2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:Missouri Valley Conference
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:1,057
Venue:Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium (Semifinals & Final)
City:Springfield, Missouri
Champions:Missouri State
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Michael Seabolt
Coachcount:2nd
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Michael Creek
Mvpteam:Missouri State

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.

Seeding

All 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]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Missouri State10–0–030
2Loyola Chicago6–3–119
3SIU Edwardsville4–6–012
4Evansville3–6–110
5Drake3–7–09
6Bradley3–7–09

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[5]

Player Team
Juan LouisDrake
Harvey MoyesSIUE
Giann MagnoLoyola-Chicago
Tyler Biggs
Bryce LoganBradley
Michael Rogalski
Jacob Maddenrowpsan=3 Evansville
Nkosi Graham
Ethan Garvey
Connor LanganMissouri State
Josh Dolling
Kyle Hiebert
Michael Creek
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 MVC Men's Soccer Championship. Missouri Valley Conference. February 18, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2021 MVC Men's Soccer Championship. Missouri Valley Conference. February 18, 2022.
  3. Web site: 2021 Men's Soccer Media Guide. Missouri Valley Conference. February 18, 2022.
  4. Web site: Bracket Set for 2021 MVC Men’s Soccer Championship. mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 6, 2021. February 18, 2022.
  5. Web site: MSOC Tournament Championship: Missouri State 3, Evansville 0. mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 14, 2021. February 18, 2022.