2025 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

2025 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 21, 2025 – October 31, 2025
Teams15
2026 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickNikola Markovic, 1st overall
Picked byD.C. United
Regular season
Season championsVirginia
  Runners-upStanford
Season MVPOffensive:Donavan Phillip
Midfielder:Ransford Gyan
Defensive:Nikola Markovic
Top scorerDonavan Phillip (NC State)[1]
ACC tournament
ChampionsSMU
  Runners-upVirginia
Finals MVP Slade Starnes
2025 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Virginia †+ 5 – 0 – 3 12 – 2 – 5
No. 8 Stanford + 5 – 2 – 1 14 – 4 – 2
No. 11 NC State + 4 – 1 – 3 16 – 3 – 4
Clemson + 4 – 2 – 2 8 – 6 – 3
Duke + 4 – 2 – 2 10 – 4 – 6
Syracuse + 4 – 3 – 1 9 – 8 – 3
No. 25 SMU ‡ 3 – 2 – 3 11 – 5 – 4
Notre Dame + 3 – 3 – 2 9 – 7 – 4
North Carolina + 2 – 2 – 4 9 – 5 – 6
Wake Forest 2 – 3 – 3 7 – 4 – 6
Virginia Tech 2 – 3 – 3 7 – 4 – 5
California 2 – 5 – 1 8 – 8 – 2
Pittsburgh 1 – 4 – 3 6 – 7 – 5
Louisville 1 – 5 – 2 5 – 7 – 5
Boston College 1 – 6 – 1 7 – 9 – 1
As of December 15, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

The 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 72nd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 21. Conference play began in September and concluded in October. The 2025 ACC men's soccer tournament was held from November 5 through November 16 at campus sites and at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.[2]

Pittsburgh were the defending regular season champions. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons were the defending ACC tournament champions.[3]

Virginia won the regular season title with an undefeated 5–0–3 regular season record. They were unable to convert their regular season title into an ACC Tournament title, as they lost in the final to SMU. Nine teams from the ACC qualifed for the NCAA Tournament.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Note: Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami (FL) are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference but do not sponsor men's soccer.

Coaches

Head coaching records

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Bob Thompson 6 19–31–19 19–31–19 5–20–12
California Leonard Griffin 4 39–43–17 19–22–13 2–4–2
Clemson Mike Noonan 16 407–199–88 183–84–85 65–43–19
Duke John Kerr Jr. 18 241–163–55 161–104–42 62–57–24
Louisville John Michael Hayden 7 52–42–14 52–42–14 19–25–8
North Carolina Carlos Somoano 15 176–62–48 176–62–48 70–30–28
NC State Marc Hubbard 2 242–53–46 10–5–5 3–3–2
Notre Dame Chad Riley 8 122–67–39 71–44–22 26–24–8
Pittsburgh Jay Vidovich 10 296–122–44 89–68–13 32–32–10
SMU Kevin Hudson 10 115–44–23 115–44–23 4–2–2
Stanford Jeremy Gunn 14 345–113–82 158–52–51 3–2–3
Syracuse Ian McIntyre 16 246–163–82 139–99–50 24–45–24
Virginia George Gelnovatch 30 377–154–71 377–154–71 108–77–38
Virginia Tech Mike Brizendine 17 113–137–43 113–137–43 29–82–23
Wake Forest Bobby Muuss 11 227–95–49 152–39–25 56–14–13

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2025 season
  • Years at school includes the 2025 season
  • ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 21, 2025. Five ACC players were selected the preseason watchlist.[19]

Player Class Position School
Ulfur Bjornsson Junior FW Duke
Cooper Flax Senior MF Wake Forest
Ransford Gyan Sophomore MF Clemson
Luca Nikolai Junior DF North Carolina
Casper Svenby Senior DF Pittsburgh

Preseason Poll

The pre-season poll and pre-season all conference teams were voted on by the league's 15 head coaches.[20] The results of the poll were released on August 13, prior to the season starting. The full results of the poll are shown below:

Predicted finish Team Points (1st place)
1 Clemson 185 (4)
2 Wake Forest 175 (5)
3 Pittsburgh 167 (4)
4 Duke 160 (2)
T-5 SMU 136
Stanford
7 North Carolina 115
8 NC State 108
9 Virginia 104
10 Notre Dame 81
11 Syracuse 63
12 California 57
13 Virginia Tech 34
14 Louisville 33
15 Boston College 21

