2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season will be the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season will begin in late August 2019 and conclude in mid-November 2019.

2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 30, 2019 – November 9, 2019
Number of teams6
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Regular Season
Season MVPOffensive:
Defensive:
Goalkeeper:
Tournament
2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

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 3,800 Jim DeRose adidas
Drake Bulldogs Des Moines, Iowa Cownie Sports Complex 2,000 Gareth Smith adidas
Evansville Purple Aces Evansville, Indiana Arad McCutchan Stadium 2,500 Marshall Ray adidas
Loyola Ramblers Chicago, Illinois Loyola Soccer Park 500 Neil Jones Nike
Missouri State Bears Springfield, Missouri Robert W. Plaster Stadium 16,600 John Leamy adidas
Valparaiso Crusaders Valparaiso, Indiana Brown Field 5,000 Mike Avery Nike

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
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————
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.

Home \ Away BRA DRA EVN LOY MSU VPO
Bradley — 1–0 Nov. 9 0–0 1–2 1–0
Drake 2–0 — 1–0 1–2 Nov. 9 1–3
Evansville 0–1 0–2 — 1–2 0–4 0–1
Loyola Chicago 0–0 3–3 1–0 — 1–2 2–0
Missouri State 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 — 3–1
Valparaiso 1–2 0–2 2–1 Nov. 9 2–3 —
Source: MVC-Sports.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Rankings

National rankings
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  PreWk
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
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		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12
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
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.
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]
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12

Postseason

MVC Tournament

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer 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
N/A Missouri State W 1–0 vs. Denver – (Springfield, MO) L 1–2 (OT) vs. UCF – (Orlando, FL)
N/A 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)
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

Michael 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, Bradley

Nathan Wisbey,
Ian Jones, Sr., FW, Missouri State

2020 MLS Draft
Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

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
4 88 Matthew Bentley FW Minnesota United Missouri State (Sr.)
4 92 Aidan Megally MF FC Dallas Loyola Chicago (Sr.)

Homegrown players
Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

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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