2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

DurationAugust 30, 2019 – November 9, 2019

Teams6

2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 30, 2019 – November 9, 2019
Teams	6
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Regular Season
Season MVP	Offensive: Defensive: Goalkeeper:
Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer seasons
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2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
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

‡ – 2019 MVC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 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.

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.

Bradley	—	—	—	—
	United Soccer^[2]	CSN^[3]	SoccerAmerica^[4]	Top DrawerSoccer^[5]
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
Legend: 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

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 13
Bradley	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV		None released
Bradley	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Drake	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV		None released
Drake	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Evansville	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV		None released
Evansville	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Loyola Chicago	USC	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV		None released
Loyola Chicago	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Missouri State	USC	NV	NV	NV	RV	19	17	14	14		None released
Missouri State	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	19	19	21	22
Valpo	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV		None released
Valpo	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
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

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

Award	Recipient(s)
2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[18]
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

First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention
2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[18]
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

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.)

v t e Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer
Members	Belmont Bruins Bowling Green Falcons Bradley Braves Drake Bulldogs Evansville Purple Aces Northern Illinois Huskies (leaving in 2026) UIC Flames Western Michigan Broncos
Competitions	MVC tournament
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v t e 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular season	ACC America East American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Conference tournaments	ACC America East American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National tournaments	NCAA championship game
Rankings & awards	Rankings United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll All-Americans