2023 ACC men's soccer tournament

2023 ACC men's soccer tournament
2023 ACC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Matches	11
Attendance	17,735
Site	Campus Sites; Sahlen's Stadium; Cary, North Carolina
Champions	Clemson (5th title)
Winning coach	Mike Noonan (3rd title)
MVP	Ousmane Sylla (Clemson)
Broadcast	ESPNU (Final), ACC Network
ACC men's soccer tournament
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The 2023 ACC men's soccer tournament was the 37th edition of the ACC men's soccer tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina.^[1]^[2]

2023 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 15 Wake Forest +	4	–	1	–	3	11	–	3	–	5
No. 1 Clemson ‡	4	–	2	–	2	15	–	3	–	5
No. 25 Syracuse +	2	–	1	–	5	9	–	5	–	7
No. 24 Louisville +	2	–	4	–	2	12	–	6	–	3
NC State	1	–	5	–	2	6	–	9	–	3
Boston College	0	–	5	–	3	3	–	9	–	5
Coastal
No. 2 Notre Dame +	6	–	0	–	2	13	–	3	–	6
No. 13 Virginia +	5	–	2	–	1	11	–	4	–	4
No. 20 Duke+	4	–	3	–	1	11	–	4	–	3
No. 6 North Carolina +	2	–	3	–	3	11	–	3	–	7
Pittsburgh +	2	–	3	–	3	6	–	7	–	4
Virginia Tech	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	9	–	4


‡ – ACC tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

Syracuse are the defending tournament champions.^[3]

Syracuse was unable to defend their title as they fell to North Carolina in the Semifinals. Three of the top four seeds lost in the Quarterfinals, with fourth seed Clemson being the only top four seed to win. Clemson would go on to win the title, defeating North Carolina in the Final on penalties. The title was Clemson's fifth overall and second in four years. It was head coach Mike Noonan's third title as coach.^[4]

Qualification

All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The winners of each division, Atlantic and Coastal, were 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 were seeded according to points awarded in conference matches. All rounds, with the exception of the final were 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 27. A tiebreaker was required between North Carolina and Pittsburgh for the seventh and eighth seeds as both teams finished with 2–3–3 conference records. The regular season meeting between the two teams finished in a 0–0 tie, so the next tiebreaker of goal differential in conference games was used. North Carolina had a 0 goal differential, while Pittsburgh had a -4 goal differential. Therefore, North Carolina was the seventh seed, and Pittsburgh was the eighth seed.^[6]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Notre Dame	6–0–2	20
2	Wake Forest*	4–1–3	15*
3	Virginia*	5–2–1	16*
4	Clemson	4–2–2	14
5	Duke	4–3–1	13
6	Syracuse	2–1–5	11
7	North Carolina	2–3–3	9
8	Pittsburgh	2–3–3	9
9	Louisville	2–4–2	8
10	Virginia Tech	2–5–1	7
11	NC State	1–5–2	5
12	Boston College	0–5–3	3

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

Bracket

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

First Round November 1 ACCN & ACCNX			Quarterfinals November 5 ACCN			Semifinals November 8 ACCN			Final November 12 ESPNU

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

Matches

First round

November 1, 2023	#6 Syracuse	5–0	#11 NC State	Syracuse, NY
6:00 p.m. EDT	Gabriel Mikina 25' Mateo Leveque 26' Daniel Diaz Bonilla 40', 80' Felipe D'Agostini 71' Jackson Glenn 73'	Box Score	39' Drew Lovelace	Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Referee: Matthew Thompson Assistant referees: Democratis Pashalidis Assistant referees: Benjamin Eisenhunt Fourth official: Stephanie Serrano

November 1, 2023	#5 Duke	3–2	#12 Boston College	Durham, NC
6:00 p.m. EDT	Antino Lopez 3' Ulfur Bjornsson 62' Ruben Mesalles 63' Bull Jorgensen 84'	Box Score	34' CJ Williams 45' Xavier O'Neil 65' Team 80' Daniel Klaric 81' Christian Bejar	Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 435 Referee: Daniel Radford Assistant referees: Daniel Kappler Assistant referees: Jude Carr Fourth official: Mark Deblois

