2022 ACC men's soccer tournament

2022 ACC men's soccer tournament
2022 ACC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Matches	11
Attendance	13,074
Site	Campus Sites; Sahlen's Stadium; Cary, North Carolina
Champions	Syracuse (2nd title)
Winning coach	Ian McIntyre (2nd title)
MVP	Russell Shealy (Syracuse)
Broadcast	ESPNU (Final), ACC Network
ACC men's soccer tournament
«2021	2023»

The 2022 ACC men's soccer tournament was the 36th edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina.^[1]^[2]

2022 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 1 Syracuse ‡	5	–	1	–	2	18	–	2	–	5
No. 24 Wake Forest +	5	–	3	–	0	14	–	6	–	0
Louisville +	4	–	3	–	1	9	–	6	–	3
No. 13 Clemson +	3	–	4	–	1	13	–	7	–	1
Boston College	1	–	4	–	3	4	–	7	–	5
NC State	1	–	5	–	2	6	–	7	–	5
Coastal
No. 3 Duke +	5	–	0	–	3	13	–	2	–	4
No. 16 Virginia +	5	–	1	–	2	10	–	4	–	5
No. 8 Pittsburgh +	3	–	2	–	3	12	–	5	–	5
North Carolina +	2	–	2	–	4	8	–	6	–	5
Notre Dame	3	–	4	–	1	8	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech	0	–	8	–	0	3	–	14	–	1


‡ – ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2022 NCAA tournament As of December 13, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The defending champions, Notre Dame was unable to defend their title, falling to Clemson in the first round. Clemson advanced to the final, becoming the lowest seed to do so in tournament history.^[3] However, Clemson could not complete their improbable run, losing to Syracuse 2–0 in the final. The victory was the second ACC Tournament title during Syracuse's time in the ACC and second title under head coach Ian McIntyre.^[4]

Qualification

All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference will earn 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.^[5] The seeding for the tournament was determined on the final day of conference play, October 28.^[6]

(*: division winners are automatically given the top two seeds).^[5]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Duke	5–0–3	18
2	Syracuse	5–1–2	17
3	Virginia	5–1–2	17
4	Wake Forest	5–3–0	15
5	Louisville	4–3–1	13
6	Pittsburgh	3–2–3	12
7	North Carolina	2–2–4	10
8	Clemson	3–4–1	10
9	Notre Dame	3–4–1	10
10	Boston College	1–4–3	6
11	NC State	1–5–2	5
12	Virginia Tech	0–8–0	0

Bracket

*Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds.^[7]

First Round November 2 ACCN & ACCNX			Quarterfinals November 6 ACCN			Semifinals November 9 ACCN			Final November 13 ESPNU

			1	Duke	0
8	Clemson	3	8	Clemson	2
9	Notre Dame	1				8	Clemson	2
						4	Wake Forest	0
			4	Wake Forest	1
5	Louisville	1	12	Virginia Tech	0
12	Virginia Tech	2							8	Clemson	0
									2	Syracuse	2
			3	Virginia	1
6	Pittsburgh (a.e.t.)	4	6	Pittsburgh	0
11	NC State	1				3	Virginia	2 (3)
						2	Syracuse (pen.)	2 (5)
			2	Syracuse	1
7	North Carolina	1	7	North Carolina	0
10	Boston College	0

Matches

First round

November 2, 2022	#5 Louisville	1–2	#12 Virginia Tech	Louisville, KY
6:00 p.m.	Bradley Sample 37' David Boccuzzo 61' Konstantinos Georgallides 79' Brandon McManus 87'	Report	30' Ethan Ballek 55' Daniel Starr 70' Nick Blacklock 88' Chris Nicola	Stadium: Lynn Stadium Attendance: 515 Referee: John McCloskey Assistant referees: Dean Morgan Assistant referees: Jeremy Sharp Fourth official: Aaron Rawlins

November 2, 2022	#7 North Carolina	1–0	#10 Boston College	Chapel Hill, NC
6:00 p.m.	Milo Garvanian 30' Ernest Bawa 82'	Report	60' Victor Souza	Stadium: Dorrance Field Attendance: 445 Referee: Kevin Marrison Assistant referees: Jude Carr Assistant referees: Kevin Maurer Fourth official: David McPhun

November 2, 2022	#6 Pittsburgh	4–1 (a.e.t.)	#11 NC State	Pittsburgh, PA
7:00 p.m.	Michael Sullivan 12', 92' Valentin Noël 106' Jackson Walti 110'	Report	10' Calem Tommy 19', 26' Luke Hille 75' Vusumzi Plamana 90' Team 99' Junior Nare	Stadium: Ambrose Urbanic Field Attendance: 438 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Ankur Singh Assistant referees: Ross Kleinstuber Fourth official: Chris Regan

November 2, 2022	#8 Clemson	3–1	#9 Notre Dame	Clemson, SC
8:00 p.m.	Notre Dame Own Goal 11' (o.g.) Hamady Diop 23' Isaiah Reid 31' Notre Dame Own Goal 40' (o.g.) Enrique Montana III 47' Ousmane Sylla 52' Mohamed Seye 59'	Report	32' 54' Bryce Boneau 54' Josh Ramsey 54' Reese Mayer 70' Sebastian Green 77' Paddy Burns 81' Matthew Radivojsa 90' KK Baffour	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 1,720 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner Fourth official: Logan Webber

