2019 Summit League men's soccer season

2019 Summit League men's soccer season
2019 Summit League men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 30, 2019 – November 6, 2019
Number of teams	6
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Regular Season
Season MVP	Offensive:; Defensive: ; Goalkeeper:
Tournament
Summit League men's soccer seasons
	← 2018 2020 →

2019 Summit League men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Western Illinois	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	13	–	1
Oral Roberts	4	–	1	–	0	13	–	4	–	0
Denver ‡	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	12	–	3
Omaha	2	–	2	–	1	4	–	9	–	4
Eastern Illinois	1	–	2	–	2	5	–	9	–	2
Purdue Fort Wayne	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	15	–	0


‡ – Summit Tournament Champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 22 November 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2019 Summit League men's soccer season will be the 14th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season will begin in late August 2019 and conclude in mid-November 2019.

Denver enter the season as the defending regular season and tournament champions.

This is the final season for Purdue Fort Wayne as a Summit member. The Mastodons will leave for the Horizon League on July 1, 2020.^[1] The Summit will maintain its men's soccer membership at six with the return of the Kansas City Roos (formerly known as the UMKC Kangaroos), which will rejoin at the same date after seven seasons in the Western Athletic Conference.^[2]

Background

Head coaches

As of the 2018 season

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Summit record	NCAA Tournaments^[3]	NCAA College Cups^[3]	Ref.
Eastern Illinois	Kiki Lara	Eastern Illinois (asst.)	4	12–32–11 (.318)	12–32–11 (.318)	5–8–3 (.406)	0	0	^[4]
Denver	Jamie Franks	Denver (asst.)	5	46–8–8 (.806)	46–8–8 (.806)	19–0–3 (.932)	4	1	^[5]
Omaha	Bob Warming	Penn State	2	468–248–83 (.638)	7–8–1 (.469)	4–1–0 (.800)	14	2	^[6]
Oral Roberts	Ryan Bush	Oral Roberts (asst.)	7	37–51–16 (.433)	37–51–16 (.433)	12–17–6 (.429)	0	0	^[7]
Purdue Fort Wayne	Mike Harper	IPFW (asst.)	13	62–129–19 (.340)	62–129–19 (.340)	19–46–6 (.310)	0	0	^[8]
Western Illinois	Eric Johnson	Loras	23	217–262–44 (.457)	174–209–40 (.459)	66–50–12 (.563)	6	0	^[9]

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 19, 2019.^[10]

	Team Ranking	Points	First Place Votes
1.	Denver	24	4
2.	Omaha	21	2
3.	Purdue Fort Wayne	16	0
4.	Oral Roberts	13	0
5.	Western Illinois	9	0
6.	Eastern Illinois	7	0

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls were released in July and August 2019. Denver was the only Summit League program ranked in preseason polls across all major polls.

Eastern Illinois	—	—	—	—
	United Soccer^[11]	CSN^[12]	Soccer America^[13]	Top Drawer Soccer^[14]
Denver	18	17	19	12
Omaha	RV	RV	—	—
Oral Roberts	RV	RV	—	—
Purdue Fort Wayne	—	—	—	—
Western Illinois	—	—	—	—

Preseason Players to Watch

Player	Nat.	School	Position	Class	Hometown (High school/Previous college/Previous club)
Jacob Stensson	SWE	Denver	MF	Junior	Stockholm, SWE (Brommapojkarna)
Preston Judd	USA	Denver	FW	Junior	Henderson, NV (Cal Baptist)
Edgar Mesa	ESP	Eastern Illinois	MF	Senior	San Miguel de Abona, ESP (BYU–Hawaii)

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.

