2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament

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.

2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Matches7
SiteHuntington, WV
Orlando, FL
ChampionsMarshall (1st title)
Winning coachChris Grassie (1st title)
MVPAlvaro Garcia-Pascual (Marshall)
BroadcastESPN+
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 Marshall ‡ 7 –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 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
Seed School Conference Points
1 Marshall 7–2–0 21
2 UCF 6–2–1 19
3 West Virginia 5–1–3 18
4 James Madison 4–2–3 15
5 Kentucky 3–3–3 12
6 Georgia State 3–4–2 11
7 South Carolina 3–4–2 11
8 Old Dominion 2–6–1 7

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 Herd2–0#8 Old Dominion Monarchs
  • Pablo Simon 60'
  • Agustin Iusem 85'
 Report
Attendance: 1790
Referee: Michael Nickerson
#3 West Virginia Mountaineers3–1#6 Georgia State Panthers
 Report
  • Ethan Sassine 51'
#4 James Madison Dukes1–2#5 Kentucky Wildcats
  • Rodrigo Robles 27'
 Report
  • Mason Visconti 26'
  • Ben Damge 54'
Attendance: 333
Referee: Sorin Stoica
#2 UCF Knights1–2#7 South Carolina Gamecocks
  • Anderson Rosa 56'
 Report
  • Harrison Myring 6'
  • Jack Burgess 24'
Attendance: 816
Referee: Madzid Coric

Semifinals
#1 Marshall Thundering Herd3–0#5 Kentucky Wildcats
  • Alvaro Garcia-Pascual 6'
  • Joao Roberto 65'
  • Matthew Bell 87'
 Report
Attendance: 2176
Referee: Kevin Fikar
#3 West Virginia Mountaineers2–0#7 South Carolina Gamecocks
 Report
Attendance: 205
Referee: Nickrod Fateh

Final
#1 Marshall Thundering Herd3–2#3 West Virginia Mountaineers
  • Alvaro Garcia-Pascual 25', 77'
  • Aymane Sordo 36'
 Report
  • Sergio Ors Navarro 18', 31'
Attendance: 3151
Referee: David Erbacher

Honors

All-Tournament Team

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

Position Player School
F Alvaro Garcia-Pascual Marshall
F Yutaro Tsukada West Virginia
F Ben Damge Kentucky
M Alymane Sordo Marshall
M Sergio Ors Navarro West Virginia
M Luke McCormick West Virginia
D Rai Pinto Marshall
D Alex Bamford Marshall
D William Nilsson South Carolina
D Kasper Lehm South Carolina
GK Casper Mols Kentucky

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