Quarterfinals

November 6, 2022	#4 Wake Forest	1–0	#12 Virginia Tech	Winston-Salem, NC
2:00 p.m. EST	Omar Hernandez 62' Babacar Niang 75' Team 85'	Report	19' Jack Dearie 62' Welnilton Da Silva 69' Conor Pugh	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 1,774 Referee: JC Griggs Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas Assistant referees: Michael Donovan Fourth official: Mark Buda

November 6, 2022	#3 Virginia	1–0	#6 Pittsburgh	Charlottesville, VA
4:00 p.m. EST	Reese Miller 21' Paul Wiese 64' Jeremy Verley 70'	Report		Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 1,036 Referee: Joshua Encarnacion Assistant referees: William Aten Assistant referees: Kevin Uitto Fourth official: Joe Wehrle

November 6, 2022	#2 Syracuse	1–0	#7 North Carolina	Syracuse, NY
6:00 p.m. EST	Christian Curti 69' Levonte Johnson 86'	Report		Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Ankur Singh Assistant referees: Democratis Pashalidis Fourth official: Christopher Borncamp

November 6, 2022	#1 Duke	0–2	#8 Clemson	Durham, NC
8:00 p.m. EST	Peter Stroud 27'	Report	10', 90' Brandon Parrish 28' Adam Lundegard 40', 71' Derek Waleffe 90' Ousmane Sylla	Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 1,164 Referee: Kevin Morrison Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten Assistant referees: Justin Howard Fourth official: Carmen Anthony Serbio

Semifinals

November 9, 2022	#2 Syracuse	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	#3 Virginia	Syracuse, NY
5:00 p.m. EST	Amferny Sinclair 16' Jeorgio Kocevski 27' (pen.) Olu Oyegunle 70' Giona Leibold 76' Lorenzo Boselli 84'	Report	27' Paul Wiese 38' Andreas Ueland 62' Team 64' Daniel Mangarov 66' Leo Afonso 92' Moritz Kappelsberger	Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,340 Referee: John McCloskey Assistant referees: Jim Myers Assistant referees: Connor McCloskey Fourth official: Jeffery Trubia
	Penalties
	Lorenzo Boselli Jeorgio Kocevski Nathan Opoku Curt Calov Colin Biros		Daniel Mangarov Andreas Ueland Philip Horton Axel Ahlander

November 9, 2022	#4 Wake Forest	0–2	#8 Clemson	Winston-Salem, NC
7:00 p.m. EST	Ryan Fessler 11' Prince Amponsah 17' David Wrona 41'	Report	3' Elton Chifamba 14' Brandon Parrish 17' Adam Lundegard 60' Derek Waleffe	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 1,729 Referee: Carmen Serbio Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner Assistant referees: Jeremy Smith Fourth official: Kevin Uitto

Final

November 13, 2022	#2 Syracuse	2–0	#8 Clemson	Cary, NC
12:00 p.m. EST	Amferny Sinclair 11' Lorenzo Boselli 21' Giona Leibold 38' Olu Oyegunle 67' Christian Curti 74'	Report	54' Brandon Parrish 74' Dylan Sullivan	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 2,913 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Jude Carr Fourth official: Aaron Gallagher

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 24 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.18 goals per match.

2 goals

Brandon Parrish – Clemson
Derek Waleffe – Clemson
Michael Sullivan – Pittsburgh
Lorenzo Boselli – Syracuse

1 goal

Mohamed Seye – Clemson
Bradley Sample – Louisville
Ernest Bawa – North Carolina
Luke Hille – NC State
Matthew Radivojsa – Notre Dame
Valentin Noël – Pittsburgh
Jackson Walti – Pittsburgh
Levonte Johnson – Syracuse
Jeorgio Kocevski – Syracuse
Giona Leibold – Syracuse
Leo Afonso – Virginia
Reese Miller – Virginia
Andreas Ueland – Virginia
Ethan Ballek – Virginia Tech
Daniel Starr – Virginia Tech
Omar Hernandez – Wake Forest

2 own goals

Notre Dame (against Clemson)
Notre Dame (against Clemson)

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
2022 ACC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team^[8]
Russell Shealy	Syracuse
Lorenzo Boselli
Christian Curti
Jeorgio Kocevski
Hamady Diop	Clemson
Brandon Parrish
Derek Waleffe
Holden Brown	Virginia
Andreas Ueland	Virginia
Prince Amponsah	Wake Forest
Takuma Suzuki	Wake Forest

MVP in Bold

References

^ "2022 Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^ "ACC Announces Championship Dates and Sites for 2022-23". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 19, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
^ "Clemson advances to ACC Men's Soccer Final". wspa.com. Nexstar Media. November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
^ "2022 ACC Men's Soccer Recordbook" (PDF). theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "ACCMSoccerChampSeedingLanguage (PDF) – Atlantic Coast Conference" (PDF). theacc.com. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
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^ "2021 ACC Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^ "Syracuse Downs Clemson, 2-0, to Win 2022 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.

[1] "2022 Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. Retrieved October 27, 2022.

[2] "ACC Announces Championship Dates and Sites for 2022-23". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 19, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.

[3] "Clemson advances to ACC Men's Soccer Final". wspa.com. Nexstar Media. November 10, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.

[4] "2022 ACC Men's Soccer Recordbook" (PDF). theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved November 14, 2022.

[:0-5] "ACCMSoccerChampSeedingLanguage (PDF) – Atlantic Coast Conference" (PDF). theacc.com. Retrieved October 26, 2021.

[6] "2022 ACC Men's Soccer Championship Bracket Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.

[7] "2021 ACC Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 27, 2022.

[8] "Syracuse Downs Clemson, 2-0, to Win 2022 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.

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