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2020 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
The 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season will be the 67th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
2020 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
NCAA Division I
Soccer
September 18, 2020 – November 8, 2020
11
Daniel Pereira, 1st overall
Austin FC
Pittsburgh (North Division)Wake Forest (South Division)
Virginia Tech (North Division)North Carolina (South Division)
Offensive: Valentin NoëlMidfielder: Daniel PereiraDefensive:Jasper Löeffelsend
Clemson
Pittsburgh
Kimarni Smith
The 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season will be the 67th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
Clemson are the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and the Virginia are the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Wake Forest are the defending ACC tournament Champions.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the season has been significantly modified from previous seasons. The teams were reorganized geographically, and will play a six-game conference season. The season will begin on September 18, 2020, instead of August 28, 2020 and conclude on November 7, 2020. A modified spring season was also played due to the pandemic.
After 33 years as head coach, Ed Kelly retired following the 2019 season. Bob Thompson was hired as the head coach for Boston College on January 23, 2020.
On September 4, 2020, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the fall Olympic sports schedule, which included the schedule for men's soccer. The men's soccer season will begin on September 18, 2020, instead of the originally planned August 28, and conclude on November 8. The season will culminate with the 2020 ACC Men's Soccer tournament, which will be reduced to eight teams for the 2020 season only.
On January 26, 2021, it was announced that a spring portion of the 2020 season would be played. Each team will play five matches in their division. Divisions would return to the Atlantic and Coastal division, as in previous years. The winner of the Coastal will play the winner of the Atlantic on April 13. The winner of that match will play Clemson (winner of the fall season) on April 17 to determine the automatic qualifier for the NCAA tournament.
North Division
Louisville Cardinals
Lynn Stadium
5,300
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Alumni Stadium
2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers
Ambrose Urbanic Field
735
Syracuse Orange
SU Soccer Stadium
5,000
Virginia Cavaliers
Klöckner Stadium
8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies
Thompson Field
2,500
South Division
Clemson Tigers
Riggs Field
6,500
Duke Blue Devils
Koskinen Stadium
7,000
North Carolina Tar Heels
Fetzer Field
5,025
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Spry Stadium
3,000
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Team
Head coach
Years at school
Overall record
Record at school
ACC record
Bob Thompson
1
0–0–0
0–0–0
0–0–0
Mike Noonan
10
323–176–43
110–63–30
41–29–13
John Kerr Jr.
13
188–138–40
107–79–27
40–44–15
John Michael Hayden
2
10–8–2
10–8–2
3–4–1
Carlos Somoano
10
128–37–25
128–37–25
46–15–13
George Kiefer
4
113–34–26
131–47–33
8–11–5
Chad Riley
3
21–15–4
21–15–4
7–8–2
Jay Vidovich
5
235–95–33
28–41–2
8–22–3
Ian McIntyre
11
200–132–58
93–68–28
18–27–13
George Gelnovatch
25
341–129–59
341–129–59
89–59–31
Mike Brizendine
11
81–97–26
81–97–26
18–55–17
Bobby Muuss
6
164–71–34
89–15–10
31–4–5
Notes
Records shown are prior to the 2020 season
Years at school includes the 2020 season
ACC records include only years with current school.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a preseason Hermann Trophy watch list was released in January instead of August. Six players from ACC schools were named to the watchlist.
Player
Class
Position
School
Justin Malou
Senior
DF
Clemson
Valentin Noël
Sophomore
MF
Pittsburgh
Veljko Petkovic
Sophomore
MF
Pittsburgh
Colin Shutler
Senior
GK
Virginia
Kimarni Smith
Senior
FW
Clemson
Kristo Strickler
Senior
MF
Virginia Tech
The preseason poll was released on September 8, 2020.
