2021 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 68th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 23, 2021 – October 29, 2021
Number of teams	12
2022 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Thorleifur Úlfarsson, 4th overall
Picked by	Houston Dynamo
Regular season
Season champions	Atlantic:Clemson Coastal:Pittsburgh
Runners-up	Atlantic:Louisville Coastal:Duke
Season MVP	Offensive: Thorleifur Úlfarsson Midfielder: Peter Stroud Defensive:Jasper Löeffelsend
ACC Tournament
Champions	Notre Dame
Runners-up	Duke
Finals MVP	Dawson McCartney

2021 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 1 Clemson +	5	–	3	–	0			16	–	5	–	2
Louisville +	5	–	3	–	0			10	–	7	–	1
No. 17 Wake Forest +	4	–	3	–	1			13	–	7	–	1
Boston College	2	–	4	–	2			6	–	7	–	2
Syracuse	2	–	5	–	1			8	–	8	–	2
NC State	1	–	5	–	2			7	–	8	–	2
Coastal
No. 12 Duke +	5	–	2	–	1			14	–	5	–	1
No. 6 Pittsburgh +	5	–	2	–	1			13	–	5	–	2
No. 4 Notre Dame ‡	4	–	2	–	2			14	–	5	–	5
North Carolina +	4	–	4	–	0			11	–	7	–	2
No. 19 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1			11	–	5	–	4
Virginia	2	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	3
‡ – ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

Clemson are the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and the Pittsburgh are the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Clemson is the defending ACC tournament Champion.

Clemson and Pittsburgh both retained their regular season titles in their respective conferences. However, Clemson could not defend its ACC Tournament crown, with Notre Dame prevailing in the 2021 tournament. Eight ACC teams were invited to the NCAA tournament. Clemson had the best showing of the eight, winning their third title in program history.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atlantic Division[1]
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Boston College Eagles	Newton Campus Soccer Field	2,500
Clemson Tigers	Riggs Field	6,500
Louisville Cardinals	Lynn Stadium	5,300
NC State Wolfpack	Dail Soccer Field	3,000
Syracuse Orange	SU Soccer Stadium	5,000
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Spry Stadium	3,000

Coastal Division[1]
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Duke Blue Devils	Koskinen Stadium	7,000
North Carolina Tar Heels	Dorrance Field	4,200
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Alumni Stadium	2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers	Ambrose Urbanic Field	735
Virginia Cavaliers	Klöckner Stadium	8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies	Thompson Field	2,500

1. ^ Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	ACC record
Boston College	Bob Thompson	2	1–3–1	1–3–1	1–3–1
Clemson	Mike Noonan	12	337–179–46	124–66–33	48–33–15
Duke	John Kerr Jr.	14	192–148–43	111–89–30	44–51–16
Louisville	John Michael Hayden	3	15–16–3	15–16–3	8–10–2
North Carolina	Carlos Somoano	11	137–42–29	137–42–29	53–17–16
NC State	George Kiefer	5	192–122–61	30–28–14	9–19–9
Notre Dame	Chad Riley	4	29–24–4	29–24–4	11–15–2
Pittsburgh	Jay Vidovich	6	251–99–33	44–45–2	17–23–3
Syracuse	Ian McIntyre	12	202–139–62	95–75–33	18–35–16
Virginia	George Gelnovatch	26	345–139–59	345–139–59	93–66–32
Virginia Tech	Mike Brizendine	13	88–103–30	88–103–30	23–60–19
Wake Forest	Bobby Muuss	7	177–74–36	102–18–12	39–5–7

Notes

• Records shown are prior to the 2021 season
• Years at school includes the 2021 season
• ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

The preseason watch list for the Hermann Trophy was released on August 26, 2021.^[2]

Player	Class	Position	School
Jasper Löeffelsend	Graduate Student	DF	Pittsburgh
Valentin Noël	Junior	FW	Pittsburgh

Preseason Poll

The 2021 ACC Preseason Poll was announced on August 18, 2021. The league's 12 head coaches voted Pittsburgh as the preseason favorite, with 7 of the 12 votes.^[3] Full results of the preseason poll are shown below:

Atlantic Division

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Clemson	64 (9)
2	Wake Forest	57 (2)
3	Louisville	38
4	Boston College	36 (1)
5	NC State	27
6	Syracuse	26

Coastal Division

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Pittsburgh	64 (9)
2	North Carolina	58 (3)
3	Virginia Tech	40
4	Virginia	32
5	Duke	28
6	Notre Dame	24

Media poll (ACC Championship)
Rank	Team	Votes
1	Pittsburgh	7
2	Clemson	3
3	North Carolina	2

Preseason awards

Preseason All-ACC Watchlist^[3]

Position	Player	Class	School
Goalkeeper	Alec Smir	Graduate Student	North Carolina
	Leon Krapf	Senior	NC State
Defender	Victor Souza	Junior	Boston College
	Oskar Ågren	Junior	Clemson
	Andreas Ueland	Junior	Virginia
	Sivert Haugli	Senior	Virginia Tech
Midfielder	Peter Stroud	Sophomore	Duke
	Valentin Noël	Junior	Pittsburgh
Forward	Pedro Fonseca	Senior	Louisville
	Jack Lynn	Senior	Notre Dame
	Deandre Kerr	Sophomore	Syracuse
	Kyle Holcomb	Senior	Wake Forest

Regular season

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

All times Eastern time.

Week 1 (Aug. 24 – Aug. 30)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
August 26	5:00 p.m.	No. 15 Virginia Tech	Kansas City	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	T 2–2 (2OT)	N/A
	7:00 p.m.	St. John's	No. 6 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 2–1	N/A
		USC Upstate	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 2–0	1,141
		VCU	No. 7 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	L 0–2	1,296
		Western Michigan	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 2–1	1,815
	7:30 p.m.	Bucknell	No. 4 North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 7–0	1,227
		Drexel	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 2–0	727
	8:00 p.m.	Duquesne	No. 3 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 7–0	1,310
		Louisville	Saint Louis	Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MO	L 1–2 (2OT)	2,224
August 27	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Indiana	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 2–3 (OT)	2,347
	7:30 p.m.	Liberty	Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 3–0	851
August 28	4:00 p.m.	Boston College	Quinnipiac	Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium • Hamden, CT	L 1–2	226
August 29	2:30 p.m.	Merrimack	Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 4–0	262
	3:30 p.m.	No. 15 Virginia Tech	No. 1 Marshall	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	W 3–2	113
	7:00 p.m.	Bucknell	No. 7 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 2–0	1,089
		Syracuse	No. 11 Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA	L 0–3	2,073
		USC Upstate	No. 6 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 5–0	N/A
	7:30 p.m.	VCU	No. 4 North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	T 1–1 (2OT)	1,776
August 30	5:30 p.m.	Boston University	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 2–1	750
	7:00 p.m.	NIU	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 2–0	456
		No. 3 Pittsburgh	West Virginia	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium • Morgantown, WV	L 1–2	1,316
		UNC Asheville	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 4–0	1,589
	7:30 p.m.	Evansville	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 2–1	504

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Veljko Petković	Pittsburgh	George Marks	Clemson
Reference:[4]

Week 2 (Aug. 31 – Sept. 6)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	No. 24 Duke	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	W 1–0	0
		High Point	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 2–0	1,042
September 3	4:00 p.m.	UCF	No. 10 Virginia Tech	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 2–1	50
	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Georgetown	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	L 0–1	1,674
		Georgia Southern	No. 6 North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 3–0	498
		Lehigh	No. 3 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 2–0	1,060
		No. 20 Seton Hall	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	L 1–3	842
		South Carolina	No. 4 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 5–0	4,524
	7:30 p.m.	Bellarmine	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 1–0 (2OT)	1,200
		Notre Dame	No. 21 Kentucky	Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY	L 0–1	1,589
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Cornell	No 18 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 2–1 (2OT)	1,491
September 6	1:00 p.m.	No. 10 Virginia Tech	No. 20 Seton Hall	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	T 3–3 (2OT)	116
	5:30 p.m.	Hartford	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 1–0	615
	6:00 p.m.	Virginia	No. 11 Maryland	Audi Field • Washington, D.C.	L 1–2	1,987
	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 North Carolina	Davidson	Alumni Soccer Stadium • Davidson, NC	W 3–0	2,163
		Niagara	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 2–0	896
		No. 3 Pittsburgh	No. 19 Akron	FirstEnergy Stadium • Akron, OH	L 1–2	1,955
		Seattle	No. 24 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	L 0–1 (2OT)	503
		South Florida	No. 4 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 3–0	1,412
		UCF	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 2–1	802