Preseason awards

Preseason All-ACC Watchlist[20]
Position Player Class School
Goalkeeper Sam Joseph Senior Virginia Tech
Alex Svetanoff Junior Louisville
Defender Chimere Omeze Sophomore Syracuse
Alfredo Ortiz Senior California
Casper Svendby Pittsburgh
Midfielder Zach Bohane Stanford
Andrew Czech Graduate Student North Carolina
Ask Ekeland Senior Boston College
Cooper Flax Wake Forest
Ransford Gyan Sophomore Clemson
Wyatt Lewis Junior Notre Dame
Jaylinn Mitchell SMU
Umberto Pelà Senior Virginia
Forward Ulfur Bjornsson Junior Duke
Donovan Phillip NC State

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC member tied
ACC teams in bold

All times Eastern.

Week 1 (Aug. 19 – Aug. 25)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
August 21 5:00 p.m. Southern Indiana Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 6–0 640
5:30 p.m. Binghamton Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 1–0 517
6:00 p.m. Queens No. 14 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–0 2,138
Sacramento State No. 13 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 5–1 591
7:00 p.m. Connecticut Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 0–1 1,565
Notre Dame Michigan U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI T 1–1 1,400
No. 3 Ohio State Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 1–0 1,532
7:30 p.m. UCF North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 3–1 3,430
8:00 p.m. California Saint Mary's Saint Mary's Stadium • Moraga, CA W 3–2 357
No. 9 Clemson No. 11 Indiana Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN T 2–2 6,395
No. 18 Kansas City No. 5 SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, Texas T 2–2 1,016
Maryland No. 6 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC Cancelled[21]
Quinnipiac No. 7 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 1–0 1,719
San Diego No. 15 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 2–1 781
San Diego State No. 17 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 2–0 0
August 24 12:00 p.m. Syracuse Loyola (MD) Ridley Athletic Complex • Baltimore, MD W 1–0 258
3:00 p.m. Canisius Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 2–0 1,168
6:00 p.m. Wofford No. 14 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 6–0 3,241
7:00 p.m. Stetson No. 17 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 1–0 534
UCF No. 6 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 2–1 2,257
UC San Diego No. 15 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 1–0 826
7:30 p.m. IU Indy Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN T 0–0 569
North Carolina Seattle Championship Field • Seattle, WA W 2–1 1,079
8:30 p.m. No. 5 SMU Saint Louis Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MO L 0–1 4,097
10:00 p.m. California UCLA Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 1–0 1,206
No. 4 Denver No. 13 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 2–1 952
August 25 5:30 p.m. Siena Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA L 1–3 415
7:00 p.m. Michigan State No. 7 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 3–2 986
8:00 p.m. Louisville UAB PNC Field • Birmingham, AL W 1–0 595
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Luka Lukic California Sam Joseph Virginia Tech
Reference:[22]

Week 2 (Aug. 26 – Sep. 1)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
August 26 7:00 p.m. South Carolina No. 6 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 4–1 6,536
August 28 5:30 p.m. Oral Roberts No. 5 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 2–0 1,279
7:00 p.m. No. 11 Virginia George Mason George Mason Stadium • Fairfax, VA L 1–4 3,077
7:30 p.m. Evansville No. 15 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 2–0 1,484
8:00 p.m. Loyola Marymount SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX W 3–1 587
Penn State Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 1–1 1,716
8:30 p.m. No. 14 Oregon State Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 1–0 1,127
10:00 p.m. San Francisco No. 17 California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 1–2 328
10:30 p.m. No. 4 Stanford Santa Clara Stevens Stadium • Santa Clara, CA W 2–1 881
August 29 6:00 p.m. FIU No. 8 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–0 578
IU Indy Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY W 4–0 532
UAB No. 6 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 6–0 3,422
7:00 p.m. Boston College Providence Chapey Field • Providence, RI L 0–2 856
7:15 p.m. No. 12 Virginia Tech No. 2 Marshall Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex • Huntington, WV T 2–2 2,518
7:30 p.m. No. 3 Pittsburgh Georgetown Shaw Field • Washington, D.C. L 0–1 1,115
August 31 6:00 p.m. No. 9 Duke Furman Stone Stadium • Greenville, SC T 1–1 2,828
7:00 p.m. Oral Roberts SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX W 2–1 1,262
St. John's No. 5 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC T 0–0 1,872
10:00 p.m. UC Davis No. 4 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 1–0 1,211
UC San Diego No. 17 California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA T 1–1 603
September 1 4:00 p.m. Syracuse Yale Reese Stadium • New Haven, CT W 1–0 688
6:00 p.m. College of Charleston No. 15 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC L 0–2 672
7:00 p.m. American No. 11 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 1–0 845
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Ransford Gyan Clemson Mitch Ferguson Notre Dame
Reference:[23]