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Clemson
45 (5)
2
Wake Forest
44 (5)
3
North Carolina
33 (1)
4
NC State
21
5
Duke
17
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Virginia
59 (9)
2
Pittsburgh
44 (2)
3
Virginia Tech
35
4
Syracuse
30
5
Louisville
29
6
Notre Dame
28
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Media poll (ACC Championship)
1
Clemson
5
2
Wake Forest
4
3
North Carolina
1
Virginia
The preseason national polls were to be released in August and September 2020. Only CollegeSoccerNews.com released a preseason poll due to the COVID-19 pandemic. TopDrawer Soccer and United Soccer Coaches released a preseason poll in February 2021.
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Column 4
UnitedSoccer
CSN
Top DrawerSoccer
College Soccer News and TopDrawer Soccer release annual recruiting rankings. Below are their respective rankings for the Class of 2020 by program. Ten of the 12 programs earned Top 40 recruiting rankings by College Soccer News.
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Column 2
Column 3
CSN
Top DrawerSoccer
Preseason All-ACC Watchlist
Kimarni Smith, Senior, Forward, Clemson
Jack Doran, Graduate, Midfielder, Duke
Pedro Fonseca, Junior, Forward, Louisville
Alec Smir, Junior, Goalkeeper, North Carolina
George Asomani, Senior, Midfielder, NC State
Jack Lynn, Junior, Forward, Notre Dame
Edward Kizza, Senior, Forward, Pitt
Sondre Norheim, Senior, Defender, Syracuse
Nathaniel Crofts, Senior, Forward, Virginia
Kristo Strickler, Senior, Forward, Virginia Tech
Michael DeShields, Senior, Defender, Wake Forest
Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC member tied
ACC teams in bold
All times Eastern time.
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
September 17
7:00 p.m.
Kentucky
No. 5 Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
W 1–0
1
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Daniel Russo
Notre Dame
Keagan McLaughlin
Notre Dame
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
September 21
7:00 p.m.
Duke
Kentucky
Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY
L 2–4
95
September 25
7:30 p.m.
No. 1 Wake Forest
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
WAKE 3–1
112
September 26
7:00 p.m.
NC State
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
DUKE 1–0 (2OT)
0
No. 4 Pittsburgh
No. 5 Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN
PITT 3–1
0
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Bertin Jacquesson
Pittsburgh
Arturo Ordoñez
Pittsburgh
Calvin Harris
Wake Forest
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
September 28
7:30 p.m.
Louisville
Kentucky
Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY
L 1–3
115
October 1
7:00 p.m.
No. 3 Clemson
South Carolina
Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC
W 3–0
460
October 2
7:00 p.m.
North Carolina
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
UNC 2–0
0
October 3
7:00 p.m.
Notre Dame
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
LOU 2–1
169
NC State
No. 1 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
WAKE 4–1
0
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Kyle Holcomb
Wake Forest
Alec Smir
North Carolina
Mohamed Seye
Clemson
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
October 5
6:00 p.m.
UAB
No. 3 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
W 2–0
748
October 6
7:00 p.m.
No. 2 Pittsburgh
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
PITT 3–2 (2OT)
1
October 9
6:00 p.m.
No. 3 Clemson
North Carolina
Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC
UNC 1–0
0
7:00 p.m.
Louisville
No. 5 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
UVA 2–1 (2OT)
177
8:00 p.m.
Duke
NC State
Dail Field • Raleigh, NC
DUKE 3–1
70
October 10
7:00 p.m.
UAB
No. 1 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
W 3–0
0
Virginia Tech
No. 2 Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
PITT 4–2
55
October 11
7:00 p.m.
Syracuse
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN
ND 1–0
0
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Veljko Petkovic
Pittsburgh
Colin Shutler
Virginia
Fillipo Zattarin
North Carolina
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
October 13
7:00 p.m.
No. 1 Wake Forest
Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
CLEM 2–1
1,000
October 14
8:00 p.m.
No. 5 Virginia
Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
T 1–1 (2OT)
130
October 16
8:00 p.m.