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Stefan Sigurdarson	Boston College	Eliot Hamill	Duke
Reference:[5]

Week 3 (Sept. 7 – Sept. 13)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:30 p.m.	No. 17 Kentucky	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	L 1–3	1,679
September 10	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Clemson	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	CLEM 2–0	1,840
		No. 4 North Carolina	No. 15 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	PITT 4–0	1,115
		Notre Dame	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	T 1–1 (2OT)	927
		Syracuse	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	CUSE 3–1	1,945
	7:30 p.m.	No. 25 Wake Forest	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	LOU 3–0	1,307
September 11	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Virginia Tech	No. 19 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 1–0	863
September 13	7:00 p.m.	No. 15 Pittsburgh	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA	W 1–0	1,518

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Deandre Kerr	Syracuse	George Marks	Clemson
Reference:[6]

Week 4 (Sept. 14 – Sept. 20)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Binghamton	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 7–0	988
		Campbell	No. 16 North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 1–0	538
		Georgia Southern	No. 2 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 5–0	1,232
		Holy Cross	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	W 3–2 (OT)	381
		James Madison	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 2–1	520
		Michigan State	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 3–4	351
		UNC Greensboro	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	T 0–0 (2OT)	932
September 17	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	No. 2 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	CLEM 3–0	3,032
		Louisville	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	LOU 5–4 (2OT)	1,113
		NC State	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	ND 1–0	1,001
		Virginia	No. 17 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	VT 2–1 (2OT)	2,725
	8:00 p.m.	No. 5 Pittsburgh	Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	WAKE 3–1	2,176
September 19	7:00 p.m.	No. 12 Duke	No. 16 North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	DUKE 3–0	2,310
September 20	7:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	George Mason	George Mason Stadium • Fairfax, VA	W 1–0	175

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Jacob Labovitz	Virginia Tech	Eliot Hamill	Duke
Reference:[7]

Week 5 (Sept. 21 – Sept. 27)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	Yale	Reese Stadium • New Haven, CT	L 0–2	511
		No. 2 Clemson	UNC Greensboro	UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC	L 1–3	569
		Notre Dame	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	W 3–1	317
		Syracuse	Cornell	Berman Field • Ithaca, NY	T 1–1 (2OT)	155
		Virginia	James Madison	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	L 0–1 (2OT)	564
		No. 12 Virginia Tech	William & Mary	Albert–Daly Field • Williamsburg, VA	W 3–2	1,129
	7:30 p.m.	Northern Kentucky	No. 25 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 4–0	393
September 24	7:00 p.m.	Notre Dame	No. 12 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	VT 2–1 (OT)	1,423
		Wake Forest	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	T 1–1 (2OT)	1,570
	7:30 p.m.	Boston College	No. 25 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	LOU 2–0	827
September 25	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Duke	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	DUKE 1–0	1,879
		North Carolina	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	UNC 2–0	2,046
		No. 15 Pittsburgh	No. 2 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	PITT 2–0	2,231

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Matt Bailey	Pittsburgh	Eliot Hamill	Duke
Danny Flores	Virginia Tech
Reference:[8]

Week 6 (Sept. 28 – Oct. 4)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	7:00 p.m.	East Tennessee State	No. 11 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 2–0	511
		Howard	No. 4 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 4–0	739
		Liberty	Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	L 0–1 (2OT)	1,287
		NC State	Longwood	Longwood Athletics Complex • Farmville, VA	W 6–2	50
		Trine	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 13–0	318
		VCU	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 3–1	880
		Vermont	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 5–2	325
	7:30 p.m.	Western Illinois	No. 14 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 7–1	482
September 29	7:00 p.m.	North Carolina	UNC Wilmington	UNCW Soccer Stadium • Wilmington, NC	L 1–2	1,321
October 1	6:00 p.m.	Virginia	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	ND 2–1	1,213
	7:00 p.m.	No. 19 Clemson	Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	CLEM 2–1	3,560
		No. 14 Louisville	No. 4 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 3–1	1,017
		Syracuse	No. 16 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	PITT 3–2 (2OT)	1,097
		No. 11 Virginia Tech	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	T 0–0 (2OT)	1,956
October 3	7:00 p.m.	NC State	North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 4–0	1,433

