2019 Summit League men's soccer season

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:
Defensive:
Goalkeeper:
Tournament
Summit League men's soccer seasons
2020 →
2019 Summit League men's soccer standings
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

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.

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

Head coaches

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

Preseason poll

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

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

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

Early season tournaments

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

Team Tournament Finish

Conference results

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

2019 Summit League tournament
Source: TheSummitLeague.org

Postseason

Summit League tournament

Main article: 2019 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Championship
      
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NCAA tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
TBD

Rankings

National rankings

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  Pre Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Wk
13		 Wk
14		 Wk
15		 Wk
16		 Final
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

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV No votes received
  Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12
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

Player of the Week

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

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

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be held in January 2020.

Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School

Homegrown players

Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

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.

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