ACC men's soccer tournament
The ACC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1987. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.
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Conference soccer championship | |
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Sport | College soccer |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Number of teams | 12 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | Sahlen's Stadium |
Current location | Cary, North Carolina |
Played | 1987–present |
Last contest | 2023 |
Current champion | Clemson |
Most championships | Virginia (11) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN3, ESPNU |
Official website | theacc.com/msoc |
Champions
Key
(2) | Title number |
* | Match went to extra time |
† | Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time |
Bold | Winning team won regular season |
^ | Winning team reached College Cup |
‡ | Winning team lost national championship |
‡ | Winning team won national championship |
By year

Claudio Reyna was the 1991 ACC tournament MVP.

Ben Olsen was the 1997 ACC tournament MVP.

Zac MacMath won the ACC tournament MVP award in 2010.
Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Tournament MVP |
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1987 | North Carolina | 4–3* | NC State | Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | Derek Missimo (UNC) |
1988 | Virginia | 2–1 | North Carolina | Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina | none named |
1989 | Wake Forest | 2–2† | NC State | Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | Neil Covone (Wake) |
1990 | NC State | 2–1 | Virginia | Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | Henry Gutierrez (NC State) |
1991 | Virginia‡ (2) | 3–1 | Wake Forest | Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Claudio Reyna (Virginia) |
1992 | Virginia‡ (3) | 4–2 | Clemson | Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Brad Agoos (Virginia) |
1993 | Virginia‡ (4) | 2–1 | Clemson | Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Jaro Zawislan (Clemson) |
1994 | Virginia‡ (5) | 1–0 | Duke | Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina | Mark Peters (Virginia) |
1995 | Virginia^ (6) | 1–0 | Clemson | Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | Mike Fisher (Virginia) |
1996 | Maryland | 2–0 | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia | Pierre Venditti (Maryland) |
1997 | Virginia‡ (7) | 2–0 | Maryland | Disney's Wide World of Sports • Orlando, Florida | Ben Olsen (Virginia) |
1998 | Clemson | 1–0 | Duke | Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Josh Campbell (Clemson) |
1999 | Duke | 2–1* | Virginia | Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Troy Garner (Duke) |
2000 | North Carolina (2) | 1–0* | Virginia | Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Caleb Norkus (UNC) |
2001 | Clemson (2) | 2–1 | Virginia | Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina | Ian Fuller (Clemson) |
2002 | Maryland^ (2) | 3–0 | Virginia | SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina | Abe Thompson (Maryland) |
2003 | Virginia (8) | 1–1† | Maryland^ | SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina | Ryan Burke (Virginia) |
2004 | Virginia (9) | 2–1 | Maryland^ | SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina | Jeremy Barlow (Virginia) |
2005 | Duke (2) | 0–0† | North Carolina | SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina | Blake Camp (Duke) |
2006 | Duke (3) | 1–0* | Wake Forest^ | Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland | Michael Videira (Duke) |
2007 | Boston College | 2–1 | Wake Forest‡ | SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina | Sherron Manswell (BC) |
2008 | Maryland‡ (3) | 1–0 | Virginia | WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina | Jeremy Hall (Maryland) |
2009 | Virginia‡ (10) | 1–0 | NC State | WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina | Diego Restrepo (Virginia) |
2010 | Maryland (4) | 1–0 | North Carolina | WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina | Zac MacMath (Maryland) |
2011 | North Carolina‡ (3) | 3–1 | Boston College | WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina | Ben Speas (North Carolina) |
2012 | Maryland^ (5) | 2–1 | North Carolina | Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland | Patrick Mullins (Maryland) |
2013 | Maryland‡ (6) | 1–0 | Virginia^ | Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland | Patrick Mullins (Maryland) |
2014 | Clemson (3) | 2-1* | Louisville | WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina | Paul Clowes (Clemson) |
2015 | Syracuse^ | 1–0 | Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana | Ben Polk (Syracuse) |
2016 | Wake Forest‡ (2) | 3–1 | Clemson | MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina | Ian Harkes (Wake Forest) |
2017 | Wake Forest (3) | 0–0† | Virginia | MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina | Andreu Cases Mundet (Wake Forest) |
2018 | Louisville | 1–0 | North Carolina | Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina | Tate Schmitt (Louisville) |
2019 | Virginia‡ (11) | 3–1 | Clemson | Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina | Henry Kessler (Virginia) |
2020 | Clemson (4) | 2–1 | Pittsburgh^ | Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina | Kimarni Smith (Clemson) |
2021 | Notre Dame | 2–0 | Duke | Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina | Dawson McCartney (Notre Dame) |
2022 | Syracuse (2) | 2–0 | Clemson | Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina | Russell Shealy (Syracuse) |
2023 | Clemson (5) | 1–1† | North Carolina | Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina | Ousmane Sylla (Clemson) |
By school
Through 2023
School | Apps | W | L | T | Pct | Titles | Title years |
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Boston College | 16 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .364 | 1 | 2007 |
Clemson | 36 | 29 | 26 | 7 | .524 | 5 | 1998, 2001, 2014, 2020, 2023 |
Duke | 36 | 22 | 29 | 6 | .439 | 3 | 1999, 2005, 2006 |
Louisville | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .567 | 1 | 2018 |
Maryland | 27 | 28 | 19 | 2 | .592 | 6 | 1996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
NC State | 35 | 15 | 27 | 6 | .375 | 1 | 1990 |
North Carolina | 36 | 30 | 25 | 8 | .540 | 3 | 1987, 2000, 2011 |
Notre Dame | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .556 | 1 | 2021 |
Pittsburgh | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .464 | 0 | |
Syracuse | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | .563 | 2 | 2015, 2022 |
Virginia | 36 | 47 | 21 | 9 | .669 | 11 | 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2019 |
Virginia Tech | 18 | 7 | 16 | 1 | .313 | 0 | |
Wake Forest | 36 | 23 | 31 | 10 | .438 | 3 | 1989, 2016, 2017 |
Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer.
Pre-tournament champions
Prior to 1987, the champion was determined based on regular season play.
Season | Champion | Runner-up |
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1953 | Maryland | Duke |
1954 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1955 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1956 | Maryland | Virginia |
1957 | Maryland | Virginia |
1958 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1959 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1960 | Maryland | Duke |
1961 | Maryland | Duke |
1962 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1963 | Maryland | Virginia |
1964 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1965 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1966 | Maryland North Carolina |
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1967 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1968 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1969 | Virginia | Maryland |
1970 | Virginia | Maryland |
1971 | Maryland | Duke |
1972 | Clemson | Duke |
1973 | Clemson | Maryland |
1974 | Clemson | Maryland |
1975 | Clemson | North Carolina |
1976 | Clemson | Maryland |
1977 | Clemson | North Carolina |
1978 | Clemson | North Carolina |
1979 | Clemson | North Carolina Virginia |
1980 | Duke | Clemson NC State |
1981 | Clemson | Duke |
1982 | Clemson Duke |
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1983 | Virginia | Duke |
1984 | Virginia | Clemson NC State |
1985 | Clemson | Virginia |
1986 | Virginia | NC State |
References
- "ACC Men's Soccer Annual Champions" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- "2010 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
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