Week 3 (Sep. 2 – Sep. 8)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 2 5:30 p.m. Northeastern Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 1–0 312
September 4 7:00 p.m. SMU Grand Canyon GCU Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 1–0 1,278
September 5 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Stanford Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY LOU 1–0 375
6:00 p.m. North Carolina No. 5 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC T 0–0 5,083
No. 10 Pittsburgh No. 3 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 3–2 2,184
7:00 p.m. No. 14 Duke Georgetown Shaw Field • Washington, D.C. T 2–2 2,210
Duquesne Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 0–1 1,913
Lipscomb No. 7 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 4–0 1,233
Virginia No. 8 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA T 2–2 2,438
September 7 4:00 p.m. California Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA CAL 2–0 362
7:30 p.m. Indiana Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN L 0–1 1,883
September 8 7:00 p.m. Butler No. 10 Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 4–1 436
New Haven Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY T 0–0 648
8:00 p.m. Incarnate Word SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX L 1–2 728
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Ransford Gyan (2) Clemson Alex Svetanoff Louisville
Reference:[24]

Week 4 (Sep. 9 – Sep. 15)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 9 5:00 p.m. Furman No. 14 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA T 0–0 774
6:00 p.m. Campbell No. 4 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 1–0 750
VCU No. 2 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC L 1–2 1
7:00 p.m. No. 6 Louisville Ohio State Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH W 1–0 940
10:00 p.m. Saint Mary's No. 8 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 3–1 630
September 10 4:00 p.m. Dean College Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 14–0 167
6:00 p.m. California Harvard Jordan Field • Boston, MA L 1–3 384
Stetson No. 5 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 4–0 325
September 12 7:00 p.m. Notre Dame Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ND 2–0 2,000
No. 4 Wake Forest No. 21 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 1–1 2,280
September 13 6:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic No. 5 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 2–0 981
Virginia No. 6 Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY UVA 1–0 917
7:00 p.m. No. 8 Stanford Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY STAN 3–2 2,224
8:00 p.m. No. 2 Clemson SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX T 1–1 2,093
September 14 5:00 p.m. No. 19 Duke California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA T 1–1 738
6:00 p.m. Boston College No. 14 Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA BC 1–0 889
September 15 7:00 p.m. Incarnate Word Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA T 0–0 400
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Trevor Islam Stanford Andrej Borak Boston College
Luke Burns Virginia Casper Mols Virginia
Reference:[25]

Week 5 (Sep. 16 – Sep. 22)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 16 6:00 p.m. Queens No. 14 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC L 0–1 877
William & Mary No. 2 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 7–0 474
7:00 p.m. Memphis North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 3–0 503
Omaha Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 3–1 353
UNC Wilmington No. 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC T 3–3 814
September 17 10:00 p.m. No. 3 Stanford San Jose State Spartan Soccer Complex • San Jose, CA T 2–2 2,489
September 19 6:00 p.m. California No. 14 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 3–1 3,110
7:00 p.m. No. 12 Louisville Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN ND 3–0 2,643
No. 2 NC State Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA NCST 2–0 1,053
Pittsburgh Maryland Ludwig Field • College Park, MD L 1–2 2,754
Syracuse No. 19 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC DUKE 2–0 1,101
7:30 p.m. No. 1 Wake Forest Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA UVA 6–3 2,161
September 20 8:00 p.m. SMU North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC T 1–1 1,521
September 21 10:00 p.m. Virginia Tech No. 3 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA STAN 3–1 1,616
September 22 7:00 p.m. Liberty No. 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 7–0 850
Mercyhurst Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 2–1 482
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Donavan Phillip NC State Logan Erb NC State
Reference:[26]

