2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Soccer |
Duration | August 30, 2019 – November 9, 2019 |
Number of teams | 6 |
2020 MLS SuperDraft | |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | Offensive: Defensive: Goalkeeper: |
Tournament |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Missouri State + | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 18 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Chicago ‡ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 11 | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 15 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began in late August 2019 and concluded in mid-November 2019.
Changes from 2018
Central Arkansas left the Missouri Valley Conference as an affiliate member to become an affiliate member of the Sun Belt Conference.
Teams
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach | Uniform supplier |
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Bradley Braves | Peoria, Illinois | Shea Stadium | 3,800 | ![]() |
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Drake Bulldogs | Des Moines, Iowa | Cownie Sports Complex | 2,000 | ![]() |
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Evansville Purple Aces | Evansville, Indiana | Arad McCutchan Stadium | 2,500 | ![]() |
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Loyola Ramblers | Chicago, Illinois | Loyola Soccer Park | 500 | ![]() |
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Missouri State Bears | Springfield, Missouri | Robert W. Plaster Stadium | 16,600 | ![]() |
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Valparaiso Crusaders | Valparaiso, Indiana | Brown Field | 5,000 | ![]() |
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Preseason
Preseason poll
The preseason poll was released on August 15, 2019. Missouri State was picked to win the MVC championship.[1]
Team Ranking | Points | First | |
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1. | Missouri State | 32 | 4 |
2. | Loyola Chicago | 31 | 1 |
3. | Drake | 22 | 1 |
4. | Bradley | 18 | 0 |
5. | Evansville | 12 | 0 |
6. | Valpo | 11 | 0 |
Preseason national polls
The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019.
United Soccer[2] |
CSN[3] | SoccerAmerica[4] | Top DrawerSoccer[5] | |
Bradley | — | — | — | — |
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Drake | — | — | — | — |
Evansville | — | — | — | — |
Loyola Chicago | — | RV | — | — |
Missouri State | — | RV | — | — |
Valparaiso | — | — | — | — |
Preseason all-MVC team
To be announced in August 2019.
Regular season
Early season tournaments
Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.
Team | Tournament | Finish |
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Conference results
Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.
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 12 |
Wk 13 |
Wk 14 |
Wk 15 |
Wk 16 |
Final | ||
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Bradley | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | |||||||||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||||||||
Drake | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | |||||||||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||||||||
Evansville | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | |||||||||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||||||||
Loyola Chicago | USC | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | None released | |||||||||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||||||||
Missouri State | USC | NV | NV | NV | RV | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | None released | |||||||||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | ||||||||||
Valpo | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | |||||||||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
Regional rankings — United Soccer West Region
Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10 | |
NV | No votes received |
The United Soccer West Region for 2019 compares teams across the Missouri Valley, WCC, and Summit League.
