2023 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:American Athletic Conference
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:3,661
1Stroundvenue:Top Seed Campus Site
Semivenue:Westcott Field
Semicity:Dallas, Texas
Finalvenue:Westcott Field
Finalcity:Dallas, Texas
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Kevin Langan
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Jelldrik Dallmann (Offensive)
Ian Pilcher (Defensive)
Mvpteam:
Broadcast:ESPN+

The 2023 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held November 5 through November 12, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting while the Semifinals and Finals were hosted at Westcott Field in Dallas, Texas. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.The defending champions were the FIU Panthers.[1] The Panthers were unable to defend their title, falling to in the First Round. would go on to win the tournament title over in the final 2–1.[2] [3] This was Charlotte's first American Athletic Conference tournament title as they joined the league in 2022. It was their third conference title overall. This was also the first American tournament title for head coach Kevin Langan and his second conference tournament title overall.[4] As tournament champions Charlotte earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament, with the top two seeds receiving byes into the Semifinals. No tiebreakers were required as all teams finished with a unique number of conference regular season points.[5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
17–0–122
26–2–018
35–1–217
44–4–012
53–4–110
63–5–09

Bracket

Source:[6]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[7]

Player Team
Bringham Larsen
Brandon Morales
Ian Pilcher
Jonathan Nyandjo
Leo Stritter
Arthur Widiez
Alberto Cruz
Niv Berkovitz
Kyran Chambron Pinho
Jelldrik Dallmann
Mads Westergren
Offensive MVP in bold
Defensive MVP in italics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament . TheAmerican.org . November 2, 2022 . November 2, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2023 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. February 2, 2024.
  3. Web site: Charlotte 49ers win AAC men's soccer championship over No. 2 SMU. WCNC-TV. Nathaniel. Puente. November 12, 2023. February 2, 2024.
  4. Web site: 2023 American Men's Soccer Record Book. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. February 2, 2024.
  5. Web site: SMU Clinches Top Seed for 2023 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. November 1, 2023. February 2, 2024.
  6. Web site: 2023 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship Bracket. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. February 2, 2024.
  7. Web site: No. 2 Charlotte Wins 2023 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. November 12, 2023. February 2, 2024.