{"id":117508,"date":"2025-09-03T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/117508\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:48:07","slug":"acc-mens-soccer-conference-play-begins-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/117508\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Men&#8217;s Soccer Conference Play Begins This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <a data-link-type=\"web\" href=\"https:\/\/theacc.com\/documents\/2025\/8\/20\/\/MSOC_2025WeeklyRelease.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ACC Weekly Release<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a data-link-type=\"web\" href=\"https:\/\/theacc.com\/stats.aspx?path=msoc&amp;year=2025\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">2025 Statistics (XML)<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a data-link-type=\"web\" href=\"https:\/\/theacc.com\/documents\/2025\/8\/22\/2025ACCMSoccerStats.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">2025 Statistics (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Conference action starts this weekend in Atlantic Coast Conference Men&#8217;s Soccer, with five league matches on the docket.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Noting ACC Men&#8217;s Soccer<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 League play begins Friday, with five matches slated for this weekend.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 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).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Off to a 4-0 start, Stanford ascended to No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll this week.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 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.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 Five ACC standouts were named to the Men\u2019s Hermann Trophy Watch List: Ransford Gyan (Clemson), Ulfur Bjornsson (Duke), Luca Nikolai (UNC), Casper Svendby (Pitt) and Cooper Flax (Wake Forest).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC teams have won 20 NCAA men\u2019s soccer championships, with 11 since 2001, including three of the last four (Clemson 2021 &amp; 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.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 At least one ACC team has reached the Men&#8217;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.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 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&#8217;s Marc Hubbard won a Division II national title in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Results\/Upcoming Schedule<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMonday, September 1<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSyracuse 1, at Yale 0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nat Charleston 2, No. 15 North Carolina 0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nat No. 11 Virginia 1, American 0<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, September 2<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nat Boston College 1, Northeastern 0<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, September 4<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSMU at Grand Canyon | 8 p.m. | ESPN+<\/p>\n<p>Friday, September 5<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNo. 1 Stanford at Louisville | 11 a.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNo. 10 Pitt at No. 3 Clemson | 6 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nVirginia at No. 8 Virginia Tech | 7 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLipscomb at No. 7 Wake Forest | 7 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDuquesne at Syracuse | 7 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNo. 14 Duke at Georgetown | 7 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNorth Carolina at No. 5 NC State | 7:30 p.m. | ACCN<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, September 7<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCalifornia at Boston College | 4 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNo. 4 Indiana at Notre Dame | 7:30 p.m. | ACCN<\/p>\n<p>Monday, September 8<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nButler at No. 10 Pitt | 7 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNew Haven at Syracuse | 7 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIncarnate Word at SMU | 8 p.m. | ACCNX<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, September 9<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFurman at Virginia Tech | 5 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nVCU at Clemson | 6 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCampbell at Wake Forest | 6 p.m. | ACCNX<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLouisville at Ohio State | 7 p.m. | BTN+<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSaint Mary&#8217;s at Stanford | 10 p.m. | ACCNX<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 10<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCalifornia at Harvard | 6 p.m. | ESPN+<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nStetson at NC State | 6 p.m. | ACCNX<\/p>\n<p>All times Eastern<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRanking is United Soccer Coaches poll at time of match&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; ACC Weekly Release&#13; 2025 Statistics (XML)&#13; 2025 Statistics (PDF) CHARLOTTE, N.C. 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