2019 Missouri State Bears soccer team

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.

2019 Missouri State Bears men's soccer
Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 10
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 12
2019 record18–1–1 (10–0–0 The Valley)
Head coach
  • Jon Leamy (28th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Michael Seabolt (13th season)
  • Will Lukowski (1st season)
  • Phil Woods (1st season)
CaptainJosh Dolling
Home stadiumBetty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 16 Missouri State + 10 –0 –0  18 –1 –1
Loyola Chicago ‡ 5 –2 –3  11 –4 –4
Bradley 5 –2 –2  8 –6 –4
Drake 4 –5 –1  8 –9 –1
Valparaiso 3 –7 –0  4 –13 –1
Evansville 0 –10 –0  2 –15 –1
As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

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, in Overtime.

Player movement

Arrivals
Name Nat. Hometown High School Club TDS Rating
Pau Ruiz
GK
 ESPBarcelona, ESPLa Salle CongresDamm
Giacomo Sala
DF
 ITAMonza, ITACollegio Bianconi
Jon Koka
FW
 ESPBilbao, ESPMaristak DurangoEibar
Samuel Joyce
MF
 SCONorthumberland, UKSt Thomas More CatholicNewcastle United
Kian Yari
MF
 ENGAltrincham, UKSt Ambrose
Connor Bates
MF
 USACanton, MIShattuck-Saint Mary'sShattuck-Saint Mary's

Roster
As of October 18, 2019[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
00 GK  ESP Pau Ruiz
0 GK  USA Gage Steiner
1 GK  USA Michael Creek
2 DF  ENG Connor Langan
3 DF  USA Greg Stratton
4 DF  ITA Giacomo Sala
5 DF  USA Evan DeGreeff
6 DF  NZL Ben Stroud
7 FW  ITA Nicolo Mulatero
8 MF  ENG Will Osgathorpe
9 FW  ENG Matthew Bentley
10 FW  ENG Josh Dolling
11 MF  MAS Stuart Wilkin
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF  NOR Aadne Bruseth
14 FW  ESP Jon Koka
15 MF  SCO Samuel Joyce
16 DF  SWE Hugo Jönsson
17 FW  USA Ian Jones
18 MF  NZL Zac Newdick
19 MF  ENG Jack Denton
20 MF  ENG Kian Yari
21 DF  CAN Kyle Hiebert
22 MF  USA Connor Bates
23 DF  NZL Sean Green
26 FW  USA Dawson Lee

Season results

Fall exhibitions
August 21, 2019 (2019-08-21) 1 Creighton 0–0 Missouri State Omaha, NE
7:00 p.m. CST Stadium: Morrison Stadium
August 24, 2019 (2019-08-24) 2 Saint Louis 0–0 Missouri State St. Louis, MO
6:00 p.m. CST Stadium: Hermann Stadium

Regular season
August 29, 2019 (2019-08-29) 1 Missouri State Postponed Kansas City Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02) 2 Santa Clara 0–1 Missouri State Santa Clara, CA
9:30 p.m. CST
  • Christensen  44'
  • Osei  84'
 Report
  • Dolling  39'
 Stadium: Stevens Stadium
Attendance: 337
Referee: Ian Anderson
September 7, 2019 (2019-09-07) 3 Kansas City 0–3 Missouri State Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. CST
  • Caruso  44'
  • Ray-Campoy  77'
  • Temm  87'
 Report
  • Dolling  25'
  • Osgathorpe  64'
  • Jonsson  82'
 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 370
Referee: Matthew Seem
September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10) 4 Missouri State 1–0 Central Arkansas Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST
  • Stroud  55'
  • Hiebert  84'
  • Dolling  90'
 Report Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 568
Referee: Roy Robinson
September 14, 2019 (2019-09-14) 5 Missouri State 2–1 (a.e.t.) Tulsa Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST
  • Hiebert  63'
  • Jones  82'
  • Dolling  85'  95'
Report
  • Partain  8'
  • Garcia  63'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Ellsworth
September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18) 6 Missouri State 3–1 Valparaiso Springfield, MO
12:00 p.m. CST
  • Wilkin  6'
  • Jones  9'
  • Bentley  64'
 Report
  • Cushing  33'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 124
Referee: Kale Allatayfeh
September 22, 2019 (2019-09-22) 7 Loyola Chicago 1–2 (a.e.t.) Missouri State Chicago, IL
CST
  • Sukow  41'
 Report
  • Bentley  49'
  • Wilkin  92'
Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 319
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) 8 Western Illinois 0–4 #19 Missouri State Macomb, IL
CST
  • Owen  61'
 Report
  • Multatero  9'
  • Stroud  44', 70'
  • Dolling  85'
 Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field
Attendance: 140
October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01) 9 #17 Missouri State 1–0 (a.e.t.) Omaha Springfield, MO
6:00 p.m. CST
  • Hiebert  51'
  • Denton  80'
  • Stroud  107'
Report
  • Rinderknecht  2'
  • Mateu  52'
  • Nelson  95'
  • Gomez  107'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 712
Referee: Shane Butler
October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05) 10 Evansville 0–4 #17 Missouri State Evansville, IN
5:00 p.m. CST
  • Brunetti  48'
 Report
  • Bentley  18', 20'
  • Hiebert  38'
  • Wilkin  39'
  • Denton  50'
 Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium
Attendance: 263
Referee: Michael Robertson
October 9, 2019 (2019-10-09) 11 #14 Missouri State 3–0 Bradley Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST
  • Jones  2'
  • Bentley  14', 32'
 Report
  • Kovačević  17'
  • Lang  45'
  • Wintermeyer  77'
  • Schindler  81'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 328
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13) 12 #14 Missouri State 3–1 Drake Springfield, MO
1:00 p.m. CST
  • Wilkin  30'
  • Dolling  54'
  • Bentley  75' (pen.)
  • Bruseth  78'
 Report
  • Wilson  44'  75'
  • Poppen  78'
  • Misselhorn  90'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 242
Referee: Julio Tonoco
October 19, 2019 (2019-10-19) 13 Bradley 1–2 #14 Missouri State Peoria, IL
7:00 p.m. CST
  • Johnson  26'
  • Lang  37'
  • McKee  60'
  • Wintermeyer  76'
 Report
  • Bentley  43'
  • Stratton  81'
 Stadium: Shea Stadium
Attendance: 838
Referee: Edmundo Ramirez
October 26, 2019 (2019-10-26) 14 #9 Missouri State 2–1 Evansville Springfield, MO
5:00 p.m. CST
  • Mulatero  5'
  • Bentley  52'
  • Stroud  90'
 Report
  • Hall  66'
  • Pavlič  67'
  • Graham  85'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 386
Referee: Don Tebo
October 30, 2019 (2019-10-30) 15 Valparaiso 2–3 (a.e.t.) Missouri State Valparaiso, IN
12:00 p.m. CST
  • Eaton  30'
  • Waugaman  44'  91'
  • Madondo  50'
 Report
  • Dolling  45'
  • Bentley  71'  72'  99'
  • Wilkin  86'
 Stadium: Brown Field
Attendance: 54
Referee: Nicholas Balcer
November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03) 16 #9 Missouri State 2–1 #23 Loyola Chicago Springfield, MO
1:00 p.m. CST
  • Bentley  1'
  • Lee  41'
 Report
  • Woehrle  70'
  • Sukow  90'
 Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Attendance: 1,064
Referee: Sorin Stoica
November 9, 2019 (2019-11-09) 17 Drake 1–3 #10 Missouri State Des Moines, IA
1:00 p.m. CST
  • Wilson  41'
 Report
  • Stroud  8'  70'
  • Bentley  85'
  • Dolling  87'
 Stadium: Cownie Sports Complex
Attendance: 653
Referee: Art Arustamyan

