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 «2022  2024»

2023 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings

	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. 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. 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. 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.

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:

	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

#3 FIU v #6 Florida Atlantic

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

#4 Memphis v #5 South Florida

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

#2 Charlotte v #6 Florida Atlantic

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

#1 SMU v #4 Memphis

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

#1 SMU v #2 Charlotte

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:

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