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.[1] 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.[2][3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
Stadium: Westcott Field Attendance: 400 Referee: Kevin Maurer Assistant referees: John Ocampo Assistant referees: Albert Escovar Fourth official: Justin St. Pierre
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).