Duke
Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
CLEM 2–1 (2OT)
1,000
Louisville
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
T 2–2 (2OT)
1
October 17
11:00 p.m.
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
PPD
6:00 p.m.
No. 3 North Carolina
No. 1 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
WAKE 1–0 (OT)
0
7:00 p.m.
Navy
NC State
Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC
L 1–2
70
No. 2 Pittsburgh
No. 5 Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
PITT 3–2 (OT)
132
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Valentin Noël
Pittsburgh
George Marks
Clemson
Kimarni Smith
Clemson
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
October 23
6:00 p.m.
No. 2 Wake Forest
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
WF 2–1
0
7:00 p.m.
No. 1 Pittsburgh
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
PITT 4–1
0
8:00 p.m.
No. 3 Clemson
NC State
Dail Field • Raleigh, NC
CLEM 1–0
88
October 24
1:00 p.m.
Virginia
Notre Dame
Alumni Field • South Bend, IN
ND 2–1 (2OT)
133
6:30 p.m.
Syracuse
Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
T 1–1 (2OT)
101
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Omar Hernandez
Wake Forest
Oskar Ågren
Clemson
Grayson Barber
Clemson
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
October 27
7:00 p.m.
No. 5 North Carolina
No. 3 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
T 3–3 (2OT)
1,000
October 30
5:00 p.m.
No. 3 Clemson
No. 2 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
WAKE 2–0
0
8:00 p.m.
Virginia Tech
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
VT 2–1 (OT)
212
Virginia
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
UVA 1–0
160
November 1
1:00 p.m.
NC State
No. 5 North Carolina
Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC
T 0–0 (2OT)
0
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Jacob Labovitz
Virginia Tech
Nico Benalcazar
Wake Forest
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
November 2
1:00 p.m.
Virginia Tech
Notre Dame
Alumni Field • South Bend, IN
VT 1–0
0
November 6
4:00 p.m.
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
VT 1–0
265
7:00 p.m.
Louisville
Notre Dame
Alumni Field • South Bend, IN
ND 4–1
266
8:00 p.m.
Duke
No. 4 North Carolina
Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC
UNC 2–0
0
November 7
7:00 p.m.
No. 2 Wake Forest
NC State
Dail Field • Raleigh, NC
WAKE 2–0
77
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Jack Lynn
Notre Dame
Andrew Pannenberg
Wake Forest
Reference:
Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC member tied
ACC teams in bold
All times Eastern time.
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
No games scheduled
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
February 12
1:30 p.m.
Hofstra
Syracuse
Afrim's Sports Park • Albany, NY
W 2–1
0
7:00 p.m.
Charlotte
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
T 0–0 (2OT)
0
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
February 19
1:30 p.m.
Syracuse
Albany
Afrim's Sports Park • Albany, NY
T 1–1 (2OT)
0
7:00 p.m.
Kentucky
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
L 0–1 (OT)
0
February 20
7:00 p.m.
UAB
NC State
Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC
W 2–0
100
February 21
3:00 p.m.
Akron
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
Postponed
–
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
February 23
12:30 p.m.
Bowling Green
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Buffalo, NY
L 1–2
0
February 24
6:00 p.m.
NC State
VCU
Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA
W 1–0
103
February 25
6:00 p.m.
Liberty
North Carolina
Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–1
0
February 26
7:00 p.m.
UNCW
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
T 0–0 (2OT)
0
February 27
2:00 p.m.
Notre Dame
Butler
Sellick Bowl • Indianapolis, IN
W 1–0
100
7:00 p.m.
Duquesne
Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
W 1–0
0
February 28
1:00 p.m.
Virginia Tech
Coastal Carolina
CCU Soccer Field • Conway, SC
W 2–0
200
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
March 1
6:00 p.m.
Davidson
Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
W 1–0
0
March 2
1:00 p.m.
