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
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 10
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 12
2019 record	18–1–1 (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)
Captain	Josh Dolling
Home stadium	Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium

2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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
‡ – 2019 MVC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament 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	ESP	Barcelona, ESP	La Salle Congres	Damm
Giacomo Sala DF	ITA	Monza, ITA	Collegio Bianconi
Jon Koka FW	ESP	Bilbao, ESP	Maristak Durango	Eibar
Samuel Joyce MF	SCO	Northumberland, UK	St Thomas More Catholic	Newcastle United
Kian Yari MF	ENG	Altrincham, UK	St Ambrose
Connor Bates MF	USA	Canton, MI	Shattuck-Saint Mary's	Shattuck-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 1	Creighton	0–0	Missouri State	Omaha, NE
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Morrison Stadium

August 24, 2019 2	Saint Louis	0–0	Missouri State	St. Louis, MO
6:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Hermann Stadium

Regular season

August 29, 2019 1	Missouri State	Postponed	Kansas City	Springfield, MO
7:00 p.m. CST				Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium

September 2, 2019 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

November 15, 2019 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 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

November 21, 2019 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 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

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
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

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

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Regular Season	MVC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
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

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.