2019 Missouri State Bears soccer team

The 2019 Missouri State Bears soccer team represented the Missouri State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 5. It was the program's 39th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 30th season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The 2019 season was Jon Leamy's 28th year as head coach for the program.

2019 Missouri State Bears men's soccer
Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 10
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 12
Record18–1–1 (10–0–0 The Valley)
Head coach
  • Jon Leamy (28th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Michael Seabolt (13th season)
  • Will Lukowski (1st season)
  • Phil Woods (1st season)
CaptainJosh Dolling
Home stadiumBetty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Missouri State + 10 –0 –018 –1 –1
Loyola Chicago ‡ 5 –2 –311 –4 –4
Bradley 5 –2 –28 –6 –4
Drake 4 –5 –18 –9 –1
Valparaiso 3 –7 –04 –13 –1
Evansville 0 –10 –02 –15 –1
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2019 season has proved to be one of the most successful seasons in the program's history. The program finished the regular season with a perfect 16–0–0 record, and were ranked as high as 9th in the nation in the United Soccer Coaches poll, their highest ranking since 1999. They lost in the Championship game of the MVC Tournament on penalties to Loyola Chicago. In the First Round of the NCAA Soccer Tournament they defeated Denver 1-0. In the second round they lost 2-1 at Central Florida, in Overtime.

Background

Player movement

Arrivals
Name Nat. Hometown High School Club TDS Rating
Pau Ruiz
GK
 ESPBarcelona, ESPLa Salle CongresDamm
Giacomo Sala
DF
 ITAMonza, ITACollegio Bianconi
Jon Koka
FW
 ESPBilbao, ESPMaristak DurangoEibar
Samuel Joyce
MF
 SCONorthumberland, UKSt Thomas More CatholicNewcastle United
Kian Yari
MF
 ENGAltrincham, UKSt Ambrose
Connor Bates
MF
 USACanton, MIShattuck-Saint Mary'sShattuck-Saint Mary's

Roster
As of October 18, 2019[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
00 GK Spain ESP Pau Ruiz
0 GK United States USA Gage Steiner
1 GK United States USA Michael Creek
2 DF England ENG Connor Langan
3 DF United States USA Greg Stratton
4 DF Italy ITA Giacomo Sala
5 DF United States USA Evan DeGreeff
6 DF New Zealand NZL Ben Stroud
7 FW Italy ITA Nicolo Mulatero
8 MF England ENG Will Osgathorpe
9 FW England ENG Matthew Bentley
10 FW England ENG Josh Dolling
11 MF Malaysia MAS Stuart Wilkin
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Norway NOR Aadne Bruseth
14 FW Spain ESP Jon Koka
15 MF Scotland SCO Samuel Joyce
16 DF Sweden SWE Hugo Jönsson
17 FW United States USA Ian Jones
18 MF New Zealand NZL Zac Newdick
19 MF England ENG Jack Denton
20 MF England ENG Kian Yari
21 DF Canada CAN Kyle Hiebert
22 MF United States USA Connor Bates
23 DF New Zealand NZL Sean Green
26 FW United States USA Dawson Lee

Season results

Fall exhibitions
August 21, 2019 (2019-08-21) 1 Creighton 0–0 Missouri State Omaha, NE
7:00 p.m. CST Stadium: Morrison Stadium
August 24, 2019 (2019-08-24) 2 Saint Louis 0–0 Missouri State St. Louis, MO
6:00 p.m. CST Stadium: Hermann Stadium