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Thorleifur Úlfarsson	Duke	Charlie Asensio	Clemson
Reference:[9]

Week 7 (Oct. 5 – Oct. 11)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 5	1:30 p.m.	UNC Wilmington	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	T 1–1 (2OT)	76
	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	Northeastern	Parsons Field • Brookline, MA	W 2–1	221
		No. 21 Clemson	Coastal Carolina	CCU Soccer Field • Conway, SC	W 2–0	858
		Cleveland State	No. 13 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 4–0	430
		Colgate	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	W 3–0	326
		Elon	No. 3 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	W 3–1	520
		Purdue Fort Wayne	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 4–0	403
		William & Mary	Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 4–0	1,119
October 8	6:00 p.m.	No. 23 Louisville	No. 9 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	VT 4–2	765
	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	UVA 2–1	0
		NC State	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	T 0–0 (2OT)	1,572
		Wake Forest	North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	WAKE 2–1	1,283
October 9	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 Duke	No. 13 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	PITT 3–2	1,409
		Notre Dame	No. 21 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	ND 2–0	1,500
October 11	7:00 p.m.	Denver	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	L 1–2 (OT)	992
		Syracuse	Bucknell	Holmes Stadium • Lewisburg, PA	W 4–0	175

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Daniel Russo	Notre Dame	Philip Quinton	Notre Dame
Guilherme Feitosa	Pittsburgh
Reference:[10]

Week 8 (Oct. 12 – Oct. 18)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 12	7:00 p.m.	Davidson	No. 5 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 4–0	435
		Eastern Illinois	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 5–0	609
		George Washington	Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 3–0	1,127
		High Point	NC State	Dial Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	W 4–0	480
		Wofford	North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 1–0	466
October 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 23 Clemson	No. 9 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	CLEM 3–2 (OT)	1,204
		North Carolina	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	LOU 2–0	562
		Syracuse	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	BC 1–0	324
		Virginia	NC State	Dial Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	UVA 2–1	751
October 16	7:00 p.m.	No. 7 Pittsburgh	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	UND 1–0 (2OT)	385
		No. 5 Virginia Tech	Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	WAKE 3–1	3,026

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Aboubacar Camara	Louisville	Paddy Burns	Notre Dame
Reference:[11]

Week 9 (Oct. 19 – Oct. 25)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 19	7:00 p.m.	No. 18 Duke	Furman	Stone Stadium • Greenville, SC	W 3–2	538
		Loyola (MD)	Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	W 7–0	1,021
		No. 15 Loyola Marymount	North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	W 2–0	471
		Oakland	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	L 1–2	0
		UIC	No. 20 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 3–0	259
		William & Mary	NC State	Dial Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	L 0–1	369
October 20	6:00 p.m.	Winthrop	No. 13 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 3–0	551
October 22	7:00 p.m.	No. 18 Duke	No. 20 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	T 1–1 (2OT)	1,037
		NC State	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	LOU 2–1	608
		No. 10 Pittsburgh	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	T 2–2 (2OT)	0
October 23	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Clemson	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	CUSE 2–0	1,205
		Wake Forest	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	BC 3–2	658
October 24	7:00 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 13 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	UNC 2–0	1,115
October 25	1:00 p.m.	Mary Washington	Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 2–0	82
	7:00 p.m.	Massachusetts	No. 10 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 5–1	713

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Milo Garvanian	North Carolina	Alec Smir	North Carolina
Reference:[12]

Week 10 (Oct. 26 – Nov. 2)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 26	7:00 p.m.	No. 17 FIU	No. 15 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	W 4–0	1,335
October 29	4:30 p.m.	No. 11 Notre Dame	North Carolina	Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 3–1	1,481
	7:00 p.m.	Boston College	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	NCST 1–0 (2OT)	931
		Louisville	No. 15 Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	CLEM 5–1	1,889
		Syracuse	Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	WAKE 2–0	2,271
		Virginia	No. 13 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	DUKE 3–2 (OT)	1,117
		No. 21 Virginia Tech	No. 12 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	PITT 4–1	900