Team	Tournament	Finish

Conference results

Color Key: Home • Away • Win • Loss • Draw • Postponed
Club	Match
Club	1	2	3	4	5
Denver Pioneers (DEN)	EIU	WIU	ORU	OMA	PFW
Denver Pioneers (DEN)	0–0	3–4	0–1	Oct 26	Nov 9
Eastern Illinois Panthers (EIU)	DEN	ORU	UNO	WIU	PFW
Eastern Illinois Panthers (EIU)	0–0	0–2	0–0	Oct 26	Nov 2
Omaha Mavericks (UNO)	WIU	PFW	EIU	DEN	ORU
Omaha Mavericks (UNO)	3–1	1–0	0–0	Oct 26	Nov 2
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (ORU)	PFW	EIU	DEN	OMA	WIU
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (ORU)	6–0	2–0	1–0	Nov 2	Nov 9
Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (PFW)	ORU	OMA	WIU	EIU	DEN
Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (PFW)	0–6	0–1	0–2	Nov 2	Nov 9
Western Illinois Leathernecks (WIU)	OMA	DEN	PFW	EIU	ORU
Western Illinois Leathernecks (WIU)	1–3	4–3	2–0	Oct 26	Nov 9

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4
Team ╲ Round
Oral Roberts	1	1	1	1
Omaha	2	2	2	3
Western Illinois	5	3	3	2
Eastern Illinois	3	4	4	5
Denver	4	5	5	4
Purdue Fort Wayne	6	6	6	6

	2019 Summit League Tournament

Source: TheSummitLeague.org

Postseason

Summit League Tournament

	Semifinals					Championship

	1

	4



	2

	3

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
TBD

Rankings

National rankings

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 13
Eastern Illinois	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV		None released
Eastern Illinois	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Denver	USC	18	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV		None released
Denver	TDS	12	12	14	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Omaha	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV		None released
Omaha	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Oral Roberts	USC	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	20		None released
Oral Roberts	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Purdue Fort Wayne	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV		None released
Purdue Fort Wayne	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Western Illinois	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV		None released
Western Illinois	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Regional rankings - USC West Region

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV		No votes received

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10
Eastern Illinois	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Denver	2	NV	10	10	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Omaha	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Oral Roberts	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	3
Purdue Fort Wayne	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Western Illinois	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Awards and honors

Player of the Week

Week	Offensive Player of the Week			Defensive Player of the Week			Ref.
Week	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Ref.
Sep. 3	Reed Berry	FW	Oral Roberts	Miles Motakef	GK	Oral Roberts	^[15]
Sep. 9	Dante Brigida	MF	Oral Roberts	Miles Motakef	GK	Oral Roberts	^[16]
Sep. 16	Blake Cearns	FW	Purdue Fort Wayne	Will Palmquist	GK	Denver	^[17]
Sep. 23	Dante Brigida	FW	Oral Roberts	Tor Erik Larsen	GK	Purdue Fort Wayne	^[18]
Sep. 30	Juan Arias	MF	Oral Roberts	Miles Motakef	GK	Oral Roberts	^[19]
Oct. 7	Tanguy Gueerineau	FW	Oral Roberts	Gustavo Vargas	DF	Oral Roberts	^[20]
Oct. 14	Paul Kirdorf	MF	Western Illinois	Gonzalo Ledesma	DF	Omaha	^[21]
Oct. 21	Ryan DeBois	FW	Western Illinois	Tim Trilk	GK	Western Illinois	^[22]
Oct. 28
Nov. 4

Postseason honors

Award	Recipient(s)
2019 Summit League Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Offensive Player of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Goalkeeper of the Year
Coach of the Year
Newcomer of the Year

First Team	Second Team	Newcomer Team
2019 Summit League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams

2020 MLS Draft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be held in January 2020.

Rnd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	Team	School

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,^[23] 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.^[24] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

Original MLS team	Player	Pos.	School	Ref.

