The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The defending regular season champion was Missouri State, and the defending postseason champion was Bradley.
Missouri State won the regular season championship .
The Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was hosted by Bradley on November 12, 14, and 16. SIUE won the tourney title and the automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship with a 1–0 victory over Missouri State in the second extra time period.
In the NCAA Tournament, the SIUE Cougars defeated Northwestern 1–0 in Evanston before falling in the second round to #15 seed California 0–1 in Berkeley.http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/collegesports-home_top-localsports-soccer-sports/50744892/Challenged
Changes from 2013 None
Teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity Head coach Uniform supplier Bradley Braves Peoria, Illinois Shea Stadium Jim DeRose adidas Central Arkansas Bears Conway, Arkansas Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex Ross Duncan adidas Drake Bulldogs Des Moines, Iowa Cownie Sports Complex Sean Holmes adidas Evansville Purple Aces Evansville, Indiana McCutchan Stadium Mike Jacobs adidas Loyola Ramblers Chicago, Illinois Loyola Soccer Park Neil Jones Nike Missouri State Bears Springfield, Missouri Plaster Sports Complex John Leamy adidas SIU Edwardsville Cougars Edwardsville, Illinois Korte Stadium Brian Jones David Korn adidas
Season outlook 2014 Preseason Coaches' Poll Rank Team (1st-place votes) Points 1 Missouri State (4) 46 2 Evansville (2) 37 3 Bradley (1) 34 4 Drake 31 5 SIUE 23 6 Loyola 16 7 Central Arkansas 9 2014 Preseason MVC All-Conference Team Player School Position Class Hometown (High school) Alec Bartlett Drake Defender Junior Overland Park, KS (St. James Academy) Brian Bement Loyola Forward/Midfield Senior Waterloo, IL (Saint Louis University High) James Fawke Missouri State Defender Senior Cheltenham, England (Bournside School) Mark Gonzalez Evansville Midfield Junior Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Robert F. Hall Catholic) Faik Hajderovic Evansville Forward Junior St. Louis, MO (Mehlville) Darrin MacLeod Drake Goalkeeper Sophomore Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Resurrection Catholic) Logan Miller Central Arkansas Midfield Senior Tomball, TX (Tomball High.) Christian Okeke Bradley Forward Sophomore Wichita Falls, TX (Rider H.S.) Matt Polster SIUE Midfield Senior Las Vegas, NV (Palo Verde) Jack Roberts Missouri State Midfield Senior Leicester, England (John Cleveland College) Matt Taphorn Central Arkansas Defender Senior Denver, CO. (Rangeview) Christian Volesky SIUE Forward Senior Henderson, NV (Foothill)
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Honors Sources: http://cdn.streamlinetechnologies.com/mvc/903FEB25-22AC-4608-943E-2803F1D54F8C/2014%20Men's%20Soccer%20Scholar-Athlete%20Release.pdf
2014 NSCAA Men's University Division Scholar All-America Teams First Team— Defender Matt Polster, SIUE, 3.46 Business Administration, Las Vegas, NV
Second Team— Defender James Fawke, Missouri State, 3.45 Administrative Management, Cheltenham, England
2014 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's All-West Region Teams First Team— Defender Matt Polster, SIUE; Midfielder Christian Volesky, SIUE
Second Team— Defender James Fawke, Missouri State; Defender Eric Schoendorf, Loyola; Forward Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Evansville
Third Team— Goalkeeper Tim Dobrowolski, Loyola; Defender Parker Maher, Missouri State; Forward Cody Lofgren, Bradley; Forward Christian Okeke, Bradley
2014 MVC awards 2014 MVC Player of the Year — Christian Volesky, SIUE
2014 MVC Defensive Player of the Year — Matt Polster, SIUE
2014 MVC Goalkeeper of the Year — Tim Dobrowolski, Loyola
2014 MVC Freshman of the Year — Kyle Thomson, Loyola
2014 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year — Loyola (Neil Jones, Nate Boyden, Brian Plotkin, Jeremy Proud)
2014 MVC Fair Play Award— Evansville
