2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 24, 2018 – October 27, 2018
Number of teams12
2019 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickTajon Buchanan – Syracuse
Picked byNew England Revolution, 9th overall
Regular season
Season championsAtlantic:Wake Forest
Coastal:North Carolina
  Runners-upAtlantic:Louisville
Coastal:Duke
Season MVPOffensive: Omir Fernandez
Midfielder: Bruno Lapa
Defensive: Alex Comsia
Top scorerEdward Kizza - Pittsburgh[1]
ACC tournament
ChampionsLouisville
  Runners-upNorth Carolina
Finals MVPUnited States Tate Schmitt
ACC men's soccer seasons
2018 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest + 7 – 1 – 0 18 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Louisville ‡ 4 – 2 – 2 11 – 5 – 3
NC State + 2 – 4 – 2 10 – 7 – 3
Boston College 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 8 – 4
Syracuse + 1 – 4 – 3 7 – 7 – 4
Clemson 2 – 6 – 0 7 – 9 – 1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina + 6 – 1 – 0 14 – 4 – 1
No. 11 Duke + 5 – 3 – 0 11 – 7 – 2
No. 8 Notre Dame + 4 – 3 – 1 11 – 7 – 3
No. 15 Virginia + 3 – 2 – 2 10 – 4 – 3
No. 17 Virginia Tech + 3 – 4 – 1 11 – 7 – 3
Pittsburgh 2 – 6 – 0 8 – 10 – 1
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 65th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

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. Both Wake Forest and North Carolina successfully defended their titles, while Louisville won the ACC tournament.

Changes from 2017

After the 2017 season, Bobby Clark retired as the Notre Dame head coach.[2] He was replaced by Chad Riley, who was hired from Dartmouth.[3]

After the 2018 season, Louisville Cardinals coach Ken Lolla resigned after 13 years and a 155–77–39 record with the team.[4] He was replaced by John Michael Hayden on December 27, 2018[5]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atlantic Division[6]
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[6]
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 Captain
Boston College Eagles Republic of Ireland Ed Kelly [7]
Clemson Tigers United States Mike Noonan [8]
Duke Blue Devils United States John Kerr Jr. [9]
Louisville Cardinals United States Ken Lolla [10]
NC State Wolfpack United States George Kiefer [11]
North Carolina Tar Heels Guatemala Carlos Somoano [12]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish United States Chad Riley [13]
Pittsburgh Panthers United States Jay Vidovich [14]
Syracuse Orange England Ian McIntyre [15]
Virginia Cavaiers United States George Gelnovatch [16]
Virginia Tech Hokies United States Mike Brizendine [17]
Wake Forest Demon Deacons United States Bobby Muuss [18]

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

Prior to the season two ACC men's soccer players were selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list.[19]

Preseason poll

The 2018 ACC preseason poll was announced on August 15. Wake Forest and North Carolina were selected to win the Atlantic Division and Coastal Division, respectively. North Carolina was selected as the favorite to win the ACC Championship. The poll was voted on by all ACC coaches, for a total of 12 possible votes.[20]

ACC championship votes

  1. North Carolina (10)
  2. Louisville (1)
  3. Wake Forest (1)

Regular season poll
First place votes shown in ().

Preseason national polls

Eight of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. 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[21] 		CSN[22] Hero
Sports[23] 		Soccer
America[24] 		TopDrawer
Soccer[25]
Boston College
Clemson 11 12 8 9 12
Duke 10 9 9 14 13
Louisville 6 5 7 8 7
NC State 29 23 23
North Carolina 3 3 4 2 4
Notre Dame 17 20 19 21 20
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia 15 15 11 17 16
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest 5 8 3 6 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 20–26)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
August 24 4:00 PM Boston College Quinnipiac Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium • Hamden, CT None W 2–1 687
Virginia Tech Air Force Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA None W 2–1 N/A
7:00 PM New Hampshire #15 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACC Network Extra W 1–0 1,821
Saint Louis #17 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN ACC Network Extra T 1–1 1,079
USC Upstate NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC ACC Network Extra W 3–1 1,938
7:30 PM ETSU #3 North Carolina Bryan Park • Greensboro, NC ACC Network Extra W 1–0 367
#20 FIU #10 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra W 3–1 1,087
#2 Indiana #5 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC ACC Network Extra W 2–1 (2OT) 4,751
St. Bonaventure #6 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY ACC Network Extra W 2–1 1,601
8:00 PM #11 Clemson Creighton Al F. Caniglia Field • Omaha, NE Fox Sports Go L 0–2 5,473
#25 Colgate Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ACC Network Extra L 0–1 1,138
10:00 PM Syracuse Oregon State Paul Lorenz Field at Patrick Wayne Valley Stadium • Corvallis, OR Pac-12 Network W 2–1 401
August 26 2:30 PM #11 Clemson Omaha Al F. Caniglia Field • Omaha, NE None W 1–0 565
Vermont #10 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra W 3–2 (OT) 502
4:00 PM Virginia Tech Gardner–Webb Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA None W 2–1 (OT) N/A
7:00 PM ETSU #5 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC ACC Network Extra W 4–2 1,470
7:30 PM #2 Indiana #3 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC ACC Network Extra L 0–1 2,864
10:00 PM Syracuse Portland Merlo Field • Portland, OR None L 1–2 1,952

