2024 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

2024 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,343
Site	Allison South Stadium (Semifinals & Final) Springfield, Missouri
Champions	Evansville (2nd title)
Winning coach	Robbe Tarver (1st title)
MVP	Kai Phillips (Evansville)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings ^[1]

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Missouri State +	7	–	0	–	1			12	–	3	–	2
Drake	5	–	1	–	2			9	–	5	–	3
Bowling Green	4	–	3	–	1			12	–	6	–	2
No. 23 Western Michigan+	3	–	1	–	4			11	–	2	–	6
Evansville ‡	4	–	3	–	1			11	–	6	–	3
UIC	3	–	5	–	0			7	–	10	–	0
Bradley	1	–	5	–	2			4	–	8	–	3
Belmont	1	–	5	–	2			5	–	8	–	4
Northern Illinois	1	–	6	–	1			3	–	12	–	1
‡ – 2024 MVC tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2024 NCAA tournament As of November 18, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: MVC

The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from November 10 through November 16, 2024. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at 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 Western Michigan Broncos ^{[2] [3]} They were unable to defend their title, losing as the fourth seed in the First Round to the Evansville Purple Aces in overtime 2–1. Fifth seed Evansville would go on to win the tournament, defeating Bowling Green in overtime, in the Final, 3–2. ^{[4] [5]} This was the second conference tournament title for the Evansville men's soccer program. It was the first tournament title for head coach Robbe Tarver. ^[6] As tournament champions, Evansville earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six of the nine Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A three-team tiebreaker was required as Bowling Green, Evansville, and Western Michigan all finished with thirteen points during regular season conference play. The first tiebreaker was record against the other tied teams. Each team had a 1–1 record in this tiebreaker. The second tiebreaker was conference-only goal differential. Bowling Green earned the third seed in this tiebreaker with their +3 goal difference. Western Michigan had a 0 goal difference and Evansville had a -1 goal difference. Western Michigan earned the fourth seed by virtue of their head-to-head regular season conference victory over Evansville. ^[7]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Missouri State	7–0–1	22
2	Drake	5–1–2	17
3	Bowling Green	4–3–1	13
4	Western Michigan	3–1–4	13
5	Evansville	4–3–1	13
6	UIC	3–5–0	9

Bracket

Source: ^[8]

Teams were re-seeded after the first round.

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 10					Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 13					Final Saturday, Nov. 16
						1	Missouri State	0
	4	Western Michigan	1			5	Evansville	1
	5	Evansville (a.e.t)	2								5	Evansville (a.e.t)	3
											3	Bowling Green	2
						2	Drake	0
	3	Bowling Green	4			3	Bowling Green	1
	6	UIC	1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#4 Western Michigan v #5 Evansville

November 10, 2024	#4 Western Michigan	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#5 Evansville	Kalamazoo, MI
10:00 a.m. CT	Landon Fisher  19' Duarte Chapelas  62' Noah James 74'	Report	11' Michal Mroz  12' Jose Vivas 79',  86' Kai Phillip 108' Martin Wurschmidt	Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 245 Referee: Austin Saini Assistant referees: Peter Charpentier Assistant referees: Fernando Pina Fourth official: John Douglas

#3 Bowling Green v #6 UIC

November 10, 2024	#3 Bowling Green	4–1	#6 UIC	Bowling Green, OH
6:00 p.m. CT	Jake Bergin 1' Josh Erlandson  30' Ryko Bodurov 43', 64' Bennett Painter 81'	Report	72' Bart Muns	Stadium: Cochrane Stadium Attendance: 1,124 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarav Assistant referees: Josh Braunstein Assistant referees: Cristian Vorovenci Fourth official: Stephen Phiri

Semifinals

#2 Drake v #3 Bowling Green

November 13, 2024	#2 Drake	0–1	#3 Bowling Green	Springfield, MO
3:00 p.m. CST	Kai Knuchel  21' J.P. Pascarella  83'	Report	64' Josh Erlandson  67' Gus Peacock  79' Alberto Anaya 81' Trace Terry	Stadium: Allison South Stadium Attendance: 135 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Drew Klemp Assistant referees: Dan Ortega Fourth official: Tim Wagner

#1 Missouri State v #5 Evansville

November 13, 2024	#1 Missouri State	0–1	#5 Evansville	Springfield, MO
6:00 p.m. CST		Report	26' Jose Vivas 50' Nacho Garcia  50' Kai Phillip  60' Nacho Diaz-Caneja  60' Tobias Bak	Stadium: Allison South Stadium Attendance: 635 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Zachary Richter Assistant referees: Ryan Cook Fourth official: Luis Tribaldo

Final

#3 Bowling Green v #5 Evansville

November 16, 2024	#3 Bowling Green	2–3 (a.e.t.)	#5 Evansville	Springfield, MO
6:30 p.m. CST	Andrew Shaffer 34' Jake Lane 40' Kyle Blasingame  80'	Report	30' Kai Phillip 79' Baraka Tarleton  82' Nacho Garcia  94' Jacopo Fedrizzi 99' Bowling Green Own Goal	Stadium: Allison South Stadium Attendance: 204 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Misael Cordero Assistant referees: Shane Cowger Fourth official: Shadd Delmez

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).

2 goals

• Ryko Bodurov – Bowling Green
• Kai Phillip – Evansville

1 goal

• Jake Bergin – Bowling Green
• Nacho Garcia – Evansville
• Noah James – Western Michigan
• Jake Lane – Bowling Green
• Bart Muns – UIC
• Bennett Painter – Bowling Green
• Andrew Shaffer – Bowling Green
• Baraka Tarleton – Evansville
• Trace Terry – Bowling Green
• Martin Wurschmidt – Evansville

1 own goal

• Bowling Green (vs. Evansville)

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[9]

Player	Team
Brendan Graves	Bowling Green
Jake Lane
Trace Terry
Ryder Barrett	Drake
Eskil Gjerde
Jacopo Fedrizzi	Evansville
Nacho Garcia
Kai Phillips
Martin Wurschmidt
Tyler Caton	Missouri State
Alex Matthews
Bart Muns	UIC
Noah James	Western Michigan

MVP in bold

References

1. Missouri Valley website not updated with tournament results included in Overall Standings.
2. "2023 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference . Retrieved February 14, 2024.
3. Ehler, Matthew (November 16, 2023). "WMU men's soccer clinches MVC title, will host Green Bay to kickoff NCAA Tournament". MLive Media Group . Retrieved February 14, 2024.
4. "2024 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
5. Sokeland, Kyle (November 16, 2024). "Evansville men's soccer earns first trip to NCAA tournament since 1996 with MVC title". Evansville Courier & Press . Retrieved February 18, 2025.
6. "Men's Soccer Records" (PDF). mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
7. "Bracket Set for 2024 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 5, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
8. "2024 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 16, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
9. "Evansville Wins 2024 MVC Men's Soccer Tournament Title". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 16, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2025.