# 2023 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

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 They were unable to defend their title, losing in the final to the Western Michigan Broncos 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. As tournament champions, Western Michigan earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

## Seeding

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.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
| 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:
Teams were re-seeded after the first round.
| Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 5 | Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 5 | Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 5 | Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 8 | Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 8 | Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 8 | Final Saturday, Nov. 11 | Final Saturday, Nov. 11 | 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 | | | | | | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match (as of November 11, 2023).
4 goals
* Charlie Sharp – Western Michigan
1 goal
* Jansen Wilson – Belmont
* Kyle Cusimano – Bowling Green
* Jack Denton – Missouri State
* Gijs Hovius – Missouri State
* Camilo Estrada – Northern Illinois
* Diego Maynez – Northern Illinois
* Zachariah Thomas – Northern Illinois
* Jesus De Vicente – UIC
* Sidney Warden – UIC
* Jonathan Robinson – Western Michigan

## All-Tournament team

Source:
| Player | Team |
| Jansen Wilson | Belmont |
| Nathan Masters | Bowling Green |
| Jesus Barea | Missouri State |
| Tyler Caton | Missouri State |
| Gijs Hovius | Missouri State |
| Rakub Rojek | Northern Illinois |
| Luis Hernandez | Northern Illinois |
| Juan Gutierrez | UIC |
| Ezau Millan | UIC |
| Landon Fisher | Western Michigan |
| Noah Janes | Western Michigan |
| Charlie Sharp | Western Michigan |
| Nick Stone | Western Michigan |
MVP in bold