The Pitt men's soccer competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and plays their home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field in the university's Petersen Sports Complex.

[4] However, Bemis was able to convince then Pitt athletic director Tom Hamilton to elevate the club team to varsity status in 1954.

[3] Despite starting with no scholarships[5] and no feeder system in place to recruit players,[3] Pitt's first team went 8–1 in 1954,[6] and by 1955, the program had its first All-American selection, Jerome Bressanelli.

[8] The 1995 team lost in the Big East tournament championship game to St. John's,[15] but finished the season ranked 22nd in the nation in the final Coaches' Poll.

[18] The program returned to campus when it moved into the Petersen Sports Complex, which houses the Ambrose Urbanic Field soccer facility, in the spring of 2011.

[19] Ambrose Urbanic Field, which serves as both the practice and competition venue for the Pitt soccer team, contains 735 seats and a FIFA-certified "Duraspine" pitch.

[22] In 2013, Pitt moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), bringing the Panthers into another historically strong league with 15 national championships in men's soccer.