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2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 24 – December 10, 2023
Number of teams6
2024 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickLogan Farrington, Oregon State
Picked byFC Dallas
Regular season
Season MVPLogan Farrington, Oregon State
Top scorerLogan Farrington, Oregon State
Finals championsUCLA
  Runners-upOregon State
Pac-12 Conference men's soccer seasons
2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 21 UCLA † 6 – 0 – 4 9 – 4 – 5
No. 4 Oregon State + 4 – 1 – 5 11 – 6 – 5
California 3 – 4 – 3 7 – 6 – 5
No. 5 Stanford + 3 – 2 – 5 11 – 4 – 5
Washington 2 – 4 – 4 5 – 6 – 7
San Diego State 0 – 7 – 3 6 – 7 – 5
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Pac-12

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season was the 24th and final season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Part of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the Pac-12 will began play in August 2023 and concluded in November 2023.

The champions for the 2023 season were UCLA, winning their 31st overall conference championship, and their ninth Pac-12 title. By being champions, UCLA earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. Oregon State and Stanford earned at-large bids into the tournament.

Oregon State striker, Logan Farrington was the conference's top scorer of the 2023 season, with 15 goals, securing him the title of Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year.[1] Additionally, Farrington was the first Pac-12 player drafted in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by FC Dallas with the third overall pick.[2]

The 2023 season was the final season in the Pac-12 for California,[3] Stanford,[4] UCLA,[5] and Washington.[6] The two former schools departied for the Atlantic Coast Conference while the two latter schools will be departing for the Big Ten Conference, both of which sponsor men's soccer.

The remaining Pac-12 men's soccer schools were Oregon State and San Diego State. Oregon State joined the West Coast Conference, while San Diego State joined the Western Athletic Conference as affiliate members.[7][8]

Teams

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Stadiums and Locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
California Golden Bears Berkeley, California Edwards Stadium 22,000
Witter Rugby Field 5,000
Oregon State Beavers Corvallis, Oregon Lorenz Field 2,200
San Diego State Aztecs[a] San Diego, California SDSU Sports Deck 3,000
Stanford Cardinal Stanford, California Cagan Stadium 4,000
UCLA Bruins Los Angeles, California Wallis Annenberg Stadium 3,000
Washington Huskies Seattle, Washington Husky Soccer Stadium 1,640

Head coaches

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Coaching changes

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There was one coaching change ahead of the 2022 season. Oregon State head coach, Terry Boss, resigned at the end of the 2022 season to pursue professional level coaching. Boss was replaced by Greg Dalby, who had previously served as an assistant coach at Penn State University.

Coaches

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Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2022 season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac–12 record
California Leonard Griffin 2 3–8–6 (.353) 3–8–6 (.353) 1–6–3 (.250)
Oregon State Greg Dalby 1 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–)
San Diego State Ryan Hopkins 4 209–115–42 (.628) 14–23–8 (.400) 4–20–3 (.204)
Stanford Jeremy Gunn 12 337–108–88 (.715) 150–65–46 (.663) 71–26–23 (.688)
UCLA Ryan Jorden 5 120–89–21 (.567) 29–29–8 (.500) 11–20–6 (.378)
Washington Jamie Clark 13 199–69–28 (.720) 160–54–25 (.722) 77–30–13 (.696)

Preseason

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Preseason Coaches polls

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The preseason polls was released on August 21, 2023. Washington was voted the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12 championship. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.[10]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Washington 23 (4)
2 Stanford 21 (1)
3 UCLA 17 (1)
4 Oregon State 15
5 California 8
6 San Diego State 6

Regular season

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Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 member tied
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Pacific time.

Conference results

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Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

Home \ Away CAL OSU SDSU STA UCLA UW
California — 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Oregon State 1–0 — 2–2 0–4 2–2 2–2
San Diego State 0–1 0–1 — 0–0 0–3 1–1
Stanford 2–1 1–2 5–0 — 1–3 1–1
UCLA 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 — 1–0
Washington 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–4 —
Source: Pac-12 Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

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Leader and 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Source: Pac-12.com

Rankings

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Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

National rankings

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    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  Pre Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Wk
13		 Wk
14		 Wk
15		 Final
California USC NV RV NV NV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV
CSN NV NV 29 RV NV
Oregon State USC RV NV RV NV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV
CSN NV NV NV NV RV
San Diego State USC NV NV RV 18 21 None released
TDS NV NV NV 25 21
CSN NV NV NV 28 24
Stanford USC 7 4 1 1 8 None released
TDS 8 2 1 1 6
CSN 9 5 2 1 6
UCLA USC RV RV RV RV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV
CSN 27 RV RV RV RV
Washington USC 6 22 25 RV 20 None released
TDS 3 9 4 14 7
CSN 5 13 11 23 16

Regional rankings - USC Far West Region

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    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV No votes received

The United Soccer Coaches' Far West region ranks teams across the Pac-12, Big West, and West Coast Conferences.

  Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12
California 2 7 4 9
Oregon State 4 3 7 1
San Diego State 7 2 2 2
Stanford 1 1 1 3
UCLA 3 8 6 7
Washington 6 4 3 5

Awards and honors

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Player of the week honors

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Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the player of the week.

Week Player School Pos. Ref.
Aug. 28 Zach Bohane Stanford MF [11]
Sep. 4 Sam Fowler Washington GK [12]
Sep. 11 Austin Brummett San Diego State FW [13]
Sep. 18 Logan Farrington Oregon State FW [14]
Sep. 25 Richie Aman Washington MF [15]
Oct. 2 Ryan Becher UCLA MF [16]
Oct. 9 Jack Sarkos UCLA FW [17]
Oct. 16 Tristan Viviani San Diego State D [18]
Oct. 23 Shane de Flores Stanford MF [19]
Oct. 30 Zach Bohane Stanford MF [20]
Nov. 6 Jose Contell UCLA FW [21]
Nov. 13 Mark Fisher Stanford MF [22]

Postseason honors

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Conference honors

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2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Logan Farrington – Oregon State
Defensive Player of the Year Wyatt Meyer – California
Coach of the Year Leonard Griffin – California
Freshman of the Year Reid Fisher – San Diego State
2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees Honorable Mention

Javier Armas – Oregon State
Fletcher Bank – Stanford
Zach Bohane – Stanford
Kevin Carmichael – California
Luis Castillo – Oregon State
Evan Davila – California
Logan Farrington – Oregon State
Nate Jones – Washington
Kalani Kossa-Rienzi – Washington
Tucker Lepley – UCLA
Wyatt Meyer – California

Nonso Adimabua – California
Noah Adnan – Stanford
Jose Contell – UCLA
Shane de Flores – Stanford
Logan Erb – San Diego State
Mark Fisher – Stanford
Chris Meyers – Washington
Jack Sarkos – UCLA
Tommy Silva – UCLA
Christian Soto – Washington
Ellis Spikner – Oregon State

Richie Aman – Washington
Khai Brisco – Washington
Arnau Farnos – Oregon State
Reid Fisher – San Diego State
Bryan Iliohan – Washington
Rommee Jaridly – San Diego State
Sean Karani – UCLA
Connor Lambe – California
Andre Ochoa – UCLA
Reid Sproat – San Diego State
Dante Williams – Oregon State

National honors

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Main article: 2023 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans
USC 1st Team USC 2nd Team TDS 1st Team TDS 2nd Team CSN 1st Team CSN 2nd Team


Notes

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  1. ^ San Diego State's primary conference is the Mountain West Conference, but the program has competed in the Pac-12 Conference as an affiliate member since 2005.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Farrington Named Pac-12 Player of the Year". osubeavers.com.
  2. ^ Nudelstejer, Abraham (December 19, 2024). "FC Dallas takes Logan Farrington as the third overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Dubow, Josh (September 1, 2023). "Cal and Stanford believe move to ACC was needed for survival". Associated Press. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Dodd, Dennis (September 1, 2023). "Stanford, Cal, SMU join ACC: Conference membership growing to 18 schools as latest realignment domino falls". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  5. ^ Adelson, Andrea; Bonagura, Kyle; Rittenberg, Adam (July 11, 2022). "Inside the stunning USC-UCLA move to the Big Ten -- and the chaos that followed". ESPN. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "University of Oregon and University of Washington to Join Big Ten Conference in 2024". Big Ten Conference. August 4, 2023. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "West Coast Conference Adds Oregon State and Washington State as Affiliate Members". wccsports.com. December 22, 2023.
  8. ^ "SDSU Men's Soccer to Join WAC as Affiliate member". goaztecs.com. February 9, 2024. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "San Diego State Men's Soccer To Join Pac-10 Conference in 2005". goaztecs.com. October 7, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "Washington voted 2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer favorite". pac-12.com. August 21, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  11. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Aug. 28, 2023". pac-12.com. August 28, 2023. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  12. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 4, 2023". pac-12.com. September 4, 2023. Archived from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  13. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 11, 2023". pac-12.com. September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  14. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 18, 2023". pac-12.com. September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  15. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 25, 2023". pac-12.com. September 25, 2023. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  16. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Oct. 2, 2023". pac-12.com. October 2, 2023. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  17. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Oct. 9, 2023". pac-12.com. October 9, 2023. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  18. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Oct. 16, 2023". pac-12.com. October 16, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  19. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Oct. 23, 2023". pac-12.com. October 23, 2023. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  20. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Oct. 30, 2023". pac-12.com. September 25, 2023. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  21. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Nov. 6, 2023". pac-12.com. November 6, 2023. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  22. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Nov. 13, 2023". pac-12.com. November 13, 2023. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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