Players of the week:

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Bruno Lapa Wake Forest Colin Shutler Virginia
Reference: ACC[26]

Week 2 (Aug 27–Sept 2)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
August 27 5:00 PM Boston Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA None T 3–3 630
7:00 PM Pittsburgh Delaware Stuart and Grant Stadium • Newark, DE None W 6–1 265
NC State #4 Akron FirstEnergy Stadium • Akron, OH ACC Network Extra W 2–1 1,474
August 28 7:30 PM Georgia State #9 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY ACC Network Extra W 1–0 1,095
August 30 7:00 PM Elon #7 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACC Network Extra Canceled 0
August 31 5:00 PM #24 Notre Dame #18 Connecticut Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN None W 3–0 N/A
7:00 PM Boston College Providence Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium • Providence, RI None T 1–1 3,297
Clemson South Carolina Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC None W 2–0 4,441
#12 North Carolina William & Mary Albert–Daly Field • Williamsburg, VA None W 6–1 661
Presbyterian NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC ACC Network Extra W 2–0 1,622
Virginia Tech South Florida Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL None W 1–0 903
7:30 PM Saint Louis #9 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY ACC Network Extra Canceled 0
8:30 PM #2 Duke San Diego Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA None W 4–1 710
September 1 7:00 PM Pittsburgh #4 Akron FirstEnergy Stadium • Akron, OH None L 0–1 1,790
#1 Wake Forest Florida Gulf Coast FGCU Soccer Complex • Fort Myers, FL None W 3–1 1,017
September 2 5:00 PM #24 Notre Dame #22 Dartmouth Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN None W 2–0 N/A
6:00 PM Hofstra Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY ACC Network Extra W 4–3 1,387
7:00 PM Virginia Tech UCF UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FL None T 2–2 249

Players of the week:

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Gabriel Machado NC State Patrick Berneski Notre Dame
Reference: ACC[27]

Week 3 (Sept 3–9)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 7:00 PM Jacksonville #12 North Carolina Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra W 2–0 239
Villanova Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC None W 2–0 2,137
#7 Virginia Maryland Audi Field • Washington, D.C. None T 0–0 3,527
William & Mary NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC ACC Network Extra W 2–1 (2OT) 854
September 4 7:00 PM Presbyterian #1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC ACC Network Extra W 4–1 1,113
7:30 PM #7 Louisville Kentucky Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY SEC Network + L 0–3 1,827
September 7 7:00 PM Clemson Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA ACC Network Extra 2–3 820
#8 NC State #1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC ACC Network Extra 0–3 4,023
#12 Notre Dame Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY ACC Network Extra 3–2 1,908
#21 Virginia Tech #10 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACC Network Extra 1–1 (2OT) 2,892
September 8 7:00 PM Pittsburgh #5 North Carolina Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra 1–2 (2OT) 573
September 9 1:00 PM Clemson UMass Rudd Field • Amherst, MA None T 0–0 (2OT) –
2:00 PM #2 Duke #7 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY ACC Network Extra 3–0 1,104

Players of the week:

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Simon Enstrom Boston College Felicien Dumas Notre Dame
Omir Fernandez Wake Forest
Reference: ACC[28]

