# 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

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.
Automatic Bids :
| Conference | Team | Date qualified | Record | Appearance | Last Bid |
| ACC | Clemson | November 11 | 10–3–5 | 36th | 2022 |
| America East | Bryant | November 12 | 16–1–2 | 1st | None |
| American | Charlotte | November 12 | 12–3–1 | 17th | 2021 |
| ASUN | Lipscomb | November 11 | 10–3–4 | 5th | 2022 |
| Atlantic 10 | Dayton | November 12 | 7–6–6 | 5th | 2015 |
| Big East | Xavier | November 12 | 8–3–6 | 5th | 2014 |
| Big South | High Point | November 11 | 10–3–5 | 4th | 2022 |
| Big Ten | Indiana | November 12 | 12–4–4 | 48th | 2022 |
| Big West | UC Irvine | November 11 | 9–6–4 | 7th | 2018 |
| CAA | Hofstra | November 11 | 13–3–4 | 8th | 2022 |
| Horizon | Green Bay | November 11 | 10–3–5 | 3rd | 2009 |
| Ivy | Yale | November 12 | 10–5–3 | 8th | 2019 |
| MAAC | Rider | November 12 | 12–3–4 | 6th | 2018 |
| Missouri Valley | Western Michigan | November 11 | 15–1–3 | 4th | 2022 |
| Northeast | LIU | November 12 | 10–5–3 | 17th | 2021 |
| Ohio Valley | SIU Edwardsville | November 11 | 16–0–3 | 16th | 2016 |
| Pac-12 | UCLA | November 10 | 9–3–5 | 48th | 2022 |
| Patriot | Boston University | November 11 | 12–3–4 | 16th | 2015 |
| SoCon | Mercer | November 12 | 7–5–8 | 6th | 2021 |
| Summit | Omaha | November 11 | 8–7–4 | 3rd | 2020 |
| Sun Belt | Marshall | November 12 | 17–2–0 | 5th | 2022 |
| West Coast | San Diego | November 10 | 11–4–3 | 16th | 2022 |
| WAC | Cal Baptist | November 11 | 9–5–4 | 2nd | 2022 |
At-Large Bids :
| Conference | Team | Record | Appearance | Last Bid |
| Summit | Denver | 10–2–5 | 13th | 2022 |
| ACC | Duke | 11–3–3 | 30th | 2022 |
| American | FIU | 9–4–4 | 13th | 2022 |
| Big East | Georgetown | 12–2–3 | 14th | 2022 |
| Sun Belt | James Madison | 8–4–5 | 16th | 2020 |
| Sun Belt | Kentucky | 7–7–4 | 14th | 2022 |
| ACC | Louisville | 11–5–3 | 15th | 2022 |
| West Coast | Loyola Marymount | 7–4–6 | 9th | 2020 |
| American | Memphis | 10–5–2 | 4th | 2022 |
| Missouri Valley | Missouri State | 11–3–3 | 8th | 2022 |
| America East | New Hampshire | 12–2–4 | 8th | 2022 |
| ACC | North Carolina | 10–3–6 | 30th | 2022 |
| ACC | Notre Dame | 11–2–4 | 24th | 2021 |
| Pac-12 | Oregon State | 7–5–5 | 8th | 2022 |
| ACC | Pittsburgh | 6–6–4 | 7th | 2022 |
| West Coast | Portland | 12–4–0 | 19th | 2022 |
| WAC | Seattle | 12–3–3 | 6th | 2021 |
| American | SMU | 13–2–2 | 35th | 2022 |
| Pac-12 | Stanford | 9–3–5 | 21st | 2022 |
| ACC | Syracuse | 8–4–7 | 9th | 2022 |
| Sun Belt | UCF | 10–3–2 | 9th | 2020 |
| America East | Vermont | 11–5–2 | 13th | 2022 |
| ACC | Virginia | 10–3–4 | 43rd | 2022 |
| ACC | Wake Forest | 11–2–5 | 27th | 2022 |
| Sun Belt | West Virginia | 14–2–4 | 16th | 2021 |