November 1, 2023	#7 North Carolina	4–1	#10 Virginia Tech	Chapel Hill, NC
6:00 p.m. EDT	Quenzi Huerman 29' Ernest Bawa 44', 76' Charlie Harper 68'	Box Score	2' Misei Yoshizawa 31' Mayola Kinyua	Stadium: Dorrance Field Attendance: 991 Referee: Christopher Grabas Assistant referees: Dallas Rosier Assistant referees: Michael Donovan Fourth official: Hudson Owens

November 1, 2023	#8 Pittsburgh	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#9 Louisville	Pittsburgh, PA
8:00 p.m. EDT	Felipe Mercado 24' Mateo Maillefaud 42' Joao Souza 106', 106' Eben McIntyre 106'	Box Score	95' Bryce LeBel 104', 106' Mason Tatafu 105' Damien Barker John 106' Team 107' David Boccuzzo 107' Gaetano D'Argento	Stadium: Ambrose Urbanic Field Attendance: 717 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Kerven Moon Assistant referees: John Safar Fourth official: Jason Caruso

Quarterfinals

November 5, 2023	#3 Virginia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	#6 Syracuse	Charlottesville, VA
2:00 p.m. EST	Leo Afonso 50', 51' Joey Batrouni 110'	Box Score	28' Noah Singelmann 51' Nicholas Kaloukian 84' Mateo Leveque 110' Gabriel Mikina	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 2,106 Referee: Karl Kummer Assistant referees: Anthony Wolford Assistant referees: Robert Velbis Fourth official: Hicham El Bariqi
	Penalties
	Leo Afonso Axel Ahlander Aidan O'Connor Daniel Mangarov Mouhameth Thiam		Lorenzo Boselli Joshua Belluz Jeorgio Kocevski Noah Singlemann Daniel Bonilla

November 5, 2023	#2 Wake Forest	0–1	#7 North Carolina	Winston-Salem, NC
4:00 p.m. EST	Prince Amponsah 59' Garrison Tubbs 82'	Box Score	16' Ahmad Al Qaq 59' Quenzi Huerman	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 2,958 Referee: John McCloskey Assistant referees: Jude Carr Assistant referees: Kevin Uitto Fourth official: Kevin Maurer

November 5, 2023	#4 Clemson	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	#5 Duke	Clemson, SC
6:00 p.m. EST	Tyler Trimnal 11', 75' Shawn Smart 27' Pape Mar Boye 57' Adam Lundegard 65' Alex Meinhard 94' (pen.)	Box Score	36' Forster Ajago 54' (o.g.) Clemson Own Goal 59' Kenan Hot 94' Amir Daley 98', 106' Ulfur Bjornsson	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 2,061 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner Fourth official: Ralph Polson
	Penalties
	Ousmane Sylla Joran Gerbet Gael Gibert Jackson Wrobel		Nick Pariano Ulfur Bjornsson Forster Ajago

November 5, 2023	#1 Notre Dame	3–4	#9 Louisville	Notre Dame, IN
8:00 p.m. EST	Kyle Genenbacher 66' Bryce Boneau 69', 88'	Box Score	22' Parker Forbes 23', 48', 52', 51' Sander Roed 23' Axel Alejandre 41' Ethan Subachan 57' Bradley Sample 71' Brandon McManus 89' Josh Jones	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 794 Referee: JC Griggs Assistant referees: Steve Besk Assistant referees: Carlos Leyva Fourth official: Tony DeLois