Players of the Week

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Quinn McNeill	Clemson	Trace Alphin	Notre Dame
		Oskar Ågren	Clemson
Reference:[13]

Rankings

National

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

United Soccer Coaches

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Final
Boston College
Clemson	6 (1)	4 (1)	2 (6)	2 (5)	2 (4)	19	21	23	6	15	9	9	1 (24)
Duke		24	19	12	6	4	3	9	18	13	13	11	12
Louisville				RV	25	14	23	RV	RV
North Carolina	4	6	4	16	RV	RV	RV			RV	18	23	RV
NC State		RV	RV
Notre Dame	RV							RV	20	11	23	20	4
Pittsburgh	3 (1)	3 (3)	15	5	15	16	13	7	10	12	6	5 (2)	6
Syracuse				RV
Virginia	RV	RV	RV
Virginia Tech	15	10	6	17	12	11	9	5	13	21	RV	RV	19
Wake Forest	7	18	25	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	17

Top Drawer Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Boston College
Clemson	8	6	3	2	2	10	9	15	6	17	15	15	17	14	8	4	1
Duke				18	9	8	6	9	13	11	10	10	14	10	12	12	12
Louisville
North Carolina	4	5	2	4	11	11	17			23	20	20	22	22	22	22	22
NC State
Notre Dame													11	9	6	3	4
Pittsburgh	3	2	6	11	22	21	22	8	12	16	14	12	15	12	7	8	8
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech	19	18	18					21	21	25
Wake Forest	6	8	8		18	20		19	18

Postseason

ACC Tournament

Main article: 2021 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Pittsburgh	0
	5	Notre Dame	2
						5	Notre Dame	2
						3	Duke	0
	3	Duke	1
	2	Clemson	0

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

The ACC sent eight teams to the NCAA tournament, which was the most of any conference. ACC teams also were four of the top eight seeds in the tournament.^[14]

Seed	School	First round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
4	Notre Dame	BYE	W 3–0 vs. Villanova – (Notre Dame, IN)	W 2–0 vs. Wake Forest – (Notre Dame, IN)	T 1–1 (4–2 PKs) vs. No. 5 Pittsburgh – (Notre Dame, IN)	T 1–1 (4–5 PKs) vs. No. 8 Clemson – (Cary, NC)
5	Pittsburgh	BYE	W 5–2 vs. Northern Illinois – (Pittsburgh, PA)	W 4–0 vs. Hofstra – (Pittsburgh, PA)	T 0–0 (4–2 PKs) vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Notre Dame, IN)
7	Duke	BYE	W 2–1 vs. UCLA – (Durham, NC)	L 3–4 vs. No. 10 Saint Louis – (Durham, NC)
8	Clemson	BYE	W 1–0 vs. Denver – (Clemson, SC)	W 2–1 vs. No. 9 Kentucky – (Clemson, SC)	T 0–0 (4–3 PKs) vs. No. 1 Oregon State – (Corvallis, OR)	T 1–1 (5–4 PKs)vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Cary, NC)	W 2–0 vs. No. 2 Washington – (Cary, NC)
	Louisville	L 0–1 vs. Bowling Green – (Louisville, KY)
	North Carolina	T 0–0 (4–2 PKs) vs. Loyola (MD) – (Chapel Hill, NC)	L 1–4 vs. No. 16 New Hampshire – (Durham, NH)
	Virginia Tech	W 2–1 vs. Campbell – (Blacksburg, VA)	T 1–1 (3–4 PKs) vs. No. 11 West Virginia – (Morgantown, WV)
	Wake Forest	W 2–1 vs. Mercer – (Winston-Salem, NC)	W 3–2 vs. No. 13 FIU – (Miami, FL)	L 0–2 vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Notre Dame, IN)
	W–L (%):	2–1–1 (.625)	5–1–1 (.786)	3–2–0 (.600)	0–0–3 (.500)	0–0–2 (.500)	1–0–0 (1.000) Total: 11–4–7 (.659)

Awards

Postseason awards

Postseason awards were released on November 10, prior to the ACC Tournament Semifinals.^[15]

