2021 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

2021 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 22
Record11–7–2 (4–4–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Grant Porter (11th season)
  • Will Clayton (4th season)
Home stadiumDorrance Field
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 1 Clemson + 5 3 0 16 5 2
Louisville + 5 3 0 10 7 1
No. 17 Wake Forest + 4 3 1 13 7 1
Boston College 2 4 2 6 7 2
Syracuse 2 5 1 8 8 2
NC State 1 5 2 7 8 2
Coastal
No. 12 Duke + 5 2 1 14 5 1
No. 6 Pittsburgh + 5 2 1 13 5 2
No. 4 Notre Dame 4 2 2 14 5 5
North Carolina + 4 4 0 11 7 2
No. 19 Virginia Tech + 3 4 1 11 5 4
Virginia 2 5 1 6 9 3
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

The 2021 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 75th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by eleventh year head coach Carlos Somoano and played their home games at Dorrance Field.

The Tar Heels finished the season 11–7–2 overall and 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Coastal Division. As the seventh overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Syracuse in the First Round, before losing to Clemson in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team, they defeated Loyola (MD) via penalty shoot-out in the First Round before losing to sixth seeded New Hampshire in the Second Round.