Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
| Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament | |
|---|---|
| NCAA Tournament Qualifier | |
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| Sport | College soccer |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Format | Single-elimination |
| Current stadium | Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium |
| Current location | Springfield, Missouri |
| Played | 1991–present |
| Last contest | 2025 |
| Current champion | Western Michigan (2nd. title) |
| Most championships | Creighton (13) |
| TV partner | ESPN+ |
| Official website | mvc-sports.com/msoc |
The Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). The tournament has been held every year since the MVC began men's soccer competition in 1991. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season conference records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.
Creighton is the most winning team of the competition with 13 titles.
List of champions
Finals
- Key
- (1) – Title number
- a.e.t. – Match went to extra time
- p – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
- – Winning team won regular season
| Ed. | Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Stadium | City | Att. | Season Champion | Teams to NCAA Tourney |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1991 | Tulsa (1)[4] | 2–1 |
Illinois State[5] | Frank Velez, Tulsa | Chapman Stadium | Tulsa, OK | 1,042 | Tulsa | Tulsa |
| 2 | 1992 | Creighton (1)[6] | 6–2 |
Illinois State [5] | Ray Ferri, Creighton | Tranquility Park | Omaha, NE | 3,131 | Creighton | Creighton |
| 3 | 1993 | Creighton (2)[6] | 2–0 |
Tulsa [4] | Brian Kamler, Creighton | Tranquility Park | Omaha, NE | 3,849 | Creighton | Creighton |
| 4 | 1994 | Creighton (3)[6] | 1–0 |
Drake[7] | Jay Fitzgerald, Creighton |
Tranquility Park | Omaha, NE | 2,700 | Creighton | Creighton |
| 5 | 1995 | Creighton (4)[6] | 2–1 |
Evansville[8] | Ross Paule, Creighton | McCutchan Stadium | Evansville, IN | 1,065 | Creighton | Creighton |
| 6 | 1996 | Evansville [8] | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
Creighton [6] | Mike LaBerge, Evansville | Tranquility Park | Omaha, NE | 2,030 | Creighton | Evansville, Creighton |
| 7 | 1997 | Creighton (5)[6] | 4–1 |
Missouri State[9] | Johnny Torres, Creighton | Black Beauty Field | Evansville, IN | 750 | Missouri State | Creighton Missouri State |
| 8 | 1998 | Creighton (6)[6] | 1–0 |
Missouri State [9] | Richard Mulrooney, Creighton | Cooper Park | Springfield, MO | 3,912 | Bradley | Creighton |
| 9 | 1999 | Missouri State (1)[9] | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
Bradley[10] | Jarod Bertrand, Missouri St | Chiefs Club Field | Peoria, IL | 3,073 | Missouri St | Missouri St, Creighton |
| 10 | 2000 | Creighton (7)[6] | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
Bradley [10] | Brian Mullan, Creighton | SportPort in | Maryland Heights, MO | 2,233 | SMU | Creighton, Bradley, SMU |
| 11 | 2001 | SMU (1)[11] | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
Creighton [6] | Luchi Gonzalez, SMU | SportPort | Maryland Heights, MO | 4,758 | SMU | SMU, Creighton |
| 12 | 2002 | Creighton (8)[6] | 1–0 |
Bradley Braves[10] | Mike Tranchilla, Creighton | SportPort | Maryland Heights, MO | 3,353 | SMU | Creighton, Bradley, SMU |
| 13 | 2003 | SMU (2)[11] | 1–1 (4–3 p) |
Missouri State [9] | Kevin Hudson, SMU | SportPort | Maryland Heights, MO | 4,002 | Creighton | SMU, Creighton, Tulsa |
| 14 | 2004 | SMU (3)[11] | 2–1 |
Tulsa [4] | Ugo Ihemelu, SMU | Morrison Stadium | Omaha, NE | 7,199 | SMU | SMU, Tulsa, Creighton |
| 15 | 2005 | Creighton (9)[6] | 2–0 |
Bradley [10] | Matt Wieland, Creighton | Shea Stadium | Peoria, IL | 6,056 | Bradley | Creighton, Bradley |
| 16 | 2006 | Creighton (10)[6] | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
Bradley [10] | Byron Dacy, Creighton | Shea Stadium | Peoria, IL | 3,033 | Bradley, Creighton |
Creighton |
| 17 | 2007 | Bradley (1)[10] | 1–0 |
Creighton [6] | Teddy Anderson, Bradley | Morrison Stadium | Omaha, NE | 6,507 | Bradley, Creighton | Bradley, Creighton |
| 18 | 2008 | Creighton (11)[6] | 1–0 |
Missouri State [9] | Andrei Gotsmanov, Creighton | Goebel Soccer Complex | Evansville, IN | 1,121 | Creighton | Creighton, Drake |
| 19 | 2009 | Drake [7] | 2–1 |
Evansville [8] | Calvin Clark, Drake | Cownie Soccer Park | Des Moines, IA | 1,955 | Missouri St | Drake, Missouri St |
| 20 | 2010 | Bradley (2)[10] | 0–0 (4–3 p) |
SIU Edwardsville[12] | Aodhan Quinn, Bradley | Shea Stadium | Peoria, IL | 4,185 | Creighton | Bradley, Creighton |
| 21 | 2011 | Creighton (12)[6] | 1–0 |
Missouri State [9] | Brian Holt, Creighton | Morrison Stadium | Omaha, NE | 6,453 | Creighton, Missouri State | Creighton, Bradley |
| 22 | 2012 | Creighton (13)[6] | 2–1 |
SIU Edwardsville [12] | Jose Gomez, Creighton | Shea Stadium | Peoria, IL | 1,230 | Creighton | Creighton |
| 23 | 2013 | Bradley (3)[10] | 1–0 |
Missouri State [9] | Brian Billings, Bradley | Shea Stadium | Peoria, IL | 1,435 | Missouri State | Bradley |