All-ACC awards and teams

2021 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year	Jay Vidovich – Pittsburgh
Offensive Player of the Year	Thorleifur Úlfarsson – Duke
Midfielder of the Year	Peter Stroud – Duke
Defensive Player of the Year	Jasper Löeffelsend – Pittsburgh
Freshman of the Year	Shak Mohammed – Duke

2021 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	All-Freshman Team
Oskar Ågren – Clemson Peter Stroud – Duke Thorleifur Úlfarsson – Duke Aboubacar Camara – Louisville Pedro Fonseca – Louisville Alec Smir – North Carolina Jack Lynn – Notre Dame Jasper Löeffelsend – Pittsburgh Deandre Kerr – Syracuse Jacob Labovitz – Virginia Tech Kyle Holcomb – Wake Forest	Hamady Diop – Clemson George Marks – Clemson Ousmane Sylla – Clemson Shakur Mohammed – Duke Rodrigo Almeida – Pittsburgh Bertin Jacquesson – Pittsburgh Valentin Noël – Pittsburgh Arturo Ordoñez – Pittsburgh Veljko Petkovic – Pittsburgh Jackson Walti – Pittsburgh Leo Afonso – Virginia	Victor Souza – Boston College Quinn McNeill – Clemson Sander Roed – Louisville Joe Pickering – North Carolina Filippo Zattarin – North Carolina Philip Quinton – Notre Dame Nico Campuzano – Pittsburgh Mayola Kinyua – Virginia Tech Nico Benalcazar – Wake Forest Omar Hernandez – Wake Forest Jake Swallen – Wake Forest	Aidan Farwell – Boston College Ruben Mesalles – Duke Shak Mohammed – Duke Sander Roed – Louisville Ken Bellini – North Carolina Tega Ikoba – North Carolina Josh Ramsey – Notre Dame Matthew Roou – Notre Dame Guilherme Feitosa – Pittsburgh Curt Calov – Syracuse Asparuh Slavov – Virginia Danny Flores – Virginia Tech

MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2022 MLS SuperDraft

A total of nineteen players were selected from ACC teams in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft. Their six first round picks and nineteen overall picks were the most of any conference in the draft. The nineteen total picks is the second highest in league history. Clemson had the most players selected with six.^[16]

Total picks by school

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
Clemson	1	3	2	6
Duke	2	–	–	2
Louisville	–	1	–	1
NC State	–	–	1	1
North Carolina	–	–	1	1
Notre Dame	3	–	–	3
Pittsburgh	–	1	1	2
Virginia Tech	–	–	1	1
Wake Forest	–	1	1	2
Total	6	6	7	19

List of selections

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College
1	4	Houston Dynamo	Thorleifur Úlfarsson	FW	Duke
1	13	San Jose Earthquakes	Oskar Ågren	DF	Clemson
1	14	FC Cincinnati	Ian Murphy	DF	Duke
1	18	Orlando City	Jack Lynn	FW	Notre Dame
1	23	Colorado Rapids	Mohamed Omar	MF	Notre Dame
1	25	Columbus Crew	Philip Quinton	DF	Notre Dame
2	29	Charlotte FC	Kyle Holcomb	FW	Wake Forest
2	35	Austin FC	Charlie Asensio	DF	Clemson
2	39	Houston Dynamo	Arturo Ordoñez	DF	Pittsburgh
2	42	LA Galaxy	Callum Johnson	MF	Clemson
2	44	Vancouver Whitecaps	Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador	MF	Clemson
2	53	Real Salt Lake	Pedro Fonseca	FW	Louisville
3	57	Charlotte FC	George Marks	GK	Clemson
3	62	FC Dallas	Alec Smir	GK	North Carolina
3	64	San Jose Earthquakes	John Martin	MF	Clemson
3	67	CF Montréal	Ivy Brisma	FW	NC State
3	81	Real Salt Lake	Jasper Löeffelsend	DF	Pittsburgh
3	83	Portland Timbers	Sivert Haugli	DF	Virginia Tech
Compensatory	87	FC Dallas	Holland Rula	DF	Wake Forest

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,^[17] 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.^[18] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Original MLS team	Player	Pos.	School	Ref.
Portland Timbers	Tega Ikoba	FW	North Carolina	[19]
New York City FC	Nico Benalcazar	DF	Wake Forest	[20]
Toronto FC	Deandre Kerr	FW	Syracuse	[21]