2019 ACC men's soccer tournament

2019 ACC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Matches	11
Site	Sahlen's Stadium (Final) Cary, North Carolina (Final)
Champions	Virginia (11th title)
Winning coach	George Gelnovatch (5th title)
MVP	Henry Kessler (Virginia)
Broadcast	ESPNU (Final), ACC Network Extra (all other rounds)
ACC men's soccer tournament «2018  2020»

2019 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson +	6	–	1	–	1			18	–	2	–	2
No. 3 Wake Forest +	6	–	2	–	0			16	–	5	–	2
NC State +	3	–	4	–	1			9	–	7	–	3
No. 20 Louisville +	3	–	4	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Boston College +	2	–	4	–	2			9	–	6	–	3
Syracuse +	2	–	4	–	2			8	–	7	–	4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia ‡	6	–	1	–	1			21	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh +	4	–	3	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Notre Dame +	3	–	5	–	0			10	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	5	–	0			7	–	8	–	3
No. 13 Virginia Tech +	2	–	4	–	2			10	–	6	–	3
Duke	2	–	5	–	1			7	–	9	–	2
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

The 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer tournament was the 33rd edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, NC.^[1][2]

The defending champions were the Louisville Cardinals.^[3] Louisville was unable to defend its crown, losing to Virginia Tech in the first round. The Virginia Cavaliers claimed their eleventh title by beating Clemson in the final.^[4]

Qualification

All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top 4 seeds received first round byes and hosted the winner of a first round game. 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.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Clemson	6–1–1	19
2	Virginia	6–1–1	19
3	Wake Forest	6–2–0	18
4	Pittsburgh	4–3–1	13
5	NC State	3–4–1	10
6	Louisville	3–4–1	10
7	North Carolina	3–5–0	9
8	Notre Dame	3–5–0	9
9	Boston College	2–4–2	8
10	Syracuse	2–4–2	8
11	Virginia Tech	2–4–2	8
12	Duke	2–5–1	7

Bracket

*Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds. ^[5]

	First Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
					#1 Clemson	3
	#8 Notre Dame	22OT			#8 Notre Dame	0
	#9 Boston College	1							#1 Clemson	1
									#4 Pittsburgh	0
					#4 Pittsburgh	2(OT)
	#5 NC State	2			#5 NC State	1
	#12 Duke	1											#1 Clemson	1
													#2 Virginia	3
					#3 Wake Forest	2 (6)
	#6 Louisville	0			#11 Virginia Tech	2 (5)
	#11 Virginia Tech	2							#3 Wake Forest	0
									#2 Virginia	1
					#2 Virginia	2
	#7 North Carolina	0 (3)			#10 Syracuse	1
	#10 Syracuse	0 (5)

Schedule

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• James Brighton – Clemson
• Nathaniel Crofts – Virginia
• Edward Kizza – Pittsburgh
• Daniel Pereira – Virginia Tech

1 Goal

Own Goals

• Boston College (team) against Notre Dame

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
ACC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament team[6]
Nathaniel Crofts	Virginia
Bret Halsey
Cabrel Happi Kamseu
Henry Kessler
James Brighton	Clemson
Tanner Dieterich
Philip Mayaka
Edward Kizza	Pittsburgh
Arturo Ordoñez
Michael DeShields	Wake Forest
Joey DeZart

MVP in Bold

See also

• Atlantic Coast Conference
• 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
• 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

References