2025 ACC men's soccer tournament
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The 2025 ACC men's soccer tournament was the 39th edition of the ACC men's soccer tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament was held from November 5 to November 16, 2025. The Semifinal and Final were played at First Horizon Stadium in Cary, North Carolina and earlier rounds were played on campus sites.[1]
| 2025 ACC men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 15 | ||||
| Matches | 14 | ||||
| Attendance | 15,075 | ||||
| First round site | Campus Sites | ||||
| Quarterfinals site | Campus Sites | ||||
| Semifinals site | First Horizon Stadium Cary, North Carolina | ||||
| Finals site | First Horizon Stadium Cary, North Carolina | ||||
| Champions | SMU (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Kevin Hudson (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Slade Starnes (SMU) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPNU (Final), ACC Network | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Virginia †+ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 12 | – | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Stanford + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 NC State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 16 | – | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 SMU ‡ | 3 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 11 | – | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame + | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina + | 2 | – | 2 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 1 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wake Forest were the defending tournament champions.[2] Wake was unable to defend its title as they were eliminated by seventh-seed Southern Methodist University in the first round. SMU went on to win the tournament over first seed Virginia, 1–0 in the Final.[3] This was the first ACC tournament title for SMU, after joining the conference last year. They had previously won ten conference titles in the WAC and American Conference. It was also the first ACC tournament title for head coach Kevin Hudson, and it is his third conference tournament title.[4]
Qualification
All fifteen teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The First Round and Quarterfinals are hosted by the higher seeds. Seeding was determined by regular season conference record.[5] The seeding for the tournament was determined on the final day of conference play, October 31. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seed as Clemson and Duke finished tied with fourteen conference points and identical 4–2–2 records. Clemson earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 3–0 victory over Duke during the regular season on October 17. A tiebreaker was required to determine the tenth and eleventh seeds as Virginia Tech and Wake Forest both finished with nine points and 2–3–3 records. The two teams did not play during conference play, so the second tiebreaker of goal difference in conference play was used. Wake Forest finished with a -2 goal difference and Virginia Tech finished with a -3 goal difference. Therefore, Wake Forest was the tenth seed and Virginia Tech was the eleventh seed.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Virginia | 5–0–3 | 18 |
| 2 | Stanford | 5–2–1 | 16 |
| 3 | NC State | 4–1–3 | 15 |
| 4 | Clemson | 4–2–2 | 14 |
| 5 | Duke | 4–2–2 | 14 |
| 6 | Syracuse | 4–3–1 | 13 |
| 7 | SMU | 3–2–3 | 12 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 3–3–2 | 11 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 2–2–4 | 10 |
| 10 | Wake Forest | 2–3–3 | 9 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 2–3–3 | 9 |
| 12 | California | 2–5–1 | 7 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 1–4–3 | 6 |
| 14 | Louisville | 1–5–2 | 5 |
| 15 | Boston College | 1–6–1 | 4 |
Bracket
*Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds.[6]
| First Round November 5 ACCN & ACCNX | Quarterfinals November 9 ACCN | Semifinals November 13 ACCN | Final November 16 ESPNU | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Virginia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | North Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Notre Dame | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | North Carolina | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Virginia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | California | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Clemson | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | California | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Duke | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | California | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Virginia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | SMU | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | NC State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Louisville | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | NC State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Syracuse | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Syracuse | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Syracuse | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | SMU | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | SMU | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Wake Forest | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | SMU | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stanford | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stanford | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Boston College | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Matches
