2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 4
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 4
Record14–5–5 (4–2–2 ACC)
Head coach
  • Chad Riley (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Graczyk (2nd season)
  • Jeff Rowland (1st season)
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 44th season.[1] It was the program's ninth season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were led by head coach Chad Riley, in his fourth year and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

The Fighting Irish finished the season 14–5–5 overall and 4–2–2 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Coastal Division. As the fifth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated NC State in the First Round, Louisville on penalties in the Second Round, Pittsburgh in the Semifinals, and Duke in the Final to win the tournament. This was their first tournament title after moving to the ACC in 2013. As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded the fourth overall seed. After a First Round bye, they defeated Villanova in the Second Round, Wake Forest in the Third Round, and Pittsburgh in the Quarterfianls via penalty shootout before losing to Clemson in the Semifinals again via penalty shootout to end their season.

  1. ^ "UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME MEN'S SOCCER 2016 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT" (PDF). UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2016.