2024 ACC men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2024
Conference:ACC
Gender:men's
Teams:15
Matches:14
Attendance:14,049
1Stroundvenue:Campus Sites
Quartervenue:Campus Sites
Semivenue:Sahlen's Stadium
Semicity:Cary, North Carolina
Finalvenue:Sahlen's Stadium
Finalcity:Cary, North Carolina
Champions:Wake Forest
Titlecount:4th
Coach:Bobby Muuss
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Prince Amponsah
Mvpteam:Wake Forest
Broadcast:ESPNU (Final), ACC Network

The 2024 ACC men's soccer tournament was the 38th edition of the ACC men's soccer tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina.[1]

Clemson are the defending tournament champions.[2] Clemson was unable to defend their title. They reached the final but lost in a [Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]] to Wake Forest. The title was Wake Forest's fourth overall, and third for head coach Bobby Muuss.[3]

Qualification

See main article: 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season. All fifteen teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The First Round and Quarterfinals are hosted by the higher seeds. Seeding was determined by regular season conference record.[4] The seeding for the tournament was determined on the final day of conference play, November 1. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds as SMU and Wake Forest both finished with identical 4–2–2 records during the regular season. SMU earned the fourth seed as a result of their 3–0 home victory over Wake Forest on October 25. There was a three-way tie between NC State, Notre Dame, and Virginia as the three teams finished with 3–3–2 records. Goal differential in conference games was used as the tiebreaker. NC State was the eighth seed based on a +2 goal differential; Virginia was the ninth seed based on a 0 (zero) goal differential; and Notre Dame was the tenth seed based on a -2 goal differential. A third tiebreaker was required between California and Syracuse as both teams finished with 2–4–2 records. The two teams did not play during the regular season, so goal differential was used as the tiebreaker. California earned the eleventh seed based on their -3 goal differential, while Syracuse was the twelfth seed based on a -8 goal differential[5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Pittsburgh6–2–018
2Clemson5–2–116
3Duke4–1–315
4SMU4–2–214
5Wake Forest4–2–214
6North Carolina4–3–113
7Stanford3–2–312
8NC State3–3–211
9Virginia3–3–211
10Notre Dame3–3–211
11California2–4–28
12Syracuse2–4–28
13Boston College1–4–36
14Virginia Tech1–5–25
15Louisville0–5–33

Bracket

Matches

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Player Team
2024 ACC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[7]
Trace AlphinWake Forest
Prince Amponsah
Bo Cummins
Cooper Flax
Joran GerbetClemson
Adam Lundegard
Alex Meinhard
Alfredo OrtizCalifornia
Malcolm Zalayet
Nick DangVirginia
Paul Wiese
MVP in Bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ACC Announces Future Neutral Site Championships to be held in North Carolina. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. February 8, 2024. October 15, 2024.
  2. Web site: Clemson wins the 2023 ACC Championship over North Carolina in penalty kicks. Yahoo Sports. Alex. Turri. November 12, 2023. November 14, 2023.
  3. Web site: Wake Forest men's soccer team wins ACC Tournament in penalty kicks. WFMY-TV. Jeremy. Vernon. November 14, 2024. November 14, 2024.
  4. Web site: ACCMSoccerChampSeedingLanguage (PDF) – Atlantic Coast Conference. 2024-10-15. theacc.com. en.
  5. Web site: 2024 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship Bracket Announced. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 2, 2024. November 2, 2024.
  6. Web site: 2024 ACC Men's Soccer Championship Bracket. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 15, 2024.
  7. Web site: Wake Forest Wins 2024 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 17, 2024. November 17, 2024.