2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

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2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
Missouri Valley Conference logo.svg
League NCAA Division I
Sport Soccer
DurationAugust 30, 2019 – November 9, 2019
Teams6
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Regular Season
Season MVPOffensive:
Defensive:
Goalkeeper:
Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer seasons
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2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Missouri State + 10 –0 –018 –1 –1
Loyola Chicago ‡ 5 –2 –311 –4 –4
Bradley 5 –2 –28 –6 –4
Drake 4 –5 –18 –9 –1
Valparaiso 3 –7 –04 –13 –1
Evansville 0 –10 –02 –15 –1
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.

Contents

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

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityHead coachUniform supplier
Bradley Braves Peoria, Illinois Shea Stadium 3,800 Flag of the United States.svg Jim DeRose Flag of Germany.svg adidas
Drake Bulldogs Des Moines, Iowa Cownie Sports Complex2,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Gareth Smith Flag of Germany.svg adidas
Evansville Purple Aces Evansville, Indiana Arad McCutchan Stadium 2,500 Flag of the United States.svg Marshall Ray Flag of Germany.svg adidas
Loyola Ramblers Chicago, Illinois Loyola Soccer Park500 Flag of New Zealand.svg Neil Jones Flag of the United States.svg Nike
Missouri State Bears Springfield, Missouri Robert W. Plaster Stadium 16,600 Flag of the United States.svg John Leamy Flag of Germany.svg adidas
Valparaiso Crusaders Valparaiso, Indiana Brown Field 5,000 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Avery Flag of the United States.svg Nike

Preseason

Preseason poll

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

Team rankingPointsFirst
1.Missouri State324
2.Loyola Chicago311
3.Drake221
4.Bradley180
5.Evansville120
6.Valpo110

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.

TeamTournamentFinish

Conference results

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

Home \ Away BRA DRA EVN LOY MSU VPO
Bradley —1–0Nov. 90–01–21–0
Drake 2–0—1–01–2Nov. 91–3
Evansville 0–10–2—1–20–40–1
Loyola Chicago 0–03–31–0—1–22–0
Missouri State 3–03–12–12–1—3–1
Valparaiso 1–20–22–1Nov. 92–3—
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
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NVNo votes received
 PreWk
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 NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released
TDS NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Drake USC NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released
TDS NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Evansville USC NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released
TDS NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Loyola Chicago USC NVRVNVNVNVNVRVRVNone released
TDS NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Missouri State USC NVNVNVRV19171414None released
TDS NVNVNVNVRV19192122
Valpo USC NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released
TDS NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV

Regional rankings — United Soccer West Region

  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NVNo 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
Bradley109NVNVNV1010
DrakeNVNVNVNV999
Evansville9NV9NVNVNVNV
Loyola Chicago5766666
Missouri StateNV522221
ValparaisoNVNVNVNVNVNVNV

NCAA RPI Rankings

  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12
Bradley138
Drake133
Evansville175
Loyola Chicago41
Missouri State20
Valparaiso140

Players of the Week

DateOffensive Player of the WeekClassPositionSchoolDefensive Player of the WeekClassPositionSchoolRef.
September 3Cole RainwaterFr.FWValpoJacob McKeeSr.DFBradley [6]
September 10Gerit WintermeyerJr.FWBradleyJack DentonSo.MFMissouri State [7]
September 17Josh DollingJr.FWMissouri State Kyle Hiebert Jr.DFMissouri State [8]
September 24Stuart WilkinSr.MFMissouri StateLuke AndersonSo.GKDrake [9]
October 1Aidan MegallySr.MFLoyola ChicagoBen StroudSr.DFMissouri State [10]
October 8Roman SchindlerSr.FWBradleyMichael CreekJr.GKMissouri State [11]
October 15Aidan MegallySr.MFLoyola ChicagoGreg StrattonJr.DFMissouri State [12]
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12

Postseason

MVC Tournament

NCAA 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]

SeedSchool1st Round2nd Round3rd RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
— 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]
AwardRecipient(s)
Player of the YearAidan Megally – Loyola Chicago
Offensive Player of the YearMatthew Bentley – Missouri State
Defensive Player of the Year Kyle Hiebert – Missouri State
Goalkeeper of the YearMichael Creek – Missouri State
Coach of the YearJon Leamy – Missouri State
Freshman of the YearAndy Mitchell – Loyola Chicago
2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams [18]
First TeamSecond TeamHonorable 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

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

Rnd.PickPlayerPos.TeamSchool
488 Matthew Bentley FW Minnesota United Missouri State (Sr.)
492 Aidan Megally MF FC Dallas Loyola Chicago (Sr.)

Homegrown players

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 teamPlayerPos.SchoolRef.

References

  1. ↑ "Missouri State Picked to Win Valley Men's Soccer Crown". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National Pre-Season Poll — August 6, 2019". United Soccer Coaches. August 6, 2019. Archived from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ "College Soccer News 2019 Preseason National Poll". CollegeSoccerNews.com. August 17, 2019. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Soccer America Preseason Men's College Top 25". Soccer America. August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ "College Soccer National Ranking: Men's DI Top 25". Advanced Sports Media, LLC. August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  6. ↑ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 3)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  7. ↑ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 10)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 17)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 24)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  10. ↑ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Oct. 1)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  11. ↑ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Oct. 8)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  12. ↑ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Oct. 15)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  13. 1 2 "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.
  18. 1 2 "MVC Announces Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  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.
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