2019 Summit League men's soccer season

Summary

The 2019 Summit League men's soccer season will be the 14th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season will begin in late August 2019 and conclude in mid-November 2019.

2019 Summit League men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 30, 2019 – November 6, 2019
Number of teams6
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Regular season
Season MVPOffensive:
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Tournament
Summit League men's soccer seasons
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  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Western Illinois 4 1 0 5 13 1
    Oral Roberts 4 1 0 13 4 0
    Denver 2 2 1 6 12 3
    Omaha 2 2 1 4 9 4
    Eastern Illinois 1 2 2 5 9 2
    Purdue Fort Wayne 0 5 0 3 15 0
    As of 22 November 2019
    Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

    Denver enter the season as the defending regular season and tournament champions.

    This is the final season for Purdue Fort Wayne as a Summit member. The Mastodons will leave for the Horizon League on July 1, 2020.[1] The Summit will maintain its men's soccer membership at six with the return of the Kansas City Roos (formerly known as the UMKC Kangaroos), which will rejoin at the same date after seven seasons in the Western Athletic Conference.[2]

    Background edit

    Head coaches edit

    As of the 2018 season
    Team Head coach Previous job Years at
    school
    Overall record Record at
    school
    Summit
    record
    NCAA
    Tournaments[3]
    NCAA
    College Cups[3]
    NCAA
    Titles[3]
    Ref.
    Eastern Illinois Kiki Lara Eastern Illinois (asst.) 4 12–32–11 (.318) 12–32–11 (.318) 5–8–3 (.406) 0 0 0 [4]
    Denver Jamie Franks Denver (asst.) 5 46–8–8 (.806) 46–8–8 (.806) 19–0–3 (.932) 4 1 0 [5]
    Omaha Bob Warming Penn State 2 468–248–83 (.638) 7–8–1 (.469) 4–1–0 (.800) 14 2 0 [6]
    Oral Roberts Ryan Bush Oral Roberts (asst.) 7 37–51–16 (.433) 37–51–16 (.433) 12–17–6 (.429) 0 0 0 [7]
    Purdue Fort Wayne Mike Harper IPFW (asst.) 13 62–129–19 (.340) 62–129–19 (.340) 19–46–6 (.310) 0 0 0 [8]
    Western Illinois Eric Johnson Loras 23 217–262–44 (.457) 174–209–40 (.459) 66–50–12 (.563) 6 0 0 [9]

    Preseason edit

    Preseason poll edit

    The preseason poll was released on August 19, 2019.[10]

    Team Ranking Points First Place Votes
    1. Denver 24 4
    2. Omaha 21 2
    3. Purdue Fort Wayne 16 0
    4. Oral Roberts 13 0
    5. Western Illinois 9 0
    6. Eastern Illinois 7 0

    Preseason national polls edit

    The preseason national polls were released in July and August 2019. Denver was the only Summit League program ranked in preseason polls across all major polls.

    United
    Soccer
    [11]
    CSN[12] Soccer
    America
    [13]
    Top Drawer
    Soccer
    [14]
    Eastern Illinois
    Denver 18 17 19 12
    Omaha RV RV
    Oral Roberts RV RV
    Purdue Fort Wayne
    Western Illinois

    Preseason Players to Watch edit

    Player Nat. School Position Class Hometown (High school/Previous college/Previous club)
    Jacob Stensson   SWE Denver MF Junior Stockholm, SWE (Brommapojkarna)
    Preston Judd   USA Denver FW Junior Henderson, NV (Cal Baptist)
    Edgar Mesa   ESP Eastern Illinois MF Senior San Miguel de Abona, ESP (BYU–Hawaii)

    Regular season edit

    Early season tournaments edit

    Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.

    Team Tournament Finish

    Conference results edit

    Color Key: Home  • Away  • Win  • Loss  • Draw  • Postponed
    Club Match
    1 2 3 4 5
    Denver Pioneers
    (DEN)
    EIU WIU ORU OMA PFW
    0–0 3–4 0–1 Oct 26 Nov 9
    Eastern Illinois Panthers
    (EIU)
    DEN ORU UNO WIU PFW
    0–0 0–2 0–0 Oct 26 Nov 2
    Omaha Mavericks
    (UNO)
    WIU PFW EIU DEN ORU
    3–1 1–0 0–0 Oct 26 Nov 2
    Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
    (ORU)
    PFW EIU DEN OMA WIU
    6–0 2–0 1–0 Nov 2 Nov 9
    Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons
    (PFW)
    ORU OMA WIU EIU DEN
    0–6 0–1 0–2 Nov 2 Nov 9
    Western Illinois Leathernecks
    (WIU)
    OMA DEN PFW EIU ORU
    1–3 4–3 2–0 Oct 26 Nov 9

