2023 America East men's soccer tournament

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2023 America East men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance6,744
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions Bryant (1st title)
Winning coachRuben Resendes (1st title)
MVP Antreas Hadjigavriel (Bryant)
Broadcast ESPN+
America East men's soccer tournament
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2023 America East Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 New Hampshire + 4 0 312 2 4
No. 19 Bryant4 1 216 2 2
UMBC 3 1 37 4 5
Vermont + 4 3 012 5 2
NJIT 3 2 27 8 4
Binghamton 2 2 35 10 3
Albany 1 5 15 11 1
UMass Lowell 0 7 02 11 3
As of November 16, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2023 America East Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from November 4 through November 12, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the New Hampshire Wildcats, [1] who were unable to defend their title. New Hampshire lost in overtime to Bryant 1–0. [2] [3] It was the first America East tournament victory for the Bryant Bulldogs soccer program, and first for Head Coach Ruben Resendes. [4] As tournament champions, Bryant earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

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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. A tiebreaker was required as UMBC and Vermont finished tied for third, both with twelve points in conference play. UMBC was awarded the third seed by virtue of their 2–1 victory over Vermont on October 21. All other teams finished with a unique number of conference regular season points. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 New Hampshire 4–0–315
2 Bryant 4–1–214
3 UMBC 3–1–312
4 Vermont 4–3–012
5 NJIT 3–2–211
6 Binghamton 2–2–39

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, Nov. 4
Semifinals
Wednesday, Nov. 8
Final
Sunday, Nov. 12
1 New Hampshire 1
4 Vermont 1 5 NJIT 0
5 NJIT 21 New Hampshire 0
2 Bryant (a.e.t)1
2 Bryant 3
3 UMBC 0 6 Binghamton 1
6 Binghamton 1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 4 #4 Vermont 1–2 #5 NJIT Burlington, VT
3:00 p.m. ET
  • Yaniv Bazini Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg42' Goncalo Franco
  • Soccerball shade.svg53' Hugo Tavares
Stadium: Virtue Field
Attendance: 617
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
Assistant referees: Jason Klump
Assistant referees: Nicola Vesia
Fourth official: Jamie LaBarge
November 4 #3 UMBC 0–1 #6 Binghamton Baltimore, MD
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Jojo Ocran Yellow card.svg 48'
  • Jago Lott Yellow card.svg 66'
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  • Yellow card.svg 61' Carlo Cavalar
  • Yellow card.svg 68' Will Noecker
  • Soccerball shade.svg79' Billy Clark
Stadium: Retriever Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,427
Referee: Mike DeFelice
Assistant referees: Michael Kelly
Assistant referees: Conor McCloskey
Fourth official: Jason Blight

Semifinals

November 8 #1 New Hampshire 1–0 #5 NJIT Durham, NH
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Georgios Koliniatis Soccerball shade.svg23'
  • Dominik Kurija Yellow card.svg 65'
  • Atila Ashrafi Yellow card.svg 76'
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  • Yellow card.svg 19' Maximus Barboto
  • Yellow card.svg 66' Justin Aguirre-Rosas
  • Yellow card.svg 85' Goncalo Franco
  • Yellow card.svg 88' Team
Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Attendance: 1,227
Referee: Tyler McElhinney
Assistant referees: Mounir Idmalak
Assistant referees: Jonathan Luk
Fourth official: Matt Stein
November 18 #2 Bryant 3–1 #6 Binghamton Smithfield, RI
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Filippo Censini Yellow card.svg 17'
  • Adrian Camacho Soccerball shade.svg24'
  • Javier Soler Gandia Soccerball shade.svg40'
  • Inigo Villaldea Soccerball shade.svg55'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg77' Calvin Moe
Stadium: Beirne Stadium
Attendance: 1,137
Referee: Yevgeniy Mednikov
Assistant referees: Adam Cook
Assistant referees: Ruben Seyde
Fourth official: Jason Dizek

Final

November 12 #1 New Hampshire 0–1 (a.e.t.) #2 Bryant Durham, NH
2:00 p.m. ET
  • Atila Ashrafi Yellow card.svg 50'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 78' Vicente Valor Martinez
  • Yellow card.svg 79' Gustavo Rodriguez
  • Yellow card.svg 91' Kerman Sukia
  • Soccerball shade.svg102' Jonas Lyshoj
Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Attendance: 2,336
Referee: Daniel Shenk Moreno
Assistant referees: John Luk
Assistant referees: John Lazaro
Fourth official: Michael Humprhies

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 10 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of November 12, 2023).

1 goal

  • Billy Clark – Binghamton
  • Calvin Moe – Binghamton
  • Adrian Camacho – Bryant
  • Jonas Lyshoj – Bryant
  • Javier Soler Gandia – Bryant
  • Inigo Villaldea – Bryant
  • Georgios Koliniatis – New Hampshire
  • Goncalo Franco – NJIT
  • Hugo Tavares – NJIT
  • Yaniv Bazini – Vermont

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Will Noecker Binghamton
Markos Touroukis
Jonas Lyshoj Bryant
Antreas Hadjigavriel
Herman Sukia
Inigo Villalder
Liam Bennett New Hampshire
Isaac Heffess
Georgios Koliniatis
Maximus Barboto NJIT
Samuel Reisgys
Jordan Ehart UMBC
Daniel Pacella Vermont

MVP in bold

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