2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

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2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Site Loyola Soccer Park
Chicago, Illinois
Champions Loyola Chicago (1st title)
Winning coach Neil Jones (1st title)
MVP Aidan Megally (Loyola Chicago)
Broadcast ESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
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2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Missouri State + 10 0 018 1 1
Loyola Chicago5 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 tournament was the 30th edition of the competition. The tournament was played from November 13 until November 17, 2019.

Contents

Loyola Chicago won their first MVC championship, beating regular season champions, Missouri State, in the final.

Background

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the culmination of the regular season. The regular season conference matches determine the seeding in the tournament, which determines the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. All teams in the Missouri Valley Conference, or MVC, play each other once during the season. Teams play certain teams at home during even number years, and then will play those teams on the road during odd number years. Teams are awarded three points for a win, a point for a draw and no points for a loss.

In the event that teams are tied on points, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head record. If that tiebreaker is tied, goal differential is applied, followed by goals scored, then away goals, then RPI.

Missouri State won the regular season with a perfect 10–0–0 record, the first time a MVC program had won all 10 conference games in MVC history. [1] Both programs earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament. Loyola Chicago lost in overtime to Kentucky in the opening round. [2] Missouri State defeated Denver in the first round [3] before losing to UCF in the second round. [4] [5]

Seeding

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 Missouri State 10–0–0
2 Loyola Chicago 5–2–3
3 Bradley 5–3–2
4 Drake 4–5–1
5 Valparaiso 3–7–0
6 Evansville 0–10–0

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Nov. 13
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 15
Final
Sunday, Nov. 17
2 Loyola Chicago2
3 Bradley23 Bradley 1
6 Evansville 0 2 Loyola Chicago (pen.) 1 (5)
1 Missouri State 1 (4)
1 Missouri State1
4 Drake (a.e.t.) 24 Drake 0
5 Valparaiso 1

Results

Quarterfinals

No. 4 Drake 2–1 (a.e.t.)No. 5 Valparaiso
  • Bartlett Soccerball shade.svg87'
  • Enzugusi Soccerball shade gold.svg 103'
Report
Loyola Soccer Park , Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 98
Referee: Art Arustamyan

No. 3 Bradley 2–0No. 6 Evansville
Wintermeyer Soccerball shade.svg26', 89' Report
Loyola Soccer Park , Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 127
Referee: Alex Beehler

Semifinals

No. 1 Missouri State 1–0No. 4 Drake
Dolling Soccerball shade.svg67' Report
Loyola Soccer Park , Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 163
Referee: Heber Estrada

No. 2 Loyola Chicago 2–1No. 3 Bradley
Report
Loyola Soccer Park , Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 282
Referee: Cesar Ibarra

Final

All-Tournament team

PlayerTeam
2020 MVC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team [6]
Mason MarceyValparaiso
Ethan GarveyEvansville
Leroy EnzugusiDrake
Lucas Bartlett
Gerit WintermeyerBradley
Nathan Wisbey
Josh DollingMissouri State
Kyle Hiebert
Stuart Wilkin
Billy HencyLoyola Chicago
Andy Mitchell
Aidan Megally
Justin Sukow

MVP in bold

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