2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

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
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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.

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
Team W   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 United States Jim DeRose TBA United States Nike
Central Arkansas Bears Conway, Arkansas Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex 300 United States Ross Duncan TBA United States Nike
Drake Bulldogs Des Moines, Iowa Cownie Sports Complex 2,000 SwitzerlandCanada Sean Holmes TBA Germany adidas (DU)
United States Nike (MVC)
Evansville Purple Aces Evansville, Indiana McCutchan Stadium 2,500 United States Mike Jacobs TBA United States Nike
Loyola Ramblers Chicago, Illinois Loyola Soccer Park 500 New Zealand Neil Jones TBA United States Nike
Missouri State Bears Springfield, Missouri Plaster Sports Complex 16,600 United States John Leamy TBA United States Nike
SIU Edwardsville Cougars Edwardsville, Illinois Korte Stadium 4,000 United States Kevin Kalish John Berner Germany adidas (SIUE)
United States Nike (MVC)

Season outlook

2013 Preseason Coaches' Poll

Rank Team (1st-place votes) Points
1 SIUE (1) 40
T2 Evansville (2) 36
T2 Drake (1) 36
4 Bradley (2) 35
5 Missouri State (1) 21
6 Central Arkansas 19
7 Loyola 9

2013 Preseason MVC All-Conference Team

Player School Position Class Hometown (High school)
Jarred Arde Drake Midfield Junior Gulfport, Miss. (Gulfport)
John Berner SIUE Goalkeeper Senior St. Louis, Mo. (St. Mary's)
Addison Eck Drake Midfield Senior Springfield, Ill. (Sacred Heart Griffin)
James Fawke Missouri State Defender Junior Cheltenham, England (Bournside School)
Mark Gonzalez Evansville Midfield Sophomore Toronto, Canada (Robert F. Hall Catholic)
Faik Hajderovic Evansville Forward Soophomore St. Louis, Mo. (Mehlville)
Patrick Hodges Evansville Defender Junior Evansville, Ind. (Harrison)
Matt Polster SIUE Midfield Junior Las Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde)
Matt Taphorn Central Arkansas Defender Junior Denver, Colo. (Rangeview)
Christian Volesky SIUE Forward Junior Henderson, Nev. (Foothill)
Wojciech Wojcik Bradley Forward Senior Elmwood Park, Ill. (Elmwood Park)

MVC Tournament

Main article: Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer 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

Player School Position Class Hometown (High school)
John Berner SIUE Goalkeeper Senior St. Louis, Mo. (St. Mary's)
Trevor Spangenberg Missouri State Goalkeeper Senior Valparaiso, Ind. (Boone Grove)
Alec Bartlett Drake Defender Sophomore Overland Park, Kan. (St. James Academy)
James Fawke Missouri State Defender Junior Cheltenham, England (Bournside School)
Nick Marshall Drake Defender Senior Glen Carbon, Ill. (Edwardsville)
Faik Hajderovic Evansville Forward Sophomore St. Louis, Mo. (Mehlville)
Matt Polster SIUE Midfield Junior Las Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde)
Jack Roberts Missouri State Midfield Junior Leceiser, England (John Cleveland College)
Mark Gonzalez Evansville Forward Sophomore Toronto, Canada (Robert F. Hall Catholic)
Christian Volesky SIUE Forward Junior Henderson, Nev. (Foothill)
Wojciech Wojcik Bradley Forward Senior Elmwood Park, Ill. (Elmwood Park)

2013 MVC All-Freshman Team

Player School Position Hometown (High school)
Darrin McLeod Drake Goalkeeper Waterloo, Ontario (Resurrection Catholic)
Andrew Kendall-Moulin SIUE Defender Faribault, Minn (Shattuck-St. Mary's)
Austin Ledbetter SIUE Defender St. Charles, Mo. (CBC)
Kirill Likhovid Loyola Defender Arlington Heights, Ill. (Buffalo Grove)
Jack Griffin Missouri State Midfield Beverley, England (Beverley Grammar School)
Ben LeMay Drake Midfield Hugo, Minn. (Saint Thomas Academy)
Landon Souder Evansville Midfield Harrodsburg, Ky. (Mercer County)
Mueng Sunday Drake Midfield Coralville, Iowa (Iowa City West)
Wes Carson Central Arkansas Forward Fort Smith, Ark. (Fort Smith Southside)
Christian Okeke Bradley Forward Wichita Falls, Texas (Rider)
Jared Robinson Evansville Forward Powell, Ohio (Olentangy Liberty)

Statistics

See also

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