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2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 25, 2017 – November 12, 2017
Number of teams	12
2018 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Jon Bakero, Wake Forest
Picked by	Chicago Fire, 5th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Atlantic: Wake Forest Coastal: North Carolina
Runners-up	Atlantic: Louisville Coastal: Duke
Season MVP	Offensive: Jon Bakero Midfielder: Cam Lindley Defensive: Kevin Politz
ACC tournament
Champions	Wake Forest
Runners-up	Virginia
Finals MVP	Andreu Cases Mundet
ACC men's soccer seasons
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The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 64th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the North Carolina are the defending regular season champions for the Atlantic and Coastal Conferences, respectively. Wake Forest are the defending ACC tournament champions.

Changes from 2016

George Kiefer replaces Kelly Findley as the NC State Wolfpack head coach.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

1. Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Captain
Boston College Eagles	Ed Kelly	Henry Balf
Clemson Tigers	Mike Noonan	Tanner Dieterich Oliver Shannon
Duke Blue Devils	John Kerr, Jr.	Kevon Black Cody Brinkman Markus Fjørtoft Carter Manley Brian White
Louisville Cardinals	Ken Lolla	Tim Kübel
NC State Wolfpack	George Kiefer	Julius Duchscherer
North Carolina Tar Heels	Carlos Somoano	David October
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Bobby Clark	Matt Habrowski Chris Hubbard Jon Gallagher
Pittsburgh Panthers	Jay Vidovich	Bryce Cregan Javi Pérez
Syracuse Orange	Ian McIntyre
Virginia Cavaiers	George Gelnovatch
Virginia Tech Hokies	Mike Brizendine	Ben Lundgaard Collin Verfurth Marcelo Acuna
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Bobby Muuss	Kevin Politz Jon Bakero Steven Echevarria

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

Prior to the season, 7 players were named to the Hermann Trophy watch list.

• Tim Kübel – Louisville
• Cam Lindley – North Carolina
• Jon Gallagher – Notre Dame
• Mo Adams – Syracuse
• Edward Opoku – Virginia
• Marcelo Acuna – Virginia Tech
• Brad Dunwell – Wake Forest

Preseason poll

The 2017 ACC preseason poll was announced on August 16. 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.

ACC championship votes

1. North Carolina – 5
2. Wake Forest – 3
3. Clemson – 2
4. Virginia – 1
5. Notre Dame – 1

Regular season poll

Regular season

All times Eastern time.

Week 1 (Aug 21–27)

Schedule and results:

Players of the week:

Week 2 (Aug 28 – Sep 3)

Schedule and results:

Players of the week:

Week 3 (Sep 4–10)

Schedule and results:

Players of the week:

Week 4 (Sep 11–17)

Schedule and results:

Players of the week:

Week 5 (Sep 18–24)

Schedule and results:

Players of the week:

Week 6 (Sep 25 – Oct 1)

Schedule and results:

Players of the week:

Week 7 (Oct 2–8)

Schedule and results:

Players of the week:

Week 8 (Oct 9–15)

Schedule and results:

Players of the week:

Week 9 (Oct 16–22)

Schedule and results:

Players of the week:

Week 10 (Oct 23–29)

Schedule and results:

Players of the week:

Week 11 (Oct 30 – Nov 5)

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

Week 12 (Nov 6 – Nov 12)

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

Rankings

United Soccer

Top Drawer Soccer

Postseason

ACC tournament

NCAA tournament

Nine teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference were selected to participate in the NCAA tournament. Nine teams tied the record for most number of teams from a single conference in the tournament. The record of nine was achieved in 2016, also by the ACC. For the second straight year, seven ACC teams were seeded and received a first round bye in the tournament. The ACC now holds the top three spots for most teams from a conference. The ACC had eight teams invited in 2005. This is the seventeenth consecutive year that at least five teams from the ACC have earned an NCAA bid. All rankings shown in the table below are tournament seeds.

Awards

Postseason awards

All-ACC awards and teams

The ACC announced award winners on November 7, 2017. All awards were voted on by the league's head coaches.

All-Americans

College Soccer News

Six ACC players were named All-Americans by CollegeSoccerNews.com

Soccer America

Seven ACC players were named All-Americans by Soccer America on December 8 .

United Soccer Coaches

On December 7, 2017, United Soccer Coaches announced their All-America teams, broken into three starting XI's. Seven ACC players were named All-America by USC.

National awards

• Hermann Trophy: Jon Bakero
• Senior CLASS Award: Jon Bakero

MLS SuperDraft

Total picks by school

List of selections

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	Other
1	5	Chicago Fire	Jon Bakero	FW	Wake Forest
1	10	Chicago Fire	Mo Adams	MF	Syracuse	Generation adidas
1	11	FC Dallas	Ema Twumasi	MF	Wake Forest	Generation adidas
1	14	Atlanta United FC	Jon Gallagher	FW	Notre Dame
1	16	New York Red Bulls	Brian White	MF	Duke
1	19	New York City FC	Jeff Caldwell	GK	Virginia
1	21	Columbus Crew	Ben Lundgaard	GK	Virginia Tech
1	23	Minnesota United FC	Carter Manley	DF	Duke
2	24	Los Angeles	Pol Calvet	MF	Pittsburgh
2	25	Colorado Rapids	Alan Winn	FW	North Carolina
2	28	Toronto FC	Tim Kübel	DF	Louisville
2	32	Columbus Crew	Edward Opoku	FW	Virginia	Generation adidas
2	35	San Jose Earthquakes	Mohamed Thiaw	FW	Louisville
2	36	Atlanta United FC	Oliver Shannon	MF	Clemson
2	38	Chicago Fire	Diego Campos	FW	Clemson
2	45	Seattle Sounders FC	Markus Fjørtoft	DF	Duke
3	59	Houston Dynamo	Pablo Aguilar	MF	Virginia
3	61	Portland Timbers	Caleb Duvernay	DF	NC State
3	66	Houston Dynamo	Sheldon Sullivan	DF	Virginia
3	67	Columbus Crew	Luis Argudo	MF	Wake Forest

Homegrown contracts

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