2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament

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2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Site Huntington, WV
Orlando, FL
Champions Marshall (1st title)
Winning coach Chris Grassie (1st title)
MVP Alvaro Garcia-Pascual (Marshall)
Broadcast ESPN+
Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
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2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Marshall7 2 018 3 0
No. 19 UCF + 6 2 110 4 2
No. 3 West Virginia + 5 1 317 3 4
No. 18 James Madison + 4 2 310 5 5
Kentucky + 3 3 38 8 4
Georgia State 3 4 26 7 5
South Carolina 3 4 26 9 3
Old Dominion 2 6 15 7 5
Georgia Southern 1 5 32 9 6
Coastal Carolina 1 6 23 9 3
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Sun Belt

The 2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament was the 28th edition of the Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament. The tournament ran from November 5 to November 12, 2023. Marshall won the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) tournament and with it the SBC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I National Tournament.

Contents

The conference announced the top two seeds would host the quarterfinals and semifinal rounds, and then the highest remaining seed in the finals would host the finals. #1 seed Marshall and #2 seed UCF earned the right to host the first two rounds of the tournament.

Seeds

SeedSchoolConferencePoints
1Marshall7–2–021
2UCF6–2–119
3West Virginia5–1–318
4James Madison4–2–315
5Kentucky3–3–312
6Georgia State3–4–211
7South Carolina3–4–211
8Old Dominion2–6–17

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Marshall 2
8 Old Dominion 0
Marshall 3
Kentucky 0
4 James Madison 1
5 Kentucky 2
Marshall 3
West Virginia 2
2 UCF 1
7 South Carolina 2
South Carolina 0
West Virginia 2
3 West Virginia 3
6 Georgia State 1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#1 Marshall Thundering Herd20#8 Old Dominion Monarchs
  • Pablo Simon Soccerball shade.svg60'
  • Agustin Iusem Soccerball shade.svg85'
Report
Hoops Family Field , Huntington, WV
Attendance: 1790
Referee: Michael Nickerson

#3 West Virginia Mountaineers31#6 Georgia State Panthers
Report
  • Ethan Sassine Soccerball shade.svg51'

#4 James Madison Dukes12#5 Kentucky Wildcats
  • Rodrigo Robles Soccerball shade.svg27'
Report
  • Mason Visconti Soccerball shade.svg26'
  • Ben Damge Soccerball shade.svg54'
Hoops Family Field , Huntington, WV
Attendance: 333
Referee: Sorin Stoica

#2 UCF Knights12#7 South Carolina Gamecocks
  • Anderson Rosa Soccerball shade.svg56'
Report
  • Harrison Myring Soccerball shade.svg6'
  • Jack Burgess Soccerball shade.svg24'
UCF Soccer and Track Stadium , Orlando, FL
Attendance: 816
Referee: Madzid Coric

Semifinals

#1 Marshall Thundering Herd30#5 Kentucky Wildcats
  • Alvaro Garcia-Pascual Soccerball shade.svg6'
  • Joao Roberto Soccerball shade.svg65'
  • Matthew Bell Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report
Hoops Family Field , Huntington, WV
Attendance: 2176
Referee: Kevin Fikar

#3 West Virginia Mountaineers20#7 South Carolina Gamecocks
Report
UCF Soccer and Track Stadium , Orlando, FL
Attendance: 205
Referee: Nickrod Fateh

Final

#1 Marshall Thundering Herd32#3 West Virginia Mountaineers
  • Alvaro Garcia-Pascual Soccerball shade.svg25', 77'
  • Aymane Sordo Soccerball shade.svg36'
Report
  • Sergio Ors Navarro Soccerball shade.svg18', 31'
Hoops Family Field , Huntington, WV
Attendance: 3151
Referee: David Erbacher

Honors

All-Tournament Team

The following were recognized by the Sun Belt Conference as the All-Tournament Team. [1]

PositionPlayerSchool
FAlvaro Garcia-PascualMarshall
F Yutaro Tsukada West Virginia
FBen DamgeKentucky
MAlymane SordoMarshall
MSergio Ors NavarroWest Virginia
MLuke McCormickWest Virginia
DRai PintoMarshall
DAlex BamfordMarshall
DWilliam NilssonSouth Carolina
DKasper LehmSouth Carolina
GKCasper MolsKentucky

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References

  1. "No. 1 Marshall Wins 2023 Sun Belt Men's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference . Retrieved November 14, 2023.