Regular season
August 29, 2019 (2019-08-29) 1 Missouri State Postponed Kansas City Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02) 2 Santa Clara 0–1 Missouri State Santa Clara, CA
9:30 p.m. CST
  • Christensen Yellow card 44'
  • Osei Yellow card 84'
 Report
  • Dolling 39'
 Stadium: Stevens Stadium
Attendance: 337
Referee: Ian Anderson
September 7, 2019 (2019-09-07) 3 Kansas City 0–3 Missouri State Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CST
  • Caruso Yellow card 44'
  • Ray-Campoy Yellow card 77'
  • Temm Yellow card 87'
 Report
  • Dolling 25'
  • Osgathorpe 64'
  • Jonsson 82'
 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 370
Referee: Matthew Seem
September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10) 4 Missouri State 1–0 Central Arkansas Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST
Report Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 568
Referee: Roy Robinson
September 14, 2019 (2019-09-14) 5 Missouri State 2–1 (a.e.t.) Tulsa Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST
Report
  • Partain 8'
  • Garcia Yellow card 63'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Ellsworth
September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18) 6 Missouri State 3–1 Valparaiso Springfield, MO
12:00 p.m. CST
Report
  • Cushing 33'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 124
Referee: Kale Allatayfeh
September 22, 2019 (2019-09-22) 7 Loyola Chicago 1–2 (a.e.t.) Missouri State Chicago, IL
CST
Report
Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 319
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) 8 Western Illinois 0–4 #19 Missouri State Macomb, IL
CST
  • Owen 61'
 Report
  • Multatero 9'
  • Stroud 44', 70'
  • Dolling 85'
 Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field
Attendance: 140
October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01) 9 #17 Missouri State 1–0 (a.e.t.) Omaha Springfield, MO
6:00 p.m. CST
  • Hiebert Yellow card 51'
  • Denton Yellow card 80'
  • Stroud gold-colored soccer ball 107'
Report
  • Rinderknecht Yellow card 2'
  • Mateu Yellow card 52'
  • Nelson Yellow card 95'
  • Gomez Yellow card 107'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 712
Referee: Shane Butler
October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05) 10 Evansville 0–4 #17 Missouri State Evansville, IN
5:00 p.m. CST
  • Brunetti Yellow card 48'
 Report
Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium
Attendance: 263
Referee: Michael Robertson
October 9, 2019 (2019-10-09) 11 #14 Missouri State 3–0 Bradley Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST
Report
  • Kovačević Yellow card 17'
  • Lang Yellow card 45'
  • Wintermeyer Yellow card 77'
  • Schindler Yellow card 81'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 328
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13) 12 #14 Missouri State 3–1 Drake Springfield, MO
1:00 p.m. CST
Report
  • Wilson 44' Red card 75'
  • Poppen Yellow card 78'
  • Misselhorn Yellow card 90'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 242
Referee: Julio Tonoco
October 19, 2019 (2019-10-19) 13 Bradley 1–2 #14 Missouri State Peoria, IL
7:00 p.m. CST
  • Johnson 26'
  • Lang Yellow card 37'
  • McKee Yellow card 60'
  • Wintermeyer Yellow card 76'
 Report
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Attendance: 838
Referee: Edmundo Ramirez
October 26, 2019 (2019-10-26) 14 #9 Missouri State 2–1 Evansville Springfield, MO
5:00 p.m. CST
  • Mulatero 5'
  • Bentley 52'
  • Stroud Yellow card 90'
 Report
  • Hall 66'
  • Pavlič Yellow card 67'
  • Graham Yellow card 85'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 386
Referee: Don Tebo
October 30, 2019 (2019-10-30) 15 Valparaiso 2–3 (a.e.t.) Missouri State Valparaiso, IN
12:00 p.m. CST
  • Eaton Yellow card 30'
  • Waugaman 44' Yellow card 91'
  • Madondo 50'
 Report
Stadium: Brown Field
Attendance: 54
Referee: Nicholas Balcer
November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03) 16 #9 Missouri State 2–1 #23 Loyola Chicago Springfield, MO
1:00 p.m. CST
Report
Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 1,064
Referee: Sorin Stoica
November 9, 2019 (2019-11-09) 17 Drake 1–3 #10 Missouri State Des Moines, IA
1:00 p.m. CST
  • Wilson 41'
 Report
Stadium: Cownie Sports Complex
Attendance: 653
Referee: Art Arustamyan

Missouri Valley Tournament
Main article: 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15) Semifinals No. 9 (1) Missouri State 1–0 (4) Drake Chicago, IL
1:05 p.m. CST
Report
Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 163
Referee: Heber Estrada
November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17) Final (2) Loyola Chicago 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 No. 9 (1) Missouri State Chicago, IL
1:00 p.m. CST
  • Biggs 89'
 Report
Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 303
Referee: Gregory Dopka
Penalties
  • soccer ball with check mark Megally
  • soccer ball with check mark Sukow
  • soccer ball with check mark Dias
  • soccer ball with check mark Woehrle
  • soccer ball with red X Schweinert
  • soccer ball with red X Magno
  • soccer ball with check mark Stoneman

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
November 21, 2019 (2019-11-21) First round No. 12 Missouri State 1–0 Denver Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
November 24, 2019 (2019-11-24) Second round No. 8 UCF 2–1 (a.e.t.) No. 12 Missouri State Orlando, FL
5:00 p.m. CST Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 857

Rankings
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
United Soccer[2]———RVRV191714149109121216
Top Drawer Soccer[3]————RV24192022131313121417
College Soccer News[4]———RVRV27252116151412111111
Soccer America[5]—————232218141310991313

Season Statistics

Goals

The leading goal scorer for Missouri State was Matthew Bentley who scored 15 goals during the season. He was the only player to score during the regular season and both MVC and NCAA Tournament. Josh Dolling finished the year with 7 goals in second. Stuart Wilkin rounded out the top three with 5 goals on the season.

Rank No. Pos. Player Regular Season MVC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
19FWEngland Matthew Bentley131115
210FWEngland Josh Dolling6107
311MFWales Stuart Wilkin5005
46DFNew Zealand Ben Stroud4004
517FWUnited States Ian Jones3003
67FWItaly Nicolo Mulatero2002
12MFNorway Aadne Bruseth101
88MFEngland Will Osgathorpe1001
3DFUnited States Greg Stratton100
21DFCanada Kyle Hiebert100
16DFSweden Hugo Jonsson100
Total 39 2 2 43

Last updated: August 19, 2020.
Source: Missouri State Athletics

Assists
Rank No. Pos. Player Regular Season MVC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
119MFEngland Jack Denton8109
210FWEngland Josh Dolling5005
39FWEngland Matthew Bentley4004
11MFWales Stuart Wilkin400
53DFUnited States Greg Stratton3003
612MFNorway Aadne Bruseth2002
17FWUnited States Ian Jones200
8MFEngland Will Osgathorpe200
21DFCanada Kyle Hiebert200
26FWUnited States Lee Dawson200
2DFEngland Connor Langan110
1116DFSweden Hugo Jonsson1001
7FWItaly Nicolo Mulatero001
20MFEngland Kian Yari100
Total 37 2 1 40

Last updated: August 19, 2020.
Source: Missouri State Athletics

References
  1. "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". missouristatebears.com. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  2. "NCAA DI Men's Rankings – National". United Soccer Coaches.
  3. "College Soccer National Ranking – Men". TopDrawerSoccer.com.
  4. "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  5. "Soccer America - College Soccer Reporter Top 25". socceramerica.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.