2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season explained

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League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Soccer
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Duration:	August 24, 2018 – October 27, 2018
No Of Teams:	12
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Atlantic:Wake Forest Coastal:North Carolina
Second Place:	Atlantic:Louisville Coastal:Duke
Mvp:	Offensive: Omir Fernandez Midfielder: Bruno Lapa Defensive: Alex Comsia
Mvp Link:	Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year
Top Scorer:	Edward Kizza - Pittsburgh^[1]
Finals:	ACC tournament
Finals Link:	2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
Finals Champ:	Louisville
Finals Runner-Up:	North Carolina
Finals Mvp:	Tate Schmitt
Draft:	2019 MLS SuperDraft
Draft Link:	2019 MLS SuperDraft
Top Pick:	Tajon Buchanan – Syracuse
Picked By:	New England Revolution, 9th overall
Seasonslistnames:	ACC men's soccer
Prevseason Link:	2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
Prevseason Year:	2017
Nextseason Link:	2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
Nextseason Year:	2019

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 65th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and the North Carolina are the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Wake Forest are the defending ACC tournament champions. Both Wake Forest and North Carolina successfully defended their titles, while Louisville won the ACC tournament.

Changes from 2017

After the 2017 season, Bobby Clark retired as the Notre Dame head coach.^[2] He was replaced by Chad Riley, who was hired from Dartmouth.^[3]

After the 2018 season, Louisville Cardinals coach Ken Lolla resigned after 13 years and a 155–77–39 record with the team.^[4] He was replaced by John Michael Hayden on December 27, 2018^[5]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atlantic Division^[6]
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Boston College Eagles	Newton Soccer Complex	2,500
Clemson Tigers	Riggs Field	6,500
	Lynn Stadium	5,300
NC State Wolfpack	Dail Soccer Field	3,000
Syracuse Orange		5,000
Wake Forest Demon Deacons		3,000

Coastal Division
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Duke Blue Devils	Koskinen Stadium	7,000
North Carolina Tar Heels	Fetzer Field	5,025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Alumni Stadium	2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers	Ambrose Urbanic Field	735
Virginia Cavaliers	Klöckner Stadium	8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies	Thompson Field	2,500

1. Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Captain
Boston College Eagles	^[7]
Clemson Tigers	^[8]
Duke Blue Devils	^[9]
Louisville Cardinals	^[10]
NC State Wolfpack	^[11]
North Carolina Tar Heels	^[12]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	^[13]
Pittsburgh Panthers	^[14]
Syracuse Orange	^[15]
Virginia Cavaiers	^[16]
Virginia Tech Hokies	^[17]
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	^[18]

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

Prior to the season two ACC men's soccer players were selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list.^[19]

• Alex Comsia, North Carolina
• Jonny Sutherland, Clemson

Preseason poll

The 2018 ACC preseason poll was announced on August 15. Wake Forest and North Carolina were selected to win the Atlantic Division and Coastal Division, respectively. North Carolina was selected as the favorite to win the ACC Championship. The poll was voted on by all ACC coaches, for a total of 12 possible votes.^[20]

ACC championship votes

1. North Carolina (10)
2. Louisville (1)
3. Wake Forest (1)

Regular season poll
First place votes shown in .Atlantic Division poll

1. Wake Forest (8) – 64
2. Clemson (4) – 60
3. Louisville – 53
4. NC State – 31
5. Syracuse – 29
6. Boston College – 15

Coastal Division poll

1. North Carolina (11) – 70
2. Virginia (1) – 53
3. Duke – 46
4. Notre Dame – 40
5. Pittsburgh – 28
6. Virginia Tech – 15

Preseason national polls

Eight of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and Top Drawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.