Missouri Valley Tournament
Main article: 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15) Semifinals No. 9 (1) Missouri State 1–0 (4) Drake Chicago, IL
1:05 p.m. CST
  • Dolling  67'
 Report
  • Bartlett  57'
  • Poppen  67'
 Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 163
Referee: Heber Estrada
November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17) Final (2) Loyola Chicago 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 No. 9 (1) Missouri State Chicago, IL
1:00 p.m. CST
  • Biggs  89'
 Report
  • Bentley  57'
 Stadium: Loyola Soccer Park
Attendance: 303
Referee: Gregory Dopka
Penalties
  • Megally
  • Sukow
  • Dias
  • Woehrle
  • Schweinert
  • Magno
  • Stoneman
  • Bentley
  • Mulatero
  • Dolling
  • Jones
  • Stroud
  • Denton
  • Stratton

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
November 21, 2019 (2019-11-21) First round No. 12 Missouri State 1–0 Denver Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
November 24, 2019 (2019-11-24) Second round No. 8 UCF 2–1 (a.e.t.) No. 12 Missouri State Orlando, FL
5:00 p.m. CST Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 857

Rankings
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
United Soccer[2] NR NR NR RV RV 19 17 14 14 9 10 9 12 12 16 
Top Drawer Soccer[3] NR NR NR NR RV 24 19 20 22 13 13 13 12 14 17 
College Soccer News[4] NR NR NR RV RV 27 25 21 16 15 14 12 11 11 11 
Soccer America[5] NR NR NR NR NR 23 22 18 14 13 10 9 9 13 13

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.

Rank No. Pos. Player Regular Season MVC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
19FW Matthew Bentley131115
210FW Josh Dolling6107
311MF Stuart Wilkin5005
46DF Ben Stroud4004
517FW Ian Jones3003
67FW Nicolo Mulatero2002
12MF Aadne Bruseth101
88MF Will Osgathorpe1001
3DF Greg Stratton100
21DF Kyle Hiebert100
16DF Hugo Jonsson100
Total 39 2 2 43

Last updated: August 19, 2020.
Source: Missouri State Athletics

Assists
Rank No. Pos. Player Regular Season MVC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
119MF Jack Denton8109
210FW Josh Dolling5005
39FW Matthew Bentley4004
11MF Stuart Wilkin400
53DF Greg Stratton3003
612MF Aadne Bruseth2002
17FW Ian Jones200
8MF Will Osgathorpe200
21DF Kyle Hiebert200
26FW Lee Dawson200
2DF Connor Langan110
1116DF Hugo Jonsson1001
7FW Nicolo Mulatero001
20MF Kian Yari100
Total 37 2 1 40

Last updated: August 19, 2020.
Source: Missouri State Athletics

References
  1. "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". missouristatebears.com. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  2. "NCAA DI Men's Rankings – National". United Soccer Coaches.
  3. "College Soccer National Ranking – Men". TopDrawerSoccer.com.
  4. "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com.
  5. "Soccer America - College Soccer Reporter Top 25". socceramerica.com.
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