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2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 30, 2019 – November 9, 2019
Number of teams	6
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Regular Season
Season MVP	Offensive: Defensive: Goalkeeper:
Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer seasons
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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	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.

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019.

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.

Conference results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

Rankings

National rankings

Regional rankings — United Soccer West Region

The United Soccer West Region for 2019 compares teams across the Missouri Valley, WCC, and Summit League.

NCAA RPI Rankings

Players of the Week

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.

Postseason awards and honors

2020 MLS Draft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9 and 13 2020. Two players from the conference were drafted.

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.

References

1. "Missouri State Picked to Win Valley Men's Soccer Crown". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
2. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National Pre-Season Poll — August 6, 2019". United Soccer Coaches. August 6, 2019. Archived from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
3. "College Soccer News 2019 Preseason National Poll". CollegeSoccerNews.com. August 17, 2019. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
4. "Soccer America Preseason Men's College Top 25". Soccer America. August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
5. "College Soccer National Ranking: Men's DI Top 25". Advanced Sports Media, LLC. August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
6. "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 3)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
7. "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 10)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
8. "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 17)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
9. "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Sept. 24)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
10. "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Oct. 1)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
11. "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Oct. 8)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
12. "MVC Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook (Oct. 15)". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
13. ^ "Loyola, Missouri State to Represent MVC in NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament". mvc-sports.com. November 18, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
14. Hall, Erik (November 21, 2019). "Missouri State men's soccer beats Denver, wins first NCAA Tournament game". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
15. Gramajo, Mike. "UCF men's soccer pushing to extend historic season with home NCAA Tournament win over Missouri State". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
16. "Loyola Falls to Kentucky, 2-1 In Gut-Wrenching Overtime Match". mvc-sports.com. November 21, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
17. Mahan, Mark (November 22, 2019). "Kentucky Beats Loyola Chicago in NCAA Men's Soccer". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
18. ^ "MVC Announces Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
19. "MLS Draft 2013: Homegrown player initiative rises as draft declines". Sporting News. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
20. "MLS 2012 Roster Rules". Archived from the original on February 20, 2012.

External links

• MVC Soccer

• 2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
• 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season