SMU, Virginia Advance to 2025 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship Game

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – No. 1 seed Virginia and No. 7 seed SMU superior to the finals of the 2025 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship following semifinal motion on Thursday, November 13 at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.

 

Following a 2-1 win over No. 12 seed California on Thursday, Virginia will play within the ACC Championship Game for the primary time since successful the title in 2019. SMU topped No. 6 seed Syracuse, 5-1, and can make its first-ever look within the ACC Championship Game. The Mustangs are in search of the college’s first ACC staff championship in any sport.

 

The championship match is slated for Sunday, November 16, at 1 p.m. ET and can air on ESPNU.

 

Virginia (12-1-4) and SMU (10-4-4) performed on October 31 in Dallas, Texas, within the regular-season finale, with UVA parlaying an 84th-minute objective from Bacary Tandjigora right into a 1-0 victory.

 

In the primary sport Thursday, Virginia broke by means of within the seventy fifth minute when Reese Miller despatched a tough, low cross contained in the six-yard field, and the ball caromed off a Cal defender and previous goalkeeper Marco Brougher. The Cavaliers doubled their benefit within the 82nd minute when Marco Dos Santos beat Brougher to a ball and chipped it throughout to Ato Smith, who buried the shot into the open internet for his third objective of the yr.

 

Cal scored within the 87th minute when Beau Morrison headed in a rebound shot after it caromed off the submit.

 

In the nightcap, SMU struck for 3 targets in a 12-minute span open up an in depth match and roll to the win. The Mustangs began the scoring within the thirty eighth minute on a strong objective from quick vary from Mukisa Emmanuel and scored once more with simply 50 seconds left within the half on a objective from Ryan Clanton-Pimentel. SMU got here out quick within the second half, scoring off a nook kick within the fiftieth minute as a Stephan Soghomonian nook discovered Slade Starnes, who despatched a brief go to Charles-Emile Brunet, who ripped a low shot to the nook of the online.

 

The Mustangs added a fourth objective within the sixtieth minute when Soghomonian completed to the close to submit off a perfectly-placed cross from Clanton-Pimentel. Landon Hickam capped SMU’s massive night time with a objective within the 83rd minute. Syracuse obtained on the board within the eighty fifth minute on a penalty kick from Nathan Scott.

 

Championship sport tickets are $15 prematurely and $20 on gameday. Tickets are solely out there on-line and no walk-up gross sales might be out there.

 

Exclusive group pricing can be out there for teams of 10 or extra, together with distinctive on-field alternatives. For particulars, go to theACC.com/teams or contact tickets@theacc.org.

 

2025 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship

First Round – Wednesday, Nov. 5

at No. 3 NC State 3, No. 14 Louisville 0

at No. 6 Syracuse 2, No. 11 Virginia Tech 1

No. 13 Pitt 1, at No. 4 Clemson 0

No. 12 California 2, at No. 5 Duke 0

at No. 7 SMU 5, No. 10 Wake Forest 4

No. 9 North Carolina 3, at No. 8 Notre Dame 1

at No. 2 Stanford 4, No. 15 Boston College 2

Quarterfinals – Sunday, Nov. 9

at No. 12 California 1, No. 13 Pitt 0

at No. 1 Virginia 2, No. 9 North Carolina 1

No. 6 Syracuse 3, at No. 3 NC State 0

No. 7 SMU 1, at No. 2 Stanford 0

Semifinals – First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, N.C. – Thursday, Nov. 13

No. 1 Virginia 2, No. 12 California 1

No. 7 SMU 5, No. 6 Syracuse 1

Final – First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, N.C. – Sunday, Nov. 16

No. 7 SMU vs. No. 1 Virginia | 1 p.m. ET | ESPNU