Wk 1 |
Wk 2 |
Wk 3 |
Wk 4 |
Wk 5 |
Wk 6 |
Wk 7 |
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Wk 10 |
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Bradley | 10 | 9 | NV | NV | NV | 10 | 10 | |||||
Drake | NV | NV | NV | NV | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||
Evansville | 9 | NV | 9 | NV | NV | NV | NV | |||||
Loyola Chicago | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
Missouri State | NV | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Valparaiso | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
NCAA RPI Rankings
Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking |
Wk 6 |
Wk 7 |
Wk 8 |
Wk 9 |
Wk 10 |
Wk 11 |
Wk 12 | |
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Bradley | 138 | ||||||
Drake | 133 | ||||||
Evansville | 175 | ||||||
Loyola Chicago | 41 | ||||||
Missouri State | 20 | ||||||
Valparaiso | 140 |
Players of the Week
Date | Offensive Player of the Week | Class | Position | School | Defensive Player of the Week | Class | Position | School | Ref. | |
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September 3 | Cole Rainwater | Fr. | FW | Valpo | Jacob McKee | Sr. | DF | Bradley | [6] | |
September 10 | Gerit Wintermeyer | Jr. | FW | Bradley | Jack Denton | So. | MF | Missouri State | [7] | |
September 17 | Josh Dolling | Jr. | FW | Missouri State | Kyle Hiebert | Jr. | DF | Missouri State | [8] | |
September 24 | Stuart Wilkin | Sr. | MF | Missouri State | Luke Anderson | So. | GK | Drake | [9] | |
October 1 | Aidan Megally | Sr. | MF | Loyola Chicago | Ben Stroud | Sr. | DF | Missouri State | [10] | |
October 8 | Roman Schindler | Sr. | FW | Bradley | Michael Creek | Jr. | GK | Missouri State | [11] | |
October 15 | Aidan Megally | Sr. | MF | Loyola Chicago | Greg Stratton | Jr. | DF | Missouri State | [12] | |
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November 5 | ||||||||||
November 12 |
Postseason
MVC Tournament
NCAA Tournament
Two teams from the MVC were selected to the NCAA Tournament: the regular season champions, Missouri State, and the tournament champions, Loyola Chicago.[13] Neither team was given a second round bye. Missouri State was selected to host a first round matchup.[13] In the NCAA Tournament, Missouri State beat Denver in the first round[14] before losing to the ninth-seeded UCF in the second round.[15] Loyola Chicago lost their first round matchup to Kentucky in the opening round.[16][17]
Seed | School | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
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— | Missouri State | W 1–0 vs. Denver – (Springfield, MO) | L 1–2 (OT) vs. UCF – (Orlando, FL) | ||||
— | Loyola Chicago | L 1–2 (OT) vs. Kentucky – (Lexington, KY) | |||||
W–L–T (%): | 1–1–0 (.500) | 0–1–0 (.000) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) Total: 1–2–0 (.333) |
Postseason awards and honors
2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Individual Awards[18] | |
Award | Recipient(s) |
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Player of the Year | Aidan Megally – Loyola Chicago |
Offensive Player of the Year | Matthew Bentley – Missouri State |
Defensive Player of the Year | Kyle Hiebert – Missouri State |
Goalkeeper of the Year | Michael Creek – Missouri State |
Coach of the Year | Jon Leamy – Missouri State |
Freshman of the Year | Andy Mitchell – Loyola Chicago |
2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[18] | ||
First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention |
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Michael Creek, R-Jr., GK, Missouri State |
Nathan Wisbey, |
2020 MLS Draft
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9 and 13 2020. Two players from the conference were drafted.
Rnd. | Pick | Player | Pos. | Team | School |
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4 | 88 | Matthew Bentley | FW | Minnesota United | Missouri State (Sr.) |
4 | 92 | Aidan Megally | MF | FC Dallas | Loyola Chicago (Sr.) |
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,[19] 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.[20] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.
Original MLS team | Player | Pos. | School | Ref. |
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References
- ^ "Missouri State Picked to Win Valley Men's Soccer Crown". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "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. August 17, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Soccer America Preseason Men's College Top 25". Soccer America. August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "College Soccer National Ranking: Men's DI Top 25". Advanced Sports Media, LLC. August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 3)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 10)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 17)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 24)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Oct. 1)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Oct. 8)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Oct. 15)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ a b "Loyola, Missouri State to Represent MVC in NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament". mvc-sports.com. November 18, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Hall, Erik (November 21, 2019). "Missouri State men's soccer beats Denver, wins first NCAA Tournament game". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Gramajo, Mike. "UCF men's soccer pushing to extend historic season with home NCAA Tournament win over Missouri State". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "Loyola Falls to Kentucky, 2-1 In Gut-Wrenching Overtime Match". mvc-sports.com. November 21, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Mahan, Mark (November 22, 2019). "Kentucky Beats Loyola Chicago in NCAA Men's Soccer". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "MVC Announces Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- ^ "MLS Draft 2013: Homegrown player initiative rises as draft declines". Sporting News.
- ^ "MLS 2012 Roster Rules". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20.