2023 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament

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2023 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance3,661
First round siteTop Seed Campus Site
Semifinals site Westcott Field
Dallas, Texas
Finals siteWestcott Field
Dallas, Texas
Champions Charlotte (1st title)
Winning coach Kevin Langan (1st title)
MVP Jelldrik Dallmann (Offensive)
Ian Pilcher (Defensive) (SMU
Charlotte)
Broadcast ESPN+
American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
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2023 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 SMU + 7 0 113 2 2
Charlotte6 2 013 3 1
FIU + 5 1 210 4 4
Memphis + 4 4 011 5 2
South Florida 3 4 16 9 1
Florida Atlantic 3 5 06 8 3
Temple 2 4 23 8 4
Tulsa 2 5 14 8 3
UAB 0 7 10 11 4
As of November 16, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The American

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 Florida Atlantic in the First Round. Charlotte would go on to win the tournament title over SMU 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.

Contents

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
1 SMU 7–0–122
2 Charlotte 6–2–018
3 FIU 5–1–217
4 Memphis 4–4–012
5 South Florida 3–4–110
6 Florida Atlantic 3–5–09

Bracket

Source: [6]

First Round
November 6
Semifinals
November 10
Championship
November 13
2 Charlotte 3
3 FIU 0 6 Florida Atlantic 1
6 Florida Atlantic 12 Charlotte 2
1 SMU 1
1 SMU 3
4 Memphis 34 Memphis 0
5 South Florida 2

Schedule

First Round

November 5 #3 FIU 0–1 #6 Florida Atlantic Westchester, FL
7:00 p.m.
  • Joao Domingues Yellow card.svg 40'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 40'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 40' Team
  • Yellow card.svg 56' Sebastian Zettl
  • Yellow card.svg 79' Graeme Pratt
  • Soccerball shade.svg90' Noah Kvifte
Stadium: FIU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,007
November 5 #4 Memphis 3–2 #5 South Florida Memphis, TN
7:00 p.m.
  • Alberto Cruz Soccerball shade.svg16'
  • Jackson Kim Yellow card.svg 32'
  • Robbie Baker Yellow card.svg 38'
  • South Florida Own Goal Soccerball shade.svg86'
  • Logan Longo Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg13' Pedro Faife
  • Yellow card.svg 33' Segun Afolabi
  • Soccerball shade.svg38' Max Wilkins
Stadium: Murphy Soccer Complex
Attendance: 204
Referee: Michael Lavergne
Assistant referees: Austin Holt
Assistant referees: Michael Mysiewicz

Semifinals

November 9 #2 Charlotte 3–1 #6 Florida Atlantic Dallas, TX
3:30 p.m.
  • Jonathan Nyandjo Soccerball shade.svg34' (pen.)
  • Brigham Larsen Soccerball shade.svg51'
  • Daniel Moore Yellow card.svg 59'
  • Riyon Tori Soccerball shade.svg90'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg50' Arthur Widiez
  • Yellow card.svg 61' Chadi Mayati
  • Yellow card.svg 87' Leo Keller
Stadium: Westcott Field
Referee: Austin Saini
Assistant referees: Ryan Starr
Assistant referees: Albert Kyei-Mensah
Fourth official: Justin St. Pierre
November 9 #1 SMU 3–0 #4 Memphis Dallas, TX
7:00 p.m.
  • Jelldrik Dallmann Soccerball shade.svg25', 52', 61'
  • JP Jordan Yellow card.svg 41'
  • Kyran Chambron Pinho Yellow card.svg 80'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 55' Jackson Kim
  • Yellow card.svg 88' Elie Bokota
Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kevin Maurer
Assistant referees: John Ocampo
Assistant referees: Albert Escovar
Fourth official: Justin St. Pierre

Final

November 12 #1 SMU 1–2 #2 Charlotte Dallas, TX
1:00 p.m.
  • Niv Berkovitz Yellow card.svg 23'
  • Jelldirk Dallmann Soccerball shade.svg25' (pen.)
  • Harvey Castro Yellow card.svg 26'
  • Chance Johnson Yellow card.svg 54'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 15' Riyon Tori
  • Soccerball shade.svg23' Ian Pilcher
  • Yellow card.svg 25' Daniel Moore
  • Soccerball shade.svg55' Brandon Morales
  • Yellow card.svg 61' Logan Frost
  • Yellow card.svg 74' Abubacarr Fofana
  • Yellow card.svg 78' Filip Jauk
Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 2,050
Referee: Justin St. Pierre
Assistant referees: Albert Escovar
Assistant referees: Albert Kyei-Mensah
Fourth official: Kevin Maurer

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match (as of November 12, 2023).

4 goals

  • Jelldrik Dallmann – SMU

1 goal

  • Brigham Larsen – Charlotte
  • Brandon Morales – Charlotte
  • Jonathan Nyandjo – Charlotte
  • Ian Pilcher – Charlotte
  • Riyon Tori – Charlotte
  • Noah Kvifte – Florida Atlantic
  • Arthur Widiez – Florida Atlantic
  • Alberto Cruz – Memphis
  • Logan Longo – Memphis
  • Pedro Faife – South Florida
  • Max Wilkins – South Florida

1 own goal

  • South Florida (vs. Memphis)

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Bringham Larsen Charlotte
Brandon Morales
Ian Pilcher
Jonathan Nyandjo
Leo Stritter
Arthur Widiez Florida Atlantic
Alberto Cruz Memphis
Niv Berkovitz SMU
Kyran Chambron Pinho
Jelldrik Dallmann
Mads Westergren

Offensive MVP in bold
Defensive MVP in italics

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