2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 30, 2019 – November 9, 2019
Number of teams	6
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Regular Season
Season MVP	Offensive: Defensive: Goalkeeper:
Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer seasons
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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 Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began in late August 2019 and concluded in mid-November 2019.

Changes from 2018

Central Arkansas left the Missouri Valley Conference as an affiliate member to become an affiliate member of the Sun Belt Conference.

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Head Coach	Uniform supplier
Bradley Braves	Peoria, Illinois	Shea Stadium	3,800	Jim DeRose	adidas
Drake Bulldogs	Des Moines, Iowa	Cownie Sports Complex	2,000	Gareth Smith	adidas
Evansville Purple Aces	Evansville, Indiana	Arad McCutchan Stadium	2,500	Marshall Ray	adidas
Loyola Ramblers	Chicago, Illinois	Loyola Soccer Park	500	Neil Jones	Nike
Missouri State Bears	Springfield, Missouri	Robert W. Plaster Stadium	16,600	John Leamy	adidas
Valparaiso Crusaders	Valparaiso, Indiana	Brown Field	5,000	Mike Avery	Nike

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 15, 2019. Missouri State was picked to win the MVC championship. ^[1]

	Team Ranking	Points	First
1.	Missouri State	32	4
2.	Loyola Chicago	31	1
3.	Drake	22	1
4.	Bradley	18	0
5.	Evansville	12	0
6.	Valpo	11	0

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019.

	United Soccer [2]	CSN [3]	SoccerAmerica [4]	Top DrawerSoccer [5]
Bradley	—	—	—	—
Drake	—	—	—	—
Evansville	—	—	—	—
Loyola Chicago	—	RV	—	—
Missouri State	—	RV	—	—
Valparaiso	—	—	—	—

Preseason all-MVC team

To be announced in August 2019.

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.

Team	Tournament	Finish

Conference results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

Home \ Away	BRA	DRA	EVN	LOY	MSU	VPO
Bradley	—	1–0	Nov. 9	0–0	1–2	1–0
Drake	2–0	—	1–0	1–2	Nov. 9	1–3
Evansville	0–1	0–2	—	1–2	0–4	0–1
Loyola Chicago	0–0	3–3	1–0	—	1–2	2–0
Missouri State	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	—	3–1
Valparaiso	1–2	0–2	2–1	Nov. 9	2–3	—

Source: MVC-Sports.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Rankings

National rankings

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Bradley	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV						None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Drake	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV						None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Evansville	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV						None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Loyola Chicago	USC	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV						None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Missouri State	USC	NV	NV	NV	RV	19	17	14	14						None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	19	19	21	22
Valpo	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV						None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Regional rankings — United Soccer West Region

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV		No votes received

The United Soccer West Region for 2019 compares teams across the Missouri Valley, WCC, and Summit League.

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
Bradley	10	9	NV	NV	NV	10	10
Drake	NV	NV	NV	NV	9	9	9
Evansville	9	NV	9	NV	NV	NV	NV
Loyola Chicago	5	7	6	6	6	6	6
Missouri State	NV	5	2	2	2	2	1
Valparaiso	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

NCAA RPI Rankings

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking

	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
Bradley	138
Drake	133
Evansville	175
Loyola Chicago	41
Missouri State	20
Valparaiso	140

Players of the Week

Date	Offensive Player of the Week	Class	Position	School		Defensive Player of the Week	Class	Position	School	Ref.
September 3	Cole Rainwater	Fr.	FW	Valpo		Jacob McKee	Sr.	DF	Bradley	[6]
September 10	Gerit Wintermeyer	Jr.	FW	Bradley		Jack Denton	So.	MF	Missouri State	[7]
September 17	Josh Dolling	Jr.	FW	Missouri State		Kyle Hiebert	Jr.	DF	Missouri State	[8]
September 24	Stuart Wilkin	Sr.	MF	Missouri State		Luke Anderson	So.	GK	Drake	[9]
October 1	Aidan Megally	Sr.	MF	Loyola Chicago		Ben Stroud	Sr.	DF	Missouri State	[10]
October 8	Roman Schindler	Sr.	FW	Bradley		Michael Creek	Jr.	GK	Missouri State	[11]
October 15	Aidan Megally	Sr.	MF	Loyola Chicago		Greg Stratton	Jr.	DF	Missouri State	[12]
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

Two teams from the MVC were selected to the NCAA Tournament: the regular season champions, Missouri State, and the tournament champions, Loyola Chicago. ^[13] Neither team was given a second round bye. Missouri State was selected to host a first round matchup. ^[13] In the NCAA Tournament, Missouri State beat Denver in the first round ^[14] before losing to the ninth-seeded UCF in the second round. ^[15] Loyola Chicago lost their first round matchup to Kentucky in the opening round. ^{[16] [17]}

Seed	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
—	Missouri State	W 1–0 vs. Denver – (Springfield, MO)	L 1–2 (OT) vs. UCF – (Orlando, FL)
—	Loyola Chicago	L 1–2 (OT) vs. Kentucky – (Lexington, KY)
	W–L–T (%):	1–1–0 (.500)	0–1–0 (.000)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–) Total: 1–2–0 (.333)

Postseason awards and honors

2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Individual Awards [18]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Aidan Megally – Loyola Chicago
Offensive Player of the Year	Matthew Bentley – Missouri State
Defensive Player of the Year	Kyle Hiebert – Missouri State
Goalkeeper of the Year	Michael Creek – Missouri State
Coach of the Year	Jon Leamy – Missouri State
Freshman of the Year	Andy Mitchell – Loyola Chicago

2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams [18]
First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention
Michael Creek, R-Jr., GK, Missouri State Kyle Hiebert, R-Jr., DF, Missouri State Walid Kherat, R-Sr., DF, Bradley Ben Stroud, Sr., DF, Missouri State Aidan Megally, Sr., MF, Loyola Chicago Justin Sukow, Jr., MF, Loyola Chicago Stuart Wilkin, Sr., MF, Missouri State Matthew Bentley, Sr., FW, Missouri State Josh Dolling, Jr., FW, Missouri State Leroy Enzugusi, Jr., FW, Drake Gerit Wintermeyer, Jr., FW, Bradley	Nathan Wisbey, Ian Jones, Sr., FW, Missouri State

2020 MLS Draft

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9 and 13 2020. Two players from the conference were drafted.

Rnd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	Team	School
4	88	Matthew Bentley	FW	Minnesota United	Missouri State (Sr.)
4	92	Aidan Megally	MF	FC Dallas	Loyola Chicago (Sr.)

Homegrown players

Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, ^[19] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. ^[20] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Original MLS team	Player	Pos.	School	Ref.

References

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12. "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Oct. 15)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
13. "Loyola, Missouri State to Represent MVC in NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament". mvc-sports.com. November 18, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
14. Hall, Erik (November 21, 2019). "Missouri State men's soccer beats Denver, wins first NCAA Tournament game". Springfield News-Leader . Retrieved December 1, 2019.
15. Gramajo, Mike. "UCF men's soccer pushing to extend historic season with home NCAA Tournament win over Missouri State". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved December 1, 2019.
16. "Loyola Falls to Kentucky, 2-1 In Gut-Wrenching Overtime Match". mvc-sports.com. November 21, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
17. Mahan, Mark (November 22, 2019). "Kentucky Beats Loyola Chicago in NCAA Men's Soccer". Lexington Herald-Leader . Retrieved December 1, 2019.
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19. "MLS Draft 2013: Homegrown player initiative rises as draft declines". Sporting News. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
20. "MLS 2012 Roster Rules". Archived from the original on February 20, 2012.

External links

• MVC Soccer