Week 4 (Sept 10–16)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 7:00 PM Syracuse Cornell Charles F. Berman Field • Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 2–0 211
September 11 12:30 PM Quinnipiac #18 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC ACC Network Extra W 1–0 197
6:00 PM Holy Cross Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA None T 1–1 271
7:00 PM Georgia Southern #1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC None W 2–0 1,017
#2 Indiana #8 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN ACC Network Extra L 1–2 (OT) 1,500
Marshall #19 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACC Network Extra W 1–0 1,069
#3 North Carolina Davidson Alumni Soccer Stadium • Davidson, NC None W 1–0 815
#16 Virginia Tech UNCG UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC None W 2–0 363
September 12 11:00 AM Pittsburgh VCU Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA None W 1–0 360
September 14 5:00 PM #3 North Carolina #10 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC Postponed Due to Hurricane Florence
5:30 PM #1 Wake Forest #16 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA ACC Network Extra 2–1 1,200
7:00 PM #7 Louisville Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA ACC Network Extra 1–0 768
#18 NC State Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA Postponed Due to Hurricane Florence
#8 Notre Dame #19 Virginia Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA Postponed Due to Hurricane Florence
7:30 PM Syracuse Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC Postponed Due to Hurricane Florence

Players of the week:

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Omir Fernandez Wake Forest Colin Shutler Virginia
Reference: ACC[29]

Week 5 (Sept 17–23)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 17 7:00 PM #4 Michigan State #8 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN ACC Network Extra L 0–1 718
September 18 7:00 PM Detroit Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ACC Network Extra W 2–0 401
#3 North Carolina UNCG UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC ESPN+ Cancelled due to Hurricane Florence
FIU #22 Virginia Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACC Network Extra W 2–0 1,337
Furman Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC ACC Network Extra W 5–2 1,998
Georgetown #9 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra L 0–1 454
Longwood #14 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA ACC Network Extra W 5–1 217
7:30 PM Charlotte #6 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY ACC Network Extra T 2–2 (2OT) 1,151
September 21 7:00 PM Boston College #9 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra 2–3 710
#3 North Carolina #8 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN ACC Network Extra 1–0 (2OT) 1,724
#22 Virginia Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY ACC Network Extra 2–0 1,080
#14 Virginia Tech #18 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC ACC Network Extra 1–0 786
#1 Wake Forest Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC ACC Network Extra 3–0 3,259
7:30 PM Pittsburgh #6 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY ACC Network Extra 0–1 1,604

Players of the week:

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Giovanni Montesdeoca North Carolina Leon Krapf NC State
Reference: ACC[30]

Week 6 (Sept 24–30)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 24 7:00 PM Colgate Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY ACC Network Extra T 1–1 (2OT) 1,021
September 25 4:00 PM #6 Louisville Georgetown Shaw Field • Washington, D.C. None W 2–1 395
7:00 PM Davidson #1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC None W 5–1 1,357
George Washington #15 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC None T 0–0 (2OT) 359
#12 NC State Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ACC Network Extra 1–3 254
#22 Xavier #20 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN None W 4–1 736
September 28 7:00 PM Boston College #20 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN ACC Network Extra 0–1 1,456
Clemson #3 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC ACC Network Extra 0–2 1,876
#6 Louisville #12 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC ACC Network Extra 2–2 (2OT) 1,255
Syracuse #21 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA ACC Network Extra 0–1 (2OT) 927
#11 Virginia Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ACC Network Extra 2–0 710
September 29 7:00 PM #15 Duke #1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC ACC Network Extra 2–4 4,937

Players of the week:

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Giovanni Montesdeoca North Carolina Alex Comsia North Carolina
Reference: ACC[31]

Week 7 (Oct 1–7)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 1 7:00 PM Syracuse Akron FirstEnergy Stadium • Akron, OH ESPN+ W 3–1 1,598
October 2 6:40 PM Columbia Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ACC Network Extra W 1–0 352
7:00 PM College of Charleston Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC None W 3–1 1,377
James Madison #17 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC ACC Network Extra T 0–0 (2OT) 810
South Carolina #19 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA ACC Network Extra L 1–2 (2OT) 323
UNCG #1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC ACC Network Extra W 2–0 1,819
#12 UNC Wilmington #3 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC None W 1–0 1,017
Wofford #23 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra W 4–2 372
Wright State #10 Virginia Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACC Network Extra W 2–1 1,178
8:00 PM #15 Notre Dame Northwestern Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL BTN + W 3–0 372
October 5 7:00 PM Clemson Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA None 1–2 (2OT) 653
#23 Duke #10 Virginia Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACC Network Extra 2–0 2,129
#17 NC State Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA ACC Network Extra 0–1 281
#1 Wake Forest Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY ACC Network Extra 0–2 1,957
October 6 7:00 PM #6 Louisville #15 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN ACC Network Extra 1–2 (OT) 646
#19 Virginia Tech #3 North Carolina Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra 1–2 2,074

