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Dec 11, 2023

PHOTOS & SOCIAL: Men’s Soccer wins 2023 National Championship!

Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site
Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site
Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site
Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site
Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site
Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site
Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site

LOUISVILLE, Ky – Brandon Parrish scored in the 27th minute and Ousmane Sylla added another in the 70th minute as ninth-seeded Clemson Men’s Soccer won the 2023 National Championship with a 2-1 win over No. 2 Notre Dame on Monday. It was the fourth national title in the program’s history (1984, 1987, 2021, 2023). It was the eighth team national championship in Clemson’s history.

Head Coach Mike Noonan joined I.M. Ibrahim and Dabo Swinney as Clemson head coaches with multiple national championships. Clemson did not concede a goal in the NCAA Tournament until a penalty kick in the 89th minute after a handball in the box.

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Notes

  • Clemson men’s soccer has won its fourth national championship.
  • Men’s soccer’s fourth-team national championship is the most by any program at Clemson.
  • Men’s soccer’s 2023 national championship came 729 days after its 2021 championship. That is the second-shortest duration between team national championships at Clemson since the 728 days between football’s titles in the 2016 and 2018 seasons.
  • Clemson is now one of seven schools in the country with four or more national championships in men’s soccer.
    • Saint Louis (10), Indiana (8), Virginia (7), Maryland (4), UCLA (4), San Francisco (4), Clemson (4). 
  • Clemson is just the third men’s soccer program to win two or more championships within any three-year period since 2000.
    • Indiana (2003-2004) and Stanford (2015-2017) 
  • Clemson’s 2023 squad becomes the eighth team and just the fourth program in ACC history to win an ACC Tournament Championship and NCAA Championship in men’s soccer during the same season. The ACC men’s soccer tournament was first held in 1987.
    • Virginia – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2009
    • Maryland – 2008
    • North Carolina – 2011
    • Clemson – 2023
  • Head Coach Mike Noonan becomes the second men’s soccer coach at Clemson to win two national championships while leading the Tigers. 
    • Dr. I.M. Ibrahim (1984, 1987) 
    • Mike Noonan (2021, 2023)
  • Noonan becomes the third coach at Clemson to win two national championships while leading the Tigers. 
    • Dr. I.M. Ibrahim (1984, 1987)
    • Dabo Swinney (2016, 2018)
    • Mike Noonan (2021, 2023)
  • Noonan has become the fourth coach since 2000 to win two or more men’s soccer national championships.
    • Mike Noonan (Clemson; 2021, 2023)
    • George Gelnovatch (Virginia; 2009, 2014)
    • Sasho Cirovski (Maryland; 2005, 2008, 2018)
    • Jeremy Gunn (Stanford; 2015-2017) 
  • Clemson’s 2023 roster features six members of the program’s 2021 men’s soccer national championship.
    • Mohamed Seye
    • Enrique Montana III
    • Titus Sandy Jr.
    • Brandon Parrish
    • Ousmane Sylla
    • Adam Lundegard
  • There have only ever been 11 members of the Clemson men’s soccer program who won multiple NCAA Championships during their time at Clemson. 
    • 1984 & 1987 – Jamey Rootes, Paul Carollo, Bruce Murray, Paul Rutenis, Tim Genovese
    • 2021 & 2023 – Mohamed Seye, Enrique Montana III, Titus Sandy Jr., Brandon Parrish, Ousmane Sylla, Adam Lundegard.
  • Nathan Richmond joins his father, Richie Richmond, as a national champions.

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