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The 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 65th edition of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, a postseason tournament that determined the national champion of 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The College Cup was played on December 8 and December 11 at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky and televised on ESPNU.

Syracuse is the defending national champion. Syracuse was unable to defend their title as they lost to New Hampshire in the Second Round. Clemson went on to defeat Notre Dame in the final by a score of 2–1. This was Clemson's second title in three years, and it was the third straight year that a team from the ACC won the title.

Qualification

Of the 211 Division I men's soccer programs, 202 were eligible to qualify for the tournament. Nine programs were ineligible due to the reclassification process. Twenty-one teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, two teams received automatic bids by claiming the conference regular season crown (the Pac-12 Conference and West Coast Conference don't hold conference tournaments), and an additional 25 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Seeded teams

The top 16 teams are seeded and earn a bye to the second round of the tournament.

Bracket

The bracket was announced on Monday, November 13, 2023. First round games will be played on November 16 at campus sites.

Region 1

Host Institution*

Region 2

Host Institution*

Region 3

Host Institution*

Region 4

Host Institution*

2023 Men's College Cup

Results

First round

Second round

November 19	(1) Marshall	3–0	Cal Baptist	Huntington, WV
1:00 p.m. EST	Bell 24' Adjetey 75' Simon 85'	Report		Stadium: Hoops Family Field Attendance: 2,959 Referee: Stephen Foster Assistant referees: Zachary McWhorter Assistant referees: Williams Gaither Fourth official: Andrey Castel

November 19	(16) Stanford	3–1	Missouri State	Stanford, CA
8:00 p.m. EST	Bohane 17' de Flores 30' Kiil 64'	Report	Barea 8'	Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 1,103 Referee: Christopher Spivey Assistant referees: Sergiu Iordachi Assistant referees: Oscar Guillen Fourth official: Devlin Creighton

November 19	(9) Clemson	3–0	Charlotte	Clemson, SC
6:30 p.m. EST	Parrish 35' Sylla 49' Duquenne 88'	Report		Stadium: Historic Riggs Field Attendance: 2,897 Referee: Matthew Thompson Assistant referees: Kyle Johnston Assistant referees: Joshua Belk Fourth official: Khadine Sahara

November 19	(8) New Hampshire	3–0	Syracuse	Durham, NH
2:00 p.m. EST	Healy 6' Maxon 37' Goldman 61'	Report		Stadium: Wildcat Stadium Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Matthew Mercier Assistant referees: Katarzyna Wasiak Assistant referees: George Frascione Fourth official: Andrew Porada

November 19	(5) West Virginia	1–0	Louisville	Morgantown, WV
2:00 p.m. EST	Tsukada 72'	Report		Stadium: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,137 Referee: Lucas Feathers Assistant referees: Michael Nickerson Assistant referees: Ross Kleinstuber Fourth official: Ashley Smyda

November 19	(12) UCF	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Vermont	Orlando, FL
6:00 p.m. EST	Heiskanen 2' Awoudor 77'	Report	Hartman 17' Bazini 55' Johnson 105'	Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 912

November 19	(13) UCLA	0–1	Loyola Marymount	Los Angeles, CA
8:00 p.m. EST			Smalls 30'	Stadium: Wallis Annenberg Stadium Attendance: 1,100

November 19	(4) Georgetown	0–1	James Madison	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EST		Report	Materazzi 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 1,439 Referee: Mike Stutt Assistant referees: Ben Pilgrim Assistant referees: Andrew Charron Fourth official: John Brady

November 19	(3) North Carolina	2–0	Memphis	Chapel Hill, NC
5:00 p.m. EST	Vician 8', 49'	Report		Stadium: Dorrance Field Attendance: 1,255 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Jude Carr Fourth official: John Matta

November 19	(14) Hofstra	2–0	Yale	Hempstead, NY
6:00 p.m. EST	Carmichael 38', 67'	Report		Stadium: Hofstra University Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,089 Referee: Jan Halaska Assistant referees: Justen Lopez Assistant referees: Alexandru Focea Fourth official: Bobby Baldwin