Players of the week:

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Sean MacLeod Notre Dame Hendrik Hilpert Syracuse
Reference: ACC[32]

Week 8 (Oct 8–14)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 8 6:00 PM #5 Denver #10 Virginia Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACC Network Extra W 3–0 1,430
7:00 PM Cleveland State Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ACC Network Extra L 3–4 351
Ohio State Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY ACC Network Extra W 3–0 1,856
October 9 7:00 PM Campbell #17 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra W 2–0 349
Harvard Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA None W 1–0 196
#1 North Carolina Old Dominion Old Dominion Soccer Complex • Norfolk, VA None T 1–1 (2OT) 775
Georgia Southern #11 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY ACC Network Extra W 1–0 1,207
High Point #2 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC ACC Network Extra W 4–2 1,783
NC State Longwood Longwood Athletics Complex • Farmville, VA ESPN+ W 2–0 187
October 12 7:00 PM Pittsburgh Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA ACC Network Extra 1–3 834
#1 North Carolina NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC ACC Network Extra 0–1 3,229
#9 Notre Dame #17 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra 2–3 892
#24 Syracuse #11 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY ACC Network Extra 2–2 (2OT) 1,468
#14 Virginia Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC ACC Network Extra 4–1 1,463
8:00 PM Boston College #2 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC RSN 1–2 3,111

Players of the week:

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
David Loera NC State Leon Krapf NC State
Daryl Dike Virginia
Reference: ACC[33]

Week 9 (Oct 15–21)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 15 7:00 PM Temple Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ACC Network Extra W 3–2 414
October 16 6:00 PM #16 Notre Dame #18 Michigan U–M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI Big Ten Network W 2–1 1,536
7:00 PM Boston College #20 Connecticut Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT None L 2–3 2,046
#22 Coastal Carolina Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC ACC Network Extra L 0–1 1,222
High Point #14 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra L 0–1 493
Lipscomb #10 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY ACC Network Extra L 2–3 1,069
#21 NC State #11 UNC Wilmington UNC Wilmington Soccer Stadium • Wilmington, NC None L 0–3 2,028
Radford #6 Virginia Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACC Network Extra W 2–1 1,254
St. Bonaventure #24 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY ACC Network Extra W 7–0 727
#1 Wake Forest South Carolina Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC None W 2–0 2,250
William & Mary Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA ACC Network Extra W 4–0 324
Winthrop #5 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC ACC Network Extra W 4–0 244
October 19 7:00 PM #5 North Carolina Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA 2–0 572
Pittsburgh #14 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ACC Network Extra 1–3 701
Virginia Tech #16 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN ACC Network Extra 5–2 514
October 20 7:00 PM Clemson #10 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY ACC Network Extra 0–1 (2OT) 1,808
#24 Syracuse #21 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC ACC Network Extra 1–1 (2OT) 758
#1 Wake Forest #6 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ACC Network Extra 3–2 2,791

Players of the week:

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Kristo Strickler Virginia Tech Logan Gdula Wake Forest
Reference: ACC [34]

Week 10 (Oct 22–28)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 23 7:00 PM Boston College Rhode Island URI Soccer Complex • Kingston, RI None L 1–2 400
#5 North Carolina #14 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC ESPNU 1–0 1,600
Pittsburgh West Virginia Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium • Morgantown, WV None L 1–2 737
#20 Syracuse Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC ACC Network Extra 2–3 1,260
#6 Virginia #23 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN ACC Network Extra 0–0 (2OT) 2,356
Virginia Tech Davidson Alumni Soccer Stadium • Davidson, NC ESPN+ T 2–2 302
October 26 7:00 PM Boston College #20 Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY ACC Network Extra 0–0 (2OT) 1,573
#14 Duke #18 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA ACC Network Extra 2–0 274
#17 Louisville #1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC ACC Network Extra 1–2 (OT) 1,165
#6 Virginia #5 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC ACC Network Extra Cancelled –
October 27 7:00 PM NC State Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC ACC Network Extra 0–3 1,657
#23 Notre Dame Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ACC Network Extra 1–0 409

Players of the week:

Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Robbie Robinson Clemson Patrick Bunk-Andersen Clemson
Reference: ACC[35]

Week 11 (Oct 29–Nov 4)

