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Second-team All-ACC Enzo Martinez and the Tar Heels open up postseason play with a quarterfinals match against the Wolfpack in Cary.

Men's soccer readies for ACC Tournament

By Megan Walsh | November 9

As the North Carolina men’s soccer team celebrated making history as the program’s first team to earn a regular season ACC title last Friday, a goal ...

UNC men's soccer team welcomes back Michael Farfan

By Megan Walsh | November 8

Senior Michael Farfan was supposed to miss the end of his final regular season for the North Carolina men’s soccer team. But the 2009 All-American ...

Senior midfielder Michael Farfan returned from injury to score the only goal UNC needed — a penalty kick 20 minutes into the ACC match.

UNC men's soccer team win ACC regular season title

By Aaron Taube | November 7

With a 2-0 victory in Friday night’s season finale against Clemson at Fetzer Field, this year’s men’s soccer team accomplished something none ...

Freshman Robbie Lovejoy has come up clutch for the Tar Heels late in the past two games.

UNC men's soccer team holds strong to beat Virginia Tech

By Chris Moore | October 24

Leading 2-1 in the final minutes on Friday, the No. 4 North Carolina men’s soccer team was barely holding off an aggressive Virginia Tech attack.

Backup players lead UNC men's soccer team in win against Virginia Tech

By Grant Fitzgerald | October 24

Carlos McCrary to Martin Murphy to Jordan Gafa probably wasn’t a scoring combination the North Carolina soccer coach thought much about when he was ...

South Carolina goalie Jimmy Maurer argues with the ref after being issued a yellow card in the 55th minute of a physical match.

Injuries plague UNC men's soccer team

By Megan Walsh | October 20

Five minutes into second half of the North Carolina men’s soccer team’s matchup against South Carolina, senior Eddie Ababio went down on a tackle ...

Redshirt freshman Josh Rice is taken down by South Carolina defender Danny Cates. The match featured seven yellow cards, four by South Carolina, and two red cards that were split between the two squads.

UNC fights South Carolina to 1-0 win

By Grant Fitzgerald | October 19

In a game where nothing seemed to be going right for UNC, Lovejoy’s goal was a welcome respite for a team that lacked any offensive spark. For more ...

UNC senior midfielder Michael Farfan sends a cross toward the net. Farfan scored the game’s lone goal.

UNC men's soccer team remains undefeated in ACC

By Brandon Moree | October 10

The North Carolina men’s soccer team got one step closer to the regular season conference championship when it handed Wake Forest its first conference ...

UNC goalkeeper Scott Goodwin nails a goal kick to put the ball back in play. The sophomore has allowed just nine goals this year.

UNC goalkeeper Scott Goodwin continues to save ACC games, makes the difference during conference

By Aaron Taube | October 10

North Carolina goalkeeper Scott Goodwin had three of his four saves in the second half of the men’s soccer team’s 1-0 win against Wake Forest on Friday, ...

Wake Forest vs. #4 UNC men's soccer LiveBlog

By Aaron Taube | October 8

Live Blog

Through nine starts this season, Kirk Urso has registered three goals and two assists for the Tar Heels, who face Wake Forest today at 7 p.m.

UNC men's soccer faces Wake Forest

By Megan Walsh | October 7

As No. 4 UNC prepares for the arrival of the Demon Deacons at Fetzer Field on Friday, the similarities between the two teams are yet again mounting.

Josh Rice gives UNC soccer spark, two assists

By Megan Walsh | October 6

Redshirt freshman Josh Rice ran onto Fetzer Field for the first time in the 38th minute of Tuesday’s men’s soccer matchup against Radford. The substitution ...

Junior midfielder Kirk Urso registered his third goal of the season against Radford on Tuesday night. Urso’s 27-yard strike in the 63rd minute gave UNC a 3-1 lead in the second half. The Tar Heels scored more goals Tuesday than they have in any other game in the 2010 season.

Underclassmen propel UNC men's soccer in 5-1 win

By Aaron Taube | October 6

A week after stumbling at unranked Old Dominion, the No. 4 North Carolina men’s soccer team once again looked susceptible to a nonconference upset 26 ...

UNC men’s soccer defeats Virginia to take first place in ACC

By Aaron Taube | October 4

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The North Carolina men’s soccer team went into Friday’s game at Virginia ranked fifth in the nine-team ACC in both goals-against ...

UNC men's soccer team captures elusive win at Virginia

By Megan Walsh | October 3

The Tar Heels turned to midfielder Kirk Urso on a second-half corner kick to give UNC a 1-0 victory against the Cavaliers — the first win North Carolina ...

UNC men's soccer team beats Maryland for first time since 2003

By Grant Fitzgerald | September 26

There are many clichés that apply to the North Carolina men’s soccer victory against Maryland on Friday.

UNC midfielder Michael Farfan battles with Wofford’s Alex Hutchins. The Tar Heels’ offense didn’t score a goal until the closing minutes of the game.

UNC edges Wofford in overtime

By Aaron Taube | September 22

In nonconference action Tuesday night against Wofford, UNC’s bad habit very nearly did the Tar Heels in, but a late equalizer and an extra-time winner ...

Tar Heel attack starts slowly against Terriers

By Megan Walsh | September 21

Although the goal sent the game into overtime, which led to the Tar Heels’ eventual 2-1 victory, the offensive production — and the lack thereof in ...

UNC's defense helps in win over Duke

By Aaron Taube | September 20

In the waning minutes of the North Carolina men’s soccer team’s 1-0 victory at Duke, the UNC defense faced a challenge that might have given it fits ...

Bruno Castro controls the ball against Duke on Friday. The freshman’s 79th-minute goal gave UNC a 1-0 win. It was his first as a Tar Heel.

Castro's toe-poke bests Blue Devils

By Grant Fitzgerald | September 19

DURHAM — The frustrations of the North Carolina men’s soccer team were obvious. For 78 minutes, the Tar Heels prodded and attacked a Duke team ...