November 19	(11) Portland	0–3	Oregon State	Portland, OR
8:00 p.m. EST		Report	Farrington 9', 65' De Gannes 79'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 2,695 Referee: Will Niccolls Assistant referees: J. J. Blodgett Assistant referees: Ryan Jung Fourth official: Bryan Juarez

November 19	(6) SMU	2–1	Denver	Dallas, TX
8:00 p.m. EST	Sparks 22' Ortiz 40'	Report	Bassett 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Daniel Radford Assistant referees: Fevzi Demirhan Assistant referees: Shay Yinka-Kehinde Fourth official: Todd Wallace

November 19	(7) Virginia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FIU	Charlottesville, VA
1:00 p.m. EST	Afonso 37', 94'	Report	Domingues 40'	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 1,372 Referee: Joshua Encarnacion Assistant referees: Nick Karnovski Assistant referees: Kevin Uitto Fourth official: Karl Kummer

November 19	(10) Wake Forest	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Indiana	Winston-Salem, NC
5:00 p.m. EST	Jahlane Forbes 21' Walent 67' (pen.)	Report	Bacharach 54', 94' Henderlong 73'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 2,059 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Justin Howard Assistant referees: Nicholas Seymour Fourth official: Mike Buda

November 19	(15) Duke	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Western Michigan	Durham, NC
1:00 p.m. EST	Daley 35'	Report	Sing 68' Sharp 93'	Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 1,213 Referee: Nickrod Fateh Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas Assistant referees: Richard Growgey

November 19	(2) Notre Dame	2–0	Kentucky	Notre Dame, IN
5:00 p.m. EST	Boneau 48' Spicer 79'	Report		Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 1,243 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Nicholas Balcer Assistant referees: Ryan Homsik Fourth official: Dimitrios Katsimingos

Third round

November 25	(5) West Virginia	2–1	Vermont	Morgantown, WV
4:00 p.m. EST	Tsukada 4' Broughton 82'		Johnson 32'	Stadium: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,743 Referee: Stephen Foster Assistant referees: Joseph Knoff Assistant referees: Alexander Parent Fourth official: Jeffery Skinker

November 25	(6) SMU	1–7	Oregon State	Dallas, TX
8:00 p.m. EST	Berkovitz 7'		Farnos 32' Williams 44', 67' Farrington 55', 72' Castro 62' Spikner 80'	Stadium: Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Joshua Ell Assistant referees: Jason Guillen Fourth official: Travis Haight

November 25	Loyola Marymount	1–0	James Madison	Los Angeles, CA
10:00 p.m. EST	Kingsford 67'			Stadium: Sullivan Field Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Brandon Stevis Assistant referees: Adrian Gonzalez Assistant referees: Eduardo Jeff Fourth official: Irving Navarro

November 26	(7) Virginia	0–1	Indiana	Charlottesville, VA
1:00 p.m. EST			Oduro 11'	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 2,746 Referee: Nickrod Fateh Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Ray Thomas Fourth official: Kevin Maurer

November 26	(8) New Hampshire	0–1	(9) Clemson	Durham, NH
5:00 p.m. EST			Sylla 35'	Stadium: Wildcat Stadium Attendance: 3,745 Referee: Kevin Morrison Assistant referees: Thomas Felice Assistant referees: Benjamin Russell Fourth official: Daniel Shenk Moreno

Quarterfinals

Men's College Cup Semifinals

Men's College Cup Final

Records by conference

• The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals (Elite Eight), Semifinals (Final Four), Championship Game, and National Champion, respectively.
• The following conferences failed to place a team into the round of 32: ASUN, Atlantic 10, Big South, Big West, Horizon, MAAC, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, and SoCon. The conference's records have been consolidated in the other row.

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 128 goals scored in 47 matches, for an average of 2.72 goals per match.