Schedule and results:
Note: Rankings shown are seedings from ACC tournament

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Note
October 31 7:00 PM 9 Boston College 8 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC ACC Network Extra 1–3 437 ACC tournament First Round
12 Clemson 5 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN 0–2 191
11 Pittsburgh 6 Virginia Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA 2–0 510
10 Syracuse 7 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA 3–1 294
November 4 1:00 PM 8 NC State 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC ACC Network Extra 0–2 2,037 ACC tournament quarterfinals
7 Virginia Tech 2 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC 0–3 507
11 Pittsburgh 3 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC 0–0 (3–4 PKs) 342
5 Notre Dame 4 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY 0–1 667

Week 12 (Nov 5–11)

Schedule and results: Note: Rankings shown are seedings from ACC tournament

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Note
November 7 7:00 PM 4 Louisville 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC ACC Network Extra 2–1 (OT) 2,117 ACC tournament semifinals
3 Duke 2 North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC 1–2 586
November 11 12:00 PM 4 Louisville 2 North Carolina Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina ESPNU 1–0 1,402 ACC tournament Final

Rankings

United Soccer

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll
  Pre
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Final
Boston College RV
Clemson 11 RV RV RV RV
Duke 10 2 2 10 9 15 23 17 14 14 8 8 10 11
Louisville 6 9 7 7 6 6 6 11 10 17 15 10 5 16
North Carolina 3 12 5 3 3 3 3 1 5 5 4 4 6 14
NC State RV 8 18 18 12 17 RV 21 RV RV
Notre Dame 17 24 12 8 8 20 15 9 16 23 18 16 13 8
Pittsburgh RV
Syracuse 24 24 20 RV RV RV RV
Virginia 15 7 10 19 22 11 10 14 6 6 7 11 11 15
Virginia Tech RV 21 16 14 21 19 RV RV 18 22 24 19 17
Wake Forest 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 6

Top Drawer Soccer

Legend
  Increase in ranking
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  Not ranked previous week
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Final
Boston College
Clemson 12 12
Duke 13 13 8 6 9 8 16 17 15 5 11 10 8 14 11 13 13 13
Louisville 7 7 7 3 5 5 5 5 9 12 19 16 9 2 18 18 18 18
North Carolina 4 4 6 10 10 9 7 8 5 7 6 5 4 5 19 19 19 19
NC State 23 23 17 4 6 6 8 13 23 20 24 RV 24 24 24 24
Notre Dame 20 20 16 21 12 11 19 14 8 11 17 11 13 12 13 6 7 7
Pittsburgh
Syracuse RV 23 RV RV 23 23 RV RV 20 22 22 22 22
Virginia 16 16 13 8 14 12 6 6 11 6 5 4 11 7 6 11 11 11
Virginia Tech 25 19 16 16 13 12 14 15 10 8 12 11 9 14 14 14
Wake Forest 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 9 9 9

Postseason

ACC tournament

Main article: 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 Wake Forest 1
4 Louisville 2 OT
4 Louisville 1
2 North Carolina 0
3 Duke 1
2 North Carolina 2

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Seed School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Wake Forest BYE W 2–0 vs. Colgate – (Winston-Salem, NC) L 0–1 vs. Akron – (Winston-Salem, NC)
4 Louisville BYE L 1–2 vs. Michigan State – (Louisville, KY)
5 North Carolina BYE L 1–2 vs. James Madison – (Cary, NC)
6 Duke BYE W 2–0 vs. Pacific – (Durham, NC) L 0–2 vs. Maryland – (Durham, NC)
7 Notre Dame BYE T 0–0 (11–10 PKs) vs. Michigan – (South Bend, IN) W 1–0 (OT) vs. Virginia – (South Bend, IN) L 0–1 vs. Indiana – (Bloomington, IN)
10 Virginia BYE W 2–0 vs. Furman – (Charlottesville, VA) L 0–1 (OT) vs. Notre Dame – (South Bend, IN)
12 Virginia Tech BYE W 1–0 vs. Charlotte – (Blacksburg, VA) L 0–3 vs. James Madison – (Blacksburg, VA)
16 Syracuse BYE L 1–3 vs. Akron – (Syracuse, NY)
None NC State W 4–1 vs. Campbell – (Raleigh, NC) L 0–2 vs. Maryland – (College Park, MD)
W–L–T (%): 1–0–0 (1.000) 4–4–1 (.500) 1–4–0 (.200) 0–1–0 (.000) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) Total: 6–9–1 (.406)

