2023 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

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2023 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,387
Site Oakland Soccer Field
Rochester, Michigan
(Semifinals & Final)
Champions Green Bay (2nd title)
Winning coachJeremy Bonomo (1st title)
MVP Keegan Walker (Green Bay)
Broadcast ESPN+
Horizon League men's soccer tournament
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2023 Horizon League men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oakland 6 3 08 9 2
Green Bay5 2 210 4 5
IUPUI 4 2 37 7 5
Detroit Mercy 4 3 25 10 3
Purdue Fort Wayne 3 3 37 6 4
Wright State 3 4 24 9 5
Robert Morris 3 4 25 6 5
Cleveland State 2 3 43 8 5
Northern Kentucky 3 6 04 10 3
Milwaukee 2 5 24 9 4
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Horizon

The 2023 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from November 5 through November 11, 2023. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Oakland Soccer Field in Rochester, Michigan. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Cleveland State Vikings were the defending champions. [1] They were unable to defend their crown, as they didn't qualify for the tournament with their eighth place regular season finish. Green Bay would finish as tournament champions after defeating top seed Oakland 1–0 in the Final. [2] [3] This was the second overall title for Green Bay and first for head coach Jeremy Bonomo. [4] As tournament champions, Green Bay earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

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Seeding

Six Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. The top two seeds received byes to the Semifinals and the number one seed hosted the Semifinals and Final. A tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth seed as Robert Morris and Wright State finished the regular season with identical 3–4–2 regular season records. The two teams played to a 1–1 draw on October 7 in their regular season match up. Both teams lost to top seed Oakland, so record versus the second seed, Green Bay, was the third tiebreaker. Robert Morris drew with Green Bay 1–1 and Wright State defeated Green Bay 2–0 and therefore was the sixth seed. Robert Morris was the seventh seed and did not qualify for the tournament. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Oakland 6–3–018
2 Green Bay 5–2–217
3 IUPUI 4–2–315
4 Detroit Mercy 4–3–214
5 Purdue Fort Wayne 3–3–312
6 Wright State 3–4–211

Bracket

Source: [6]

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Nov. 5
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 9
Final
Saturday, Nov. 11
1 Oakland 1
4 Detroit Mercy 0 5 Purdue Fort Wayne 0
5 Purdue Fort Wayne 11 Oakland 0
2 Green Bay 1
2 Green Bay 2
3 IUPUI 13 IUPUI 1
6 Wright State 0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 5 #3 IUPUI 1–0 #6 Wright State Indianapolis, IN
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Dominic Breidenbach Yellow card.svg 23'
  • Kenshiro Yamaguchi Soccerball shade.svg41'
  • Gjis Velings Yellow card.svg 81'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 19' Jacob Adams
  • Yellow card.svg 44' Chris Geddis
  • Yellow card.svg 83' Cole Werthmuller
Stadium: Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 254
Referee: Nick Balcer
Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak
Assistant referees: Christian Little
Fourth official: Brian Alvarez
November 5 #4 Detroit Mercy 0–1 #5 Purdue Fort Wayne Detroit, MI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Marco Navarro Yellow card.svg 69'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 27' Clayton Lafayette
  • Yellow card.svg 66' Saeid Jannoun
  • Soccerball shade.svg67' Marco Valencia
Stadium: Titan Field
Attendance: 430
Referee: Donovan Noocha
Assistant referees: Jacob Little
Assistant referees: Steve Seward
Fourth official: Eshan Varzidehkartehrani

Semifinals

November 9 #1 Oakland 1–0 #5 Purdue Fort Wayne Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Ville Ahloa Yellow card.svg 14'
  • Owen Smith Soccerball shade.svg25'
  • Micah Sonnenberg Yellow card.svg 64'
  • Marco Mazzei Yellow card.svg 76'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 17' Daniel Tareke
  • Yellow card.svg 62' Marc Rodriguez
  • Yellow card.svg 63' Luke Morrell
  • Yellow card.svg 63' Adam Hunt
  • Yellow card.svg 73' Juan Romero
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 259
Referee: Calin Radosav
Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando
Assistant referees: Adam Herges
Fourth official: Steve Besk
November 9 #2 Green Bay 2–1 #3 IUPUI Rochester, MI
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Chris Album Yellow card.svg 21'
  • Luca Contestabile Yellow card.svg 22'
  • Keegan Walker Soccerball shade.svg33'
  • Andrew Paolucci Soccerball shade.svg41'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 40' Josemir Gomez
  • Soccerball shade.svg66' Logan Finnegan
  • Yellow card.svg 68' Ethan Vermillion
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 64
Referee: Dimitrios Kastimingos
Assistant referees: Art Arustamyan
Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayefh Malkawi
Fourth official: Steve Besk

Final

November 11 #1 Oakland 0–1 #2 Green Bay Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Sebastian Nuzzo Yellow card.svg 89'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg25', Yellow card.svg 47' Chris Album
  • Yellow card.svg 75' Hesron Barry
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 380
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Assistant referees: Ali Zolgharnain
Assistant referees: Vincent Ragone
Fourth official: Steve Besk

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 7 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.4 goals per match (as of November 11, 2023).

1 goal

  • Chris Album – Green Bay
  • Andrew Paolucci – Green Bay
  • Keegan Walker – Green Bay
  • Logan Finnegan – IUPUI
  • Kenshiro Yamaguchi – IUPUI
  • Owen Smith – Oakland
  • Marco Valencia – Purdue Fort Wayne

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Chris Album Green Bay
Rohin Kapila
Christoph Schurz
Keegan Walker
Josemir Gomez IUPUI
Lukas Hackaa
Carson Ballagh Oakland
Marco Mazzei
Owen Smith
Max Collingwood Purdue Fort Wayne
Juan Romero

MVP in bold

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