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ACC Men's Soccer Conference Play Begins This Weekend

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - Conference action starts this weekend in Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer, with five league matches on the docket.

A pair of rivalry matches will be broadcast on ACC Network this weekend, with No. 5 NC State playing host to North Carolina on Friday, September 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET and Notre Dame taking on No. 4 Indiana in non-conference play on Sunday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Noting ACC Men's Soccer
• League play begins Friday, with five matches slated for this weekend.
• ACC teams have combined for a 35-8-9 record in the first two weeks of non-conference play (.760 win percentage, best of any league).
• Off to a 4-0 start, Stanford ascended to No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll this week. 
• Seven ACC teams are ranked in the top 15 of the United Soccer Coaches Poll, including three in the top five and six in the top 10: Stanford (1), Clemson (3), NC State (5), Wake Forest (7), Virginia Tech (8), Pitt (10) and Duke (14). Both totals are the most of any league.
• Five ACC standouts were named to the Men’s Hermann Trophy Watch List: Ransford Gyan (Clemson), Ulfur Bjornsson (Duke), Luca Nikolai (UNC), Casper Svendby (Pitt) and Cooper Flax (Wake Forest).
• ACC teams have won 20 NCAA men’s soccer championships, with 11 since 2001, including three of the last four (Clemson 2021 & 2023, Syracuse 2022). 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.
• At least one ACC team has reached the Men's College Cup in 22 of the last 24 seasons. Thirteen of the 15 active ACC programs have reached the College Cup. Sixty-five ACC teams have reached the College Cup all-time.
• 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.

Results/Upcoming Schedule
Monday, September 1

Syracuse 1, at Yale 0
at Charleston 2, No. 15 North Carolina 0
at No. 11 Virginia 1, American 0

Tuesday, September 2
at Boston College 1, Northeastern 0

Thursday, September 4
SMU at Grand Canyon | 8 p.m. | ESPN+

Friday, September 5
No. 1 Stanford at Louisville | 11 a.m. | ACCNX
No. 10 Pitt at No. 3 Clemson | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Virginia at No. 8 Virginia Tech | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Lipscomb at No. 7 Wake Forest | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Duquesne at Syracuse | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
No. 14 Duke at Georgetown | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
North Carolina at No. 5 NC State | 7:30 p.m. | ACCN

Sunday, September 7
California at Boston College | 4 p.m. | ACCNX
No. 4 Indiana at Notre Dame | 7:30 p.m. | ACCN

Monday, September 8
Butler at No. 10 Pitt | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
New Haven at Syracuse | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Incarnate Word at SMU | 8 p.m. | ACCNX

Tuesday, September 9
Furman at Virginia Tech | 5 p.m. | ACCNX
VCU at Clemson | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Campbell at Wake Forest | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Louisville at Ohio State | 7 p.m. | BTN+
Saint Mary's at Stanford | 10 p.m. | ACCNX

Wednesday, September 10
California at Harvard | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Stetson at NC State | 6 p.m. | ACCNX

All times Eastern
Ranking is United Soccer Coaches poll at time of match