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.
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]
Seed | School | Conference Record | Points | |
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1 | 7–0–1 | 22 | ||
2 | 6–2–0 | 18 | ||
3 | 5–1–2 | 17 | ||
4 | 4–4–0 | 12 | ||
5 | 3–4–1 | 10 | ||
6 | 3–5–0 | 9 |
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Player | Team |
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Bringham Larsen | |
Brandon Morales | |
Ian Pilcher | |
Jonathan Nyandjo | |
Leo Stritter | |
Arthur Widiez | |
Alberto Cruz | |
Niv Berkovitz | |
Kyran Chambron Pinho | |
Jelldrik Dallmann | |
Mads Westergren |