UNC Men's Soccer 2026-2027

NYHeel92

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Way to survive, guys. Should have won it in OT but that’s life. Important that we get a shot at a quality win in the quarters…assuming Clemson wins, they are up 2-1 with 3 minutes left.

Amazing parity in the ACC. 7 games today, 4 went to OT. Outside of that, State College (11 seed) upset VaT (6), Stanford (12) upset Louisville (5), and Clemson (2) up by 1 on dook (15)
 

unc80

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Clemson player laying on the ground for a really long time considering how weak the contact looked. Goalie took much worse.
 

3397char

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What a win!

After dominating the first half we were barely hanging on late second half, but gutted out a pretty even OT. The play that earned the PK was all hustle after 215 minutes of play over 4 days. nikolai just wanted it more.

that was a sad TV production: filming directly into the sun, lost signal for 1/3 of regulation and the announcers were about the worst homers you will ever hear. If you are playing an OOC game at home, then fine. But the ACCT deserves better.


NC State 5:30 on Thursday.
 

unc80

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What a win!

After dominating the first half we were barely hanging on late second half, but gutted out a pretty even OT. The play that earned the PK was all hustle after 215 minutes of play over 4 days. nikolai just wanted it more.

that was a sad TV production: filming directly into the sun, lost signal for 1/3 of regulation and the announcers were about the worst homers you will ever hear. If you are playing an OOC game at home, then fine. But the ACCT deserves better.


NC State 5:30 on Thursday.
TV production was indeed terrible. It seems like this happens a lot at Clemson, not just for soccer. Weird camera angles that are compromised by glare or shadows and such. The announcers were dumb and dumber.
 

3397char

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Schelb is ACC OPOY!
Nikolai also earns 1st team.



2026 ACC Men’s Soccer Season Honors
Offensive Player of the Year:
Joschi Schelb, Sr., F, North Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year: Enzo Panozzo, 5th, D, SMU
Co-Midfielder of the Year: Jaylinn Mitchell, Sr., SMU; Jack Pymm, So., Stanford
Goalkeeper of the Year: Jonathan Evans, Jr., SMU
Freshman of the Year: Jack Ottley, M, Duke
Coach of the Year: Kevin Hudson, SMU

2026 All-ACC Team
First Team

Ransford Gyan, F, Clemson
Jack Ottley, M, Duke
Joschi Schelb, F, North Carolina
Luca Nikolai, D, North Carolina
Aidan Payne, M, NC State
Jonathan Evans, GK, SMU
Jaylinn Mitchell, M, SMU
Ryan Clanton-Pimentel, D, SMU
Enzo Panozzo, D, SMU
Stephan Soghomonian, F, SMU
Jack Pymm, M, Stanford

Second Team
Dylan Mafong, M, Boston College
Lukas Magnason, D, Clemson
Remi Okunlola, D, Clemson
Ethan Congleton, F, Duke
Giacomo Zizza, M, Louisville
Nico Loebus, M, North Carolina
Bertil Rygaard Hansen, F, North Carolina
Blake Kelly, GK, Notre Dame
Noah Holmstrom, D, SMU
Marco Dos Santos, M, Virginia
Brendan Lambe, M, Virginia
Noe Uwimana, D, Virginia Tech

Third Team
Andrej Borak, GK, Boston College
D'Andre Pickett, D, California
Mason Jimenez, M, Clemson
Nick Lockermann, D, North Carolina
Ryan Zellefrow, M, North Carolina
Riley Moloney, D, NC State
Nolan Spicer, M, Notre Dame
Caden Grabfelder, M, Pitt
Villads Landsperg, D, SMU
Alex Chow, M, Stanford
Tate Lorentz, F, Wake Forest

2026 ACC All-Freshman
Myles Carson, D, North Carolina
 

CotaToCarter

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Jun 5, 2026
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Going to say this now before we lose and it sounds like sour grapes - but NCSU plays a ridiculous brand of soccer. Clutch, grab, dive, spend half the match on the ground. Choppy, stop the clock, etc.

They may even be as talented as us straight up but they won’t play a fluid clean game for anyone to know.
 
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