# 2023 CAA men's soccer tournament

The 2023 CAA men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Coastal Athletic Association held from November 2 through November 11, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Hofstra Pride. They were able to successfully defend their title, as the top overall seed they defeated the second seed Monmouth 2–1 in overtime in the Final. The conference tournament title was the seventh overall for the Hofstra men's soccer program all of which have come under head coach Richard Nuttall. This was the third straight year that Hofstra won the CAA tournament. As tournament champions, Hofstra earned the CAA's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
This was the first tournament under the Coastal Athletic Association and the conference changed its name from the "Colonial Athletic Association" identity on July 20, 2023.

## Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in 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 first and second seeds in the tournament as both Hofstra and Monmouth finished the season with seventeen regular season conference points. Hofstra earned the top seed in the tournament by virtue of their 1–0 regular season win on October 7. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds as Delaware and Drexel both finished the season with thirteen conference points. The two teams played to a 3–3 draw during the regular season. The second tiebreaker was records against the top seed. Delaware defeated Hofstra 2–1 on October 14, while Drexel lost to Hofstra 1–0 on October 21. Therefore, Delaware earned the fourth seed and the right to host the two team's match-up in the First Round.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
| 1 | Hofstra | 5–1–2 | 17 |
| 2 | Monmouth | 5–1–2 | 17 |
| 3 | Stony Brook | 4–1–3 | 15 |
| 4 | Delaware | 3–2–3 | 12 |
| 5 | Drexel | 3–2–3 | 12 |
| 6 | Elon | 3–3–2 | 11 |

## Bracket

| First Round Thursday, November 2 | First Round Thursday, November 2 | First Round Thursday, November 2 | Semifinals Sunday, November 5 | Semifinals Sunday, November 5 | Semifinals Sunday, November 5 | Final Saturday, November 11 | Final Saturday, November 11 | Final Saturday, November 11 |
| | | | 1 | Hofstra | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Delaware (pen.) | 2 (4) | 4 | Delaware | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Drexel | 2 (2) | | | | 1 | Hofstra (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Monmouth | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Monmouth (pen.) | 0 (4) | | | |
| 3 | Stony Brook | 0 | 6 | Elon | 0 (2) | | | |
| 6 | Elon | 1 | | | | | | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 11, 2023).
2 goals
* Ryan Carmichael – Hofstra
1 goal
* Sam Donnellan – Delaware
* Carlos Fernandez – Delaware
* Orri Thorhallson – Delaware
* Antonio Illuminato – Drexel
* Patrick Short – Drexel
* Victor Stromsten – Elon
* Teddy Baker – Hofstra
* Eliot Goldthorp – Hofstra
* Albert Kang – Hofstra
* Shane Salmon – Hofstra
* Ben Zakowski – Monmouth

## All-Tournament team

Source:
| Player | Team |
| Orri Thorhallsson | Delaware |
| Adam Vik | Delaware |
| Victor Stromsten | Elon |
| Tomasz Wroblewski | Elon |
| Ryan Carmichael | Hofstra |
| Eliot Goldthorp | Hofstra |
| Pierce Infuso | Hofstra |
| Wessel Speel | Hofstra |
| Olle Brorsson | Monmouth |
| Eryk Dymora | Monmouth |
| Ben Zakowski | Monmouth |
MVP in bold