2021 ACC men's soccer tournament

2021 ACC men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
Matches11
Attendance16,325
SiteCampus Sites
Sahlen's Stadium
Cary, North Carolina
ChampionsNotre Dame (1st title)
Winning coachChad Riley (1st title)
MVPDawson McCartney (Notre Dame)
BroadcastESPNU (Final), ACC Network
ACC men's soccer tournament
«2020  2022»
2021 ACC men's soccer standings
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
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

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

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

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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

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*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

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First round

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November 3 Match 1 #7 North Carolina 1–0 (a.e.t.) #10 Syracuse Chapel Hill, NC
6:00 p.m.
  • Joe Pickering Yellow card 15'
  • Riley Thomas Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 90'
  • Milo Garvanian gold-colored soccer ball 106' (pen.)
Report
  • Yellow card 54' Jeorgio Kocevski
  • Yellow card 58' Noah Singelmann
  • Yellow card 97' Yellow-red card 102' Hilli Goldhar
  • Yellow card 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 gold-colored soccer ball 97'
Report
  • Yellow card 68' Stefan Sigurdarson
  • Yellow card 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.
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.
Report
  • Yellow card 2' Andreas Ueland
  • Yellow card 27' Daniel Wright
  • Yellow card 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

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November 7 Match 5 #3 Duke 3–2 #6 Wake Forest Durham, NC
2:00 p.m.
Report
  • 27' Jake Swallen
  • Yellow card 41' Yellow-red card 87' Babacar Niang
  • 45', Yellow card 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. Report
  • 9' Kyle McDowell
  • Yellow card 32' Sivert Haugli
  • Yellow card 63' Andrew Weber
  • Yellow card 76' Chris Nicola
  • Yellow card 86' Nick Blacklock
  • Yellow card 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 Yellow card 69'
  • Jamie DiLuzio Yellow card 108'
Report Stadium: Lynn Stadium
Attendance: 582
Referee: John Brady
Assistant referees: Johann Pedolzky
Assistant referees: Dean Morgan
Fourth official: Caleb Riley
Penalties
November 7 Match 8 #2 Clemson 2–1 #7 North Carolina Clemson, SC
8:00 p.m.
Report
Stadium: Riggs Field
Attendance: 2,351
Referee: Mike Stutt
Assistant referees: Kevin Huet
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Fourth official: Ralph Polson

Semifinals

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November 10 Semifinal 1 #1 Pittsburgh 0–2 #5 Notre Dame Pittsburgh, PA
5:00 p.m. EDT Report
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 Report Stadium: Riggs Field
Attendance: 3,237
Referee: David Erbacher
Assistant referees: John Rush
Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner
Fourth official: Wilmer Soriano

Final

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November 14 #5 Notre Dame 2–0 #3 Duke Cary, NC
2:00 p.m. EDT
Report
  • Yellow card 36' Cameron Kerr
  • Yellow card 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

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Goalscorers

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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

All-Tournament team

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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
Valentin Noël Pittsburgh
Arturo Ordoñez

MVP in Bold

References

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  1. ^ "2021 Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "ACCMSoccerChampSeedingLanguage (PDF) – Atlantic Coast Conference" (PDF). theacc.com. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Men's Soccer vs Duke on 10/9/2021 – Box Score". Pitt Panthers #H2P. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Louisville vs. Clemson box score – 10/29/2021" (PDF). clemsontigers.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 30, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Men's Soccer vs Virginia on 9/10/2021 – Box Score". Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 ACC Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "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.