Semifinals

November 8, 2023	#6 Syracuse	1–3	#7 North Carolina	Syracuse, NY
6:00 p.m. EST	Gabriel Mikina 42' Noah Singelmann 45' Nicholas Kaloukian 56' Jeorgio Kocevski 58'	Report	Martin Vician 7', 70' Sam Williams 9' Matt Edwards 22' Daniel Kutsch 37' Ahmad Al Qaq 73'	Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,570 Referee: Stephen Foster Assistant referees: Christopher Borncamp Assistant referees: Benjamin Eisenhut Fourth official: Matthew Altman

November 8, 2023	#4 Clemson	5–1	#9 Louisville	Clemson, SC
8:00 p.m. EST	Remi Okunlola 7' Tyler Trimnal 25' Ousmane Sylla 31', 36' Isaiah Easley 68' Gael Gibert 71' Will Cain 86'	Report	Gage Guerra 19' Parker Forbes 24' Brandon McManus 76' Bryce LeBel 90' Josh Jones 90'	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 3,785 Referee: Mike Stutt Assistant referees: Jarred Mosher Assistant referees: Kevin Huet Fourth official: Brandon Marion

Final

November 12, 2023	#4 Clemson	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	#7 North Carolina	Cary, NC
12:00 p.m. EST	Adam Lundegard 66' Joran Gerbet 66' Ousmane Sylla 82'	Box Score	48', 82' Quenzi Huerman 76' Til Zinnhardt	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 2,318 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Ankur Singh Assistant referees: Justin Howard Fourth official: Michael Lavergne
	Penalties
	Brandon Parrish Ousmane Sylla Joran Gerbet Gael Gibert Alex Meinhard		Sam Williams Quenzi Huerman Matt Edwards Martin Vician

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 46 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 4.18 goals per match.

3 goals

Ousmane Sylla – Clemson
Sander Roed – Louisville

2 goals

Tyler Trimnal – Clemson
Ulfur Bjornsson – Duke
Ernest Bawa – North Carolina
Quenzi Huerman – North Carolina
Martin Vician – North Carolina
Bryce Boneau – Notre Dame
Daniel Diaz Bonilla – Syracuse

1 goal

Christian Bejar – Boston College
Daniel Klaric – Boston College
Isaiah Easley – Clemson
Gael Gibert – Clemson
Alex Meinhard – Clemson
Remi Okunlola – Clemson
Forster Ajago – Duke
Antino Lopez – Duke
Ruben Mesalles – Duke
Gage Guerra – Louisville
Damien Barker John – Louisville
Josh Jones – Louisville
Mason Tatafu – Louisville
Ahmad Al-Qaq – North Carolina
Charlie Harper – North Carolina
Daniel Kutsch – North Carolina
Kyle Genenbacher – Notre Dame
Joao Souza – Pittsburgh
Felipe D'Agostini – Syracuse
Jackson Glenn – Syracuse
Nicholas Kaloukian – Syracuse
Mateo Leveque – Syracuse
Gabriel Mikina – Syracuse
Leo Afonso – Virginia
Misei Yoshizawa – Virginia Tech

1 own goal

Clemson (vs Duke)

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
2023 ACC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team^[8]
Ousmane Sylla	Clemson
Gael Gerbet
Joran Gerbet
Alex Meinhard
Quenzi Huerman	North Carolina
Martin Vician
Til Zinnhardt
Sander Roed	Louisville
Alex Svetanoff	Louisville
Daniel Diaz Bonilla	Syracuse
Buster Sjoberg	Syracuse

MVP in Bold

References

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^ "Sites and Dates Announced for 2023 ACC Fall Championships". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 6, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
^ "2022 ACC Men's Soccer Recordbook" (PDF). theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
^ Turri, Alex (November 12, 2023). "Clemson wins the 2023 ACC Championship over North Carolina in penalty kicks". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "ACCMSoccerChampSeedingLanguage (PDF) – Atlantic Coast Conference" (PDF). theacc.com. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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[4] Turri, Alex (November 12, 2023). "Clemson wins the 2023 ACC Championship over North Carolina in penalty kicks". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved November 14, 2023.

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