	United Soccer^[21]	CSN^[22]	Hero Sports^[23]	Soccer America^[24]	TopDrawer Soccer^[25]
style= width=75	Boston College
style= width=75	Clemson	11	12	8	9	12
style= width=75	Duke	10	9	9	14	13
style= width=75	Louisville	6	5	7	8	7
style= width=75	NC State		29		23	23
style= width=75	North Carolina	3	3	4	2	4
style= width=75	Notre Dame	17	20	19	21	20
style= width=75	Pittsburgh
style= width=75	Syracuse
style= width=75	Virginia	15	15	11	17	16
style= width=75	Virginia Tech
style= width=75	Wake Forest	5	8	3	6	3

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC member tied
ACC teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Week 1 (Aug 20–26)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 24	4:00 PM	Boston College			None	W 2–1	687
		Virginia Tech			None	W 2–1	N/A
	7:00 PM		15 Virginia			W 1–0	1,821
			17 Notre Dame		ACC Network Extra	T 1–1	1,079
			NC State		ACC Network Extra	W 3–1	1,938
	7:30 PM		3 North Carolina		ACC Network Extra	W 1–0	367
			10 Duke		ACC Network Extra	W 3–1	1,087
			5 Wake Forest		ACC Network Extra	W 2–1 (2OT)	4,751
					ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	1,601
	8:00 PM	11 Clemson				L 0–2	5,473
			Pittsburgh		ACC Network Extra	L 0–1	1,138
	10:00 PM	Syracuse				W 2–1	401
August 26	2:30 PM	11 Clemson		Al F. Caniglia Field • Omaha, NE	None	W 1–0	565
			10 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 3–2 (OT)	502
	4:00 PM	Virginia Tech		Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	None	W 2–1 (OT)	N/A
	7:00 PM		5 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 4–2	1,470
	7:30 PM	2 Indiana	3 North Carolina		ACC Network Extra	L 0–1	2,864
	10:00 PM	Syracuse			None	L 1–2	1,952

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Bruno Lapa	Wake Forest	Colin Shutler	Virginia
Reference: ACC^[26]

Week 2 (Aug 27–Sept 2)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 27	5:00 PM		Boston College		None	T 3–3	630
	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh			None	W 6–1	265
		NC State			ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	1,474
August 28	7:30 PM		9 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACC Network Extra	W 1–0	1,095
August 30	7:00 PM		7 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	Canceled	0
August 31	5:00 PM	24 Notre Dame			None	W 3–0	N/A
	7:00 PM	Boston College			None	T 1–1	3,297
		Clemson			None	W 2–0	4,441
		12 North Carolina			None	W 6–1	661
			NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 2–0	1,622
		Virginia Tech			None	W 1–0	903
	7:30 PM		9 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACC Network Extra	Canceled	0
	8:30 PM	2 Duke			None	W 4–1	710
September 1	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh	4 Akron	FirstEnergy Stadium • Akron, OH	None	L 0–1	1,790
		1 Wake Forest			None	W 3–1	1,017
September 2	5:00 PM	24 Notre Dame		Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	None	W 2–0	N/A
	6:00 PM		Syracuse		ACC Network Extra	W 4–3	1,387
	7:00 PM	Virginia Tech			None	T 2–2	249

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Gabriel Machado	NC State	Patrick Berneski	Notre Dame
Reference: ACC^[27]

Week 3 (Sept 3–9)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 PM		12 North Carolina	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 2–0	239
			Clemson		None	W 2–0	2,137
		7 Virginia			None	T 0–0	3,527
		William & Mary	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1 (2OT)	854
September 4	7:00 PM	Presbyterian	1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 4–1	1,113
	7:30 PM	7 Louisville			SEC Network +	L 0–3	1,827
September 7	7:00 PM	Clemson	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	ACC Network Extra	2–3	820
		8 NC State	1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	0–3	4,023
		12 Notre Dame	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	ACC Network Extra	3–2	1,908
		21 Virginia Tech	10 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	1–1 (2OT)	2,892
September 8	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh	5 North Carolina	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	1–2 (2OT)	573
September 9	1:00 PM	Clemson			None	T 0–0 (2OT)	–
	2:00 PM	2 Duke	7 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACC Network Extra	3–0	1,104

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Simon Enstrom	Boston College	Felicien Dumas	Notre Dame
Omir Fernandez	Wake Forest
Reference: ACC^[28]