George Mason
Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
W 3–0
0
March 4
6:00 p.m.
Louisville
NC State
Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC
LOU 3–0
90
March 5
7:00 p.m.
No. 4 Pittsburgh
North Carolina
Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC
UNC 3–0
351
March 6
1:00 p.m.
Duke
No. 13 Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
DUKE 4–2
250
7:00 p.m.
Boston College
No. 6 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
WAKE 3–2
0
March 7
1:00 p.m.
Notre Dame
Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
UVA 1–0 (OT)
110
5:00 p.m.
Syracuse
No. 1 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
CLEM 3–1
813
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Giovanni Montesdeoca
North Carolina
Oliver Gerbig
Virginia
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
March 12
7:00 p.m.
Notre Dame
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
ND 2–0
0
Syracuse
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
LOU 3–1
300
March 13
5:00 p.m.
No. 1 Clemson
No. 21 Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
CLEM 1–0 (2OT)
250
6:00 p.m.
NC State
No. 4 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
T 0–0 (2OT)
350
7:00 p.m.
Boston College
No. 8 Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
PITT 2–0
0
No. 24 Virginia
North Carolina
Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC
UNC 2–0
580
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Giovanni Montesdeoca
North Carolina
Philip Quinton
Notre Dame
Jack Lynn
Notre Dame
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
March 16
7:00 p.m.
Calvin
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN
W 1–0
141
March 19
2:00 p.m.
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
UVA 2–0
187
7:00 p.m.
No. 7 Pittsburgh
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
PITT 4–3 (2OT)
0
March 20
2:00 p.m.
Louisville
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
BC 4–0
0
No. 15 North Carolina
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
T 0–0 (2OT)
0
7:00 p.m.
NC State
No. 1 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
CLEM 1–0
753
No. 5 Wake Forest
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN
WAKE 3–2
241
Offensive
Defensive
Valentin Noël
Pittsburgh
Mike Suski
Boston College
Christian Garner
Boston College
Alex Rando
Virginia
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
March 23
5:00 p.m.
Central Arkansas
Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
W 1–0
301
March 26
7:00 p.m.
Syracuse
NC State
Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC
NCST 2–1 (OT)
100
March 27
1:00 p.m.
No. 1 Clemson
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
CLEM 3–2
35
No. 5 Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech
Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA
PITT 2–1 (2OT)
600
7:00 p.m.
Louisville
No. 6 Wake Forest
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
WAKE 2–1 (OT)
450
No. 16 North Carolina
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN
UNC 2–1 (OT)
143
March 28
1:00 p.m.
Duke
Virginia
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
DUKE 3–1
441
Players of the Week
Offensive
Defensive
Thor Ulfarsson
Duke
Jackson Walti
Pittsburgh
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
March 30
6:00 p.m.
St. Francis
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
W 1–0
0
April 2
7:00 p.m.
Virginia
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
LOU 2–1
370
Virginia Tech
No. 15 North Carolina
Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC
VT 1–0
423
No. 4 Wake Forest
No. 1 Clemson
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
T 0–0 (2OT)
1,000
April 3
7:00 p.m.
Duke
NC State
Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC
T 0–0 (2OT)
100
Notre Dame
No. 3 Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
PITT 2–0
0
Offensive
Defensive
Kristo Strickler
Virginia Tech
Nathan Durst
Virginia Tech
Reference:
Date
Time (ET)
Visiting team
Home team
Site
Result
Attendance
April 8
7:00 p.m.
Virginia
No. 1 Pittsburgh
Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
PITT 5–0
0
April 9
7:00 p.m.
NC State
Boston College
Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA
T 0–0 (2OT)
65
No. 3 Clemson
Louisville
Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
LOU 2–1
0
Virginia Tech
Notre Dame
Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN
VT 2–0
203
No. 4 Wake Forest
Syracuse
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY
Canceled
April 11
7:00 p.m.
