2017 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 29th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Clemson Tigers the defending regular season champions. The Florida State Seminoles are the defending ACC Tournament Champions. Changes from 2016. There were no coaching changes from 2016 to 2017. Teams. Stadiums and locations. 1. "Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer" Pre-season. Pre-season poll. The ACC women's soccer pre-season poll was determined by a vote of all 14 ACC women 's soccer head coaches. The poll was voted on as teams began their pre-season training during the first week of August. The coaches also voted on a pre-season all-ACC team. Hermann Trophy Watchlist. The ACC had 4 women named to the Hermann Trophy watchlist prior to the season. Regular season. Statistics. Overall season statistics can be found on the ACC's website. Postseason. NCAA Tournament. The ACC had a total of 8 teams selected to the NCAA Tournament. This was the second most number of teams from any conference in the tournament, behind the SEC (9). All  teams were selected to host a first round match, and two teams were selected as number one seeds. Awards and honors. United Soccer Coaches All-Americans. Six total players from the ACC were named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America teams. Two players were named to each the first, second and third team. First Team Second Team Third Team Draft picks. The ACC had 12 total players selected in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. There were 3 players selected in the first round, 1 player selected in the second round, 5 players selected in the third round, and 3  players selected in the fourth round. Duke lead the way with 6 players selected, Wake Forest and North Carolina had 2 players selected each, and Virginia and Notre Dame each had 1 player selected.