2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

Sports season

2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 24, 2018 – October 27, 2018
Number of teams	12
2019 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Tajon Buchanan – Syracuse
Picked by	New England Revolution, 9th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Atlantic:Wake Forest Coastal:North Carolina
Runners-up	Atlantic:Louisville Coastal:Duke
Season MVP	Offensive: Omir Fernandez Midfielder: Bruno Lapa Defensive: Alex Comsia
Top scorer	Edward Kizza - Pittsburgh
ACC tournament
Champions	Louisville
Runners-up	North Carolina
Finals MVP	Tate Schmitt
ACC men's soccer seasons
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2018 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	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

‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship 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. He was replaced by Chad Riley, who was hired from Dartmouth.

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

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atlantic Division
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
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	Ed Kelly
Clemson Tigers	Mike Noonan
Duke Blue Devils	John Kerr Jr.
Louisville Cardinals	Ken Lolla
NC State Wolfpack	George Kiefer
North Carolina Tar Heels	Carlos Somoano
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Chad Riley
Pittsburgh Panthers	Jay Vidovich
Syracuse Orange	Ian McIntyre
Virginia Cavaiers	George Gelnovatch
Virginia Tech Hokies	Mike Brizendine
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Bobby Muuss

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

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

Alex Comsia, North Carolina
Jonny Sutherland, Clemson

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.

ACC championship votes

Regular season poll
First place votes shown in ().

Atlantic Division poll

Wake Forest (8) – 64
Clemson (4) – 60
Louisville – 53
NC State – 31
Syracuse – 29
Boston College – 15

Coastal Division poll

North Carolina (11) – 70
Virginia (1) – 53
Duke – 46
Notre Dame – 40
Pittsburgh – 28
Virginia Tech – 15

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.

Boston College
	United Soccer	CSN	Hero Sports	Soccer America	TopDrawer Soccer
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
	4:00 PM	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
	8:00 PM	#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
	2:30 PM	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

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
	7:00 PM	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
September 1	7:00 PM	#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

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
September 4	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)	–
September 9	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	Felicien Dumas	Notre Dame
Reference: ACC

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

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

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

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
October 6	7:00 PM	#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

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
	7:00 PM	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	Leon Krapf	NC State
Reference: ACC

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

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
October 27	7:00 PM	#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

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
November 7	7:00 PM	3 Duke	2 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	ACC Network Extra	1–2	586	ACC tournament semifinals
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	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	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
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	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
			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.

All-ACC awards and teams

Award	Recipient(s)
2018 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
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

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
2018 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
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

First Team	Second Team	Third Team
2018 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans
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	Total
Clemson	0	0	1	1
Louisville	0	1	0	1
North Carolina	1	0	0	1
Notre Dame	0	1	0	1
Pittsburgh	0	0	1	1
Syracuse	1	1	0	2
Wake Forest	1	0	1	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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v t e 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
Standings ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament
Atlantic Division	Boston College Clemson Louisville NC State Syracuse Wake Forest
Coastal Division	Duke Notre Dame North Carolina Pittsburgh Virginia Virginia Tech
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v t e Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer
Current teams	Boston College Eagles California Golden Bears Clemson Tigers Duke Blue Devils Louisville Cardinals North Carolina Tar Heels NC State Wolfpack Notre Dame Fighting Irish Pittsburgh Panthers SMU Mustangs Syracuse Orange Stanford Cardinal Virginia Cavaliers Virginia Tech Hokies Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Championships & awards	ACC Tournament Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Coach of the Year
Seasons	2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final Spring Men's College Program
Rankings & awards	United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll All-Americans

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