Week 6 (Sep. 23 – Sep. 29)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 23 6:00 p.m. California UNC Asheville Greenwood Soccer Field • Asheville, NC W 1–0 375
7:00 p.m. Boston University Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 2–1 274
Colgate Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY W 3–0 522
Dayton No. 12 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA Canceled[27]
Howard No. 16 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 8–0 291
No. 18 Kentucky Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY T 1–1 1,850
Wright State No. 21 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 3–2 210
September 24 10:00 p.m. Oregon State No. 6 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 3–2 879
September 26 7:00 p.m. Clemson No. 13 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC CLEM 4–3 2,186
Louisville No. 16 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC DUKE 1–0 712
No. 1 NC State Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA T 1–1 1,360
September 27 6:00 p.m. Syracuse California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA CUSE 2–0 541
7:00 p.m. North Carolina No. 12 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA T 0–0 902
SMU No. 21 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN SMU 2–0 833
September 28 10:00 p.m. Boston College No. 6 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA STAN 3–0 1,379
September 29 7:00 p.m. Virginia Tech East Tennessee State Summers-Taylor Stadium • Johnson City, TN W 1–0 430
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Nathan Richmond Clemson Slade Starnes SMU
Reference:[28]

Week 7 (Sep. 30 – Oct. 6)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 30 7:00 p.m. Averett No. 9 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC W 10–0 174
Hope No. 23 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 3–2 264
October 1 7:00 p.m. Milwaukee No. 16 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 3–2 780
UNC Wilmington No. 2 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC W 3–0 2,463
October 3 6:00 p.m. California SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX SMU 4–0 1,660
North Carolina Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY UNC 1–0 1,222
7:00 p.m. Boston College Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY CUSE 1–0 1,544
Pittsburgh No. 9 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC DUKE 4–0 708
8:30 p.m. Virginia Tech No. 23 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN T 1–1 2,742
October 4 7:00 p.m. Elon Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 1–0 877
No. 3 Stanford Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC STAN 2–0 2,060
October 5 6:00 p.m. No. 16 Virginia No. 2 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC UVA 1–0 2,989
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Stephan Soghomonian SMU Casper Mols (2) Virginia
Reference:[29]

Week 8 (Oct. 7 – Oct. 13)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 7 6:00 p.m. Belmont Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY T 0–0 684
Longwood Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 3–0 167
7:00 p.m. Elon No. 7 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC T 1–1 414
Green Bay Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 4–2 264
North Carolina Lipscomb Lipscomb Soccer Complex • Nashville, TN W 3–0 472
8:00 p.m. UT Rio Grande Valley No. 25 SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX Cancelled[30]
October 10 6:00 p.m. Clemson No. 10 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC NCST 1–0 2,098
7:00 p.m. No. 7 Duke Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA T 0–0 1,027
Notre Dame No. 8 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA T 1–1 1,756
October 11 5:00 p.m. Louisville Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA VT 2–0 1,032
6:00 p.m. St. Thomas North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 4–0 1,539
Wake Forest California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA WAKE 2–1 336
8:00 p.m. No. 25 SMU Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY CUSE 2–0 988
9:00 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 1 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA STAN 2–0 1,880
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Dagur Traustason Virginia Tech Andrej Borak (2) Boston College
Reference:[31]

Week 9 (Oct. 14 – Oct. 20)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 14 5:30 p.m. American International Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 5–0 153
7:00 p.m. Denver Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA T 0–0 595
No. 19 UNC Greensboro No. 9 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA T 1–1 604
8:00 p.m. Central Arkansas SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX W 2–0 647
October 15 7:00 p.m. UAB No. 17 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC L 1–2 589
October 17 7:00 p.m. Louisville Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC T 1–1 1,208
No. 6 NC State Notre Dame Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN NCST 3–0 1,579
8:00 p.m. No. 10 Duke Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC CLEM 3–0 3,629
October 18 7:00 p.m. Boston College SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX SMU 3–2 860
Syracuse Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA PITT 4–2 767
October 19 5:00 p.m. Denver No. 9 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA W 2–1 706
Virginia Tech No. 17 North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 3–0 1,939
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Stephan Soghomonian (2) SMU Kwaku Agyabeng Clemson
Reference:[32]

