2023 Summit League men's soccer tournament

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2023 Summit League men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance1,671
SiteCase Soccer Complex
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions Omaha (2nd title)
Winning coachDonovan Dowling (1st title)
MVP Nathanel Sallah (Omaha)
Broadcast ESPN+
Summit League men's soccer tournament
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2023 Summit League men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Denver + 6 0 112 3 5
Oral Roberts 4 1 210 4 3
Omaha3 2 28 8 4
Kansas City 2 2 34 8 6
St. Thomas (MN) #0 5 23 10 3
Western Illinois 1 6 02 14 1
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Summit

The 2023 Summit League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Summit League held on November 9 and 11, 2023. The three-match tournament took place at Case Soccer Complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Denver Pioneers were the defending champions. [1] Denver was unable to defended their title, falling to Kansas City in a penalty shoot-out in the First Round. Omaha would go on to defeat Kansas City in the Final 2–0 to become tournament champions. [2] [3] The tournament win was Omaha's second as a member of the conference, and the title was the first for head coach Donovan Dowling. [4] As tournament champions, Omaha earned the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

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Seeding

Four of the six Summit League men's soccer programs qualified for the 2023 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. No tiebreakers were required as all teams finished with unique regular season conference records. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Denver 6–0–119
2 Oral Roberts 4–1–214
3 Omaha 3–2–211
4 Kansas City 2–2–39
5 St. Thomas 1–5–25
6 Western Illinois 1–7–03

Bracket

Source: [6]

Semifinals
Thursday, November 9
Final
Saturday, November 11
      
1 Denver 3 (4)
4 Kansas City (pen.)3 (5)
4 Kansas City 0
3 Omaha 2
2 Oral Roberts 0
3 Omaha 1

Schedule

Semifinals

November 9 #1 Denver 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
#4 Kansas City Tulsa, OK
3:00 p.m. CT
  • Oje Ofunrein Soccerball shade.svg4', 18', 74', Yellow card.svg 68'
  • Bryce Willoughby Yellow card.svg 65'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg19' Christian Koffi
  • Soccerball shade.svg31', Yellow card.svg 108' Julien Le Bourdoulous
  • Soccerball shade.svg57' Mael Caisson
  • Yellow card.svg 67' Seth Kacich
Stadium: Case Soccer Complex
Attendance: 211
Referee: Nikola Aleksic
Assistant referees: Michael Cap
Assistant referees: Kyle Armstrong
Fourth official: Edwin Zunun
Penalties
  • Jake Smith Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Sam Bassett Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Dylan Akau Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Ian Smith Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Holger Olsson Soccerball shad check.svg
  • AJ Francois Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Lukas Fisher Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Seth Kacich
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Edson Murguia
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Julien Le Bourdoulous
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Hector Taboda
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Guille Munoz Villarejo
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Christian Koffi
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Miguel Fernandez
November 9 #2 Oral Roberts 0–1 #3 Omaha Tulsa, OK
7:00 p.m. CT
  • Thiago Patto Yellow card.svg 16' Yellow-red card.svg 87'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 21' Kyle Reese
  • Yellow card.svg 48' Gonzalo Cuevas
  • Yellow card.svg 84' Martin Lago
  • Soccerball shade.svg81', Yellow card.svg 90' Mathis Pilon St-Louis
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Luke Smith
Stadium: Case Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Cesar Ibarra
Assistant referees: Brian Barlow
Assistant referees: Dan Ortega
Fourth official: Reza Namavar

Final

November 11 #3 Omaha 2–0 #4 Kansas City Tulsa, OK
2:00 p.m. CT
  • Theo Klein Soccerball shade.svg24' (pen.)
  • Ede Gramberg Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 82' Julien Le Bourdoulous
  • Yellow card.svg 88' Robin Balters
  • Yellow card.svg 88' Seth Kacich
Stadium: Case Soccer Complex
Attendance: 419
Referee: Calin Radosav
Assistant referees: Zachary Richter
Assistant referees: Misael Cordero
Fourth official: Brook Weiss

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 11, 2023).

3 goals

  • Oje Ofunrein – Denver

1 goal

  • Mael Caisson – Kansas City
  • Julien Le Bourdoulous – Kansas City
  • Christian Koffi – Kansas City
  • Ede Gramberg – Omaha
  • Theo Klein – Omaha
  • Mathis Pilon St-Louis – Omaha

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Oje Ofunrein Denver
Aidan O'Toole
Robin Balters Kansas City
Mael Caisson
Carson Lindsey
Naz Astwood Omaha
Thore Boehm
Mathis Pilon St-Louis
Nathanel Sallah
Luis Flores Oral Roberts
Joel Quashie

MVP in bold

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