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2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 36th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference. This was the first season where seventeen teams compete in the conference, after the additions of California, SMU, and Stanford on July 1, 2024.

Florida State were the defending regular season and ACC tournament titlists. They finished 9–0–1 in ACC play and won both of their games in the ACC Tournament. Florida State would go on to win the national championship, and complete an undefeated season. They were the first team to finish undefeated since Stanford in 2011.

The Duke Blue Devils finished as regular season champions with a record of 9–0–1. They were unable to prevail in the ACC tournament as third-seed Florida State won its fifth consecutive tournament title. The ACC sent nine teams to the NCAA tournament and Duke and Florida State both earned first seeds. Six of the final eight teams, and all of the final four teams were from the ACC. North Carolina prevailed over Wake Forest in the final. This was the second straight year and third time in the last four years a team from the ACC has won the National Title.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

1. Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Coaches

Head coaching changes

Two ACC teams entered the season with new coaches:

  • Boston College fired head coach Jason Lowe after five season with the team. Chris Watkins was hired as his replacement on December 14, 2023.
  • North Carolina was set to be led by Anson Dorrance but Dorrance announced his retirement just four days prior to the season beginning on August 11, 2024. Damon Nahas was selected to be the interim head coach.
  • Miami fired head coach Sarah Barnes after six season with the program. Ken Masuhr was hired as the new head coach on December 5, 2023.

Head coaching records

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2024 season
  • Years at school includes the 2024 season

Pre-season

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 15, 2024.

Pre-season poll

The pre-season poll and pre-season all conference teams were voted on by the league's 17 head coaches. The results of the poll were released on August 8, one week prior to the season starting.

Pre-season Coaches Poll

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Pre-season All-ACC Team

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Regular season

Conference Matrix

The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played ten matches. Each team did not play every other team. DNP indicates teams that did not play each other.

Rankings

United Soccer

Top Drawer Soccer

Players of the Week

Postseason

ACC Tournament

NCAA tournament

Awards and honors

Conference end of season awards were released on November 6, 2024, prior to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. Karlie Lema was named Offensive Player of the Year, Maggie Graham won Midfielder of the Year, Cameron Roller won Defensive Player of the Year, Leah Freeman won Goalkeeper of the Year, and Robbie Church was named Coach of the Year. A full list of award winners and All-ACC Teams is shown below.

ACC Awards

All-Americans

References