2024 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team
| 2024 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer | |
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ACC Regular Season Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 7 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 6 |
| Record | 14–6–0 (6–2–0 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Ambrose Urbanic Field |
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| No. 7 Pittsburgh + | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Clemson + | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 15 | – | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Duke + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 11 | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Wake Forest ‡ | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 SMU + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Stanford + | 3 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Virginia + | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 NC State + | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 0 | – | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Jay Vidovich, in his ninth season. They played their home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This was the team's 71st season playing organized men's college soccer and their 12th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Panthers started the season with a defeat of number sixteen Georgetown and Mercyhurst. The two wins saw them go from unranked to third in the United Soccer Coaches poll. At number three, they defeated Penn State 2–1 before losing to Penn 1–0. This saw them fall to eigtht for their first ACC match of the season. They defeated ACC newcomers and twenty second ranked SMU in Dallas 3–1. The Panthers followed this with a defeat of Louisville and ascended to second in the rankings. Another non-conference win, and a defeat of Boston College saw them rise to the top of the rankings. The Panthers collected two more ranked wins, defeating seventeenth ranked Virginia Tech and sixth ranked Denver before dropping two straight matches. They lost to ACC foe California and non-conference opponent High Point, both 1–0. The Panthers only fell to fourth, where they defeated seventh ranked North Carolina. The team went 1–1 to finish the season, defeating Virginia but losing on the final matchday of the season to Syracuse. They went into the postseason ranked ninth.
The Panthers finished the regular season 12–4–0 overall and 6–2–0 in ACC play to finish in first place, and win the ACC regular season championship. As the first overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they were defeated by Virginia in a rematch of the penultimate game of the regular season. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the second overall seed. They earned a bye into the Second Round where they defeated Cornell 1–0. In the Third round, they dodged and upset bid from Kansas City, and won 3–2. They were defeated in the Quarterfinals by Vermont to end their season. The Panthers finished 14–6–0 overall.