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
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2023 ACC men's soccer standings

	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

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]

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[edit]

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[edit]

*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[edit]

First round[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Final[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

All-Tournament team[edit]

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
Daniel Diaz Bonilla	Syracuse
Buster Sjoberg

MVP in Bold

References[edit]