2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 23rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The defending regular and postseason champions, Creighton, left the conference to join the new Big East Conference.

Missouri Valley Conference
Season2013
ChampionsMissouri State
MVC Tourney WinnerBradley
To NCAA TournamentBradley
Top goalscorerWojciech Wojcik
Bradley 5 G, 14 A
Biggest home winUCA 3-0 UMKC
(September 8)
Bradley 3-0 Drake
(November 15)
Biggest away winEIU 1-4 Loyola
(September 13)
E'ville 1-4 Drake
(October 5)
Loyola 2-5 E'ville
(October 12)
Highest scoringE'ville 5-4 EIU
(September 22)
Longest winning run6 — Bradley
Longest unbeaten run7 — Missouri State
Longest winless run10 — Loyola
Longest losing run5 — Loyola & UCA
Highest attendance2375—UCA @ SIUE
Lowest attendance132—E'ville @ UCA
2012
2014

The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was hosted and won by Bradley.

Changes from 2012

Teams

2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Missouri State 5 1 0  11 5 2
Drake 3 1 2  8 8 4
Bradley 3 2 1  14 7 2
SIU Edwardsville 3 3 0  8 9 2
Loyola Chicago 2 3 1  6 11 2
Evansville 2 4 0  10 8 1
Central Arkansas 0 4 2  4 11 2
Rankings from November 25, 2013 NSCAA
Team Location Stadium Capacity Head Coach Captain Uniform supplier
Bradley Braves Peoria, Illinois Shea Stadium 3,800 Jim DeRose TBA Nike
Central Arkansas Bears Conway, Arkansas Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex 300 Ross Duncan TBA Nike
Drake Bulldogs Des Moines, Iowa Cownie Sports Complex 2,000 Sean Holmes TBA adidas (DU)
Nike (MVC)
Evansville Purple Aces Evansville, Indiana McCutchan Stadium 2,500 Mike Jacobs TBA Nike
Loyola Ramblers Chicago, Illinois Loyola Soccer Park 500 Neil Jones TBA Nike
Missouri State Bears Springfield, Missouri Plaster Sports Complex 16,600 John Leamy TBA Nike
SIU Edwardsville Cougars Edwardsville, Illinois Korte Stadium 4,000 Kevin Kalish John Berner adidas (SIUE)
Nike (MVC)

Season outlook

2013 Preseason Coaches' Poll

RankTeam (1st-place votes)Points
1SIUE (1)40
T2Evansville (2)36
T2Drake (1)36
4Bradley (2)35
5Missouri State (1)21
6Central Arkansas19
7Loyola9

2013 Preseason MVC All-Conference Team

PlayerSchoolPositionClassHometown (High school)
Jarred ArdeDrakeMidfieldJuniorGulfport, Miss. (Gulfport)
John BernerSIUEGoalkeeperSeniorSt. Louis, Mo. (St. Mary's)
Addison EckDrakeMidfieldSeniorSpringfield, Ill. (Sacred Heart Griffin)
James FawkeMissouri StateDefenderJuniorCheltenham, England (Bournside School)
Mark GonzalezEvansvilleMidfieldSophomoreToronto, Canada (Robert F. Hall Catholic)
Faik HajderovicEvansvilleForwardSoophomoreSt. Louis, Mo. (Mehlville)
Patrick HodgesEvansvilleDefenderJuniorEvansville, Ind. (Harrison)
Matt PolsterSIUEMidfieldJuniorLas Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde)
Matt TaphornCentral ArkansasDefenderJuniorDenver, Colo. (Rangeview)
Christian VoleskySIUEForwardJuniorHenderson, Nev. (Foothill)
Wojciech WojcikBradleyForwardSeniorElmwood Park, Ill. (Elmwood Park)

MVC Tournament

  Quarterfinals
Wednesday, November 13
    Semifinals
Friday, November 15
    Final
Sunday, November 17
                           
      1 Missouri State 1  
  4 SIUE 2     4 SIUE 0    
  5 Loyola 1         1 Missouri State 0
      3 Bradley 1
      3 Bradley 3    
  3 Bradley 3 (2OT)     2 Drake 0  
  6 Evansille 2  

Honors

2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's All-Midwest Region Teams

First Team— Midfielder James Fawke, Missouri State; Midfielder Faik Hajderovic, Evansville; Forward Wojciech Wojcik, Bradley

Second Team— Goalkeeper Brian Billings, Bradley; Defender Alec Bartlett, Drake; Forward Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Evansville

Third Team— Goalkeeper Trevor Spangenberg, Missouri State; Defender Grant Bell, Bradley; Midfielder Matt Polster, SIUE; Forward Christian Okeke, Bradley

2013 MVC All-Conference First Team

PlayerSchoolPositionClassHometown (High school)
John BernerSIUEGoalkeeperSeniorSt. Louis, Mo. (St. Mary's)
Trevor SpangenbergMissouri StateGoalkeeperSeniorValparaiso, Ind. (Boone Grove)
Alec BartlettDrakeDefenderSophomoreOverland Park, Kan. (St. James Academy)
James FawkeMissouri StateDefenderJuniorCheltenham, England (Bournside School)
Nick MarshallDrakeDefenderSeniorGlen Carbon, Ill. (Edwardsville)
Faik HajderovicEvansvilleForwardSophomoreSt. Louis, Mo. (Mehlville)
Matt PolsterSIUEMidfieldJuniorLas Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde)
Jack RobertsMissouri StateMidfieldJuniorLeceiser, England (Johm Cleveland College)
Mark GonzalezEvansvilleForwardSophomoreToronto, Canada (Robert F. Hall Catholic)
Christian VoleskySIUEForwardJuniorHenderson, Nev. (Foothill)
Wojciech WojcikBradleyForwardSeniorElmwood Park, Ill. (Elmwood Park)

2013 MVC All-Freshman Team

PlayerSchoolPositionHometown (High school)
Darrin McLeodDrakeGoalkeeperWaterloo, Ontario (Resurrection Catholic)
Andrew Kendall-MoulinSIUEDefenderFaribault, Minn (Shattuck-St. Mary’s)
Austin LedbetterSIUEDefenderSt. Charles, Mo. (CBC)
Kirill LikhovidLoyolaDefenderArlington Heights, Ill. (Buffalo Grove)
Jack GriffinMissouri StateMidfieldBeverley, England (Beverley Grammar School)
Ben LeMayDrakeMidfieldHugo, Minn. (Saint Thomas Academy)
Landon SouderEvansvilleMidfieldHarrodsburg, Ky. (Mercer County)
Mueng SundayDrakeMidfieldCoralville, Iowa (Iowa City West)
Wes CarsonCentral ArkansasForwardFort Smith, Ark. (Fort Smith Southside)
Christian OkekeBradleyForwardWichita Falls, Texas (Rider)
Jared RobinsonEvansvilleForwardPowell, Ohio (Olentangy Liberty)

Statistics

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See also

References

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