The 2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from November 9 through November 14, 2021. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Missouri State Bears, who successfully defended their title by defeating Evansville 3–0 in the final.[1][2] The conference tournament title was the third for the Missouri State men's soccer program, and second for head coach Michael Seabolt.[3] As tournament champions, Missouri State earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
| 2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 1,057 | ||||
| Site | Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium (Semifinals & Final) Springfield, Missouri | ||||
| Champions | Missouri State (3rd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Michael Seabolt (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Michael Creek (Missouri State) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Missouri State ‡ | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 17 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Chicago | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 14 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: MVC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding
editAll six Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. One tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as Drake and Bradley both finished the regular season with a record of 3–7–0. Drake earned the 5th seed by virtue of defeating Bradley 2–1 both times the teams met during the regular season.[4]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Missouri State | 10–0–0 | 30 |
| 2 | Loyola Chicago | 6–3–1 | 19 |
| 3 | SIU Edwardsville | 4–6–0 | 12 |
| 4 | Evansville | 3–6–1 | 10 |
| 5 | Drake | 3–7–0 | 9 |
| 6 | Bradley | 3–7–0 | 9 |
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 9 | Semifinals Saturday, Nov. 12 | Final Sunday, Nov. 14 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Missouri State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Evansville | 4 | 6 | Bradley | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Drake | 2 | 1 | Missouri State | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Evansville | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Loyola Chicago | 2 (7) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | SIU Edwardsville | 1 | 4 | Evansville (pen.) | 2 (8) | |||||||||
| 6 | Bradley | 2 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
editOpening Round
edit| November 9, 2021 | #4 Evansville | 4–2 | #5 Drake | Evansville, IN |
| 12:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium Attendance: 345 |
| November 9, 2021 | #3 SIU Edwardsville | 1–2 | #6 Bradley | Edwardsville, IL |
| 7:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 142 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Adam Herges Quinton McFarlen Fourth official: Velimir Milovic |
Semifinals
edit| November 12, 2021 | #2 Loyola Chicago | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p) | #4 Evansville | Springfield, Missouri |
| 3:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 75 Referee: Alex Beehler Assistant referees: Vitali Hantsevich Besnik i Rexhep Fourth official: Andrew Ellsworth |
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| November 12, 2021 | #1 Missouri State | 1–0 | #6 Bradley | Springfield, Missouri |
| 6:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 225 Referee: Heber Estrada Assistant referees: Zachary Richter Kurt Wuebbels Fourth official: Andrew Ellsworth |
Final
edit| November 14, 2021 | #1 Missouri State | 3–0 | #4 Evansville | Springfield, Missouri |
| 1:00 p.m. CT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 270 Referee: Art Arustamyan Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Fourth official: Daniel Ortega |
Statistics
editGoalscorers
editThere were 17 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).
2 goals
- Juan Louis – Drake
- Nkosi Graham – Evansville
1 goal
- Danny Collins – Bradley
- Rasmus Smidtslund – Bradley
- Carlos Barcia – Evansville
- Pablo Guillen – Evansville
- Edward Mendy – Evansville
- Alex Moskal – Loyola Chicago
- Andrew Mitchell – Loyola Chicago
- Jesus Barea – Missouri State
- Josh Dolling – Missouri State
- Javier Martin Gil – Missouri State
- Jon Koka – Missouri State
- Harvey Moyes – SIU Edwardsville
1 own goal
- Drake (vs. Evansville)
All-Tournament team
editSource:[5]
| Player | Team |
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| Juan Louis | Drake |
| Harvey Moyes | SIUE |
| Giann Magno | Loyola-Chicago |
| Tyler Biggs | |
| Bryce Logan | Bradley |
| Michael Rogalski | |
| Jacob Madden | Evansville |
| Nkosi Graham | |
| Ethan Garvey | |
| Connor Langan | Missouri State |
| Josh Dolling | |
| Kyle Hiebert | |
| Michael Creek |
MVP in bold
References
edit- ^ "2020 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "2021 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Men's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Bracket Set for 2021 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 6, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "MSOC Tournament Championship: Missouri State 3, Evansville 0". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 14, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022.