### Seeded teams

The top 16 teams are seeded and earn a bye to the second round of the tournament.
Seeded teams :
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | United Soccer Coaches ranking | RPI ranking |
| 1 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 17–2–0 | Automatic | 1st | 1st |
| 2 | Notre Dame | ACC | 11–2–4 | At-Large | 4th | 3rd |
| 3 | North Carolina | ACC | 10–3–6 | At-Large | 7th | 5th |
| 4 | Georgetown | Big East | 12–2–3 | At-Large | 3rd | 2nd |
| 5 | West Virginia | Sun Belt | 14–2–4 | At-Large | 5th | 6th |
| 6 | SMU | American | 13–2–2 | At-Large | 2nd | 4th |
| 7 | Virginia | ACC | 10–3–4 | At-Large | 11th | 9th |
| 8 | New Hampshire | America East | 12–2–4 | At-Large | 10th | 7th |
| 9 | Clemson | ACC | 10–3–5 | Automatic | 14th | 17th |
| 10 | Wake Forest | ACC | 11–2–5 | At-Large | 6th | 15th |
| 11 | Portland | West Coast | 12–4–0 | At-Large | 13th | 10th |
| 12 | UCF | Sun Belt | 10–3–2 | At-Large | 12th | 12th |
| 13 | UCLA | Pac-12 | 9–3–5 | Automatic | 21st | 18th |
| 14 | Hofstra | CAA | 13–3–4 | Automatic | 17th | 8th |
| 15 | Duke | ACC | 11–3–3 | At-Large | 8th | 20th |
| 16 | Stanford | Pac-12 | 9–3–5 | At-Large | 22nd | 19th |

## Bracket

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

### Region 1

| First Round November 16 | First Round November 16 | Second Round November 19 | Second Round November 19 | Second Round November 19 | Third Round November 25–26 | Third Round November 25–26 | Third Round November 25–26 | | Quarterfinals December 2 | Quarterfinals December 2 | Quarterfinals December 2 |
| | | 1 | Marshall* | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Cal Baptist | 0 | | | | | | | |
| San Diego* | 1 (2) | | Cal Baptist | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Cal Baptist (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cal Baptist (p) | 1 (3) | | | | 1 | Marshall* | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | 16 | Stanford | 3 | | | | |
| Missouri State* | 1 | | | | | | | 16 | Stanford | 3 | |
| Omaha | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Omaha | 0 | 16 | Stanford* | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Missouri State | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 16 | Stanford | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | 9 | Clemson* | 2 |
| | | 9 | Clemson* | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Charlotte | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Charlotte* | 1 | | Charlotte | 0 | | | | | | | |
| High Point | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| High Point | 0 | | | | 9 | Clemson | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | New Hampshire* | 0 | | | | |
| Syracuse* | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | New Hampshire* | 0 | |
| Boston University | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Boston University | 1 | 8 | New Hampshire* | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Syracuse | 0 | | | | | | | |
Host Institution*

### Region 2

| First Round November 16 | First Round November 16 | Second Round November 19 | Second Round November 19 | Second Round November 19 | Third Round November 25–26 | Third Round November 25–26 | Third Round November 25–26 | Quarterfinals December 2 | Quarterfinals December 2 | Quarterfinals December 2 |
| | | 5 | West Virginia* | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Louisville | 0 | | | | | | |
| Louisville* | 4 | | Louisville | 0 | | | | | | |
| Dayton | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dayton | 3 | | | | 5 | West Virginia* | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Vermont | 1 | | | |
| Vermont* | 3 | | | | | | | Vermont | 1 | |
| Rider | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Rider | 1 | 12 | UCF* | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Vermont (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 5 | West Virginia* | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Loyola Marymount | 1 |
| | | 13 | UCLA* | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Loyola Marymount | 1 | | | | | | |
| Loyola Marymount* | 4 | | Loyola Marymount | 1 | | | | | | |
| UC Irvine | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| UC Irvine | 2 | | | | | Loyola Marymount | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | James Madison | 0 | | | |
| Pittsburgh* | 2 | | | | | | | James Madison | 0 | |
| James Madison | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| James Madison | 3 | 4 | Georgetown* | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | James Madison | 1 | | | | | | |
Host Institution*

