3	#5 Notre Dame	1–0	#12 NC State	Notre Dame, IN
7:00 p.m.	Jack Lynn 42' Dawson McCartney 53' (pen.) Tyler Shea 88'	Report		Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 174 Referee: Carmen Serbio Assistant referees: Peter Charpentier Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Fourth official: Justin Bell

November 3 Match 4	#6 Wake Forest	3–0	#11 Virginia	Winston-Salem, NC
8:00 p.m.	Omar Hernandez 21' Kyle Holcomb 42' Julian Kennedy 43' Leo Guarino 69'	Report	2' Andreas Ueland 27' Daniel Wright 54' Jeremy Verley	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 1,034 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas Assistant referees: John Rush Fourth official: Kevin Maurer

Quarterfinals edit

November 7 Match 5	#3 Duke	3–2	#6 Wake Forest	Durham, NC
2:00 p.m.	Ian Murphy 25' Thorleifur Úlfarsson 30', 31' Shakur Mohammed 49' Jai Bean 77' Connor Kelly 86' 90' Amir Daley 87'	Report	27' Jake Swallen 41' 87' Babacar Niang 45', 73' Nico Benalcazar	Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 1,062 Referee: Andrea Pileri Assistant referees: Gabriel Rivera Assistant referees: Dustin Thorne Fourth official: Aaron Gallagher

November 7 Match 6	#1 Pittsburgh	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#8 Virginia Tech	Pittsburgh, PA
4:00 p.m.	Valentin Noël 5', 103' Mohammad Abualnadi 26'	Report	9' Kyle McDowell 32' Sivert Haugli 63' Andrew Weber 76' Chris Nicola 86' Nick Blacklock 95' Danny Flores	Stadium: Ambrose Urbanic Field Attendance: 1,443 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: John Safar Assistant referees: Ross Kleinstuber Fourth official: Lucas Feathers

November 7 Match 7	#4 Louisville	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p)	#5 Notre Dame	Louisville, KY
6:00 p.m.	Ugo Achara 69' Jamie DiLuzio 108'	Report		Stadium: Lynn Stadium Attendance: 582 Referee: John Brady Assistant referees: Johann Pedolzky Assistant referees: Dean Morgan Fourth official: Caleb Riley
	Penalties
	Pedro Fonseca Sander Roed Detre Bell		Jack Lynn Paddy Burns Dawson McCartney

November 7 Match 8	#2 Clemson	2–1	#7 North Carolina	Clemson, SC
8:00 p.m.	Isaiah Reid 37' Quinn McNeill 76' Mohamed Seye 83'	Report	20' Santiago Herrera 57' Filippo Zattarin	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 2,351 Referee: Mike Stutt Assistant referees: Kevin Huet Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Fourth official: Ralph Polson

Semifinals edit

November 10 Semifinal 1	#1 Pittsburgh	0–2	#5 Notre Dame	Pittsburgh, PA
5:00 p.m. EDT	Arturo Ordonez 38'	Report	43' Reese Mayer 77' Jack Lynn 77' Daniel Russo 79' Dawson McCartney 88' Josh Ramsey	Stadium: Ambrose Urbanic Field Attendance: 1,626 Referee: Carmen Serbio Assistant referees: Ankur Singh Assistant referees: William Aten Fourth official: Taylor Bombalski

November 10 Semifinal 2	#2 Clemson	0–1	#3 Duke	Clemson, SC
7:00 p.m. EDT	Hamady Diop 19'	Report	26' Shakur Mohammed 27' (pen.), 34' Thorleifur Úlfarsson 52' Ian Murphy 70' Peter Stroud	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 3,237 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: John Rush Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner Fourth official: Wilmer Soriano

Final edit

November 14	#5 Notre Dame	2–0	#3 Duke	Cary, NC
2:00 p.m. EDT	Dawson McCartney 4', 76' Tyler Shea 62'	Report	36' Cameron Kerr 75' Ruben Mesalles	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 2,737 Referee: John McCloskey Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten Assistant referees: Johann Pedolzky Fourth official: Jude Carr

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 22 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

3 goals

Dawson McCartney – Notre Dame
Thorleifur Úlfarsson – Duke

2 goals

Valentin Noël – Pittsburgh

1 goal

Quinn McNeill – Clemson
Isaiah Reid – Clemson
Jai Bean – Duke
Milo Garvanian – North Carolina
Santiago Herrera – North Carolina
Jack Lynn – Notre Dame
Daniel Russo – Notre Dame
Jack Dearie – Virginia Tech
Kyle McDowell – Virginia Tech
Nico Benalcazar – Wake Forest
Leo Guarino – Wake Forest
Omar Hernandez – Wake Forest
Kyle Holcomb – Wake Forest
Jake Swallen – Wake Forest

All-Tournament team edit

Player	Team
2021 ACC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team^[7]
Bryan Dowd	Notre Dame
Jack Lynn
Dawson McCartney
Philip Quinton
Shakur Mohammed	Duke
Peter Stroud
Thorleifur Úlfarsson
Oskar Ågren	Clemson
Quinn McNeill	Clemson
Valentin Noël	Pittsburgh
Arturo Ordoñez	Pittsburgh

MVP in Bold

References edit

^ "2021 Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "ACCMSoccerChampSeedingLanguage (PDF) – Atlantic Coast Conference" (PDF). theacc.com. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Men's Soccer vs Duke on 10/9/2021 – Box Score". Pitt Panthers #H2P. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Louisville vs. Clemson box score – 10/29/2021" (PDF). clemsontigers.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 30, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Men's Soccer vs Virginia on 9/10/2021 – Box Score". Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
^ "2021 ACC Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
^ "Notre Dame Wins 2021 ACC Men's Soccer Championship, 2-0, Over Duke". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 14, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.

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