Sport: | soccer |
Year: | 2019 |
Team: | Missouri State Bears |
Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
Short Conf: | The Valley |
Record: | 18–1–1 |
Conf Record: | 10–0–0 |
Nscaarank: | 10 |
Tdsrank: | 12 |
Head Coach: | Jon Leamy |
Hc Year: | 28th |
Asst Coach1: | Michael Seabolt |
Ac1 Year: | 13th |
Asst Coach2: | Will Lukowski |
Ac2 Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach3: | Phil Woods |
Ac3 Year: | 1st |
Captain: | Josh Dolling |
Stadium: | Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium |
Champion: | Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions |
Tourney: | NCAA Tournament |
Tourney Result: | Second Round |
Prev Year: | 2018 |
Next Year: | 2020 |
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.
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.
Name | Nat. | Hometown | High School | Club | TDS Rating | |
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Spain | Barcelona, ESP | La Salle Congres | Damm | |||
Italy | Monza, ITA | Collegio Bianconi | ||||
Spain | Bilbao, ESP | Maristak Durango | Eibar | |||
Northumberland, UK | St Thomas More Catholic | Newcastle United | ||||
Altrincham, UK | St Ambrose | |||||
United States | Canton, MI | Shattuck-Saint Mary's | Shattuck-Saint Mary's |
See main article: 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.
See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.
See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings.
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 | |
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1 | 9 | FW | Matthew Bentley | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
2 | 10 | FW | Josh Dolling | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
3 | 11 | MF | Stuart Wilkin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
4 | 6 | DF | Ben Stroud | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
5 | 17 | FW | Ian Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
6 | 7 | FW | Nicolo Mulatero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | MF | Aadne Bruseth | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
8 | 8 | MF | Will Osgathorpe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | DF | Greg Stratton | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
21 | DF | Kyle Hiebert | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
16 | DF | Hugo Jonsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 39 | 2 | 2 | 43 |
Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Regular Season | MVC Tournament | NCAA Tournament | Total |
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1 | 19 | MF | Jack Denton | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
2 | 10 | FW | Josh Dolling | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
3 | 9 | FW | Matthew Bentley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
11 | MF | Stuart Wilkin | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | 3 | DF | Greg Stratton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
6 | 12 | MF | Aadne Bruseth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
17 | FW | Ian Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | Will Osgathorpe | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
21 | DF | Kyle Hiebert | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
26 | FW | Lee Dawson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | Connor Langan | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
11 | 16 | DF | Hugo Jonsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | FW | Nicolo Mulatero | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
20 | MF | Kian Yari | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 37 | 2 | 1 | 40 | |||