Missouri State Bears soccer

The Missouri State Bears men's soccer team represent Missouri State University in NCAA Division I men's soccer.[3] They compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. The team plays its home matches at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium. They are currently coached by Jon Leamy who is entering his 29th year as head coach. Missouri State has made 4 NCAA Tournament appearances, most recently in 2019. Missouri State has had 4 players selected in the MLS SuperDraft.

Missouri State Bears men's soccer
2019 Missouri State Bears soccer team
Founded1981
UniversityMissouri State University
Head coachJon Leamy (29th season)
ConferenceMissouri Valley
LocationSpringfield, MO
StadiumBetty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
(Capacity: 1,000[1])
NicknameBears
ColorsMaroon and White[2]
         
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2019
NCAA Tournament appearances
1997, 1999, 2009, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
1999
Conference Regular Season championships
1997, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2019

Roster
As of October 18, 2019[4]

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  WAL 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

Facilities

Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium

Missouri State plays their home matches at Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium. The on campus; 1,500 seat stadium was built in the summer of 2014. The stadium has a combination of bleacher and chair-back seating. The stadium features a Sport Turf artificial turf playing surface. The stadium has locker-rooms for both Men's and Women's soccer programs. It also has a press box and Daktronics LED premier video board.[5]

Yearly results
Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Missouri State Bears (Independent[6]) (1981–1988)
1981 Frank Dinka 4–6–1
1982 Frank Dinka 5–10–2
1983 Frank Dinka 3–12–1
1984 Frank Dinka 6–11–0
1985 Frank Dinka 7–10–2
1986 Frank Dinka 8–11–0
1987 Jan Stahle 9–10–1
1988 Jan Stahle 9–12–1
Independent: 51–82–8
Missouri State Bears (AMCU[7]) (1989–only)
1989 Jan Stahle 14–8–33–3–04th
Missouri State Bears (Independent[6]) (1990–only)
1990 Tom Howe 8–8–1
Missouri State Bears (Missouri Valley Conference[8][9]) (1991–present)
1991 Tom Howe 9–10–01–2–0t-4th
1992 Jon Leamy 4–15–00–5–06th
1993 Jon Leamy 9–9–01–4–05th
1994 Jon Leamy 12–5–11–4–16th
1995 Jon Leamy 14–5–02–3–04th
1996 Jon Leamy 12–6–03–2–03rd
1997 Jon Leamy 13–5–36–0–11stNCAA 1st round
1998 Jon Leamy 13–7–13–3–1t-4th
1999 Jon Leamy 17–1–35–0–21stNCAA 1st round
2000 Jon Leamy 10–7–24–5–28th
2001 Jon Leamy 10–9–17–2–02nd
2002 Jon Leamy 9–11–06–3–03rd
2003 Jon Leamy 9–7–33–5–18th
2004 Jon Leamy 11–6–24–4–1t-5th
2005 Jon Leamy 12–4–24–3–05th
2006 Jon Leamy 8–8–33–2–13rd
2007 Jon Leamy 6–10–41–3–26th
2008 Jon Leamy 7–10–53–1–13rd
2009 Jon Leamy 12–5–27–1–11stNCAA 1st round
2010 Jon Leamy 8–7–34–1–2t-2nd
2011 Jon Leamy 9–8–25–1–0t-1st
2012 Jon Leamy 5–8–40–6–07th
2013 Jon Leamy 11–5–25–1–01st
2014 Jon Leamy 9–5–44–0–21st
2015 Jon Leamy 6–6–53–2–14th of 7
2016 Jon Leamy 9–8–23–4–15th of 7
2017 Jon Leamy 9–5–35–2–11st
2018 Jon Leamy 9–2–62–2–24th of 7
2019 Jon Leamy 18–1–110–0–01stNCAA 2nd round
MVC: 265–247–5595–63–19
Total:338–346–63

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. http://missouristatebears.com/sports/2016/7/21/facilities-allison-south-html.aspx
  2. "Colors - Identity Standards - Missouri State University". February 5, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  3. "Missouri State Official Athletic Site". missouristatebears.com.
  4. "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". missouristatebears.com. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  5. https://missouristatebears.com/sports/2016/7/21/facilities-allison-south-html.aspx
  6. "2012 Missouri State Men's Soccer Guide". missouristatebears.com.
  7. "The Summit League" (PDF). thesummitleague.org.
  8. http://www.mvc.org/records/msoccer.pdf
  9. Streamline Technologies – Nashville, TN. "Men's Soccer – Official Site of the Missouri Valley Conference". Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2013-05-26.


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