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 . They followed that with a loss against which saw them fall out of the polls. They defeated 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 . They drew , 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 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 2–1. They were upset in the Third Round by to end their season. Their final overall record was 11–7–3.
Background
The Cavaliers finished the season 11–4–4 overall and 5–2–1 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Coastal Division. As the third overall seed in the ACC Tournament they earned a bye to the Quarterfinals where they were defeated by sixth seed Syracuse in penalties. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and they were the seventh overall seed. They defeated in the Second Round before losing 1–0 to in the Third Round to end their season.
Player movement
Players leaving Departures 1 GK 6'3" 195 Cincinnati, Ohio Transferred to New Hampshire 2 DF 6'0" 185 Eastchester, New York Graduated 5 DF 6'3" 215 Grand Rapids, Michigan Graduated; selected 12thoverall in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft 7 FW 5'11" 170 São Paulo, Brazil Graduated; selected 32ndoverall in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft 9 FW 6'0" 140 Accra, Ghana Selected 26th overallin the 2024 MLS SuperDraft 10 MF 6'3" 190 Nøtterøy, Norway Graduated 11 MF 5'5" 142 Dakar, Senegal Graduated 21 FW 5'10" 155 Bethesda, Maryland Graduated 22 FW 5'8" 150 Newton, Massachusetts Transferred to New Hampshire 27 MF 6'1" 175 San Francisco, California Graduated 99 GK 6'4" 190 Zionsville, Indiana Graduated
Players arriving
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers 0 GK 6'1" 180 London, England Lubbock Christian 2 DF 6'2" 180 Brentwood, Tennessee Lipscomb 7 FW 6'2" 200 Chattanooga, Tennessee Lipscomb 9 FW 6'4" 189 Høje-Taastrup, Denmark Tyler Junior College 16 FW 6'1" 180 Queenstown, New Zealand Harvard 21 DF 6'2" 198 State College, Pennsylvania Coastal Carolina 22 FW 5'8" 155 East Longmeadow, Massachusetts Boston College 27 MF 6'3" 180 Sammamish, Washington Seattle Pacific 33 DF 5'10" 179 Atlanta, Georgia Virginia Tech
Recruiting class
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Short Hills, New Jersey Cedar Stars Bergen Mendoza, Argentina Godoy Cruz N/A Scottsdale, Arizona Phoenix Rising FC St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis City 2 Apex, North Carolina Atlanta United FC Overland Park, Kansas Kansas Rush Cumberland, Rhode Island New England Revolution Academy Austin, Texas Austin FC
Squad
Roster
Team management Head coach George Gelnovatch Associate Head Coach Matt Chulis Associate Head Coach Adam Perron Assistant coach Jermaine Birriel
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Awards and honors Paul Wise Pre-Season All-ACC Team August 14 Joey Batrouni ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 7 October 8 Nick Dang All-ACC Second Team November 13, 2024 Nick Dang All ACC-Tournament Team November 17, 2024 Paul Wise
2025 MLS Super Draft
Nick Dang Real Salt Lake 2 49 DF A. J. Smith New York City FC 3 78 FW
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