Week 4 (Sept 10–16)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	7:00 PM	Syracuse				W 2–0	211
September 11	12:30 PM		18 NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 1–0	197
	6:00 PM		Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	None	T 1–1	271
	7:00 PM		1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	None	W 2–0	1,017
		2 Indiana	8 Notre Dame		ACC Network Extra	L 1–2 (OT)	1,500
			19 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	W 1–0	1,069
		3 North Carolina			None	W 1–0	815
		16 Virginia Tech		UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC	None	W 2–0	363
September 12	11:00 AM	Pittsburgh			None	W 1–0	360
September 14	5:00 PM	3 North Carolina	10 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
	5:30 PM	1 Wake Forest	16 Virginia Tech		ACC Network Extra	2–1	1,200
	7:00 PM	7 Louisville	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	ACC Network Extra	1–0	768
		18 NC State	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA
		8 Notre Dame	19 Virginia	Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
	7:30 PM	Syracuse	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Omir Fernandez	Wake Forest	Colin Shutler	Virginia
Reference: ACC^[29]

Week 5 (Sept 17–23)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17	7:00 PM		8 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN	ACC Network Extra	L 0–1	718
September 18	7:00 PM		Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACC Network Extra	W 2–0	401
		3 North Carolina	UNCG	UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC	ESPN+
		FIU	22 Virginia	Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	W 2–0	1,337
			Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	ACC Network Extra	W 5–2	1,998
			9 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	L 0–1	454
			14 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	ACC Network Extra	W 5–1	217
	7:30 PM		6 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACC Network Extra	T 2–2 (2OT)	1,151
September 21	7:00 PM	Boston College	9 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	2–3	710
		3 North Carolina	8 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN	ACC Network Extra	1–0 (2OT)	1,724
		22 Virginia	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	ACC Network Extra	2–0	1,080
		14 Virginia Tech	18 NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	ACC Network Extra	1–0	786
		1 Wake Forest	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	ACC Network Extra	3–0	3,259
	7:30 PM	Pittsburgh	6 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACC Network Extra	0–1	1,604

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Giovanni Montesdeoca	North Carolina	Leon Krapf	NC State
Reference: ACC^[30]

Week 6 (Sept 24–30)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 24	7:00 PM	Colgate	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	ACC Network Extra	T 1–1 (2OT)	1,021
September 25	4:00 PM	6 Louisville			None	W 2–1	395
	7:00 PM	Davidson	1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	None	W 5–1	1,357
			15 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	None	T 0–0 (2OT)	359
		12 NC State	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACC Network Extra	1–3	254
			20 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN	None	W 4–1	736
September 28	7:00 PM	Boston College	20 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN	ACC Network Extra	0–1	1,456
		Clemson	3 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	ACC Network Extra	0–2	1,876
		6 Louisville	12 NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	ACC Network Extra	2–2 (2OT)	1,255
		Syracuse	21 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	ACC Network Extra	0–1 (2OT)	927
		11 Virginia	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACC Network Extra	2–0	710
September 29	7:00 PM	15 Duke	1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	2–4	4,937

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Giovanni Montesdeoca	North Carolina	Alex Comsia	North Carolina
Reference: ACC^[31]

Week 7 (Oct 1–7)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 1	7:00 PM	Syracuse	Akron	FirstEnergy Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPN+	W 3–1	1,598
October 2	6:40 PM		Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACC Network Extra	W 1–0	352
	7:00 PM		Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	None	W 3–1	1,377
			17 NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	ACC Network Extra	T 0–0 (2OT)	810
		South Carolina	19 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	ACC Network Extra	L 1–2 (2OT)	323
		UNCG	1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 2–0	1,819
			3 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	None	W 1–0	1,017
			23 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 4–2	372
			10 Virginia	Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	1,178
	8:00 PM	15 Notre Dame			BTN +	W 3–0	372
October 5	7:00 PM	Clemson	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	None	1–2 (2OT)	653
		23 Duke	10 Virginia	Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	2–0	2,129
		17 NC State	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	ACC Network Extra	0–1	281
		1 Wake Forest	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	ACC Network Extra	0–2	1,957
October 6	7:00 PM	6 Louisville	15 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN	ACC Network Extra	1–2 (OT)	646
		19 Virginia Tech	3 North Carolina	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	1–2	2,074

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Sean MacLeod	Notre Dame	Hendrik Hilpert	Syracuse
Reference: ACC^[32]

Week 8 (Oct 8–14)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 8	6:00 PM		10 Virginia	Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	W 3–0	1,430
	7:00 PM		Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACC Network Extra	L 3–4	351
			Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	ACC Network Extra	W 3–0	1,856
October 9	7:00 PM		17 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 2–0	349
			Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA	None	W 1–0	196
		1 North Carolina			None	T 1–1 (2OT)	775
		Georgia Southern	11 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACC Network Extra	W 1–0	1,207
			2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 4–2	1,783
		NC State	Longwood		ESPN+	W 2–0	187
October 12	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	ACC Network Extra	1–3	834
		1 North Carolina	NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	ACC Network Extra	0–1	3,229
		9 Notre Dame	17 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	2–3	892
		24 Syracuse	11 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACC Network Extra	2–2 (2OT)	1,468
		14 Virginia	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	ACC Network Extra	4–1	1,463
	8:00 PM	Boston College	2 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston–Salem, NC	RSN	1–2	3,111

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
David Loera	NC State	Leon Krapf	NC State
Daryl Dike	Virginia
Reference: ACC^[33]

Week 9 (Oct 15–21)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 15	7:00 PM		Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACC Network Extra	W 3–2	414
October 16	6:00 PM	16 Notre Dame			Big Ten Network	W 2–1	1,536
	7:00 PM	Boston College	20 Connecticut		None	L 2–3	2,046
			Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	ACC Network Extra	L 0–1	1,222
			14 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	L 0–1	493
			10 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACC Network Extra	L 2–3	1,069
		21 NC State	11 UNC Wilmington		None	L 0–3	2,028
			6 Virginia	Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	W 2–1	1,254
		St. Bonaventure	24 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	ACC Network Extra	W 7–0	727
		1 Wake Forest	South Carolina	Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC	None	W 2–0	2,250
		William & Mary	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	ACC Network Extra	W 4–0	324
			5 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	ACC Network Extra	W 4–0	244
October 19	7:00 PM	5 North Carolina	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Chestnut Hill, MA		2–0	572
		Pittsburgh	14 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Network Extra	1–3	701
		Virginia Tech	16 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN	ACC Network Extra	5–2	514
October 20	7:00 PM	Clemson	10 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACC Network Extra	0–1 (2OT)	1,808
		24 Syracuse	21 NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	ACC Network Extra	1–1 (2OT)	758
		1 Wake Forest	6 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ACC Network Extra	3–2	2,791

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Kristo Strickler	Virginia Tech	Logan Gdula	Wake Forest
Reference: ACC ^[34]

Week 10 (Oct 22–28)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 23	7:00 PM	Boston College			None	L 1–2	400
		5 North Carolina	14 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC		1–0	1,600
		Pittsburgh			None	L 1–2	737
		20 Syracuse	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	ACC Network Extra	2–3	1,260
		6 Virginia	23 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN	ACC Network Extra	0–0 (2OT)	2,356
		Virginia Tech	Davidson			T 2–2	302
October 26	7:00 PM	Boston College	20 Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	ACC Network Extra	0–0 (2OT)	1,573
		14 Duke	18 Virginia Tech		Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	ACC Network Extra	2–0	274
		17 Louisville	1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	1–2 (OT)	1,165
		6 Virginia	5 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC	ACC Network Extra	Cancelled	–
October 27	7:00 PM	NC State	Clemson	Riggs Field • Clemson, SC	ACC Network Extra	0–3	1,657
		23 Notre Dame	Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACC Network Extra	1–0	409

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive
Player	Team	Player	Team
Robbie Robinson	Clemson	Patrick Bunk-Andersen	Clemson
Reference: ACC^[35]

Week 11 (Oct 29–Nov 4)

Schedule and results:
Note: Rankings shown are seedings from ACC tournament

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Note
October 31	7:00 PM	9 Boston College	8 NC State	Dail Soccer Field • Raleigh, NC	ACC Network Extra	1–3	437	ACC tournament First Round
		12 Clemson	5 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN		0–2	191
		11 Pittsburgh	6 Virginia	Klockner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA		2–0	510
		10 Syracuse	7 Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA		3–1	294
November 4	1:00 PM	8 NC State	1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	0–2	2,037	ACC tournament quarterfinals
		7 Virginia Tech	2 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC		0–3	507
		11 Pittsburgh	3 Duke	Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC		0–0 (3–4 PKs)	342
		5 Notre Dame	4 Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY		0–1	667

Week 12 (Nov 5–11)

Schedule and results:Note: Rankings shown are seedings from ACC tournament

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Note
November 7	7:00 PM	4 Louisville	1 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ACC Network Extra	2–1 (OT)	2,117	ACC tournament semifinals
		3 Duke	2 North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC		1–2	586
November 11	12:00 PM	4 Louisville	2 North Carolina			1–0	1,402	ACC tournament Final

Rankings

United Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

See main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll.

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Boston College	<	-- United Soccer Preseason -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 -->	<	-- United Soccer Final -->
Clemson	<	-- United Soccer Preseason --> 11	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 -->	<	-- United Soccer Final -->
Duke	<	-- United Soccer Preseason --> 10	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 --> 2	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 --> 2	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 --> 10	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 --> 9	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 --> 15	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 --> 23	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 --> 17	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 --> 14	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 --> 14	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 --> 8	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 --> 8	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 --> 10	<	-- United Soccer Final --> 11
Louisville	<	-- United Soccer Preseason --> 6	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 --> 9	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 --> 7	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 --> 7	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 --> 6	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 --> 6	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 --> 6	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 --> 11	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 --> 10	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 --> 17	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 --> 15	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 --> 10	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 --> 5	<	-- United Soccer Final --> 16
North Carolina	<	-- United Soccer Preseason --> 3	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 --> 12	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 --> 5	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 --> 3	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 --> 3	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 --> 3	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 --> 3	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 --> 5	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 --> 5	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 --> 4	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 --> 4	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 --> 6	<	-- United Soccer Final --> 14
NC State	<	-- United Soccer Preseason -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 --> 8	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 --> 18	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 --> 18	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 --> 12	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 --> 17	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 --> 21	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 -->	<	-- United Soccer Final --> RV
Notre Dame	<	-- United Soccer Preseason --> 17	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 --> 24	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 --> 12	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 --> 8	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 --> 8	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 --> 20	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 --> 15	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 --> 9	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 --> 16	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 --> 23	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 --> 18	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 --> 16	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 --> 13	<	-- United Soccer Final --> 8
Pittsburgh	<	-- United Soccer Preseason --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 -->	<	-- United Soccer Final -->
Syracuse	<	-- United Soccer Preseason -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 --> 24	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 --> 24	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 --> 20	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Final --> RV
Virginia	<	-- United Soccer Preseason --> 15	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 --> 7	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 --> 10	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 --> 19	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 --> 22	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 --> 11	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 --> 10	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 --> 14	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 --> 6	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 --> 6	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 --> 7	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 --> 11	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 --> 11	<	-- United Soccer Final --> 15
Virginia Tech	<	-- United Soccer Preseason -->	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 --> 21	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 --> 16	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 --> 14	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 --> 21	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 --> 19	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 --> RV	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 --> 18	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 --> 22	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 --> 24	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 --> 19	<	-- United Soccer Final --> 17
Wake Forest	<	-- United Soccer Preseason --> 5	<	-- United Soccer Week 1 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 2 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 3 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 4 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 5 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 6 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 7 --> 2	<	-- United Soccer Week 8 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 9 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 10 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 11 --> 1	<	-- United Soccer Week 12 --> 2	<	-- United Soccer Final --> 6

Top Drawer Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Boston College	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Week 16 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
Clemson	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 12	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 12	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Week 16 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
Duke	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 13	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 13	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 8	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 9	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 8	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 16	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 17	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 15	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 11	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 10	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 8	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 14	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 11	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 13	<	-- TDS Week 16 --> 13	<	-- TDS Final --> 13
Louisville	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 7	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 7	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 7	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 9	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 12	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 19	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 16	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 9	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 18	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 18	<	-- TDS Week 16 --> 18	<	-- TDS Final --> 18
North Carolina	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 10	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 10	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 9	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 7	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 8	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 7	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 19	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 19	<	-- TDS Week 16 --> 19	<	-- TDS Final --> 19
NC State	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 23	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 23	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 17	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 8	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 13	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 23	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 20	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 24	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> RV	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 24	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 24	<	-- TDS Week 16 --> 24	<	-- TDS Final --> 24
Notre Dame	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 20	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 20	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 16	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 21	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 12	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 11	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 19	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 14	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 8	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 11	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 17	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 11	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 13	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 12	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 13	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 16 --> 7	<	-- TDS Final --> 7
Pittsburgh	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Week 16 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
Syracuse	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> RV	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 23	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> RV	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> RV	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 23	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 23	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> RV	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> RV	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 20	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 22	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 22	<	-- TDS Week 16 --> 22	<	-- TDS Final --> 22
Virginia	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 16	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 16	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 13	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 8	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 14	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 12	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 11	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 11	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 7	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 11	<	-- TDS Week 16 --> 11	<	-- TDS Final --> 11
Virginia Tech	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 25	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 19	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 16	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 16	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 13	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 12	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 14	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 15	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 10	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 8	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 12	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 11	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 9	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 14	<	-- TDS Week 16 --> 14	<	-- TDS Final --> 14
Wake Forest	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 9	<	-- TDS Week 16 --> 9	<	-- TDS Final --> 9

Postseason

ACC tournament

See main article: 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

Seed	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1	Wake Forest	bgcolor=#ddd		W 2–0 vs. Colgate – (Winston-Salem, NC)	L 0–1 vs. Akron – (Winston-Salem, NC)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
4	Louisville	bgcolor=#ddd		L 1–2 vs. Michigan State – (Louisville, KY)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
5	North Carolina	bgcolor=#ddd		L 1–2 vs. James Madison – (Cary, NC)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
6	Duke	bgcolor=#ddd		W 2–0 vs. Pacific – (Durham, NC)	L 0–2 vs. Maryland – (Durham, NC)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
7	Notre Dame	bgcolor=#ddd		T 0–0 (11–10 PKs) vs. Michigan – (South Bend, IN)	W 1–0 (OT) vs. Virginia – (South Bend, IN)	L 0–1 vs. Indiana – (Bloomington, IN)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
10	Virginia	bgcolor=#ddd		W 2–0 vs. Furman – (Charlottesville, VA)	L 0–1 (OT) vs. Notre Dame – (South Bend, IN)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
12	Virginia Tech	bgcolor=#ddd		W 1–0 vs. Charlotte – (Blacksburg, VA)	L 0–3 vs. James Madison – (Blacksburg, VA)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
16	Syracuse	bgcolor=#ddd		L 1–3 vs. Akron – (Syracuse, NY)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
None	NC State	W 4–1 vs. Campbell – (Raleigh, NC)	L 0–2 vs. Maryland – (College Park, MD)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
	W–L–T (%):						Total:

Awards

Postseason awards

The Atlantic Coast Conference post season awards were announced on November 7, 2018, the same day as the Semifinals of the ACC tournament.^[36]

All-ACC awards and teams

2018 ACC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year	Bobby Muuss – Wake Forest
Offensive Player of the Year	Omir Fernandez – Wake Forest
Midfielder of the Year	Bruno Lapa – Wake Forest
Defensive Player of the Year	Alex Comsia – North Carolina
Freshman of the Year	Issa Rayyan – Duke

2018 ACC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
Daniele Proch, Jr., M, Duke Tate Schmitt, Sr., F, Louisville Nils Bruening, Sr., F, North Carolina Alex Comsia, Sr., D, North Carolina Mauricio Pineda, Jr., M, North Carolina James Pyle, Sr., GK, North Carolina David Loera, So., M, NC State Edward Kizza, So., F, Pittsburgh Tajon Buchanan, So., F, Syracuse Omir Fernandez, So., M, Wake Forest Bruno Lapa, Jr., M, Wake Forest	Simon Enstrom, Sr., F, Boston College Will Pulisic, So., GK, Duke Brandon Williamson, Jr, M., Duke Issa Rayyan, Fr., M, Duke Geoffrey Dee, Sr., M, Louisville John Nelson, So., D, North Carolina Thomas Ueland, Sr., F, Notre Dame Patrick Berneski, Gr., D, Notre Dame Javi Pérez, Sr., M, Pittsburgh Kristo Strickler, So., F, Virginia Tech Brad Dunwell, Sr., M, Wake Forest	Ciaran McKenna, Sr., M, Duke Cherif Dieye, Jr., M, Louisville Jack Skahan, Jr., M, North Carolina Manny Perez, So., M, NC State Tommy McCabe, Jr., M, Notre Dame Félicien Dumas, Sr., D, Notre Dame Kamal Miller, Sr, D, Syracuse Joe Bell, So., M, Virginia Henry Kessler, So., D, Virginia Mathijs Swaneveld, So., GK, Virginia Tech Sam Raben, Sr., D, Wake Forest	Kristofer Konradsson, Fr., M, Boston College Charlie Asensio, Fr., D, Clemson Issa Rayyan, Fr., M, Duke Aedan Stanley, Fr., D, Duke Chandler Vaughn, Fr., D, Pitt Ryan Raposo, Fr., M, Syracuse Daryl Dike, Fr., F, Virginia Cabrel Happi Kamseu, Fr., F, Virginia Aboubacar Keita, Fr., D, Virginia Daniel Steedman, Fr., F, Virginia Aristotle Zarris, Fr., F, Wake Forest

All-Americans

United Soccer Coaches

2018 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans^[37]
First Team	Second Team	Third Team
Alex Comsia – Defender – North Carolina Bruno Lapa – Midfielder – Wake Forest Omir Fernandez – Forward – Wake Forest	Brad Dunwell – Midfielder – Wake Forest Mauricio Pineda – Midfielder – North Carolina Daniele Proch – Forward – Duke	None

MLS SuperDraft

See main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

Total picks by school

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Clemson	0	0	1	0	1
Louisville	0	1	0	0	1
North Carolina	1	0	0	0	1
Notre Dame	0	1	0	0	1
Pittsburgh	0	0	1	0	1
Syracuse	1	1	0	0	2
Wake Forest	1	0	1	0	2

List of selections

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	Other
1	9	New England Revolution	Tajon Buchanan	Forward	Syracuse	Generation Adidas
1	10		John Nelson	Defender	North Carolina	Generation Adidas
1	13	FC Cincinnati	Logan Gdula	Defender	Wake Forest
2	27	Orlando City	Kamal Miller	Defender	Syracuse
2	29	FC Cincinnati	Tommy McCabe	Midfielder	Notre Dame
2	39	Toronto FC	Adam Wilson	Midfielder	Louisville
3	54	Toronto FC	Patrick Bunk-Andersen	Defender	Clemson
3	56	Houston Dynamo	Brad Dunwell	Midfielder	Wake Forest
3	64	Los Angeles FC	Javi Pérez	Midfielder	Pittsburgh

Homegrown contracts

See main article: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer).