Week 10 (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 21 6:00 p.m. No. 18 UNC Greensboro No. 3 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC T 1–1 1,140
UNC Wilmington Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC W 6–0 1,531
7:00 p.m. Notre Dame Northern Illinois NIU Soccer Complex • DeKalb, IL L 1–2 711
Queens No. 19 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC T 0–0 162
Syracuse Cornell Berman Field • Ithaca, NY L 1–2 750
Wofford Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC T 2–2 683
8:00 p.m. Louisville Lipscomb Lipscomb Soccer Complex • Nashville, TN T 1–1 317
October 22 6:00 p.m. Winthrop Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA W 2–0 887
7:00 p.m. California Radford Patrick D. Cupp Stadium • Radford, VA W 6–1 142
9:00 p.m. San Francisco No. 1 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA W 1–0 939
October 24 7:00 p.m. Notre Dame Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA ND 1–0 459
Wake Forest Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA T 1–1 817
October 25 3:00 p.m. No. 22 North Carolina Syracuse SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY CUSE 1–0 1,043
6:00 p.m. Clemson No. 11 Virginia Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA UVA 4–0 1,267
7:00 p.m. No. 3 NC State No. 19 Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC NSCT 2–0 1,854
October 26 6:00 p.m. California Virginia Tech Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA VT 3–2 1,527
9:00 p.m. SMU No. 1 Stanford Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA T 0–0 1,873
October 27 6:00 p.m. Louisville Evansville McCutchan Stadium • Evansville, IN L 1–3 754
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Nicholas Simmonds Virginia Slade Starnes (2) SMU
Declan Quill Virginia Tech
Reference:[33]

Week 11 (Oct. 28 – Nov. 4)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 31 5:00 p.m. No. 1 Stanford California Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA CAL 1–0 411
6:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Louisville Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY T 0–0 354
Syracuse No. 4 NC State Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC T 1–1 752
7:00 p.m. Saint Joseph's Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA W 2–1 228
Notre Dame Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC WAKE 3–0 740
No. 6 Virginia SMU Washburne Stadium • Dallas, TX UVA 1–0 803
Virginia Tech Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC T 3–3 1,721
8:00 p.m. Duke North Carolina Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC DUKE 2–0 1,509
Players of the Week
Offensive Defensive
Player Team Player Team
Junhwan Park California D'Andre Pickett California
Declan Quill (2) Virginia Tech
Reference:[34]

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
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Boston College USC Not released
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California USC 17 Not released
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Clemson USC 9 6 3 2 14 RV RV RV Not released
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Duke USC 15 9 14 19 19 16 9 7 10 19 RV Not released RV
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Louisville USC RV 6 12 Not released
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North Carolina USC RV 15 RV 21 RV RV RV 17 22 Not released RV
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NC State USC 14 8 5 5 2 1 (7) 2 10 6 3 4 5 11 Not released 2
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Notre Dame USC RV 21 23 RV Not released
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Pittsburgh USC 7 3 10 Not released
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CSN 5 3 7 9 22 RV Not released
SMU USC 5 RV RV 25 25 Not released 15
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Stanford USC 13 4 1 (8) 8 3 6 3 1 (8) 1 (8) 1 (8) 1 (8) 7 8 Not released 9
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CSN 10 6 2 4 7 5 2 2 1 1 1 6 8 9 Not released
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Virginia USC 17 11 RV RV RV 12 16 8 9 11 6 4 4 Not released 11
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Virginia Tech USC 12 8 14 RV Not released
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Wake Forest USC 6 5 7 4 1 (6) 13 Not released
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Postseason

ACC Tournament

Main article: 2025 ACC men's soccer tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 Virginia 2
12 California 1
1 Virginia 0
7 SMU 1
6 Syracuse 1
7 SMU 5

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Seed School First round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
2 Virginia BYE T 2–2 (3–4 PKs) vs. UNC Greensboro – (Charlottesville)
5 SMU BYE L 0–1 vs. Washington – (University Park)
12 Stanford BYE W 1–0 vs. Kansas City – (Stanford) L 0–1 vs. Washington – (Stanford)
15 NC State BYE W 2–0 vs. Marshall – (Raleigh) W 2–0 vs. UNC Greensboro – (Raleigh) W 3–2 @ (7) Georgetown – (Washington) vs. Saint Louis – (Cary)
Clemson L 0–1 vs. Western Michigan – (Clemson)
Duke W 1–0 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson – (Durham) W 1–0 @ (3) Princeton – (Princeton) L 0–2 @ (14) Akron – (Akron)
North Carolina T 2–2 (6–5 PKs) vs. North Florida – (Chapel Hill) T 1–1 (3–4 PKs) @ (4) Maryland – (College Park)
Notre Dame W 1–0 @ Michigan – (Ann Arbor) L 0–1 @ (14) Akron – (Akron)
Syracuse L 0–2 vs. Hofstra – (Syracuse)
W–L (%): 2–2–1 (.500) 3–2–2 (.571) 1–2–0 (.333) 1–0–0 (1.000) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) Total: 7–6–3 (.531)

Awards

All-ACC awards and teams

Source:[35]