    Positions by round edit

    2019 Summit League tournament
    Source: TheSummitLeague.org

    Postseason edit

    Summit League tournament edit

    Semifinals Championship
          
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    NCAA tournament edit

    Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
    TBD

    Rankings edit

    National rankings edit

        Improvement in ranking
      Drop in ranking
    RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
    NV No votes received
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    Eastern Illinois USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Denver USC 18 RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS 12 12 14 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Omaha USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Oral Roberts USC NV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 20 None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Purdue Fort Wayne USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Western Illinois USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

    Regional rankings - USC West Region edit

        Improvement in ranking
      Drop in ranking
    RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
    NV No votes received
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    Eastern Illinois NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Denver 2 NV 10 10 NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Omaha NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Oral Roberts 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 5 3 3
    Purdue Fort Wayne NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Western Illinois NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

    Awards and honors edit

    Player of the Week edit

    Week Offensive Player of the Week Defensive Player of the Week Ref.
    Player Position Team Player Position Team
    Sep. 3 Reed Berry FW Oral Roberts Miles Motakef GK Oral Roberts [15]
    Sep. 9 Dante Brigida MF Oral Roberts Miles Motakef GK Oral Roberts [16]
    Sep. 16 Blake Cearns FW Purdue Fort Wayne Will Palmquist GK Denver [17]
    Sep. 23 Dante Brigida FW Oral Roberts Tor Erik Larsen GK Purdue Fort Wayne [18]
    Sep. 30 Juan Arias MF Oral Roberts Miles Motakef GK Oral Roberts [19]
    Oct. 7 Tanguy Gueerineau FW Oral Roberts Gustavo Vargas DF Oral Roberts [20]
    Oct. 14 Paul Kirdorf MF Western Illinois Gonzalo Ledesma DF Omaha [21]
    Oct. 21 Ryan DeBois FW Western Illinois Tim Trilk GK Western Illinois [22]
    Oct. 28
    Nov. 4

    Postseason honors edit

    2019 Summit League Men's Soccer Individual Awards
    Award Recipient(s)
    Offensive Player of the Year
    Defensive Player of the Year
    Goalkeeper of the Year
    Coach of the Year
    Newcomer of the Year
    2019 Summit League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
    First Team Second Team Newcomer Team

    2020 MLS Draft edit

    The 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be held in January 2020.

    Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School

    Homegrown players edit

    The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[23] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

    To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[24] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

    Original MLS team Player Pos. School Ref.

    References edit

    1. ^ "Purdue University Fort Wayne to Join Horizon League" (Press release). Horizon League. August 5, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
    2. ^ "Kansas City Roo Athletics Rejoins Summit League" (Press release). Kansas City Athletics. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
    3. ^ a b c "NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
    4. ^ "Eastern Illinois - Msoc Quick Facts" (PDF). sidearmsports.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
    5. ^ "Denver Men's Soccer Quick Facts" (PDF). denverpioneers.com. August 21, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
    6. ^ Boone, Tony (April 2, 2018). "UNO soccer hires former Creighton coach Bob Warming to replace Jason Mims". Omaha World-Herald. Berkshire Hathaway. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
    7. ^ "Ryan Bush Bio". oruathletics.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
    8. ^ "Men's Soccer Media Resource". gomastodons.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
    9. ^ "2018 MSOC Record Book" (PDF). goleathernecks.com. September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
    10. ^ "Coaches tab Pioneers as 2019 Summit League Men's Soccer Favorite". The Summit League. August 19, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    11. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National Pre-Season Poll — August 6, 2019". United Soccer Coaches. August 6, 2019. Archived from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
    12. ^ "College Soccer News 2019 Preseason National Poll". CollegeSoccerNews.com. August 16, 2018. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
    13. ^ "Soccer America Men's College Preseason Top 25". socceramerica.com. Soccer America. August 28, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
    14. ^ "College Soccer National Ranking - Preseason". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
    15. ^ "Golden Eagles sweep initial #SummitMSOC weekly awards". The Summit League. September 3, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    16. ^ "ORU makes it back-to-back sweeps of #SummitMSOC Player of the Week awards". The Summit League. September 9, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    17. ^ "Cearns, Palmquist secure #SummitMSOC weekly honors". The Summit League. September 16, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    18. ^ "Brigida, Larsen collect #SummitMSOC weekly honors". The Summit League. September 23, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    19. ^ "Golden Eagles sweep #SummitMSOC weekly honors for third time". The Summit League. September 30, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    20. ^ "Golden Eagles Sweep #SummitMSOC Weekly Honors for Fourth Time". The Summit League. October 7, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    21. ^ "WIU's Kirdorf, Omaha's Ledesma notch #SummitMSOC weekly honors". The Summit League. October 14, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    22. ^ "Leathernecks sweep #SummitMSOC weekly awards". The Summit League. October 21, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
    23. ^ "MLS Draft 2013: Homegrown player initiative rises as draft declines". Sporting News. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
    24. ^ "MLS 2012 Roster Rules". Archived from the original on February 20, 2012.

    External links edit

    • Summit League Men's Soccer