2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

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2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,057
SiteBetty & Bobby Allison South Stadium (Semifinals & Final)
Springfield, Missouri
Champions Missouri State (3rd title)
Winning coachMichael Seabolt (2nd title)
MVP Michael Creek (Missouri State)
Broadcast ESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
«2020   2022»
2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 22 Missouri State10 0 017 2 0
Loyola Chicago 6 3 19 5 2
SIU Edwardsville 4 6 06 10 2
Evansville 3 6 14 14 2
Drake 3 7 06 9 0
Bradley 3 7 05 12 1
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: MVC

The 2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from November 9 through November 14, 2021. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Missouri State Bears, who successfully defended their title by defeating Evansville 3–0 in the final. [1] [2] The conference tournament title was the third for the Missouri State men's soccer program, and second for head coach Michael Seabolt. [3] As tournament champions, Missouri State earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

All six Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. One tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as Drake and Bradley both finished the regular season with a record of 3–7–0. Drake earned the 5th seed by virtue of defeating Bradley 2–1 both times the teams met during the regular season. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Missouri State 10–0–030
2 Loyola Chicago 6–3–119
3 SIU Edwardsville 4–6–012
4 Evansville 3–6–110
5 Drake 3–7–09
6 Bradley 3–7–09

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Nov. 9
Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 12
Final
Sunday, Nov. 14
1 Missouri State 1
4 Evansville 46 Bradley 0
5 Drake 2 1 Missouri State 3
4 Evansville 0
2 Loyola Chicago 2 (7)
3 SIU Edwardsville 1 4 Evansville (pen.)2 (8)
6 Bradley 2

Schedule

Opening Round

November 9, 2021 #4 Evansville 4–2 #5 Drake Evansville, IN
12:00 p.m. CT
  • Edward Mendy Soccerball shade.svg41', Yellow card.svg 41'
  • Drake Soccerball shade.svg55' (o.g.)
  • Nkosi Graham Soccerball shade.svg64', 72'
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  • Red card.svg 23' Absalom Solorio-Villalpando
  • Soccerball shade.svg30', 83' Juan Louis
Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium
Attendance: 345
November 9, 2021 #3 SIU Edwardsville 1–2 #6 Bradley Edwardsville, IL
7:00 p.m. CT
  • Alex Pontoni Yellow card.svg 52'
  • Harvey Moyes Soccerball shade.svg56', Yellow card.svg 86'
  • Max Broughton Yellow card.svg 89'
  • Vincent Jackson II Yellow card.svg 90'
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  • Yellow card.svg 52' Michael Rogalski
  • Soccerball shade.svg54' Danny Collins
  • Soccerball shade.svg73' Rasmus Smidtslund
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Jake Schoffstall
Stadium: Korte Stadium
Attendance: 142
Referee: Calin Radosav
Assistant referees: Adam Herges
Assistant referees: Quinton McFarlen
Fourth official: Velimir Milovic

Semifinals

November 12, 2021 #2 Loyola Chicago 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(7–8 p)
#4 Evansville Springfield, Missouri
3:00 p.m. CT
  • Andrew Mitchell Soccerball shade.svg20'
  • Alex Moskal Soccerball shade.svg37'
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  • Soccerball shade.svg6' (pen.) Pablo Guillen
  • Soccerball shade.svg40' Carlos Barcia
  • Yellow card.svg 58' Nkosi Graham
  • Yellow card.svg 88' Brian Zambrano
  • Yellow card.svg 95' Jon Varela
Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 75
Referee: Alex Beehler
Assistant referees: Vitali Hantsevich
Assistant referees: Besnik i Rexhep
Fourth official: Andrew Ellsworth
Penalties
  • Marc Torrellas Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Billy Hency Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Tomas Dias Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Tyler Biggs Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Jason Ybarra Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Oscar Dueso Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Andrew Mitchell Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Andrew Schweinert Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Oliver Hald
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Jakub Hall
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Jose Vivas
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Pablo Guillen
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Francesco Brunetti
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Carlos Barcia
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Brian Zambrano
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Davis Peck
November 12, 2021 #1 Missouri State 1–0 #6 Bradley Springfield, Missouri
6:00 p.m. CT
  • Josh Dolling Soccerball shade.svg33'
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  • Yellow card.svg 29' Jack Douglas
Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 225
Referee: Heber Estrada
Assistant referees: Zachary Richter
Assistant referees: Kurt Wuebbels
Fourth official: Andrew Ellsworth

Final

November 14, 2021 #1 Missouri State 3–0 #4 Evansville Springfield, Missouri
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Javier Martin Gil Soccerball shade.svg29'
  • Jon Koka Soccerball shade.svg39'
  • Jesus Barea Soccerball shade.svg53'
  • Nicolo Mulatero Yellow card.svg 56'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 52' Owen Butcher
Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 270
Referee: Art Arustamyan
Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando
Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh
Fourth official: Daniel Ortega

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

2 goals

  • Juan Louis – Drake
  • Nkosi Graham – Evansville

1 goal

  • Danny Collins – Bradley
  • Rasmus Smidtslund – Bradley
  • Carlos Barcia – Evansville
  • Pablo Guillen – Evansville
  • Edward Mendy – Evansville
  • Alex Moskal – Loyola Chicago
  • Andrew Mitchell – Loyola Chicago
  • Jesus Barea – Missouri State
  • Josh Dolling – Missouri State
  • Javier Martin Gil – Missouri State
  • Jon Koka – Missouri State
  • Harvey Moyes – SIU Edwardsville

1 own goal

  • Drake (vs. Evansville)

All-Tournament team

Source: [5]

PlayerTeam
Juan LouisDrake
Harvey MoyesSIUE
Giann MagnoLoyola-Chicago
Tyler Biggs
Bryce LoganBradley
Michael Rogalski
Jacob MaddenEvansville
Nkosi Graham
Ethan Garvey
Connor LanganMissouri State
Josh Dolling
Kyle Hiebert
Michael Creek

MVP in bold

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