2025 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year George Gelnovatch – Virginia
Offensive Player of the Year Donavan Phillip – NC State
Midfielder of the Year Ransford Gyan – Clemson
Defensive Player of the Year Nikola Marković – NC State
Goalkeeper of the Year Logan Erb – NC State
Freshman of the Year Nick Simmonds – Virginia
2025 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman Team

Ransford Gyan – Clemson
Kenan Hot – Duke
Logan Erb – NC State
Taig Healy – NC State
Nikola Marković – NC State
Donavan Phillip – NC State
Arnau Vilamitjana – Pittsburgh
Fletcher Bank – Stanford
Zach Bohane – Stanford
Nick Simmonds – Virginia
Cooper Flax – Wake Forest

Wahabu Musah – Clemson
Nathan Richmond – Clemson
Kamran Acito – Duke
Ulfur Bjornsson – Duke
Dylan Kropp – North Carolina
Luca Nikolai – North Carolina
Stephan Soghomonian – SMU
Slade Starnes – SMU
Nick Dang – Virginia
Casper Mols – Virginia
Umberto Pelà – Virginia

Luka Lukic – California
Kwaku Agyabeng – Clemson
Misei Yoshizawa – Clemson
Drew Kerr – Duke
Jack Sandmeyer – North Carolina
Calem Tommy – NC State
Wyatt Lewis – Notre Dame
Nolan Spicer – Notre Dame
Charles-Emile Brunet – SMU
Tomas Hut – Syracuse
Sebastian Pop – Virginia

Andrej Borak – Boston College
Kwaku Agyabeng – Clemson
Max Simpson – Duke
Immanuel Mathe – North Carolina
Riley Moloney – NC State
Joshua Partal – Stanford
Jack Pymm – Stanford
Landon Darko – Syracuse
Zach Ehrenpreis – Virginia
Nick Simmonds – Virginia
Dagur Traustason – Virginia Tech

All-Americans

2025 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans[36]
First Team Second Team Third Team

Nikola Marković – NC State
Ransford Gyan – Clemson
Donovan Phillip – NC State
Nick Simmonds – Virginia

Logan Erb – NC State
Slade Starnes – SMU
Cooper Flax – Wake Forest
Umberto Pelà – Virginia

None

MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2026 MLS SuperDraft

Total picks by school

Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Boston College – – – –
California – – – –
Clemson 4 – – 4
Duke – 1 – 1
Louisville – – 1 1
NC State 2 1 1 4
North Carolina 2 – 1 3
Notre Dame – – 1 1
Pittsburgh – 2 – 2
Stanford 1 1 – 2
SMU 1 – 1 2
Syracuse 1 – – 1
Virginia 1 1 – 2
Virginia Tech – – – –
Wake Forest 1 – 1 2
Total 13 6 6 25

List of selections

Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College
1 1 D.C. United Nikola Marković DF NC State
3 FC Dallas Nicholas Simmonds FW Virginia
4 Sporting Kansas City Kwaku Agyabeng MF Clemson
5 Orlando City SC Harvey Sarajian FW Wake Forest
13 Real Salt Lake Lukas Magnason DF Clemson
15 Portland Timbers Justin McLean FW NC State
18 Chicago Fire FC Jack Sandmeyer MF North Carolina
21 New York Red Bulls Tomas Hut GK Syracuse
22 Charlotte FC Will Cleary DF Stanford
23 Minnesota United FC Jaylinn Mitchell FW SMU
23 Real Salt Lake Dylan Kropp DF North Carolina
26 Colorado Rapids Wahabu Musah FW Clemson
27 New York City FC Ransford Gyan MF
2 32 Inter Miami CF Kenan Hot MF Duke
35 LA Galaxy Palmer Bank DF Stanford
36 Toronto FC Jackson Gilman DF Pittsburgh
39 Houston Dynamo FC Calem Tommy DF NC State
44 FC Dallas Umberto Pelà MF Virginia
48 Real Salt Lake Niklas Soerensen DF Pittsburgh
3 63 CF Montréal Tate Lorentz MF Wake Forest
66 FC Dallas Olayinka Ogunleye DF Louisville
74 Orlando City SC Mitch Ferguson DF Notre Dame
79 Columbus Crew Isaac Heffess DF NC State
80 Nashville SC Charles-Emile Brunet MF SMU
87 New York City FC Luca Nikolai DF North Carolina

Homegrown players

Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[37] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[38] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Original MLS team Player Pos. School Ref.
Houston Dynamo FC Reese Miller DF Virginia [39]
Logan Erb GK NC State [40]

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