CHARLOTTE, NC (theACC.com) – The 2024 All-Atlantic Coast Conference men’s soccer team and award winners for the season were announced Wednesday after voting by the league’s 15 head coaches.
Notre Dame senior forward Matthew Roou was named ACC Offensive Player of the Year and Pitt junior linebacker Casper Svendby was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year. Clemson senior Joran Gerbet earned ACC Midfielder of the Year honors, while Duke graduate Wessel Speel was named ACC Goalkeeper of the Year. Clemson midfielder Ransford Gyan won the Rookie of the Year award. Pitt head coach Jay Vidovch has been named the ACC Coach of the Year by his peers for a record eighth time.
Roou was named first team All-ACC for the second straight season. The Germantown, Wisconsin native was also the only player to repeat as a first-team All-ACC honoree since 2023. Roou leads the ACC in goals (14), goals per game (0.82) and points (32) this season. , which is fourth in the national rankings in goals and sixth in goals per game and points. Four of his goals were game-winners.
Svendby is the league’s best defense as the Panthers have allowed just 0.82 goals per game, the fewest among league teams and 14th fewest in the country. He also scored three goals and added a pair of assists. The native of Drammen, Norway is in his first season with Pitt after spending two seasons in Dayton.
Gerbet had seven goals and eight assists while leading Clemson to the No. 2 seed for the 2024 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship. His 22 total points ranked fourth in the ACC and were the most among any midfielder in the league. Hailing from Valence, France, Gerbet was named to the All-ACC team for the second straight season after earning third-team honors in 2023.
Speel has a league-low 0.99 goals-against average and six shutouts this season for Duke, currently ranked No. 2 in the nation. A native of Utrecht, Netherlands, he started all 18 games for the Blue Devils in his first season after arriving as a graduate transfer from Hofstra.
Gyan has three goals and five assists for 11 points from the midfield position this season. A native of Sunyani, Ghana, Gyan played in all 18 of Clemson’s games, starting 15.
Vidovich, named ACC Coach of the Year for the eighth time, led Pitt to its first ACC regular season title this season. The Panthers have a 12-5-0 record, including a 6-2-0 mark in conference play, and are currently ranked No. 3 in the latest NCAA RPI. This is Vidovich’s third ACC Coach of the Year honor while at Pitt (2020, 2021); he also earned the honor in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009 when he was Wake Forest’s head coach.
The semifinals of the 2024 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship will be held on Thursday, November 14 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, with Virginia and Wake Forest facing off at 5:30 p.m. ET, followed by California playing Clemson at approximately 8 p.m. hours. ET. The ACC Network will televise both games. The championship game will be televised from WakeMed Soccer Park on ESPNU on Sunday, Nov. 17 at noon ET.
In Tuesday’s latest NCAA RPI, ACC teams hold 12 of the top 50 spots, led by Pitt at No. 3, followed by Virginia (6), Duke (8), Stanford (9), SMU (12), Clemson (14), UNC (17), Wake Forest (21), California (26), NC State (32), Virginia Tech (41) and Notre Dame (47).
2024 ACC Men’s Soccer Season Honors
Offensive Player of the Year – Matthew Roou, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Defensive Player of the Year –Casper Svendby, Jr., D, Pitt
Midfielder of the year – Joran Gerbet, Sr., Clemson
Goalkeeper of the year – Wessel Speel, Gr., Duke
Freshman year – Ransford Gyan, M, Clemson
Coach of the year – Jay Vidovich, Pitt
2024 All-ACC team
The first team
Joran Gerbet, Sr., M, Clemson
Alex Meinhard, Gr., F, Clemson
Ulfur Bjornsson, So., F, Duke
Wessel Speel, Gr., GK, Duke
Riley Thomas, Gr., D, North Carolina
Matthew Roou, Jr., F, Notre Dame
Guilherme Feitosa, Sr., M, Pitt
Luis Sahmkow, Sr., F, Pitt
Casper Svendby, Jr., D, Pitt
Bailey Sparks Sr., F, SMU
Zach Bohane, Jr., M, Stanford
Another team
Ash Ekeland, Jr., M, Boston College
Kevin Carmichael, Sr., D, Cal
Ransford Gyan, Fr., M, Clemson
Adam Luckhurst, Gr., F, Duke
Martin Vician, Gr., F, North Carolina
Taig Healy, Jr., M, NC State
Hakim Karamoko, So., F, NC State
Casper Grening, Sr., M, Pitt
Nick Dang, Jr., D, Virginia
Trace Alphin, Sr., GK, Wake Forest
Cooper Flax, Jr., M, Wake Forest
The third team
Nonso Adimabua, Gr., F, California
Kamran Acito, Jr., D, Duke
Kenan Hot, Jr., M, Duke
Ruben Mesalles, Sr., D, Duke
Gage Guerra, Sr., F, Louisville
Josh Jones, Sr., D, Louisville
Sam Williams, Jr., M, North Carolina
Bryce Boneau, jr., M, Notre Dame
Cabral Carter, Jr., GK, Pitt
Jackson Gilman, Jr., D, Pitt
Kyran Chambron Pinho, Sr., D, SMU
2024 Freshman Team
Ransford Gyan, M, Clemson
Luke Magnason, D, Clemson
Wahabu Musah, F, Clemson
Jamie Caboose, M, Duke
Tate Johnson, D, North Carolina
Nikola Markovic, D, NC State
Lasse Dahl, F, Pitt
Niklas Soerensen, D, Pitt
Chimere Omeze, D, Syracuse
Olafur Floki Stephensen, D, Virginia Tech
Dylan Borso, M, Wake Forest
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