First round
| November 5, 2025 | (3) NC State | 3–0 | (14) Louisville | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 6:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Dail Soccer Field Attendance: 1,798 |
| November 5, 2025 | (6) Syracuse | 2–1 | (11) Virginia Tech | Syracuse, New York |
| 6:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 341 Referee: Amin Hadzic Assistant referees: Ankur Singh TJ Jiries Fourth official: Sergio Gonzalez |
| November 5, 2025 | (4) Clemson | 0–1 | (13) Pittsburgh | Clemson, South Carolina |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 1,720 Referee: Stephen Foster Assistant referees: Benjamin Wooten Gabriel Rivera Fourth official: David Erbacher |
| November 5, 2025 | (5) Duke | 0–2 | (12) California | Durham, North Carolina |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 738 Referee: Kevin Maurer Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas Chris Zuerner Fourth official: Dustin Thorne |
| November 5, 2025 | (7) SMU | 5–4 | (10) Wake Forest | University Park, Texas |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Washburne Stadium Attendance: 1,016 Referee: Kyle Johnston Assistant referees: John Villalobos Jarrod Tackel Fourth official: Troy Dodge |
| November 5, 2025 | (8) Notre Dame | 1–3 | (9) North Carolina | Notre Dame, Indiana |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 479 Referee: John Matto Assistant referees: Brian Alvarez Eric Burton Fourth official: Saleem Abufares |
| November 5, 2025 | (2) Stanford | 4–2 | (15) Boston College | Stanford, California |
| 9:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Cagan Stadium Attendance: 639 Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Devlin Creighton Brandon Chapman Fourth official: Francisco Franco |
Quarterfinals
| November 9, 2025 | (12) California | 1–0 | (13) Pittsburgh | Berkeley, California |
| 2:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Edwards Stadium Attendance: 627 Referee: Richonne Clark Assistant referees: Levi Rippey Justin Yarkin Fourth official: Peter Hanson |
| November 9, 2025 | (1) Virginia | 2–1 | (9) North Carolina | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 4:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 2,769 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Justin Howard Anthony Wolford Fourth official: Mike Stutt |
| November 9, 2025 | (3) NC State | 0–3 | (6) Syracuse | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 6:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Dail Soccer Field Attendance: 1,726 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Raymond Thomas Fourth official: Izlen Peksenar |
| November 9, 2025 | (2) Stanford | 0–1 | (7) SMU | Stanford, California |
| 8:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Cagan Stadium Attendance: 1,388 Referee: Daniel Radford Assistant referees: Alan Martinez-Loyola Oscar Guillen Fourth official: Devlin Creighton |
Semifinals
| November 13, 2025 | (1) Virginia | 2–1 | (12) California | Cary, North Carolina |
| 5:30 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 579 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Brian Alvarez Chris Zuerner Fourth official: Nicole Green |
| November 13, 2025 | (6) Syracuse | 1–5 | (7) SMU | Cary, North Carolina |
| 8:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Referee: Nick Balcer Assistant referees: Jake Brochu Hillis Waddell Fourth official: Nicole Green |
Final
| November 16, 2025 | (1) Virginia | 0–1 | (7) SMU | Cary, NC |
| 1:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 1,255 Referee: Lucas Feathers Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Kevin Uitto Fourth official: Stephen Foster |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 46 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.29 goals per match (as of November 16, 2025).
4 goals
Stephen Soghomonian – SMU
2 goals
Michael Asare – Boston College- Beau Morrison – California
- Landon Hickam – SMU
- Will Cleary – Stanford
Tim Brdaric – Syracuse- Cooper Flax – Wake Forest
1 goal
Luka Lukic – California- Alfredo Ortiz – California
Thomas Lamaille – NC State- Drew Lovelace – NC State
- Carlos Santamaria – NC State
Nacho Abeal – North Carolina
Charlie Antonelius – North Carolina- Gabriel Bracken Serra – North Carolina
- Dan Klink – North Carolina
- Mitch Ferguson – Notre Dame
Lasse Dahl – Pittsburgh- Ryan Clanton-Pimentel – SMU
Mukisa Emmanuel – SMU
Charles-Emile Brunet – SMU- Milton Lopez – SMU
- Enzo Panozzo – SMU
- Slade Starnes – SMU
- Tomo Allen – Stanford
- Jack Pymm – Stanford
Sachiel Ming – Syracuse- Chimere Omeze – Syracuse
- Nathan Scott – Syracuse
- Carlos Zambrano – Syracuse
- Triton Beauvois – Virginia
Nicholas Simmonds – Virginia- AJ Smith – Virginia
- Declan Quill – Virginia Tech
- Ryan Belal – Wake Forest
- Nico Rabiu – Wake Forest
1 own goal
- California (against Virginia)
All-Tournament team
| Player | Team |
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| 2025 ACC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team | |
| Beau Morrison | California |
| Gaku Nishimura | |
| Ryan Clanton-Pimentel | SMU |
| Martin Dominguez | |
| Stephan Soghomonian | |
| Slade Starnes | |
| Tim Brdaric | Syracuse |
| Tomas Hut | |
| Jesus De Vicente | Virginia |
| Sebastian Pop | |
| Nicholas Simmonds | |
MVP in Bold