2023 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament

2023 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
2023 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	3,661
First round site	Top Seed Campus Site
Semifinals site	Westcott Field; Dallas, Texas
Finals site	Westcott 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
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 SMU +	7	–	0	–	1	14	–	3	–	2
Charlotte ‡	6	–	2	–	0	13	–	4	–	1
FIU +	5	–	1	–	2	10	–	5	–	4
Memphis +	4	–	4	–	0	11	–	6	–	2
South Florida	3	–	4	–	1	6	–	9	–	1
Florida Atlantic	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	8	–	3
Temple	2	–	4	–	2	3	–	8	–	4
Tulsa	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	8	–	3
UAB	0	–	7	–	1	0	–	11	–	4

‡ – AAC tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 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.

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]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	SMU	7–0–1	22
2	Charlotte	6–2–0	18
3	FIU	5–1–2	17
4	Memphis	4–4–0	12
5	South Florida	3–4–1	10
6	Florida Atlantic	3–5–0	9

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	1				2	Charlotte	2
						1	SMU	1
			1	SMU	3
4	Memphis	3	4	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 40' Team 40'	Report	40' Team 56' Sebastian Zettl 79' Graeme Pratt 90' 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 16' Jackson Kim 32' Robbie Baker 38' South Florida Own Goal 86' Logan Longo 89'	Report	13' Pedro Faife 33' Segun Afolabi 38' 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 34' (pen.) Brigham Larsen 51' Daniel Moore 59' Riyon Tori 90'	Report	50' Arthur Widiez 61' Chadi Mayati 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 25', 52', 61' JP Jordan 41' Kyran Chambron Pinho 80'	Report	55' Jackson Kim 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 23' Jelldirk Dallmann 25' (pen.) Harvey Castro 26' Chance Johnson 54'	Report	15' Riyon Tori 23' Ian Pilcher 25' Daniel Moore 55' Brandon Morales 61' Logan Frost 74' Abubacarr Fofana 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]

Player	Team
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

References

^ "2022 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament". TheAmerican.org. November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
^ "2023 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ Puente, Nathaniel (November 12, 2023). "Charlotte 49ers win AAC men's soccer championship over No. 2 SMU". WCNC-TV. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "2023 American Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "SMU Clinches Top Seed for 2023 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. November 1, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "2023 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "No. 2 Charlotte Wins 2023 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. November 12, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[1] "2022 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament". TheAmerican.org. November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.

[2] "2023 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[3] Puente, Nathaniel (November 12, 2023). "Charlotte 49ers win AAC men's soccer championship over No. 2 SMU". WCNC-TV. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[4] "2023 American Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[5] "SMU Clinches Top Seed for 2023 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. November 1, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[6] "2023 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[7] "No. 2 Charlotte Wins 2023 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. November 12, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

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