2023 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
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| 2023 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 2,751 | ||||
| Site | WMU Soccer Complex (Semifinals & Final) Kalamazoo, Michigan | ||||
| Champions | Western Michigan (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Chad Wiseman (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Charlie Sharp (Western Michigan) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Missouri State + | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Western Michigan | 3 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville ‡ | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belmont | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: MVC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from November 5 through November 11, 2023. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at WMU Soccer Complex in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Missouri State Bears[1] They were unable to defend their title, losing in the final to the Western Michigan Broncos[2][3] This was the first conference tournament title for the Western Michigan men's soccer program, as the joined the conference in 2023. Western Michigan had two MAC conference tournament titles prior to joining the MVC. It was also Chad Wiseman's first MVC title as head coach, previously having one in the MAC.[4] As tournament champions, Western Michigan earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
Six of the nine Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2023 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds of the tournament as Belmont and Northern Illinois both finished with 3–4–1 regular season records. Northern Illinois defeated Belmont 1–0 in their October 22 regular season meeting. Therefore, Northern Illinois was the fifth seed and Belmont was the sixth seed.[5]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Western Michigan | 7–0–1 | 22 |
| 2 | Missouri State | 6–1–1 | 19 |
| 3 | UIC | 4–2–2 | 14 |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 4–4–0 | 12 |
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 3–4–1 | 10 |
| 6 | Belmont | 3–4–1 | 10 |
Bracket
Source:[6]
Teams were re-seeded after the first round.
| Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 5 | Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 8 | Final Saturday, Nov. 11 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Western Michigan (a.e.t.) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Bowling Green | 1 | 5 | Northern Illinois | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | Western Michigan | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Missouri State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Missouri State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UIC | 2 | 3 | UIC | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | Belmont | 1 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| November 5 | #3 UIC | 2–1 | #6 Belmont | Chicago, IL |
| 1:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Flames Field Attendance: 917 Referee: Dimitrios Katsimingos Assistant referees: Ethan Buege Vasillios Vouris Fourth official: Jorge Cuate Ballinas |
| November 5 | #4 Bowling Green | 1–2 | #5 Northern Illinois | Bowling Green, OH |
| 6:00 p.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 697 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Rob Ruta David Eberline Fourth official: Maxwell Unger |
Semifinals
| November 8 | #2 Missouri State | 1–0 | #3 UIC | Kalamazoo, MI |
| 11:00 a.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 100 |
| November 8 | #1 Western Michigan | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | #5 Northern Illinois | Kalamazoo, MI |
| 2:00 p.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 276 |
Final
| November 11 | #1 Western Michigan | 2–1 | #2 Missouri State | Kalamazoo, MI |
| 1:00 p.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 761 |