| Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 7 |
| Champions: | SIUE |
| Runner-Up: | Missouri State |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Goals: | 14 |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Jake Buckle (MoSt)–2 Ian McGrath (UE)–2 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the 26th edition of the tournament.[1] It determined the Missouri Valley Conference's (MVC) automatic berth in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Missouri State University hosted the tournament at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium on the Missouri State campus in Springfield, Missouri on November 8, 9, 11 &13, 2016.
The second-seeded SIUE Cougars won the tournament, beating the fifth-seeded Missouri State Bears 1–0 in the championship match.[2] [3] It was SIUE's second MVC championship.
In a departure from the past, all seven teams in the Missouri Valley Conference qualified for the tournament with seeding based on their conference regular season records. The two top-seeded teams received first round byes, and the two bottom-seeded teams met in a play-in game.[4]
All games will be streamed live on The Valley on ESPN3.
| + Scoring | |||||||
| Rank | Player | School | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckle | MoSt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| McGrath | UE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Blaydes | UE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hoegg | MoSt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jambga | SIUE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Carson | UCA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Duncan | SIUE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Engesser | LU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ledbetter | SIUE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pendrigh | DU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sunday | DU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sanchez | DU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Awad | SIUE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Simon | UE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Weaver | UE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Woody | UCA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Laird | MoSt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lightbourne | MoSt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Routledge | MoSt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| +Goalkeeping | |||||||||
| Rank | Player | School | Games | Minutes | Goals | Saves | Save % | Goals against ave. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dal Santo | SIUE | 2 | 180:00 | 1 | 6 | .857 | 0.500 | |
| 2 | Olsen | UCA | 1 | 110:00 | 1 | 3 | .750 | 0.818 | |
| 3 | MacLeod | DU | 2 | 180:19 | 2 | 4 | .667 | 0.998 | |
| 4 | Priestley | MoSt | 3 | 295:45 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0.913 | |
| 5 | Ketterer | BU | 1 | 89:25 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.007 | |
| 6 | Reimer | UE | 2 | 180:19 | 3 | 4 | .571 | 1.497 | |
| 7 | Chekadanov | LU | 1 | 95:45 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.880 | |
| 8 | Wisbey | BU | 1 | 0:35 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 154.321 |
2016 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP— Austin Ledbetter, SIUE