Halsey, Ueland Earn All-ACC Honors
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Former Cavalier and current Real Salt Lake defender Bret Halsey (Sterling, Va.) along with second year Andreas Ueland (Bryne, Norway) were honored as All-Atlantic Coast Conference selections on Wednesday (April 14). The Cavaliers have placed multiple student-athletes on the All-ACC team every year since 1983.
Halsey landed on the All-ACC second team after playing every game in the fall. He went on to sign a Generation Adidas contract and became the seventh overall pick of Real Salt Lake in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft in January. The midfielder started all 31 matches that he appeared over the course of three seasons on grounds including his final 27 matches. Halsey was a two-time ACC All-Tournament selection and tallied four points (1g, 2a) on Virginia’s NCAA Runner-Up squad in 2019.
Ueland collected his second-straight Third Team All-ACC honor after appearing in 13 of the 16 Cavalier matches of 2020. Ueland played every minute of the first eight matches this season after not coming off the field in all 24 matches of his freshman season. The Cavalier center back was a part of four of Virginia’s six clean sheets in 2020 and scored the game-winning goal on a successful penalty kick attempt against Syracuse on Oct. 30, 2020. He was also credited with an assist the second goal of a 3-0 win over George Mason on March 2, 2021
2020 Men’s Soccer All-ACC Team
Offensive Player of the Year – Valentin Noel, So., M, Pitt
Defensive Player of the Year – Jasper Löeffelsend, Gr., D, Pitt
Midfielder of the Year – Daniel Pereira, So., M, Virginia Tech
Freshman of the Year – Bertin Jacquesson, Fr., F, Pitt
Coach of the Year – Jay Vidovich, Pitt
First Team
Grayson Barber, Jr., F, Clemson
Philip Mayaka, So., M, Clemson
Kimarni Smith, Sr., F, Clemson
Jack Lynn, Jr., F, Notre Dame
Nico Campuzano, Gr., GK, Pitt
Jasper Löeffelsend, Gr., D, Pitt
Valentin Noel, So., M, Pitt
Daniel Pereira, So., M, Virginia Tech
Kristo Strickler, Sr., M, Virginia Tech
Calvin Harris, Fr., F, Wake Forest
Isaiah Parente, Jr., M, Wake Forest
Second Team
Oskar Ågren, So., D, Clemson
Pedro Fonseca, Jr., F, Louisville
Giovanni Montesdeoca, Sr., F, North Carolina
Alec Smir, Jr., GK, North Carolina
Aiden McFadden, Sr., M, Notre Dame
Bertin Jacquesson, Fr., F, Pitt
Veljko Petkovic, So., M, Pitt
Jackson Walti, Jr., M, Pitt
Bret Halsey, Jr., M, Virginia
Nico Benalcazar, So., D, Wake Forest
Machop Chol, Sr., F, Wake Forest
Third Team
Kristofer Konradsson, So., F, Boston College
Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador, Jr., M, Clemson
Justin Malou, Sr., D, Clemson
George Marks, Jr., GK, Clemson
Peter Stroud, Fr., M, Duke
Elijah Amo, Sr., M, Louisville
Alexander Dexter, Sr., F, Pitt
Arturo Ordoñez, So., D, Pitt
Andreas Ueland, So., D, Virginia
Jacob Labovitz, Sr., F, Virginia Tech
Kyle Holcomb, Jr., F, Wake Forest
All-Freshman Team
Hamady Diop, D, Clemson
Ousmane Sylla, M, Clemson
Antino Lopez, M, Duke
Nick Pariano, M, Duke
Peter Stroud, M, Duke
Thorleifur Ulfarsson, F, Duke
Aboubacar Camara, F, Louisville
Bertin Jacquesson, F, Pitt
Filip Mirkovic, M, Pitt
Deandre Kerr, F, Syracuse
Garrison Tubbs, D, Wake Forest