2018 ACC men's soccer tournament

2018 ACC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Matches	11
Site	Sahlen's Stadium (Final) Cary, North Carolina (Final)
Champions	Louisville (1st title)
Winning coach	Ken Lolla (1st title)
MVP	Tate Schmitt (Louisville)
Broadcast	ESPNU (Final), ACC Network Extra (all other rounds) [1]
ACC men's soccer tournament «2017  2019»

2018 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest +	7	–	1	–	0			18	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Louisville ‡	4	–	2	–	2			11	–	5	–	3
NC State +	2	–	4	–	2			10	–	7	–	3
Boston College	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	8	–	4
Syracuse +	1	–	4	–	3			7	–	7	–	4
Clemson	2	–	6	–	0			7	–	9	–	1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	0			14	–	4	–	1
No. 11 Duke +	5	–	3	–	0			11	–	7	–	2
No. 8 Notre Dame +	4	–	3	–	1			11	–	7	–	3
No. 15 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	2			10	–	4	–	3
No. 17 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1			11	–	7	–	3
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0			8	–	10	–	1
‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer tournament was the 32nd edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, NC.^[2]

The Louisville Cardinals won the tournament over the North Carolina Tar Heels 1–0 in the final.^[3]

All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top 4 seeds receive first round byes and will host the winner of a first-round game. All rounds, with the exception of the final are held at the higher seed's home field. Seeding is determined by regular season conference record. Ties are broken by overall winning percentage. Ten of the twelve teams have been ranked this year and eight currently hold spots in the top 11 of the NCAA RPI.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Wake Forest	7–1–0	21
2	North Carolina	6–1–0	18
3	Duke	5–3–0	15
4	Louisville	4–2–2	14
5	Notre Dame	4–3–1	13
6	Virginia	3–4–1	10
7	Virginia Tech	3–4–1	10
8	NC State	2–4–2	8
9	Boston College	2–5–1	7
10	Syracuse	1–4–3	6
11	Pittsburgh	2–6–0	6
12	Clemson	2–6–0	6

*Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds.

	First Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
					#1 Wake Forest	2
	#8 NC State	3			#8 NC State	0
	#9 Boston College	1							#1 Wake Forest	1
									#4 Louisville	2OT
					#4 Louisville	1
	#5 Notre Dame	2			#5 Notre Dame	0
	#12 Clemson	0											#4 Louisville	1
													#2 North Carolina	0
					#3 Duke	0 (4)
	#6 Virginia	0			#11 Pittsburgh	0 (3)
	#11 Pittsburgh	2							#3 Duke	1
									#2 North Carolina	2
					#2 North Carolina	3
	#7 Virginia Tech	3			#7 Virginia Tech	0
	#10 Syracuse	1

2 Goals

• Ian Aschieris – Notre Dame
• Edward Kizza – Pittsburgh

1 Goal

ACC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[5]

Will Pulisic, Duke Brandon Williamson, Duke Lamine Conte, Louisville Cherif Dieye, Louisville Ziyad Fekri, Louisville Jake Gelnovatch, Louisville Tate Schmitt, Louisville Nils Bruening, North Carolina Alex Comsia, North Carolina John Nelson, North Carolina Machop Chol, Wake Forest Sam Raben, Wake Forest

MVP in Bold

• Atlantic Coast Conference
• 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
• 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship