| Year: | 2023 |
| Conference: | ACC |
| Gender: | men's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Matches: | 11 |
| Attendance: | 17,735 |
| Venue: | Campus Sites Sahlen's Stadium |
| City: | Cary, North Carolina |
| Champions: | Clemson |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Coach: | Mike Noonan |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Ousmane Sylla |
| Mvpteam: | Clemson |
| Broadcast: | ESPNU (Final), ACC Network |
The 2023 ACC men's soccer tournament was the 37th edition of the ACC men's soccer tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina.[1] [2]
Syracuse are the defending tournament champions.[3]
Syracuse was unable to defend their title as they fell to North Carolina in the Semifinals. Three of the top four seeds lost in the Quarterfinals, with fourth seed Clemson being the only top four seed to win. Clemson would go on to win the title, defeating North Carolina in the Final on penalties. The title was Clemson's fifth overall and second in four years. It was head coach Mike Noonan's third title as coach.[4]
See main article: 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season. All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The winners of each division, Atlantic and Coastal, were seeds 1 and 2. The top 4 seeds received first round byes and hosted the winner of a first-round game. The remaining 10 teams in the conference were seeded according to points awarded in conference matches. All rounds, with the exception of the final were held at the higher seed's home field. Seeding is determined by regular season conference record.[5] The seeding for the tournament was determined on the final day of conference play, October 27. A tiebreaker was required between and for the seventh and eighth seeds as both teams finished with 2–3–3 conference records. The regular season meeting between the two teams finished in a 0–0 tie, so the next tiebreaker of goal differential in conference games was used. North Carolina had a 0 goal differential, while Pittsburgh had a -4 goal differential. Therefore, North Carolina was the seventh seed, and Pittsburgh was the eighth seed.[6]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6–0–2 | 20 | ||
| 2 | 4–1–3 | 15* | ||
| 3 | 5–2–1 | 16* | ||
| 4 | 4–2–2 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 4–3–1 | 13 | ||
| 6 | Syracuse | 2–1–5 | 11 | |
| 7 | 2–3–3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2–3–3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 2–4–2 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 2–5–1 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 1–5–2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 0–5–3 | 3 |
(*: division winners are automatically given the top two seeds).
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| 2023 ACC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[8] | |
| Ousmane Sylla | Clemson |
| Gael Gerbet | |
| Joran Gerbet | |
| Alex Meinhard | |
| Quenzi Huerman | North Carolina |
| Martin Vician | |
| Til Zinnhardt | |
| Sander Roed | Louisville |
| Alex Svetanoff | |
| Daniel Diaz Bonilla | Syracuse |
| Buster Sjoberg | |