2019 Missouri State Bears soccer team explained

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.

Player movement

Arrivals

NameNat.HometownHigh SchoolClubTDS Rating
SpainBarcelona, ESPLa Salle CongresDamm
ItalyMonza, ITACollegio Bianconi
SpainBilbao, ESPMaristak DurangoEibar
Northumberland, UKSt Thomas More CatholicNewcastle United
Altrincham, UKSt Ambrose
United StatesCanton, MIShattuck-Saint Mary'sShattuck-Saint Mary's

Transfers

Roster

[1]

Season results

Missouri Valley Tournament

See main article: 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

NCAA Tournament

See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

Rankings

See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings.

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.

RankNo.Pos.PlayerRegular SeasonMVC TournamentNCAA TournamentTotal
19 FW Matthew Bentley131115
210 FW Josh Dolling6107
311 MF Stuart Wilkin5005
46 DF Ben Stroud4004
517 FW Ian Jones3003
67 FW Nicolo Mulatero2002
12MF Aadne Bruseth101
88 MF Will Osgathorpe1001
3 DF Greg Stratton100
21 DF Kyle Hiebert100
16 DF Hugo Jonsson100
Total392243

Assists

RankNo.Pos.PlayerRegular SeasonMVC TournamentNCAA TournamentTotal
119 MF Jack Denton8109
210 FW Josh Dolling5005
39 FW Matthew Bentley4004
11 MF Stuart Wilkin400
53 DF Greg Stratton3003
612 MF Aadne Bruseth2002
17FW Ian Jones200
8 MF Will Osgathorpe200
21 DF Kyle Hiebert200
26 FW Lee Dawson200
2 DF Connor Langan110
1116 DF Hugo Jonsson1001
7 FW Nicolo Mulatero001
20 MF Kian Yari100
Total372140

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 Men's Soccer Roster . missouristatebears.com . October 18, 2019.