2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament

American college soccer postseason tournament

Classification

Division I

Teams

Matches

Site

Huntington, WV
Orlando, FL

Champions

Marshall (1st title)

Winning coach

Chris Grassie (1st title)

MVP

Álvaro García Pascual (Marshall)

Broadcast

ESPN+

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2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Marshall ‡	7	–	2	–	0	18	–	3	–	0
No. 19 UCF +	6	–	2	–	1	10	–	4	–	2
No. 3 West Virginia +	5	–	1	–	3	17	–	3	–	4
No. 18 James Madison +	4	–	2	–	3	10	–	5	–	5
Kentucky +	3	–	3	–	3	8	–	8	–	4
Georgia State	3	–	4	–	2	6	–	7	–	5
South Carolina	3	–	4	–	2	6	–	9	–	3
Old Dominion	2	–	6	–	1	5	–	7	–	5
Georgia Southern	1	–	5	–	3	2	–	9	–	6
Coastal Carolina	1	–	6	–	2	3	–	9	–	3

‡ – 2023 Sun Belt Conference tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Sun Belt

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.

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

November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)3:00 PM EST

#1 Marshall Thundering Herd	2–0	#8 Old Dominion Monarchs
Pablo Simon 60' Agustin Iusem 85'	Report

Hoops Family Field, Huntington, WVAttendance: 1790Referee: Michael Nickerson

November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)3:00 PM EST

#3 West Virginia Mountaineers	3–1	#6 Georgia State Panthers
Luke McCormick 56' Yutaro Tsukada 69', 76'	Report	Ethan Sassine 51'

UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, Orlando, FL

November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)7:00 PM EST

#4 James Madison Dukes	1–2	#5 Kentucky Wildcats
Rodrigo Robles 27'	Report	Mason Visconti 26' Ben Damge 54'

Hoops Family Field, Huntington, WVAttendance: 333Referee: Sorin Stoica

November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)7:00 PM EST

#2 UCF Knights	1–2	#7 South Carolina Gamecocks
Anderson Rosa 56'	Report	Harrison Myring 6' Jack Burgess 24'

UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, Orlando, FLAttendance: 816Referee: Madzid Coric

Semifinals

November 8, 2023 (2023-11-08)7:00 PM EDT

#1 Marshall Thundering Herd	3–0	#5 Kentucky Wildcats
Álvaro García Pascual 6' Joao Roberto 65' Matthew Bell 87'	Report

Hoops Family Field, Huntington, WVAttendance: 2176Referee: Kevin Fikar

November 8, 2023 (2023-11-08)7:00 PM EDT

#3 West Virginia Mountaineers	2–0	#7 South Carolina Gamecocks
Luke McCormick 13' Yutaro Tsukada 50'	Report

UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, Orlando, FLAttendance: 205Referee: Nickrod Fateh

Final

November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)1:00 PM EDT

#1 Marshall Thundering Herd	3–2	#3 West Virginia Mountaineers
Álvaro García Pascual 25', 77' Aymane Sordo 36'	Report	Sergio Ors Navarro 18', 31'

Hoops Family Field, Huntington, WVAttendance: 3151Referee: David Erbacher

Honors

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	School
F	Álvaro García 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

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

External links

2023 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

v t e Sun Belt Conference men's soccer
Current teams	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia State Panthers James Madison Dukes Kentucky Wildcats Marshall Thundering Herd Old Dominion Monarchs South Carolina Gamecocks UCF Knights West Virginia Mountaineers
Inactive teams	Appalachian State Mountaineers South Alabama Jaguars
Rivalries	Modern Day Hate (Georgia Southern–Georgia State) Mountain State Derby (Marshall–West Virginia) Royal Rivalry (James Madison–Old Dominion) SEC Derby (Kentucky–South Carolina)
Championships & awards	Sun Belt tournament Player of the Year Coach of the Year
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Tournaments	America East American ASUN ACC Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Horizon Ivy MAAC Missouri Valley Northeast Ohio Valley Patriot Southern Summit Sun Belt WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings & awards	Rankings All-Americans 2024 MLS SuperDraft

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National teams

Men	2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A (Group D)
Women	Senior 2023 SheBelieves Cup 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup U23 U19 U18 U17

League competitions (Men)

Level 1	Major League Soccer (All-Star Game, Playoffs, MLS Cup)
Level 2	USL Championship (Playoffs)
Level 3	MLS Next Pro (Playoffs) USL League One (Playoffs) NISA
Amateur	NPSL USL League Two NISA Nation UPSL
Collegiate	NCAA Division I Division II Division III NAIA NJCAA

League competitions (Women)

Level 1	NWSL
Level 2	USL W WPSL UWS
Collegiate	NCAA Division I Division II Division III NAIA WJCAA

Cup competitions (Men)

Domestic	U.S. Open Cup (Qualification, Final) National Amateur Cup NISA Independent Cup Hank Steinbrecher Cup
International	CONCACAF Champions League Campeones Cup Leagues Cup group stage knockout stage final

Cup competitions (Women)

Youth competitions

Under-23	NCAA College Cup (Final)
Under-18	MLS Next 2022–23 2023–24

Club seasons (Men)

Club seasons (Women)
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