2019 Missouri State Bears soccer team

2019 Missouri State Bears men's soccer
2019 Missouri State Bears men's soccer
Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 10
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 12
Record	18–1–1 (10–0–0 The Valley)
Head coach	Jon Leamy (28th season);
Assistant coaches	Michael Seabolt (13th season); Will Lukowski (1st season); Phil Woods (1st season);
Captain	Josh Dolling
Home stadium	Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

Last updated April 09, 2025

2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 16 Missouri State +	10	–	0	–	0	18	–	1	–	1
Loyola Chicago ‡	5	–	2	–	3	11	–	4	–	4
Bradley	5	–	2	–	2	8	–	6	–	4
Drake	4	–	5	–	1	8	–	9	–	1
Valparaiso	3	–	7	–	0	4	–	13	–	1
Evansville	0	–	10	–	0	2	–	15	–	1

‡ – 2019 MVC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2019 Missouri State Bears soccer team represented the Missouri State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 5. It was the program's 39th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 30th season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The 2019 season was Jon Leamy's 28th year as head coach for the program.

The 2019 season has proved to be one of the most successful seasons in the program's history. The program finished the regular season with a perfect 16–0–0 record, and were ranked as high as 9th in the nation in the United Soccer Coaches poll, their highest ranking since 1999. They lost in the Championship game of the MVC Tournament on penalties to Loyola Chicago. In the First Round of the NCAA Soccer Tournament they defeated Denver 1-0. In the second round they lost 2-1 at Central Florida.

Background

Player movement

Departures

Arrivals

Name	Nat.	Hometown	High School	Club
Pau Ruiz GK	ESP	Barcelona, ESP	La Salle Congres	Damm
Giacomo Sala DF	ITA	Monza, ITA	Collegio Bianconi
Jon Koka FW	ESP	Bilbao, ESP	Maristak Durango	Eibar
Samuel Joyce MF	SCO	Northumberland, UK	St Thomas More Catholic	Newcastle United
Kian Yari MF	ENG	Altrincham, UK	St Ambrose
Connor Bates MF	USA	Canton, MI	Shattuck-Saint Mary's	Shattuck-Saint Mary's

Transfers

Roster

As of October 18, 2019^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
00	GK	ESP	Pau Ruiz
0	GK	USA	Gage Steiner
1	GK	USA	Michael Creek
2	DF	ENG	Connor Langan
3	DF	USA	Greg Stratton
4	DF	ITA	Giacomo Sala
5	DF	USA	Evan DeGreeff
6	DF	NZL	Ben Stroud
7	FW	ITA	Nicolo Mulatero
8	MF	ENG	Will Osgathorpe
9	FW	ENG	Matthew Bentley
10	FW	ENG	Josh Dolling
11	MF	MAS	Stuart Wilkin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	NOR	Aadne Bruseth
14	FW	ESP	Jon Koka
15	MF	SCO	Samuel Joyce
16	DF	SWE	Hugo Jönsson
17	FW	USA	Ian Jones
18	MF	NZL	Zac Newdick
19	MF	ENG	Jack Denton
20	MF	ENG	Kian Yari
21	DF	CAN	Kyle Hiebert
22	MF	USA	Connor Bates
23	DF	NZL	Sean Green
26	FW	USA	Dawson Lee

Season results

Fall exhibitions

August 21, 2019 (2019-08-21)1	Creighton	0–0	Missouri State	Omaha, NE
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Morrison Stadium

August 24, 2019 (2019-08-24)2	Saint Louis	0–0	Missouri State	St. Louis, MO
6:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Hermann Stadium

Regular season

August 29, 2019 (2019-08-29)1	Missouri State	Postponed	Kansas City	Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium

September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02)2	Santa Clara	0–1	Missouri State	Santa Clara, CA
9:30 p.m. CST	Christensen 44' Osei 84'	Report	Dolling 39'	Stadium: Stevens Stadium Attendance: 337 Referee: Ian Anderson

September 7, 2019 (2019-09-07)3	Kansas City	0–3	Missouri State	Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CST	Caruso 44' Ray-Campoy 77' Temm 87'	Report	Dolling 25' Osgathorpe 64' Jonsson 82'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 370 Referee: Matthew Seem

September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10)4	Missouri State	1–0	Central Arkansas	Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST	Stroud 55' Hiebert 84' Dolling 90'	Report		Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 568 Referee: Roy Robinson

September 14, 2019 (2019-09-14)5	Missouri State	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Tulsa	Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST	Hiebert 63' Jones 82' Dolling 85'95'	Report	Partain 8' Garcia 63'	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Ellsworth

September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18)6	Missouri State	3–1	Valparaiso	Springfield, MO
12:00 p.m. CST	Wilkin 6' Jones 9' Bentley 64'	Report	Cushing 33'	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 124 Referee: Kale Allatayfeh

September 22, 2019 (2019-09-22)7	Loyola Chicago	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Missouri State	Chicago, IL
CST	Sukow 41'	Report	Bentley 49' Wilkin 92'	Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park Attendance: 319 Referee: Calin Radosav

September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26)8	Western Illinois	0–4	#19 Missouri State	Macomb, IL
CST	Owen 61'	Report	Multatero 9' Stroud 44', 70' Dolling 85'	Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field Attendance: 140

October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01)9	#17 Missouri State	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Omaha	Springfield, MO
6:00 p.m. CST	Hiebert 51' Denton 80' Stroud 107'	Report	Rinderknecht 2' Mateu 52' Nelson 95' Gomez 107'	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 712 Referee: Shane Butler

