2018 ACC men's soccer tournament

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer tournament was the 32nd edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, NC.^[2]

2018 ACC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Matches	11
Site	Sahlen's Stadium (Final) Cary, North Carolina (Final)
Champions	Louisville (1st title)
Winning coach	Ken Lolla (1st title)
MVP	Tate Schmitt (Louisville)
Broadcast	ESPNU (Final), ACC Network Extra (all other rounds) [1]
ACC men's soccer tournament «2017  2019»

2018 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest +	7	–	1	–	0			18	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Louisville ‡	4	–	2	–	2			11	–	5	–	3
NC State +	2	–	4	–	2			10	–	7	–	3
Boston College	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	8	–	4
Syracuse +	1	–	4	–	3			7	–	7	–	4
Clemson	2	–	6	–	0			7	–	9	–	1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	0			14	–	4	–	1
No. 11 Duke +	5	–	3	–	0			11	–	7	–	2
No. 8 Notre Dame +	4	–	3	–	1			11	–	7	–	3
No. 15 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	2			10	–	4	–	3
No. 17 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1			11	–	7	–	3
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0			8	–	10	–	1
‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

The Louisville Cardinals won the tournament over the North Carolina Tar Heels 1–0 in the final.^[3]

Qualification

Main article: 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top 4 seeds receive first round byes and will host the winner of a first-round game. All rounds, with the exception of the final are held at the higher seed's home field. Seeding is determined by regular season conference record. Ties are broken by overall winning percentage. Ten of the twelve teams have been ranked this year and eight currently hold spots in the top 11 of the NCAA RPI.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Wake Forest	7–1–0	21
2	North Carolina	6–1–0	18
3	Duke	5–3–0	15
4	Louisville	4–2–2	14
5	Notre Dame	4–3–1	13
6	Virginia	3–4–1	10
7	Virginia Tech	3–4–1	10
8	NC State	2–4–2	8
9	Boston College	2–5–1	7
10	Syracuse	1–4–3	6
11	Pittsburgh	2–6–0	6
12	Clemson	2–6–0	6

Bracket

*Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds.

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

Schedule

First round

#8 NC State v #9 Boston College

October 31	#8 NC State	3–1	#9 Boston College	Raleigh, NC
7:00 p.m. EST	Brad Sweeney 10' Gabriel Machado  23' David Loera 71',  80' Adian Foster  82' Alex Bautista 88'	Report	Tyshawn Rose  31' Lasse Lehmann  44' Simon Enstrom  58' Abe Bibas 62' David Longo  88'	Stadium: Dail Soccer Field Attendance: 437 Referee: Hudson Owens

#5 Notre Dame v #12 Clemson

October 31	#5 Notre Dame	2–0	#12 Clemson	South Bend, IN
7:00 p.m. EST	Ian Aschieris 2', 88'	Report		Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 191 Referee: Nick Balcer

#6 Virginia v #11 Pittsburgh

October 31	#6 Virginia	0–2	#11 Pittsburgh	Charlottesville, VA
7:00 p.m. EST		Report	Robby Dambrot  12' Jackson Walti  15' Javi Pérez  22' Edward Kizza 62', 79' Joshua Gaspari  65' Marcony Pimentel  69'	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 510

#7 Virginia Tech v #10 Syracuse

October 31	#7 Virginia Tech	3–1	#10 Syracuse	Blacksburg, VA
7:00 p.m. EST	David Sanz 17' Kristo Strickler 56' Sivert Haugli  82' James Kasak  86' Nico Quashie 88'	Report	Hendrik Hilpert  39' Ryan Raposo 84' Hugo Delhommelle  87'	Stadium: Thompson Field Attendance: 294 Referee: Karl Kummer

Quarterfinals

#1 Wake Forest v #8 NC State

November 4	#1 Wake Forest	2–0	#8 NC State	Winston-Salem, NC
1:00 p.m. EST	Omir Fernandez 12',  88' Sam Raben  9' Machop Chol 19' Holland Rula  67' Michael DeShields  88'	Report	Aidan Foster  55' Pepe Garcia  58' Alex Bautista  88'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 2,037 Referee: John Brady

#4 Louisville v #5 Notre Dame

November 4	#4 Louisville	1–0	#5 Notre Dame	Louisville, KY
1:00 p.m. EST	Cameron Wheeler  64' Tate Schmitt 85'	Report		Stadium: Lynn Stadium Attendance: 667 Referee: Tony DeLois

#3 Duke v #11 Pittsburgh

November 4	#3 Duke	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#11 Pittsburgh	Durham, NC
1:00 p.m. EST	Ciaran McKenna  58'  61' Daniele Proch  92'	Report	Jackson Walti  86'	Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 342 Referee: Chris Penso
	Penalties
	Daniele Proch Daniel Wright Kristofer Gardarsson Will Pulisic		Javi Pérez Jose Arbona Rodrigo Almeida Jackson Walti Joshua Gaspari

#2 North Carolina v #7 Virginia Tech

November 4	#2 North Carolina	3–0	#7 Virginia Tech	Cary, NC
1:00 p.m. EST	Jeremy Kelly 12' Mauricio Pineda 37' Jack Skahan 74'	Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 507 Referee: Mark Gorak

Semifinals

#1 Wake Forest v #4 Louisville

November 7	#1 Wake Forest	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#4 Louisville	Winston-Salem, NC
7:00 p.m. EST	Joey DeZart 51'	Report	Elijah Amo  39' 97' Haji Abdikadir 43' Tate Schmitt  90' Izaiah Jennings  93'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 2,117 Referee: David Erbacher

#2 North Carolina v #3 Duke

November 7	#2 North Carolina	2–1	#3 Duke	Cary, NC
7:00 p.m. EST	Giovanni Montesdeoca 28' Nils Bruening  69' Jelani Pieters 86'	Report	Issa Rayyan 86'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 586 Referee: Nikola Aleksic

Finals

#4 Louisville v #2 North Carolina

November 11	#4 Louisville	1–0	#2 North Carolina	Cary, NC
12:00 p.m. EST	Cherif Dieye 28' William Portman  52' Cody Cochran  67' Lamine Conte  68' Pedro Fonseca  82'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 1,402 Referee: Mike Stutt

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• Ian Aschieris – Notre Dame
• Edward Kizza – Pittsburgh

1 Goal

• Haji Abdikadir – Louisville
• Elijah Amo – Louisville
• Alex Bautista – NC State
• Abe Bibas – Boston College
• Machop Chol – Wake Forest
• Joey DeZart – Wake Forest
• Cherif Dieye – Louisville
• Omir Fernandez – Wake Forest
• Jeremy Kelly – North Carolina
• David Loera – NC State
• Giovanni Montesdeoca – North Carolina
• Jelani Peters – North Carolina
• Mauricio Pineda – North Carolina
• Ryan Raposo – Syracuse
• Issa Rayyan – Duke
• David Sanz – Virginia Tech
• Tate Schmitt – Louisville
• Jack Skahan – North Carolina
• Kristo Strickler – Virginia Tech
• Brad Sweeney – NC State
• Nico Quashie – Virginia Tech

All-Tournament team

ACC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[5]

Will Pulisic, Duke Brandon Williamson, Duke Lamine Conte, Louisville Cherif Dieye, Louisville Ziyad Fekri, Louisville Jake Gelnovatch, Louisville Tate Schmitt, Louisville Nils Bruening, North Carolina Alex Comsia, North Carolina John Nelson, North Carolina Machop Chol, Wake Forest Sam Raben, Wake Forest

MVP in Bold

See also

• Atlantic Coast Conference
• 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
• 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship