Cavaliers Fall to SMU 1-0 in ACC Tournament Final – Virginia Sports

Highlights from the 2025 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship Game 11.16.25 CARY, N.C. – A penalty kick in the 57th minute was the difference in lifting seventh-seeded No. 25 SMU (11-4-4) over top-seeded No. 4 Virginia (12-2-4) in the 2025 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship Final at First Horizon Stadium. The Cavaliers fell to SMU by a score of 1-0 on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 16) snapping a 14-game unbeaten streak dating back to August 28. Goals (Assist) 57’ SMU – Soghomonian (Penalty) How it Happened: The teams played nearly 16 minutes without a shot between them, but Cavaliers brought a spark into the attacking third when AJ Smith got on the end of a cross from Albin Gashi, but his attempt glanced wide of the post. Minutes later, Marco Dos Santos whipped a low cross into the six-yard box, but between the runs of Smith and Nick Simmonds. Virginia created another dangerous chance on the counterattack in the 40th minute when Parker Sloan cleared a ball out of his own penalty area to the center circle where it was flicked on by Smith for Simmonds to run on, but his opportunity was cut off in the SMU penalty area. Just shy of
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