Awards

Postseason awards

The Atlantic Coast Conference post season awards were announced on November 7, 2018, the same day as the Semifinals of the ACC tournament.[36]

All-ACC awards and teams

2018 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year Bobby Muuss – Wake Forest
Offensive Player of the Year Omir Fernandez – Wake Forest
Midfielder of the Year Bruno Lapa – Wake Forest
Defensive Player of the Year Alex Comsia – North Carolina
Freshman of the Year Issa Rayyan – Duke
2018 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team Rookie Team

Daniele Proch, Jr., M, Duke
Tate Schmitt, Sr., F, Louisville
Nils Bruening, Sr., F, North Carolina
Alex Comsia, Sr., D, North Carolina
Mauricio Pineda, Jr., M, North Carolina
James Pyle, Sr., GK, North Carolina
David Loera, So., M, NC State
Edward Kizza, So., F, Pittsburgh
Tajon Buchanan, So., F, Syracuse
Omir Fernandez, So., M, Wake Forest
Bruno Lapa, Jr., M, Wake Forest

Simon Enstrom, Sr., F, Boston College
Will Pulisic, So., GK, Duke
Brandon Williamson, Jr, M., Duke
Issa Rayyan, Fr., M, Duke
Geoffrey Dee, Sr., M, Louisville
John Nelson, So., D, North Carolina
Thomas Ueland, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Patrick Berneski, Gr., D, Notre Dame
Javi Pérez, Sr., M, Pittsburgh
Kristo Strickler, So., F, Virginia Tech
Brad Dunwell, Sr., M, Wake Forest

Ciaran McKenna, Sr., M, Duke
Cherif Dieye, Jr., M, Louisville
Jack Skahan, Jr., M, North Carolina
Manny Perez, So., M, NC State
Tommy McCabe, Jr., M, Notre Dame
Félicien Dumas, Sr., D, Notre Dame
Kamal Miller, Sr, D, Syracuse
Joe Bell, So., M, Virginia
Henry Kessler, So., D, Virginia
Mathijs Swaneveld, So., GK, Virginia Tech
Sam Raben, Sr., D, Wake Forest

Kristofer Konradsson, Fr., M, Boston College
Charlie Asensio, Fr., D, Clemson
Issa Rayyan, Fr., M, Duke
Aedan Stanley, Fr., D, Duke
Chandler Vaughn, Fr., D, Pitt
Ryan Raposo, Fr., M, Syracuse
Daryl Dike, Fr., F, Virginia
Cabrel Happi Kamseu, Fr., F, Virginia
Aboubacar Keita, Fr., D, Virginia
Daniel Steedman, Fr., F, Virginia
Aristotle Zarris, Fr., F, Wake Forest

All-Americans

United Soccer Coaches
2018 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans[37]
First Team Second Team Third Team

Alex Comsia – Defender – North Carolina
Bruno Lapa – Midfielder – Wake Forest
Omir Fernandez – Forward – Wake Forest

Brad Dunwell – Midfielder – Wake Forest
Mauricio Pineda – Midfielder – North Carolina
Daniele Proch – Forward – Duke

None

MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft

Total picks by school

Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Clemson 0 0 1 0 1
Louisville 0 1 0 0 1
North Carolina 1 0 0 0 1
Notre Dame 0 1 0 0 1
Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 1
Syracuse 1 1 0 0 2
Wake Forest 1 0 1 0 2

List of selections

Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College Other
1 9 New England Revolution Tajon Buchanan Forward Syracuse Generation Adidas
1 10 FC Dallas John Nelson Defender North Carolina Generation Adidas
1 13 FC Cincinnati Logan Gdula Defender Wake Forest
2 27 Orlando City Kamal Miller Defender Syracuse
2 29 FC Cincinnati Tommy McCabe Midfielder Notre Dame
2 39 Toronto FC Adam Wilson Midfielder Louisville
3 54 Toronto FC Patrick Bunk-Andersen Defender Clemson
3 56 Houston Dynamo Brad Dunwell Midfielder Wake Forest
3 64 Los Angeles FC Javi Pérez Midfielder Pittsburgh

Homegrown contracts

Main article: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)
Original MLS team Player Position College Notes
Colorado Rapids Sam Raben DF Wake Forest
New York Red Bulls Jean-Christophe Koffi MF Virginia Received rights from D.C. United
Real Salt Lake Tate Schmitt FW Louisville

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