References

^ "Purdue University Fort Wayne to Join Horizon League" (Press release). Horizon League. August 5, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
^ "Kansas City Roo Athletics Rejoins Summit League" (Press release). Kansas City Athletics. 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c "NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
^ "Eastern Illinois - Msoc Quick Facts" (PDF). sidearmsports.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
^ "Denver Men's Soccer Quick Facts" (PDF). denverpioneers.com. August 21, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
^ Boone, Tony (April 2, 2018). "UNO soccer hires former Creighton coach Bob Warming to replace Jason Mims". Omaha World-Herald. Berkshire Hathaway. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
^ "Ryan Bush Bio". oruathletics.com. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
^ "Men's Soccer Media Resource". gomastodons.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
^ "2018 MSOC Record Book" (PDF). goleathernecks.com. September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
^ "Coaches tab Pioneers as 2019 Summit League Men's Soccer Favorite". The Summit League. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
^ "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.
^ "College Soccer News 2019 Preseason National Poll". CollegeSoccerNews.com. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
^ "Soccer America Men's College Preseason Top 25". socceramerica.com. Soccer America. August 28, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^ "College Soccer National Ranking - Preseason". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
^ "Golden Eagles sweep initial #SummitMSOC weekly awards". The Summit League. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
^ "ORU makes it back-to-back sweeps of #SummitMSOC Player of the Week awards". The Summit League. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
^ "Cearns, Palmquist secure #SummitMSOC weekly honors". The Summit League. 2019-09-16. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
^ "Brigida, Larsen collect #SummitMSOC weekly honors". The Summit League. 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
^ "Golden Eagles sweep #SummitMSOC weekly honors for third time". The Summit League. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
^ "Golden Eagles Sweep #SummitMSOC Weekly Honors for Fourth Time". The Summit League. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
^ "WIU's Kirdorf, Omaha's Ledesma notch #SummitMSOC weekly honors". The Summit League. 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
^ "Leathernecks sweep #SummitMSOC weekly awards". The Summit League. 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
^ "MLS Draft 2013: Homegrown player initiative rises as draft declines". Sporting News.
^ "MLS 2012 Roster Rules". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20.

External links

Summit League Men's Soccer

[1] "Purdue University Fort Wayne to Join Horizon League" (Press release). Horizon League. August 5, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

[2] "Kansas City Roo Athletics Rejoins Summit League" (Press release). Kansas City Athletics. 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2019-06-21.

[ncaa_brackets-3] "NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. Retrieved April 19, 2019.

[4] "Eastern Illinois - Msoc Quick Facts" (PDF). sidearmsports.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.

[5] "Denver Men's Soccer Quick Facts" (PDF). denverpioneers.com. August 21, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2019.

[6] Boone, Tony (April 2, 2018). "UNO soccer hires former Creighton coach Bob Warming to replace Jason Mims". Omaha World-Herald. Berkshire Hathaway. Retrieved June 9, 2019.

[7] "Ryan Bush Bio". oruathletics.com. Retrieved June 10, 2019.

[8] "Men's Soccer Media Resource". gomastodons.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.

[9] "2018 MSOC Record Book" (PDF). goleathernecks.com. September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2019.

[10] "Coaches tab Pioneers as 2019 Summit League Men's Soccer Favorite". The Summit League. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-10-22.

[11] "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.

[12] "College Soccer News 2019 Preseason National Poll". CollegeSoccerNews.com. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

[13] "Soccer America Men's College Preseason Top 25". socceramerica.com. Soccer America. August 28, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

[14] "College Soccer National Ranking - Preseason". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

[15] "Golden Eagles sweep initial #SummitMSOC weekly awards". The Summit League. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-10-22.

[16] "ORU makes it back-to-back sweeps of #SummitMSOC Player of the Week awards". The Summit League. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-10-22.

[17] "Cearns, Palmquist secure #SummitMSOC weekly honors". The Summit League. 2019-09-16. Retrieved 2019-10-22.

[18] "Brigida, Larsen collect #SummitMSOC weekly honors". The Summit League. 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2019-10-22.

[19] "Golden Eagles sweep #SummitMSOC weekly honors for third time". The Summit League. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-10-22.

[20] "Golden Eagles Sweep #SummitMSOC Weekly Honors for Fourth Time". The Summit League. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2019-10-22.

[21] "WIU's Kirdorf, Omaha's Ledesma notch #SummitMSOC weekly honors". The Summit League. 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-22.

[22] "Leathernecks sweep #SummitMSOC weekly awards". The Summit League. 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-10-22.

[23] "MLS Draft 2013: Homegrown player initiative rises as draft declines". Sporting News.

[24] "MLS 2012 Roster Rules". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20.

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v t e Summit League men's soccer
Teams	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (joining in 2025) Denver Pioneers Kansas City Roos Omaha Mavericks Oral Roberts Golden Eagles St. Thomas Tommies
Championships & awards	Summit League Tournament Summit League men's soccer individual awards
Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Tournaments	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023

v t e 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC ASUN Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC ASUN Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings & awards	Rankings United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll All-Americans