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. 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.
Head coaches
Team Head coach Previous job Years atschool Overall record Record atschool Summitrecord NCAATournaments NCAACollege Cups NCAATitles Ref.Eastern Illinois Eastern Illinois (asst.) 4 0 0 0 Denver Denver (asst.) 5 4 1 0 Omaha Penn State 2 14 2 0 Oral Roberts Oral Roberts (asst.) 7 0 0 0 Purdue Fort Wayne IPFW (asst.) 13 0 0 0 Western Illinois Loras 23 6 0 0
Preseason
Preseason poll The preseason poll was released on August 19, 2019. Team ranking PointsFirst place votes 1. Denver244 2.Omaha212 3.Purdue Fort Wayne160 4. Oral Roberts130 5. Western Illinois90 6. Eastern Illinois70
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. UnitedSoccer CSN SoccerAmerica Top DrawerSoccerEastern Illinois — — — —Denver 18 17 19 12Omaha 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) Denver Stockholm, SWE (Brommapojkarna) Denver Henderson, NV (Cal Baptist) Eastern Illinois 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 PostponedClubMatch 12345Denver Pioneers(DEN) EIU WIU ORU OMA PFW 0–0 3–4 0–1 2–0 3–1Eastern Illinois Panthers(EIU) DEN ORU UNO WIU PFW 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–0Omaha Mavericks(UNO) WIU PFW EIU DEN ORU 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–3Oral Roberts Golden Eagles(ORU) PFW EIU DEN OMA WIU 6–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–2Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons(PFW) ORU OMA WIU EIU DEN 0–6 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–3Western Illinois Leathernecks(WIU) OMA DEN PFW EIU ORU 1–3 4–3 2–0 2–1 2–1
Positions by round
Postseason
Summit League tournament
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1 DenverL, 0–1 at Missouri State—————
Rankings
National rankings Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25NVNo votes received Pre Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 FinalEastern Illinois NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVDenver 18RVRVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released 121214NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVOmaha NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVOral Roberts NVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV2420None released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVPurdue Fort Wayne NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVWestern Illinois NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Regional rankings - USC West Region Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 10NVNo votes received Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12Eastern IllinoisNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVDenver2NV1010NVNVNVNVNVNVOmahaNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVOral Roberts6654444533Purdue Fort WayneNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVWestern IllinoisNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Awards and honors
Player of the Week Week Offensive Player of the Week Defensive Player of the WeekRef. Player Position Team Player Position Team Sep. 3Reed BerryFWOral RobertsMiles MotakefGKOral Roberts Sep. 9Dante BrigidaMFOral RobertsMiles MotakefGKOral Roberts Sep. 16Blake CearnsFWPurdue Fort WayneWill PalmquistGKDenver Sep. 23Dante BrigidaFWOral RobertsTor Erik LarsenGKPurdue Fort Wayne Sep. 30Juan AriasMFOral RobertsMiles MotakefGKOral Roberts Oct. 7Tanguy GueerineauFWOral RobertsGustavo VargasDFOral Roberts Oct. 14Paul KirdorfMFWestern IllinoisGonzalo LedesmaDFOmaha Oct. 21Ryan DeBoisFWWestern IllinoisTim TrilkGKWestern Illinois Oct. 28 Nov. 4
Postseason honors
2019 Summit League Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Offensive Player of the YearDefensive Player of the YearGoalkeeper of the YearCoach of the YearNewcomer of the Year
2019 Summit League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Newcomer Team
2020 MLS Draft
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9, 2020. No players from the Summit League were selected in the draft.
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, 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. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.
Original MLS team Player SchoolRef.
References
External links Summit League Men's Soccer