Original MLS team	Player	Position	College	Notes
Colorado Rapids	Sam Raben	DF	Wake Forest
New York Red Bulls	Jean-Christophe Koffi	MF	Virginia	Received rights from D.C. United
Real Salt Lake	Tate Schmitt	FW	Louisville

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 Men's Soccer Overall Statistics. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 28, 2018.
2. Web site: Notre Dame men's soccer coach Bobby Clark to retire. SouthBendTribune.com . November 28, 2017 . November 30, 2017 .
3. Web site: Chad Riley, historically successful men's soccer head coach, departs for Notre Dame . The Dartmouth . 5 January 2018 . 11 January 2018.
4. Web site: Lolla Resigns as Louisville Men's Soccer Head Coach. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 11, 2018. December 11, 2018.
5. Web site: Hayden Chosen to Guide Louisville Men's Soccer Program. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 27, 2018. December 27, 2018.
6. Web site: 2016 ACC Men's Soccer Standings. Atlantic Coast Conference. TheACC.com. July 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160731145007/http://www.theacc.com/standings#/m-soccer/2016. 2016-07-31. dead.
7. Web site: Ed Kelly Bio. Boston College Athletics. BCeagles.com. June 9, 2017.
8. Web site: Mike Noonan Bio. Clemson Tigers Athletics. clemsontigers.com. June 9, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180524082749/http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205529079. May 24, 2018. dead.
9. Web site: John Kerr Bio. Duke Blue Devils Athletics. xosn.com. June 9, 2017.
10. Web site: Ken Lolla Bio. Louisville Cardinals Athletics. gocards.com. June 9, 2017.
11. Web site: George Kiefer Bio. North Carolina State Wolfpack Athletics. gopack.com. June 9, 2017.
12. Web site: Carlos Somoano Bio. UNC Athletics. GoHeels.com. July 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816150430/http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205497556. 2016-08-16. dead.
13. Web site: Chad Riley Bio. Notre Dame Athletics. UND.com. May 23, 2018.
14. Web site: Jay Vidovich Bio. Pitt Sports. PittsburghPanthers.com. July 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161021135337/http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/jay_vidovich_994650.html. October 21, 2016. dead.
15. Web site: Men's Soccer Coaching Staff. Syracuse University Athletics. Cuse.com. July 30, 2016.
16. Web site: UVA Soccer Men's Coaching Staff. University of Virginia Athletics. VirginiaSports.com. July 30, 2016.
17. Web site: Head Men's Soccer Coach. Virginia Tech Athletics. HokieSports.com. July 30, 2016.
18. Web site: Bobby Muuss Bio. Wake Forest Athletics. WakeForestSports.com. July 30, 2016. June 13, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160613060406/http://www.wakeforestsports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/bobby_muuss_942411.html. dead.
19. Web site: MAC Hermann Trophy Watch Lists Announced. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 13, 2018. August 14, 2018.
20. Web site: North Carolina Named 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Favorite. TheACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. 15 August 2018. 15 August 2018.
21. Web site: 2018 NCAA DI MEN - PRESEASON . United Soccer Coaches . August 7, 2018 . August 7, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215121210/http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx . December 15, 2018 . dead .
22. Web site: College Soccer News 2018 Preseason National Poll . CollegeSoccerNews.com . August 21, 2018 . August 21, 2018 .
23. Web site: D1 Mens Soccer Rankings . HERO Sports News . August 21, 2018 . August 21, 2018.
24. Web site: Soccer America Preseason Men's College Top 25 . Soccer America . August 24, 2018 . August 24, 2018 .
25. Web site: Men's DI Top 25 . Advanced Sports Media, LLC . August 21, 2018 . August 21, 2018 .
26. Web site: ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 28, 2018. August 28, 2018.
27. Web site: ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 3, 2018. September 4, 2018.
28. Web site: Enstrom, Fernandez and Dumas Collect ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 10, 2018. September 11, 2018.
29. Web site: ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 17, 2018. September 17, 2018.
30. Web site: ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 24, 2018. September 24, 2018.
31. Web site: ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 1, 2018. October 1, 2018.
32. Web site: ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 8, 2018. October 11, 2018.
33. Web site: ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 15, 2018. October 15, 2018.
34. Web site: ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 22, 2018. October 23, 2018.
35. Web site: Final ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 29, 2018. October 29, 2018.
36. Web site: Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. November 7, 2018.
37. Web site: United Soccer Coaches Announces NCAA Division I Men's All-America Teams. unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 6, 2018. December 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123725/https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/News/Articles/December_2018/NCAA_Division_I_Men_s_All-America_Team_Announced.aspx. December 9, 2018. dead.