October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05)10	Evansville	0–4	#17 Missouri State	Evansville, IN
5:00 p.m. CST	Brunetti 48'	Report	Bentley 18', 20' Hiebert 38' Wilkin 39' Denton 50'	Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium Attendance: 263 Referee: Michael Robertson

October 9, 2019 (2019-10-09)11	#14 Missouri State	3–0	Bradley	Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST	Jones 2' Bentley 14', 32'	Report	Kovačević 17' Lang 45' Wintermeyer 77' Schindler 81'	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 328 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)12	#14 Missouri State	3–1	Drake	Springfield, MO
1:00 p.m. CST	Wilkin 30' Dolling 54' Bentley 75' (pen.) Bruseth 78'	Report	Wilson 44' 75' Poppen 78' Misselhorn 90'	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 242 Referee: Julio Tonoco

October 19, 2019 (2019-10-19)13	Bradley	1–2	#14 Missouri State	Peoria, IL
7:00 p.m. CST	Johnson 26' Lang 37' McKee 60' Wintermeyer 76'	Report	Bentley 43' Stratton 81'	Stadium: Shea Stadium Attendance: 838 Referee: Edmundo Ramirez

October 26, 2019 (2019-10-26)14	#9 Missouri State	2–1	Evansville	Springfield, MO
5:00 p.m. CST	Mulatero 5' Bentley 52' Stroud 90'	Report	Hall 66' Pavlič 67' Graham 85'	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 386 Referee: Don Tebo

October 30, 2019 (2019-10-30)15	Valparaiso	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Missouri State	Valparaiso, IN
12:00 p.m. CST	Eaton 30' Waugaman 44' 91' Madondo 50'	Report	Dolling 45' Bentley 71'72'99' Wilkin 86'	Stadium: Brown Field Attendance: 54 Referee: Nicholas Balcer

November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)16	#9 Missouri State	2–1	#23 Loyola Chicago	Springfield, MO
1:00 p.m. CST	Bentley 1' Lee 41'	Report	Woehrle 70' Sukow 90'	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 1,064 Referee: Sorin Stoica

November 9, 2019 (2019-11-09)17	Drake	1–3	#10 Missouri State	Des Moines, IA
1:00 p.m. CST	Wilson 41'	Report	Stroud 8' 70' Bentley 85' Dolling 87'	Stadium: Cownie Sports Complex Attendance: 653 Referee: Art Arustamyan

Missouri Valley Tournament

November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15)Semifinals	No. 9 (1) Missouri State	1–0	(4) Drake	Chicago, IL
1:05 p.m. CST	Dolling 67'	Report	Bartlett 57' Poppen 67'	Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park Attendance: 163 Referee: Heber Estrada

November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)Final	(2) Loyola Chicago	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	No. 9 (1) Missouri State	Chicago, IL
1:00 p.m. CST	Biggs 89'	Report	Bentley 57'	Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park Attendance: 303 Referee: Gregory Dopka
	Penalties
	Megally Sukow Dias Woehrle Schweinert Magno Stoneman		Bentley Mulatero Dolling Jones Stroud Denton Stratton

NCAA Tournament

November 21, 2019 (2019-11-21)First round	No. 12 Missouri State	1–0	Denver	Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium

November 24, 2019 (2019-11-24)Second round	No. 8 UCF	2–1 (a.e.t.)	No. 12 Missouri State	Orlando, FL
5:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 857

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:**██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
United Soccer ^[2]	—	—	—	RV	RV	19	17	14	14	9	10	9	12	12	16
Top Drawer Soccer ^[3]	—	—	—	—	RV	24	19	20	22	13	13	13	12	14	17
College Soccer News^[4]	—	—	—	RV	RV	27	25	21	16	15	14	12	11	11	11
Soccer America ^[5]	—	—	—	—	—	23	22	18	14	13	10	9	9	13	13

Season Statistics

Goals

The leading goal scorer for Missouri State was Matthew Bentley who scored 15 goals during the season. He was the only player to score during the regular season and both MVC and NCAA Tournament. Josh Dolling finished the year with 7 goals in second. Stuart Wilkin rounded out the top three with 5 goals on the season.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Regular Season	MVC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	9	FW	Matthew Bentley	13	1	1	15
2	10	FW	Josh Dolling	6	1	0	7
3	11	MF	Stuart Wilkin	5	0	0	5
4	6	DF	Ben Stroud	4	0	0	4
5	17	FW	Ian Jones	3	0	0	3
6	7	FW	Nicolo Mulatero	2	0	0	2
6	12	MF	Aadne Bruseth	1	0	1	2
8	8	MF	Will Osgathorpe	1	0	0	1
	3	DF	Greg Stratton	1	0	0
	21	DF	Kyle Hiebert	1	0	0
	16	DF	Hugo Jonsson	1	0	0
Total				39	2	2	43

Last updated: August 19, 2020.
Source: Missouri State Athletics

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Regular Season	MVC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	19	MF	Jack Denton	8	1	0	9
2	10	FW	Josh Dolling	5	0	0	5
3	9	FW	Matthew Bentley	4	0	0	4
3	11	MF	Stuart Wilkin	4	0	0	4
5	3	DF	Greg Stratton	3	0	0	3
6	12	MF	Aadne Bruseth	2	0	0	2
	17	FW	Ian Jones	2	0	0
	8	MF	Will Osgathorpe	2	0	0
	21	DF	Kyle Hiebert	2	0	0
	26	FW	Lee Dawson	2	0	0
	2	DF	Connor Langan	1	1	0
11	16	DF	Hugo Jonsson	1	0	0	1
	7	FW	Nicolo Mulatero	0	0	1
	20	MF	Kian Yari	1	0	0
Total				37	2	1	40