2024 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team
| 2024 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer | |
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NCAA Tournament, Third Round | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 17 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 14 |
| Record | 11–7–3 (3–3–2 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Klöckner Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-ninth season. They played their home games at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. This was the team's 84th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 73rd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Cavailers began the season ranked thirteenth in the polls and started the season with a win over Rider. They followed that with a loss against Colgate which saw them fall out of the polls. They defeated Saint Joseph's before a rough patch of six games. Over the next six games the team went 0–3–3. Their losses were against conference opponents Duke and second ranked Stanford and non-conference opponent UNC Greensboro. They drew Maryland, Wake Forest, and California. After this stretch, the Cavalier's season turned 180 degrees. They won six of their next seven games. Their only loss was at fifth ranked Pittsburgh. During this stretch, they defeated number eight James Madison and number nineteen Virginia Tech in back-to-back matches.
The Cavaliers finished the regular season 8–5–3 after starting 2–4–3. They finished 3–3–2 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. As the ninth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated eighth seed NC State in the First Round. Their Quarterfinal matchup was a re-match with first seed Pittsburgh. The Cavaliers avenged a regular season loss and advanced to the Semifinals. There they were defeated 5–1 by Wake Forest. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and they were the eleventh overall seed. They earned a bye to the Second Round where they defeated West Virginia 2–1. They were upset in the Third Round by UMass to end their season. Their final overall record was 11–7–3.