### Region 3

| First Round November 16 | First Round November 16 | Second Round November 19 | Second Round November 19 | Second Round November 19 | Third Round November 25–26 | Third Round November 25–26 | Third Round November 25–26 | | Quarterfinals December 2 | Quarterfinals December 2 | Quarterfinals December 2 |
| | | 3 | North Carolina* | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Memphis | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Memphis* | 2 | | Memphis | 0 | | | | | | | |
| SIU Edwardsville | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| SIU Edwardsville | 1 | | | | 3 | North Carolina* (p) | 2 (5) | | | | |
| | | | | | 14 | Hofstra | 2 (3) | | | | |
| Bryant* | 0 | | | | | | | 14 | Hofstra | 2 (3) | |
| Yale | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yale | 1 | 14 | Hofstra* | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Yale | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | North Carolina* | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Oregon State | 1 |
| | | 11 | Portland* | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Oregon State | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Oregon State* (a.e.t.) | 2 | | Oregon State | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Seattle | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seattle | 1 | | | | | Oregon State | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | SMU* | 1 | | | | |
| Denver* | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | SMU* | 1 | |
| LIU | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIU | 1 | 6 | SMU* | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Denver | 1 | | | | | | | |
Host Institution*

### Region 4

| First Round November 16 | First Round November 16 | Second Round November 19 | Second Round November 19 | Second Round November 19 | Third Round November 25–26 | Third Round November 25–26 | Third Round November 25–26 | | Quarterfinals December 2 | Quarterfinals December 2 | Quarterfinals December 2 |
| | | 7 | Virginia* (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | FIU | 1 | | | | | | | |
| FIU* | 1 | | FIU | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Mercer | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mercer | 0 | | | | 7 | Virginia* | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Indiana | 1 | | | | |
| Indiana* | 2 | | | | | | | | Indiana | 1 | |
| Lipscomb | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lipscomb | 1 | 10 | Wake Forest* | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Indiana (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Indiana | 1 (4) |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Notre Dame* | 1 (5) |
| | | 15 | Duke* | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Western Michigan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Western Michigan* | 3 | | Western Michigan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Green Bay | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Green Bay | 0 | | | | | Western Michigan | 0 (2) | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Notre Dame* (p) | 0 (4) | | | | |
| Xavier* | 0 | | | | | | | 2 | Notre Dame* (p) | 0 (4) | |
| Kentucky | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kentucky | 2 | 2 | Notre Dame* | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Kentucky | 0 | | | | | | | |
Host Institution*

### 2023 Men's College Cup

| Semifinals December 8 Lynn Family Stadium Louisville, Kentucky | Semifinals December 8 Lynn Family Stadium Louisville, Kentucky | Semifinals December 8 Lynn Family Stadium Louisville, Kentucky | Championship December 11 @ 6:00pm EST Lynn Family Stadium Louisville, Kentucky | Championship December 11 @ 6:00pm EST Lynn Family Stadium Louisville, Kentucky | Championship December 11 @ 6:00pm EST Lynn Family Stadium Louisville, Kentucky |
| 9 | Clemson | 1 | | | |
| 5 | West Virginia | 0 | | | |
| 5 | West Virginia | 0 | 9 | Clemson | 2 |
| | | | 2 | Notre Dame | 1 |
| | Oregon State | 0 | 2 | Notre Dame | 1 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 1 | | | |

## Records by conference

| Conference | Bids | Record | Pct. | R32 | R16 | E8 | F4 | CG | NC |
| ACC | 9 | 11–8–3 | .568 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Pac-12 | 3 | 5–3–0 | .625 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Sun Belt | 5 | 6–5–0 | .545 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| WCC | 3 | 4–2–1 | .643 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Big Ten | 1 | 3–0–1 | .875 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| America East | 3 | 3–3–0 | .500 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| American | 4 | 4–4–0 | .500 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Missouri Valley | 2 | 3–2–0 | .600 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| CAA | 1 | 1–1–0 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Big East | 2 | 0–1–0 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Summit | 2 | 1–2–0 | .333 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| WAC | 2 | 1–2–0 | .333 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ivy | 1 | 1–1–0 | .500 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Others | 11 | 0–10–1 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
* 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