The 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 69th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Clemson were the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and

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were the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Notre Dame were the defending ACC tournament Champion. Eight ACC teams were invited to the 2021 NCAA tournament. Clemson had the best showing of the eight, winning their third title in program history.

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won the Atlantic Conference with a 5–1–2 record and

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won the Costal Conference. Syracuse went on to win the ACC tournament 2–0 over eighth seed Clemson in the final. In 2022, eight ACC teams were again invited to the NCAA tournament. Clemson was unable to defend its title, but another ACC team Syracuse, claimed the title with a

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victory over

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Teams

Stadiums and locations

Note: Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami (FL) are members of the

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but do not sponsor men's soccer.

Personnel

''Notes'' *Records shown are prior to the 2022 season *Years at school includes the 2022 season *ACC records include only years with current school.

Preseason

Hermann Trophy

The ACC placed four players on the watch-list, which was announced on August 25.

Preseason Poll

The 2022 ACC Preseason Poll was released on August 16, 2022. The league's head coaches ranked Clemson as the preseason favorite, with 7 out of 12 votes. Full results of the poll are shown below:

Preseason awards

;Preseason All-ACC Watchlist

Regular season

All times Eastern time.

Week 1 (Aug. 21 – Aug. 29)

;Players of the Week

Week 2 (Aug. 30 – Sep. 5)

;Players of the Week

Week 3 (Sep. 6 – Sep. 12)

;Players of the Week

Week 4 (Sep. 13 – Sep. 19)

;Players of the Week

Week 5 (Sep. 20 – Sep. 26)

;Players of the Week

Week 6 (Sep. 27 – Oct. 3)

;Players of the Week

Week 7 (Oct. 4 – Oct. 10)

;Players of the Week

Week 8 (Oct. 11 – Oct. 17)

;Players of the Week

Week 9 (Oct. 18 – Oct. 24)

;Players of the Week

Week 10 (Oct. 25 – Oct. 29)

;Players of the Week

Rankings

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Top Drawer Soccer

Postseason

ACC Tournament

NCAA tournament

The ACC had eight teams receive a bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament, which was the highest number of bids for any conference. Four teams claimed top eight seeds, which was also the most among any conference.

Awards

All-ACC awards and teams

MLS SuperDraft

The ACC had sixteen players selected in the 2023 draft, the most by any conference. The ACC had the top two selections and seven overall first round picks. National Champions

lead the league with five overall picks. Clemson had the first overall pick for the second time in four drafts. No other school has had two top-five picks in the past four seasons.

Total picks by school

List of selections

Homegrown players

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program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the

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. To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play

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and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Atlantic Coast Conference Mens Soccer Season 2022 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season