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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – ACC programs begin competition in the 2024 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship on Thursday, November 21, with first-round matches at North Carolina and NC State.
Nine ACC teams earned bids to the NCAA Tournament, most of any conference this year.
The ACC claimed seven of the 16 national seeds: Pitt (2), Wake Forest (8), Clemson (9), Duke (10), Virginia (11), SMU (12) and Stanford (16). These seven teams will play host to second-round matches on Sunday.
This marks the 12th straight season in which the ACC placed the most teams in the tournament and the 24th consecutive season that at least five league teams earned a bid.
All NCAA Tournament action will air on ESPN+ until the NCAA College Cup, which will be broadcast on ESPNU on Dec. 13 and 16.
2024 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Schedule
Thursday, Nov. 21 - First Round
Furman at North Carolina | 5 p.m. | ESPN+
Charlotte at NC State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Sunday, Nov. 24 - Second Round
NC State/Charlotte at No. 4 Georgetown | Noon | ESPN+
San Diego/UC Davis at No. 10 Duke | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
UNC/Furman at No. 13 Marshall | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Cornell/Fordham at No. 2 Pitt | 5 p.m. | ESPN+
West Virginia/North Florida at No. 11 Virginia | 5 p.m. | ESPN+
Maryland/LIU at No. 8 Wake Forest | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Providence/Bucknell at No. 9 Clemson | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Washington/Seattle U. at No. 12 SMU | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
UCLA/UCSB at No. 16 Stanford | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
Saturday, Nov. 30 or Sunday, Dec. 1
NCAA Third Round
Friday, Dec. 6 or Saturday, Dec. 7
NCAA Quarterfinals
Friday, Dec. 13 and Monday, Dec. 16
NCAA College Cup, Cary, N.C.
All times Eastern
Noting ACC Men's Soccer
• Nine ACC teams earned berths in the 2024 NCAA Championship, including seven teams among the 16 seeded teams.
• Pitt (2), Wake Forest (8), Clemson (9), Duke (10), Virginia (11), SMU (12) and Stanford (16) earned national seeds as well as first-round byes. North Carolina and NC State also picked up bids and will open tournament play on Thursday.
• All nine ACC teams will start the tournament on their home pitches.
• This marks the 12th straight season in which the ACC placed the most teams in the tournament and the 24th consecutive season that at least five league teams earned a bid.
• The ACC’s total of nine bids is tied for the second most in tournament history, matching the league’s totals in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2023 and one shy of the conference’s total in 2019.
• ACC teams have won 20 NCAA men’s soccer championships, with 11 since 2001, including the last three (Clemson 2021, Syracuse 2022, Clemson 2023).
• Eight active ACC programs have won at least one national championship, the most of any conference. The 15 active ACC schools have combined for 20 titles.
• Virginia has won seven NCAA men's soccer championships, which is third most all-time. Clemson (4), Stanford (3), North Carolina (2), Duke (1), Notre Dame (1), Syracuse (1) and Wake Forest (1) also have won titles.
• Six active ACC head coaches have won D-I national championships as a head coach: Mike Noonan (Clemson), Carlos Somoano (UNC), Jay Vidovich (Pitt), Jeremy Gunn (Stanford), Ian McIntyre (Syracuse) and George Gelnovatch (Virginia). NC State's Marc Hubbard won a Division II national title in 2013.
• Thirteen of the 15 active league programs have reached the Men's College Cup. Sixty-five ACC teams have reached the Men's College Cup all-time.
• Two ACC teams advanced to the Men's College Cup in each of the last five tournaments, including Clemson and Notre Dame playing in the national championship game in 2023. The ACC has had at least one team in the College Cup in 22 of the last 23 seasons.
• Wake Forest won the 2024 ACC Championship on Nov. 17, outlasting Clemson following 1-1 draw and a eight rounds of penalty-kick shootout in Cary, N.C. It was Wake's fourth ACC crown and first since 2017.
• Pitt was the ACC Tournament's No. 1 seed for the second time in program history (2021).
• ACC teams finished 76-16-27 (75.2%) in non-conference play during the regular season, best of any league.
• The ACC finished with the nation's top conference RPI. In the final RPI, 12 ACC teams were among the top 50, led by Pitt at No. 4 and followed by Duke (10), Stanford (11), Clemson (12), Virginia (14), SMU (15), North Carolina (22), California (33), NC State (36), Virginia Tech (44) and Notre Dame (48).
• All 15 ACC teams ranked among the final top 75 in the RPI.
• The ACC announced its 2024 All-ACC Team and Season Awards on Nov. 20, highlighted by Notre Dame’s Matthew Roou as the Offensive Player of the Year and Pitt’s Jay Vidovich as Coach of the Year for a record eighth time. (
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• Six ACC teams were ranked in the Nov. 5 United Soccer Coaches Poll, including three in the top 10. Both totals are the most of any conference. Duke is No. 2 and followed by Clemson (7), Pitt (9), UNC (14), SMU (15) and NC State (21).
• Four ACC teams rank among the top 20 nationally in scoring offense, with Duke (3.17) and Clemson (2.65) ranking first and third, respectively. Pitt and Notre Dame are tied for 11th at 2.12 goals per game.
• Notre Dame's Matthew Roou ranks fourth nationally in goals (14) and sixth in goals per game (0.82) and points (32). Duke's Ulfur Bjornsson is 10th in goals (13), while Clemson's Alex Meinhard and Duke's Adam Luckhurst (11) are 20th.
• Pitt ranks 12th nationally in scoring defense at 0.82 goals per game.