2023 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship

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2023 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship
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Tournament details
CountryCanada
Venue(s) Ness Timmons Field
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Dates9–12 November 2023
Teams8
Final positions
Champions CBU Capers (2nd title)
Runner-up Montreal Carabins
Third place UBC Thunderbirds
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored22 (2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Owen Sheppard, Tyler Attardo (3 each)
Awards
Championship MVP Owen Sheppard (CBU Capers)
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The 2023 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship was the 51st edition of the U Sports men's soccer championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2023 U Sports men's soccer season. The tournament started on November 9 and ended with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on November 12 at Cape Breton University. It was the fourth tournament to be held in Nova Scotia. [1]

Contents

Thompson Rivers WolfPack were the defending champions following their victory in 2022, however, they failed the qualify for the 2023 tournament following a quarterfinal elimination in the Canada West playoffs. [2]

Host

The tournament was held at Ness Timmons Field, on the grounds of Cape Breton University. CBU were hosting the tournament for the first time in 51 years. [3]

Qualified teams

The championship consisted of an eight-team single-elimination tournament. Four teams automatically qualified for the tournament as one of the winners of the four conferences, three qualified as the runners-ups, and one qualified as the host.

Participating teams

TeamQualifiedLast appearanceLast win
CBU Capers Host20222017
St. Francis Xavier X-Men AUS champions2022Never
Carleton Ravens OUA champions2021Never
York Lions OUA finalists20192015
Montréal Carabins RSEQ champions20222021
UQTR Patriotes RSEQ finalists20222019
Mount Royal Cougars Canada West championsNoneNever
UBC Thunderbirds Canada West finalists20222013

Seeding

The conference champions were allocated seeds 1 through 4, with the additional teams (conference runners-up or host team) allocated seeds 5 through 8. Ideally, seed 1 plays seed 8, seed 2 plays seed 7, seed 3 plays seed 6, and seed 4 plays seed 5, however, the bracket may be adjusted in the interest of avoiding an intra-conference matchup in the first round. [4]

PosConf.TeamReg. SeasonPlayoffs
1CW Mount Royal Cougars 11–2–13–0–0
2AUS St. Francis Xavier X-Men 9–2–12–0–0
3OUS Carleton Ravens 10–1–12–0–1
4RSEQ UQTR Patriotes 6–5–12–0–0
5AUS CBU Capers (H)9–0–31–1–0
6RSEQ Montreal Carabins 9–0–31–1–0
7CW UBC Thunderbirds 13–1–22–1–0
8OUS York Lions 7–2–31–1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2023. Source: Standings [5]
(H) Host

Bracket

5th place matchConsolation semi-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
1 Mount Royal Cougars 1
8 York Lions 0
8 York Lions (p)0 (4)1 Mount Royal Cougars 0
4 UQTR Patriotes 0 (3)5 CBU Capers 1
4 UQTR Patriotes 2 (2)
5 CBU Capers (p)2 (3)
8 York Lions 35 CBU Capers 1
2 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 16 Montreal Carabins 0
2 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 1
7 UBC Thunderbirds 2
2 St. Francis Xavier X-Men 27 UBC Thunderbirds 03rd place match
3 Carleton Ravens 16 Montreal Carabins 2
3 Carleton Ravens 1 (4)1 Mount Royal Cougars 0
6 Montreal Carabins (p)1 (5)7 UBC Thunderbirds 1

Results

Day 1

Quarter-finals

November 9thMatch A Mount Royal Cougars 1–0 York Lions Sydney, Nova Scotia
7:30pm
 Report Stadium: Cape Breton University
Attendance: 0 [a]
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass

Day 2

Consolation Semi-finals

Semi-finals

November 10thMatch G CBU Capers 1–0 Mount Royal Cougars Sydney, Nova Scotia
6:30pm
 Report Stadium: Cape Breton University
Attendance: 0 [a]
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass
November 10thMatch H UBC Thunderbirds 0–2 Montreal Carabins Sydney, Nova Scotia
4:00pm Report
Stadium: Cape Breton University
Attendance: 0 [a]
Referee: Niko Jecanski

Day 3

5th place match

November 11thMatch I York Lions 3–1 St. Francis Xavier X-Men Sydney, Nova Scotia
1:00pm
 Report
Stadium: Cape Breton University
Attendance: 0 [a]
Referee: Scott Decker

Day 4

3rd place match

November 12thMatch J Mount Royal Cougars 0–1 UBC Thunderbirds Sydney, Nova Scotia
11:00am
 Report
Stadium: Cape Breton University
Attendance: 0 [a]
Referee: Seb. Noshinravari

Final

November 12thMatch K CBU Capers 1–0 Montreal Carabins Sydney, Nova Scotia
2:00pm
 Report Stadium: Cape Breton University
Attendance: 0 [a]
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 22 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Match report claims that there were 0 spectators in attendance, however, spectators were clearly visible in live streams broadcast by the CBC.
  1. ↑ "2023 U SPORTS Men's Soccer Championship". U Sports . 25 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "2023 Men's Soccer Championship". Canada West Universities Athletic Association . Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  3. ↑ Fraser, Jeremy. "NATIONAL PREVIEW: Eight teams set sights on Cape Breton for U Sports Men's Soccer Championship this week | SaltWire". www.saltwire.com. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  4. ↑ "PLAYING REGULATIONS – MEN'S SOCCER" (PDF). U Sports. August 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  5. ↑ https://usports.ca/en/sports/soccer/m/standing
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