4 goals

• Logan Farrington – Oregon State
• Charlie Sharp – Western Michigan

3 goals

• Ryan Carmichael – Hofstra
• Martin Vician – North Carolina
• Dante Williams – Oregon State
• Yaniv Bazini – Vermont

2 goals

• Ousmane Sylla – Clemson
• Hugo Bacharach – Indiana
• Collins Oduro – Indiana
• Rodrigo Robles – James Madison
• Ben Damge – Kentucky
• Ryan Kingsford – Loyola Marymount
• Tyger Smalls – Loyola Marymount
• Lineker dos Santos – Memphis
• Jackson Kiil – Stanford
• Nicholas Kaloukian – Syracuse
• Carter Johnson – Vermont
• Leo Afonso – Virginia
• Yutaro Tsukada – West Virginia

1 goal

• Eitan Rosen – Boston University
• Luis Müller – Cal Baptist
• Filip Jauk – Charlotte
• Arthur Duquenne – Clemson
• Brandon Parrish – Clemson
• Shawn Smart – Clemson
• Logan Brown – Dayton
• Kenji Mboma Dem – Dayton
• Casper Svendby – Dayton
• Sam Bassett – Denver
• Tyler Schommer – Denver
• Bryce Willoughby – Denver
• Amir Daley – Duke
• Alex Krakowiak – James Madison
• Davide Materazzi – James Madison
• Simon Afrifa – FIU
• João Domíngues – FIU
• Teddy Baker – Hofstra
• Emil Jääskeläinen – LIU
• Maouloune Goumballe – Indiana
• Karsen Henderlong – Indiana
• Tyrese Spicer – Lipscomb
• David Boccuzzo – Louisville
• Josh Jones – Louisville
• Bryce LeBel – Louisville
• Brandon McManus – Louisville
• Braden Fidelak – Loyola Marymount
• Tyger Smalls – Loyola Marymount
• Alexander Adjetey – Marshall
• Matthew Bell – Marshall
• Pablo Simon – Marshall
• Jesus Barea – Missouri State
• Mattia Petricca – Missouri State
• Taig Healy – New Hampshire
• Eli Goldman – New Hampshire
• Dylan Maxon – New Hampshire
• Ahmad Al-Qaq – North Carolina
• Bryce Boneau – Notre Dame
• Nolan Spicer – Notre Dame
• Vicho Castro – Oregon State
• Fran Cortijo – Oregon State
• Andrew De Gannes – Oregon State
• Arnau Farnós – Oregon State
• Ellis Spikner – Oregon State
• Michael Sullivan – Pittsburgh
• Albert Thorsen – Pittsburgh
• Cesar Bahena – San Diego
• Mo Mohamed – Seattle U
• Pavel Dashin – SIU Edwardsville
• Niv Berkovitz – SMU
• Jose Ortiz – SMU
• Bailey Sparks – SMU
• Zach Bohane – Stanford
• Liam Doyle – Stanford
• Shane de Flores – Stanford
• Will Reilly – Stanford
• Josh Belluz – Syracuse
• Babacar Diene – Rider
• Mario Anaya – UC Irvine
• Rafael Espinoza – UC Irvine
• Clarence Awoudor – UCF
• Saku Heiskanen – UCF
• Niels Hartman – Vermont
• Nick Lockermann – Vermont
• Jahlane Forbes – Wake Forest
• Vladimir Walent – Wake Forest
• Dylan Sing – Western Michigan
• Max Broughton – West Virginia
• Max Rogers – Yale

Source: NCAA

See also

• 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

Notes

1. ^ Men's soccer affiliate member

References

1. "Road to the Championship". ncaa.com. November 2, 2023. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
2. Lentz, Zach (December 13, 2022). "Syracuse Wins 2022 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
3. "Parrish and Sylla each score to help Clemson beat Notre Dame for program's 4th men's soccer title". apnews.com. Associated Press. December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
4. ^ "Division I Men's Soccer Championships Record Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
5. "UNITED SOCCER COACHES TOP 25 NCAA DI MEN — NATIONAL". unitedsoccercoaches.org. November 6, 2023. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
6. "NCAA Men's Soccer RPI". NCAA.com. November 12, 2023. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
7. "2023 NCAA DI men's soccer championship selections announced". ncaa.com. NCAA. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

External links

• Bracket

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