No. 18 North Carolina
Duke
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
UNC 1–0
0
Offensive
Defensive
Aboubacar Camara
Louisville
Detre Bell
Louisville
Reference:
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
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
Final
1 (16)
1 (23)
1 (19)
1 (24)
1 (23)
3 (4)
4 (1)
1 (21)
7
RV
RV
15
16
15
18
15
16
4
RV
RV
RV
4
8
7
5
3 (1)
1 (13)
1 (16)
3 (1)
3 (2)
24
RV
RV
13
21
25
RV
15
6
4
5
6
4 (1)
4
5
4 (2)
6
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
Eight teams will qualify for the modified ACC Men's Soccer Tournament.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
Column 7
Column 8
Column 9
Column 10
Semifinals
Final
N1
Pittsburgh
3
N3
Notre Dame
1
N1
Pittsburgh
1
S3
Clemson
2
N4
Virginia
1
S3
Clemson
2
On August 13, 2020, the NCAA suspended postseason tournaments for all fall sports. The tournament will be played from April 17 to May 17, 2021.
Seed
School
2nd Round
3rd Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
1
Clemson
W 2–1 vs. American – (Spry Stadium)
T 1–1 (6–7 PKs) vs. Marshall – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
2
Pittsburgh
W 6–1 vs. Monmouth – (Bryan Park)
W 4–0 vs. UCF – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
W 3–0 vs. #7 Washington – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
L 0–1 vs. #3 Indiana – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
5
Wake Forest
W 3–2 vs. Coastal Carolina – (Spry Stadium)
W 2–1 vs. Kentucky – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
L 1–2 vs. North Carolina – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
North Carolina
T 1–1 (4–1 PKs) vs. Charlotte – (Sahlen's Stadium)
W 1–0 vs. #4 Stanford – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
W 2–1 vs. #5 Wake Forest – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
L 0–1 vs. Marshall – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
Virginia Tech
W 2–1 (OT) vs. Oregon State – (Bryan Park)
T 2–2 (6–7 PKs) vs. #6 Seton Hall – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
The Atlantic Coast Conference post season awards were announced on April 14, 2021, and considered both the fall season and spring season. Some players who were drafted and did not play in the spring season were included on the All Conference teams.
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Column 2
2020 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Coach of the Year
Jay Vidovich – Pittsburgh
Offensive Player of the Year
Valentin Noël – Pittsburgh
Midfielder of the Year
Daniel Pereira – Virginia Tech
Defensive Player of the Year
Jasper Löeffelsend – Pittsburgh
Freshman of the Year
Bertin Jacquesson – Pittsburgh
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Column 3
Column 4
2020 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
Grayson Barber, Jr., F, Clemson
Philip Mayaka, So., M, Clemson
Kimarni Smith, Sr., F, Clemson
Jack Lynn, Jr., F, Notre Dame
Nico Campuzano, Gr., GK, Pittsburgh
Jasper Löeffelsend, Gr., D, Pittsburgh
Valentin Noël, So., M, Pittsburgh
Daniel Pereira, So., M, Virginia Tech
Kristo Strickler, Sr., M, Virginia Tech
Calvin Harris, So., F, Wake Forest
Isaiah Parente, Jr., M, Wake Forest
Oskar Ågren, So., D, Clemson
Pedro Fonseca, Jr., F, Louisville
Giovanni Montesdeoca, Sr., F, North Carolina
Alec Smir, Jr., GK, North Carolina