| 24 | 2014 | SIU Edwardsville [13] | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
Missouri State | Jabari Danzy, SIUE | Shea Stadium | Peoria, IL | 1,254 | Missouri St | SIUE |
| 25 | 2015 | Drake [14] | 1–0 |
SIU Edwardsville | Kyle Whigham, Drake | Ralph Korte Stadium | Edwardsville, IL | 2,481 | SIU Edwardsville | Drake |
| 26 | 2016 | SIU Edwardsville [15] | 1–0 |
Missouri State | Austin Ledbetter, SIUE | Allison South Stadium | Springfield, MO | 2,168 | Loyola Chicago | SIUE, Loyola |
| 27 | 2017 | Central Arkansas (1)[16] | 1–0 |
Missouri State | Niklas Brodacki, Central Arkansas | Shea Stadium | Peoria, IL | 127 | Missouri St | Cen Arkansas |
| 28 | 2018 | Central Arkansas (2) | 2–1 |
Loyola Chicago | Daltyn Knutson, Cen Arkansas | McCutchan Stadium | Evansville, IN | 157 | Cen Arkansas | Cen Arkansas |
| 29 | 2019 | Loyola Chicago | 1–1 (5–4 p) |
Missouri State | Aidean Megally, Loyola Ch | Loyola Soccer Park | Chicago, IL | 303 | Missouri St | Missouri St, Loyola Ch |
| 30 | 2020 | Missouri State (2) | 1–0 |
Loyola Chicago | Nicolo Mulatero, Missouri State | Allison Stadium | Springfield, MO | 643 | Missouri St | Missouri St |
| 31 | 2021 | Missouri State (3) | 3–0 |
Evansville | Michael Creek, Missouri State | Allison Stadium | Springfield, MO | 270 | Missouri St | Missouri St |
| 32 | 2022 | Missouri State (4) | 1–0 |
Evansville | Harry Townsend, Missouri St | Allison Stadium | Springfield, MO | 257 | Missouri St | Missouri St |
| 33 | 2023 | Western Michigan (1) | 2–1 |
Missouri State | Charlie Sharp, West Michigan | WMU Soccer Complex | Kalamazoo, MI | 2,751 | West Michigan | West Michigan, Missouri St |
| 34 | 2024 | Evansville (2) | 3–2 | Bowling Green | Kai Phillips, Evansville | Allison Stadium | Springfield, MO | 2,343 | Missouri St | Evansville Missouri State West. Michigan |
| 35 | 2025 | Western Michigan (2) | 1–0 | Evansville | Braxton Arpachinda, WM | McCutchan Stadium | Evansville, IN | 1,810 | West Michigan |
By school
- As of November 2025
| School | Seasons | Titles | Title years | App. | Last | W | L | T | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont [17] | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2023 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .333 | |
| Bowling Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | |
| Bradley [10] | 34 | 3 | 2007, 2010, 2013 | 25 | 2022 | 23 | 19 | 7 | .541 |
| Central Arkansas* [18] | 8 | 2 | 2017, 2018 | 5 | 2017 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .429 |
| Creighton* [6] | 22 | 13 | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012 | 22 | 2012 | 34 | 8 | 1 | .802 |
| Drake [7] | 34 | 2 | 2009, 2015 | 28 | 2024 | 16 | 24 | 2 | .405 |
| Eastern Illinois* [19] | 15 | 0 | 8 | 2008 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .200 | |
| Evansville [8] | 34 | 2 | 1996, 2024 | 24 | 2024 | 13 | 20 | 4 | .405 |
| Illinois State# [5] | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1994 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
| Loyola* [20] | 9 | 1 | 2019 | 9 | 2021 | 5 | 6 | 3 | .464 |
| Missouri State [9] | 34 | 4 | 1999, 2020, 2021, 2022 | 25 | 2024 | 24 | 22 | 7 | .519 |
| Northern Illinois | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| SIUE[12] | 9 | 2 | 2014, 2016 | 9 | 2022 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .533 |
| SMU* [11] | 5 | 3 | 2001, 2003, 2004 | 5 | 2004 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .808 |
| TCU* [21] | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Tulsa* [4] | 10 | 1 | 1991 | 8 | 2004 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .375 |
| UIC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | |
| Valparaiso# [22] | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | |
| Vanderbilt* [23] | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2005 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 | |
| Western Kentucky* [24] | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2003 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .357 | |
| Western Michigan | 3 | 2 | 2023, 2025 | 2 | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
- BF = Current active members
- * = Former Member or Affiliate.
- # = MVC member, no longer plays soccer.
References
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- ↑ MVC-Sports.com – 2012 MVC Men's Soccer Championship
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- 1 2 3 SIUE
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- ↑ "Drake downs top-seeded SIUE in final, 1–0". The Telegraph. November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ↑ "COLLEGE MEN'S SOCCER: Cougars outlast MSU, win MVC Tourney". The Telegraph. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ↑ "Central Arkansas wins MVC soccer title with 1–0 win over MSU". Peoria Journal Star. November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
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- ↑ "Valparaiso makes it official, accepts Missouri Valley Conference invitation". Chicago Tribune. May 25, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
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