Valparaiso Crusaders men's soccer

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Valparaiso Crusaders men's soccer
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Founded1983
Folded2019;6 years ago (2019) [1]
University Valparaiso University
Head coach Mike Avery
Conference MVC
Location Valparaiso, Indiana
Stadium Brown Field
(Capacity: 5,000)
Nickname Crusaders
ColorsBrown and gold [2]
   
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Home
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Away
NCAA Tournament appearances
1996
Conference Tournament championships
Mid-Con 1996
Conference Regular Season championships
Mid-Con 1997–98
Horizon 2011

The Valparaiso Crusaders men's soccer team represented Valparaiso University (Valpo) in NCAA Division I soccer competition [3] as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference [4] The Crusaders played home matches at Brown Field on the Valpo campus in Valparaiso, Indiana.

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History

Valparaiso began playing men's soccer in 1983. The Beacons were a charter member of the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982 and entered Mid-Con soccer competition in 1988. In 2007, Valpo began a ten-year all-sports membership in the Horizon League. In May 2017, the Missouri Valley Conference extended an invitation for the Crusaders to join; after concluding conference play for the year, Valparaiso accepted the invitation on May 25, with the move being effective on July 1. [4]

Following the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Valparaiso cut the sport and men's tennis in order to allow greater attention to the school's other sports teams. [1] [5]

Honors

Sources: [6] [7]

Mid-Continent Conference

Player of the Year – J.J. Ruane, 1998

Newcomer of the Year – Scott Daly, 1998

All-Mid East - Tony Dal Santo 1997

1st Team All-Conference - Tony Dal Santo 1997

Offensive Player of the Year - Tony Dal Santo 1997

Team MVP - Tony Dal Santo 1997

All-Mid East - Tony Dal Santo 1996

1st Team All-Conference - Tony Dal Santo 1996

Offensive Player of the Year - Tony Dal Santo 1996

All-Tournament Team - Tony Dal Santo 1996

Conference Tournament MVP - Tony Dal Santo 1996

Coach of the Year – Mis’ Mrak. 1997, 1998, 2002

Horizon League

Defensive Player of the Year – Stefan Antonijevic, 2011

Goalkeeper of the Year – Ryan Schwarz, 2007; Kyle Zobeck , 2011 & 2012; Nico Campbell, 2015

Coach of the Year – Mike Avery, 2011

Record by year

SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Valparaiso University (Division I Independent [8] )(1983–1987)
1983Danny Jeftich 5–6–0
1984Danny Jeftich 7–7–0
1985Danny Jeftich 8–9–1
1986Danny Jeftich 7–8–1
1987Danny Jeftich 9–6–1
Valparaiso University (Mid-Continent Conference [6] )(1988–2006)
1988Danny Jeftich 5–8–30–4–15th of 6
1989Danny Jeftich 5–16–00–6–07th of 7
1990Danny Jeftich 4–15–10–7–08th of 8
Danny Jeftich:49–74–7 .4040–17–1
1991Mis’ Mrak 6–11–21–6–0t-8th of 9
1992Mis’ Mrak 1–17–10–7–08th of 8
1993Mis’ Mrak 2–17–00–7–08th of 8
1994Mis’ Mrak 2-13-12-4-03rd of 4 (East)
1995Mis’ Mrak 5-12-13-3-03rd of 4 (East)
1996Mis’ Mrak 6-13-33-3-0t-2nd of 4 (East)L-NCAA Play-in game
1997Mis’ Mrak 8-12-16-1-11st of 5 (West)
1998Mis’ Mrak 6-11-13-1-11st of 6
1999Mis’ Mrak 5-11-12-3-0t-4th of 6
2000Mis’ Mrak 5-10-01–4–06th of 6
2001Mis’ Mrak 6-10-11–3–16th of 6
2002Mis’ Mrak 5-10-22–2–13rd of 6
2003Mis’ Mrak 2-13-21–5–06th of 7
2004Mis’ Mrak 2-13-21-3-26th of 7
2005Mis’ Mrak 6-10-23-2-14th of 7
2006Mis’ Mrak 7-10-02–4–05th of 7
Mis’ Mrak:76–191–21 .30031–58–7
Valparaiso University (Horizon League [7] )(2007–2016)
2007 Mike Avery 4-11-32-4-27th of 9
2008Mike Avery 6-10-31-6-18th of 9
2009Mike Avery 10-7-24-2-23rd of 9
2010Mike Avery 9-8-22-6-08th of 9
2011Mike Avery 9-6-55-1-21st of 9
2012Mike Avery 6-9-52–2–34th of 8
2013Mike Avery 5-8-52–3–26th of 8
2014Mike Avery 8-5-63–3–25th of 9
2015Mike Avery 7-6-53–3–37th of 10
2016Mike Avery 10-5-44–3–2t-5th of 10
Valparaiso University (Missouri Valley Conference)(2017–2019)
2017Mike Avery 8–9–13–5–06th
2018Mike Avery 6–9–42–1–33rd
2019Mike Avery 4–13–13–7–05th
Mike Avery:93–107–46 .47236–46–22
Total:218–372–74 .38477–121–31

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 Valpo Announces Discontinuation of Men’s Soccer, Men’s Tennis Programs on valpoathletics.com
  2. ↑ "Valpo University Color Palettes". July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Division I Men's Soccer". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Valparaiso makes it official, accepts Missouri Valley Conference invitation". Chicago Tribune. May 25, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Valparaiso to drop men's soccer, men's tennis". NWITimes.com. November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "The Summit League Men;s Soccer Record Book" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Horizon League Men;s Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Horizon League. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Men's Soccer Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Valparaiso University. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
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