ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
The ACC Men's Soccer Tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Atlantic Coast Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1987. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship.
Champions
Key
Title number | |
* | Match went to extra time |
† | Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time |
Bold | Winning team won regular season |
^ | Winning team reached College Cup |
Winning team lost National Championship | |
Winning team won National Championship |
By year
Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Tournament MVP |
1987 | North Carolina | 4–3* | NC State | Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | Derek Missimo |
1988 | Virginia | 2–1 | North Carolina | Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina | none named |
1989 | Wake Forest | 2–2 | NC State | Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | Neil Covone |
1990 | NC State | 2–1 | Virginia | Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | Henry Gutierrez |
1991 | Virginia | 3–1 | Wake Forest | Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Claudio Reyna |
1992 | Virginia | 4–2 | Clemson | Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Brad Agoos |
1993 | Virginia | 2–1 | Clemson | Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Jaro Zawislan |
1994 | Virginia | 1–0 | Duke | Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina | Mark Peters |
1995 | Virginia^ | 1–0 | Clemson | Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | Mike Fisher |
1996 | Maryland | 2–0 | Virginia | Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia | Pierre Venditti |
1997 | Virginia | 2–0 | Maryland | Disney's Wide World of Sports • Orlando, Florida | Ben Olsen |
1998 | Clemson | 1–0 | Duke | Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Josh Campbell |
1999 | Duke | 2–1* | Virginia | Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Troy Garner |
2000 | North Carolina | 1–0* | Virginia | Spry Soccer Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Caleb Norkus |
2001 | Clemson | 2–1 | Virginia | Riggs Field • Clemson, South Carolina | Ian Fuller |
2002 | Maryland^ | 3–0 | Virginia | SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina | Abe Thompson |
2003 | Virginia | 1–1 | Maryland^ | SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina | Ryan Burke |
2004 | Virginia | 2–1 | Maryland^ | SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina | Jeremy Barlow |
2005 | Duke | 0–0 | North Carolina | SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina | Blake Camp |
2006 | Duke | 1–0* | Wake Forest^ | Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland | Michael Videira |
2007 | Boston College | 2–1 | Wake Forest | SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, North Carolina | Sherron Manswell |
2008 | Maryland | 1–0 | Virginia | WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina | Jeremy Hall |
2009 | Virginia | 1–0 | NC State | WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina | Diego Restrepo |
2010 | Maryland | 1–0 | North Carolina | WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina | Zac MacMath |
2011 | North Carolina | 3–1 | Boston College | WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina | Ben Speas |
2012 | Maryland^ | 2–1 | North Carolina | Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland | Patrick Mullins |
2013 | Maryland | 1–0 | Virginia^ | Maryland SoccerPlex • Germantown, Maryland | Patrick Mullins |
2014 | Clemson | 2-1* | Louisville | WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina | Paul Clowes |
2015 | Syracuse^ | 1–0 | Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana | Ben Polk |
2016 | Wake Forest | 3–1 | Clemson | MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina | Ian Harkes |
2017 | Wake Forest | 0–0 | Virginia | MUSC Health Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina | Andreu Cases Mundet |
2018 | Louisville | 1–0 | North Carolina | Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina | Tate Schmitt |
2019 | Virginia | 3–1 | Clemson | Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, North Carolina | Henry Kessler |
By school
Thru 2019School | W | L | T | Pct | Titles | Title Years | |
Boston College | 13 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2007 | |
Clemson | 32 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1998, 2001, 2014 | |
Duke | 32 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1999, 2005, 2006 | |
Louisville | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2018 | |
Maryland | 27 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 | |
NC State | 32 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1990 | |
North Carolina | 32 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1987, 2000, 2011 | |
Notre Dame | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
Pittsburgh | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Syracuse | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2015 | |
Virginia | 32 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2019 | |
Virginia Tech | 14 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||
Wake Forest | 32 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1989, 2016, 2017 |
Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer.
Pre-tournament champions
Prior to 1987, the champion was determined based on regular season play.Season | Champion | Runner-up |
1953 | Maryland | Duke |
1954 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1955 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1956 | Maryland | Virginia |
1957 | Maryland | Virginia |
1958 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1959 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1960 | Maryland | Duke |
1961 | Maryland | Duke |
1962 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1963 | Maryland | Virginia |
1964 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1965 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1966 | Maryland North Carolina | — |
1967 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1968 | Maryland | North Carolina |
1969 | Virginia | Maryland |
1970 | Virginia | Maryland |
1971 | Maryland | Duke |
1972 | Clemson | Duke |
1973 | Clemson | Maryland |
1974 | Clemson | Maryland |
1975 | Clemson | North Carolina |
1976 | Clemson | Maryland |
1977 | Clemson | North Carolina |
1978 | Clemson | North Carolina |
1979 | Clemson | North Carolina Virginia |
1980 | Duke | Clemson NC State |
1981 | Clemson | Duke |
1982 | Clemson Duke | — |
1983 | Virginia | Duke |
1984 | Virginia | Clemson NC State |
1985 | Clemson | Virginia |
1986 | Virginia | NC State |