Aiden McFadden, Sr., M, Notre Dame
Bertin Jacquesson, Fr., F, Pittsburgh
Veljko Petković, So., M, Pittsburgh
Jackson Walti, Jr., M, Pittsburgh
Bret Halsey, Jr., M, Virginia
Nico Benalcazar, So., D, Wake Forest
Machop Chol, Sr., F, Wake Forest
Kristofer Konradsson, Jr., M, Boston College
Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador, Jr., M, Clemson
Justin Malou, Sr., D, Clemson
George Marks, Jr., GK, Clemson
Peter Stroud, Fr., M, Duke
Elijah Amo, Sr., M, Louisville
Alexander Dexter, Sr., F, Pittsburgh
Arturo Ordoñez, So., D, Pittsburgh
Andreas Ueland, So., D, Virginia
Jacob Labovitz, Sr., F, Virginia Tech
Kyle Holcomb, Jr., F, Wake Forest
Hamady Diop, D, Clemson
Ousmane Sylla, M, Clemson
Antino Lopez, M, Duke
Nick Pariano, M, Duke
Peter Stroud, M, Duke
Thorleifur Úlfarsson, F, Duke
Aboubacar Camara, F, Louisville
Bertin Jacquesson, F, Pittsburgh
Filip Mirkovic, M, Pittsburgh
Deandre Kerr, F, Syracuse
Garrison Tubbs, D, Wake Forest
The 2021 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 21, 2021. The Atlantic Coast Conference had a record total of twenty five players selected, with twelve first round selections. This eclipsed the previous record of eighteen total selections, set twice previously. The twelve first round picks surpassed the previous record of eight first round picks, set in 2016, 2018, and 2020. The twenty five players selected represented one third of the players taken in the draft. The ACC also had five players selected in the first five picks, a first in draft history. Also of note, at least one player was selected from a team that played during the 2020 season. Only Boston College did not have a player selected and Boston College elected to suspend their season due to COVID-19.
Team
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
Clemson
3
–
–
3
Duke
1
–
–
1
Louisville
–
2
–
2
NC State
–
1
–
1
North Carolina
–
1
2
3
Notre Dame
–
–
1
1
Pittsburgh
1
–
–
1
Syracuse
1
–
1
2
Virginia
2
3
–
5
Virginia Tech
1
1
–
2
Wake Forest
3
1
–
4
Total
12
9
4
25
Round
Pick #
MLS team
Player
Position
College
1
1
Austin FC
Daniel Pereira
MF
Virginia Tech
1
2
FC Cincinnati
Calvin Harris
FW
Wake Forest
1
3
Colorado Rapids
Philip Mayaka
MF
Clemson
1
4
D.C. United
Kimarni Smith
FW
Clemson
1
5
D.C. United
Michael DeShields
DF
Wake Forest
1
7
Real Salt Lake
Bret Halsey
DF
Virginia
1
13
New York Red Bulls
Luther Archimède
FW
Syracuse
1
17
Minnesota United FC
Justin McMaster
FW
Wake Forest
1
20
Nashville SC
Irakoze Donasiyano
FW
Virginia
1
21
Austin FC
Aedan Stanley
DF
Duke
1
24
New England Revolution
Edward Kizza
FW
Pittsburgh
1
27
Columbus Crew
Justin Malou
DF
Clemson
2
28
Austin FC
Daniel Steedman
FW
Virginia
2
30
Houston Dynamo
Kristofer Strickler
FW
Virginia Tech
2
34
Real Salt Lake
Elijah Amo
FW
Louisville
2
39
San Jose Earthquakes
George Asomani
MF
NC State
2
40
New York Red Bulls
Lamine Conte
MF
Louisville
2
45
Toronto FC
Nathaniel Crofts
FW
Virginia
2
48
FC Dallas
Colin Shutler
GK
Virginia
2
49
Orlando City SC
Andrew Pannenberg
GK
Wake Forest
2
50
Sporting Kansas City
Matt Constant
DF
North Carolina
3
59
Atlanta United
Aiden McFadden
MF
Notre Dame
3
73
Nashville SC
Sondre Norheim
DF
Syracuse
3
76
FC Dallas
Mark Salas
DF
North Carolina
3
79
FC Dallas
Giovanni Montesdeoca
FW
North Carolina
The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.
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