2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Site	Loyola Soccer Park Chicago, Illinois
Champions	Loyola Chicago (1st title)
Winning coach	Neil Jones (1st title)
MVP	Aidan Megally (Loyola Chicago)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament «2018  2020»

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 tournament was the 30th edition of the competition. The tournament was played from November 13 until November 17, 2019.

Loyola Chicago won their first MVC championship, beating regular season champions, Missouri State, in the final.

Background

Main article: 2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the culmination of the regular season. The regular season conference matches determine the seeding in the tournament, which determines the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. All teams in the Missouri Valley Conference, or MVC, play each other once during the season. Teams play certain teams at home during even number years, and then will play those teams on the road during odd number years. Teams are awarded three points for a win, a point for a draw and no points for a loss.

In the event that teams are tied on points, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head record. If that tiebreaker is tied, goal differential is applied, followed by goals scored, then away goals, then RPI.

Missouri State won the regular season with a perfect 10–0–0 record, the first time a MVC program had won all 10 conference games in MVC history.^[1] Both programs earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament. Loyola Chicago lost in overtime to Kentucky in the opening round.^[2] Missouri State defeated Denver in the first round^[3] before losing to UCF in the second round.^[4][5]

Seeding

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Missouri State	10–0–0
2	Loyola Chicago	5–2–3
3	Bradley	5–3–2
4	Drake	4–5–1
5	Valparaiso	3–7–0
6	Evansville	0–10–0

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 13					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 15					Final Sunday, Nov. 17
						2	Loyola Chicago	2
	3	Bradley	2			3	Bradley	1
	6	Evansville	0								2	Loyola Chicago (pen.)	1 (5)
											1	Missouri State	1 (4)
						1	Missouri State	1
	4	Drake (a.e.t.)	2			4	Drake	0
	5	Valparaiso	1

Results

Quarterfinals

November 13, 2019

1:00 p.m. CST

No. 4 Drake	2–1 (a.e.t.)	No. 5 Valparaiso
Bartlett 87' Enzugusi 103'	Report	Marcey 17'

Loyola Soccer Park, Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 98

Referee: Art Arustamyan

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November 13, 2019

4:00 p.m. CST

No. 3 Bradley	2–0	No. 6 Evansville
Wintermeyer 26', 89'	Report

Loyola Soccer Park, Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 127

Referee: Alex Beehler

Semifinals

November 15, 2019

1:00 p.m. CST

No. 1 Missouri State	1–0	No. 4 Drake
Dolling 67'	Report

Loyola Soccer Park, Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 163

Referee: Heber Estrada

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November 15, 2019

4:00 p.m. CST

No. 2 Loyola Chicago	2–1	No. 3 Bradley
Megally 27' Sukow 60'	Report	Kullmann 15' (o.g.)

Loyola Soccer Park, Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 282

Referee: Cesar Ibarra

Final

November 17, 2019

No. 2 Loyola Chicago	1–1 (a.e.t.)	No. 1 Missouri State
Biggs 89'	Report	Bentley 57'
Penalties
Megally Sukow Dias Woehrle Schweinert Magno Stoneman	5–4	Bentley Mulatero Dolling Jones Stroud Denton Stratton

Loyola Soccer Park, Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 303

Referee: Gregory Dopka

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
2020 MVC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[6]
Mason Marcey	Valparaiso
Ethan Garvey	Evansville
Leroy Enzugusi	Drake
Lucas Bartlett
Gerit Wintermeyer	Bradley
Nathan Wisbey
Josh Dolling	Missouri State
Kyle Hiebert
Stuart Wilkin
Billy Hency	Loyola Chicago
Andy Mitchell
Aidan Megally
Justin Sukow

MVP in bold

References

1. "Bracket Set For 2019 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". mvc-sports.com. November 8, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
2. "Kentucky's NCAA tourney opener went to OT. Then a thrilling play saved the day". Lexington Herald Leader. kentucky.com. November 19, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
3. Wheeler, Wyatt (November 21, 2019). "'It's just a proud moment': Missouri State men's soccer takes in historic NCAA Tournament victory". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
4. Gramajo, Mike (November 24, 2019). "UCF earns historic NCAA Tournament win over Missouri State after Cal Jennings golden goal". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
5. Louzader, Don (November 25, 2019). "Missouri State Soccer Bears Fall 2-1 in O-T at UCF to End Historic Season". KTTS-FM. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
6. "Ramblers Claim First MVC Men's Soccer Tourney Title". mvc-sports.com. November 17, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2020.

External links

• 2019 MVC Men's Soccer Championship Central