2014 MVC All-Conference First Team Player School Position Class Hometown (High school/Previous college) Tim Dobrowolski Loyola Goalkeeper Junior Rockford, Illinois (Boylan Catholic) Mark Anthony Gonzalez Evansville Forward Junior Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Robert F. Hall Catholic) Emmerich Heogg Missouri State Midfielder Junior Crestview, Florida (Choctawhatchee) Faik Hajderovic Evansville Midfielder Junior St. Louis, Missouri (Mehlville) Christian Volesky SIUE Midfielder Senior Henderson, Nevada (Foothill/Denver) James Wypych Drake Midfielder Sophomore Wellington, New Zealand (St. Patrick’s College/New Mexico) Alec Bartlett Drake Defender Junior Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy/Creighton) James Fawke Missouri State Defender Senior Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom (Bournside School) Patrick Hodges Evansville Defender Senior Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy/Creighton) Matt Polster SIUE Defender Senior Las Vegas, Nevada (Palo Verde) Eric Schoendorf Loyola Defender Junior Delafield, Wisconsin (Catholic Memorial)
2014 MVC All-Conference Second Team Player School Position Class Hometown (High school?Previous college) Kent Kobernus SIUE Goalkeeper Senior Millstadt, Illinois (Belleville West/Wisconsin) Cody Lofgren Bradley Forward Senior Cleveland, Texas (Kingwood Park/Oral Roberts) Charlie Macias Evansville Forward Senior Westerville, Ohio (St. Charles Prep) Christian Okeke Bradley Forward Sophomore Wichita Falls, Texas (S. H. Rider) Elliot Collier Loyola Midfielder Freshman Hamilton, New Zealand (Saint Paul’s Collegiate) Jack Roberts Missouri State Midfielder Senior Leicester, England, United Kingdom (John Cleveland College) Luis Romero Evansville Midfielder Senior Louisville, Kentucky (Male) Grant Bell Bradley Defender Junior Little Falls, Minnesota (Little Falls Community) Brandon Besong Missouri State Defender Senior Cedar Rapids, Iowa (George Washington) Justin Bilyeu SIUE Defender Junior St. Louis, Missouri (CBC) Parker Maher Missouri STate Defender Senior Joplin, Missouri (Joplin)
2014 MVC All-Freshman Team Player School Position Hometown (High school) Harrison Veith Central Arkansas Goalkeeper Richmond, Texas (Foster) Gabe Edel Drake Forward Greenwood, Indiana (Center Grove) Steven Enna Drake Forward Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy) Elliot Collier Loyola Midfielder Hamilton, New Zealand (Saint Paul’s Collegiate) Brody Kraussel Loyola Midfielder Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Muskego) Ian McGrath Evansville Midfielder New Lenox, Illinois (Lincoln-Way West) Kyle Thomson Loyola Midfielder Park Ridge, Illinois (Maine South) William Woody Central Arkansas Midfielder Asheville, North Carolina (Home school) Mason Leonard Drake Defender Overland Park, Kansas (Blue Valley Northwest) Rob Oslica Missouri State Defender Ozark, Missouri. (Ozark) Jacob Taylor Bradley Defender Dunlap, Illinois (Dunlap)
2014 MVC All-Tournament Team 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP— Jabari Danzy, SIUE
Player School Position Brian Bement Loyola Forward Justin Bilyeu SIUE Defender Andrew Brown Bradley Midfielder Jabari Danzy SIUE Midfielder James Fawke Missouri State Defender Patrick Hodges Evansville Defender Kent Kobernus SIUE Goalkeeper Cody Lofgren Bradley Forward Brian Lunar Loyola Defender Parker Maher Missouri State Defender Matt Polster SIUE Defender Alex Troester Drake Midfielder Andrew Turner Missouri State Defender
2014 MVC Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete Team
Player School Year GPA Major Hometown (High School / Previous School) Alec Bartlett Drake Junior 3.56 Biology Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy) Brandon Besong Missouri State Senior 3.52 Accounting Cedar Rapids, Iowa (George Washington) Sam Cusack Central Arkansas Senior 3.90 Finance London, England (— \ Yavapai C.C.) James Fawke Missouri State Senior 3.45 Business Administration Management Cheltenham, England (Bournside School) Daniel Hare Loyola Junior 3.87 Sports Management Overland Park, Kansas (Rockhurst High) Andrew Kovacevic Bradley Sophomore 3.94 Finance Naperville, Illinois (Neuqua Valley) Zach Kovacevic Bradley Senior 3.50 Health Science Naperville, Illinois (Neuqua Valley) Charlie Macias Evansville Senior 3.38 Finance Westerville, Ohio (St. Charles Prep) Matt Polster SIUE Senior 3.46 Business (Finance) Las Vegas, Nevada (Palo Verde) Kevin Schafer Evansville Senior 3.90 Mechanical Engineering Albuquerque, New Mexico (Shattuc-St. Mary's) Thomas Schermoly Drake Senior 3.76 Biology Olathe, Kansas (St. Thomas Aquinas) Nick Schroeder Evansville Senior 3.95 Pre-Physical Therapy Brighton, Michigan (Brighton) Alex Troester Drake Junior 3.95 Biochemistry, Cellulary & Molecular Biology Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa City West) Addison Watson Missouri State Sophomore 3.41 Criminology Starkville, Mississippi (Starkville) Jacob Wieser SIUE Junior 3.93 Nursing St. Louis, Missouri (St. Mary's)
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