2021 ACC Championship Bracket
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The 2021 ACC Men's Soccer Championship moves into quarterfinal play on Sunday, with the top eight seeds still remaining after the home teams went 4-0 and did not concede a goal in the first round.
The quarterfinal round features a quadruple-header on Sunday on ACC Network and begins at 2 p.m. with No. 3 seed Duke hosting No. 6 Wake Forest. Top-seeded Pitt entertains No. 8 Virginia Tech at 4 p.m., while No. 4 seed Louisville plays host to No. 5 Notre Dame at 6 p.m. The quarterfinals are capped off at 8 p.m. with No. 2 seed Clemson taking on No. 7 North Carolina.
The semifinals will be played Wednesday, Nov. 10, at campus sites, with the matches airing on ACC Network at 5 and 7 p.m. The championship match will be broadcast from WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, on ESPNU on Sunday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now for the championship match at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina and can be purchased
HERE. General admission tickets are $10. Admission is free for youth ages 18 and under, as well as students of ACC institutions (with valid ID).
Clemson is the tournament’s reigning champion. The Tigers defeated Pitt, 2-1, for the 2020 championship.
2021 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship
First Round – Wednesday, Nov. 3 (Campus Sites)
at No. 7 North Carolina 1, No. 10 Syracuse 0 (2OT)
at No. 5 Notre Dame 1, No. 12 NC State 0
at No. 8 Virginia Tech 1, No. 9 Boston College (OT)
at No. 6 Wake Forest 3, No. 11 Virginia 0
Quarterfinals – Sunday, Nov. 7 (Campus Sites)
No. 6 Wake Forest at No. 3 Duke | 2 p.m. | ACCN
No. 8 Virginia Tech at No. 1 Pitt | 4 p.m. | ACCN
No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 4 Louisville | 6 p.m. | ACCN
No. 7 North Carolina at No. 2 Clemson | 8 p.m. | ACCN
Semifinals – Wednesday, Nov. 10 (Campus Sites)
Wake Forest/Duke vs. North Carolina/Clemson | 5 or 7 p.m. | ACC Network
Notre Dame/Louisville vs. Virginia Tech/Pitt | 5 or 7 p.m. | ACC Network
Final – WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, N.C. – Sunday, Nov. 14
2 p.m. | ESPNU
Noting ACC Men's Soccer
• Among current ACC programs, Virginia leads with 16 ACC Championships. Clemson is second (15).
• The ACC Tournament started in 1987 and officially determines the league's champion. From 1953-86, the ACC champion was determined through regular-season play.
• UVA has captured a league-best 11 tournament titles, while Clemson has won four.
• In the last four tournaments, there have been four different champions (Wake Forest, Louisville, Virginia, Clemson). Clemson is aiming to become the first repeat champion since Wake in 2016 and 2017.
• The ACC has seven teams among the top 30 in the NCAA's latest RPI, most of any conference; the next closest league has four. Pitt and Clemson surged to No. 4 and 5, respectively, this week.
• Prior to the matches on Friday, Oct. 29, the NCAA DI Men’s Soccer Committee revealed its top 16 ranking. The ACC led all conferences with five teams in the top 16: Notre Dame (6), Pitt (8), Clemson (10), Duke (11) and Virginia Tech (12). The top 16 correspond to the number of teams that are seeded in the 48-team NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship bracket.
• Five ACC teams are ranked in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll, the most of any other league.
• Pitt leads all ACC teams at No. 6 in the poll and is followed by Clemson (9), Duke (13), North Carolina (18) and Notre Dame (23).
• Clemson senior midfielder Quinn McNeill earned ACC Men’s Soccer Player of the Week honors, while Wake Forest freshman goalkeeper Trace Alphin and Clemson senior defender Oskar Ågren shared ACC Defensive Player of the Week laurels in the final weekly honors for the 2021 season.
• Five ACC teams rank among the top 20 nationally in scoring: Pitt (second, 2.67/game), Clemson (fourth, 2.62), Louisville (seventh, 2.5), Notre Dame (11th, 2.41) and Duke (17th, 2.27).
• Five of the nation's top 20 teams in goal differential hail from the ACC: Clemson (fourth, +28), Notre Dame (ninth, +29), Pitt (13th, +23), Duke and Wake Forest (16th, +20).
• Louisville's Aboubacar Camara leads the ACC and ranks fifth nationally in goals this season with 13. Duke's Thorleifur Ulfarsson is 11th with 11 in just 11 matches.
• ACC teams finished with a 66-22-6 record (.734) in non-conference play in the regular season, the second-best mark of any league nationally this season.
• Virginia's strength of schedule ranks third toughest nationally, while Pitt's is fourth and Notre Dame's fifth. Clemson (13), Virginia Tech (17) and North Carolina (20) also rank among the top 20.
• Seven ACC head coaches rank among the top 40 in NCAA Division I in winning percentage by active head coaches: UNC's Carlos Somoano (fourth, .723), Virginia's George Gelnovatch (12th, .681), Wake Forest's Bobby Muuss (14th, .676), Pitt's Jay Vidovich (27th, .641), Clemson's Mike Noonan (28th, .639), Notre Dame's Chad Riley (36th, .606) and NC State's George Kiefer (39th, .599).