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 Bradley Braves Peoria, Illinois Shea Stadium Jim DeRose adidas Drake Bulldogs Des Moines, Iowa Cownie Sports Complex Gareth Smith adidas Evansville Purple Aces Evansville, Indiana Arad McCutchan Stadium Marshall Ray adidas Loyola Ramblers Chicago, Illinois Loyola Soccer Park Neil Jones Nike Missouri State Bears Springfield, Missouri Robert W. Plaster Stadium John Leamy adidas Valparaiso Crusaders Valparaiso, Indiana Brown Field Mike Avery Nike
Preseason Preseason poll The preseason poll was released on August 15, 2019. Missouri State was picked to win the MVC championship. Team ranking PointsFirst 1. Missouri State324 2. Loyola Chicago311 3. Drake221 4. Bradley18 0 5. Evansville120 6. Valpo110
Preseason national polls The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019. UnitedSoccer CSNSoccerAmericaTop DrawerSoccerBradley — — — —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
Conference results Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.
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 FinalBradley NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVDrake NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVEvansville NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVLoyola Chicago NVRVNVNVNVNVRVRVNone released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVMissouri State NVNVNVRV19171414None released NVNVNVNVRV19192122Valpo NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Regional rankings — United Soccer West Region Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 10NVNo votes received The United Soccer West Region for 2019 compares teams across the Missouri Valley, WCC, and Summit League. Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12Bradley109NVNVNV1010DrakeNVNVNVNV999Evansville9NV9NVNVNVNVLoyola Chicago5766666Missouri StateNV522221ValparaisoNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
NCAA RPI Rankings Improvement in ranking Drop in ranking Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12Bradley138Drake133Evansville175Loyola Chicago41Missouri State20Valparaiso140
Players of the Week DateOffensive Player of the WeekClassPositionSchoolDefensive Player of the WeekClassPositionSchoolRef. September 3Cole Rainwater Fr. FW ValpoJacob McKee Sr. DF Bradley September 10Gerit Wintermeyer Jr. FW BradleyJack Denton So. MF Missouri State September 17Josh Dolling Jr. FW Missouri StateKyle Hiebert Jr. DF Missouri State September 24Stuart Wilkin Sr. MF Missouri StateLuke Anderson So. GK Drake October 1Aidan Megally Sr. MF Loyola ChicagoBen Stroud Sr. DF Missouri State October 8 Roman Schindler Sr. FW Bradley Michael Creek Jr. GK Missouri State October 15Aidan Megally Sr. MF Loyola ChicagoGreg Stratton Jr. DF Missouri State October 22 October 29 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. Neither team was given a second round bye. Missouri State was selected to host a first round matchup. In the NCAA Tournament, Missouri State beat Denver in the first round before losing to the ninth-seeded UCF in the second round. Loyola Chicago lost their first round matchup to Kentucky in the opening round.
Seed School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 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 (%): Total:
Postseason awards and honors 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Player of the YearAidan Megally – Loyola ChicagoOffensive Player of the YearMatthew Bentley – Missouri StateDefensive Player of the YearKyle Hiebert – Missouri StateGoalkeeper of the YearMichael Creek – Missouri StateCoach of the YearJon Leamy – Missouri StateFreshman of the YearAndy Mitchell – Loyola Chicago
2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Honorable MentionMichael Creek, R-Jr., GK, Missouri State Kyle Hiebert, R-Jr., DF, Missouri State Walid Kherat, R-Sr., DF, Bradley Ben Stroud, Sr., DF, Missouri State Aidan Megally, Sr., MF, Loyola Chicago Justin Sukow, Jr., MF, Loyola Chicago Stuart Wilkin, Sr., MF, Missouri State Matthew Bentley, Sr., FW, Missouri State Josh Dolling, Jr., FW, Missouri State Leroy Enzugusi, Jr., FW, Drake Gerit Wintermeyer, Jr., FW, BradleyNathan Wisbey, Ian Jones, Sr., FW, Missouri State
2020 MLS Draft
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9 and 13 2020. Two players from the conference were drafted.
Player Team School488FWMinnesota UnitedMissouri State (Sr.)492MFFC DallasLoyola 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, 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.
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