Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

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Missouri Valley Conference
men's soccer tournament
NCAA Tournament Qualifier
Missouri Valley Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Number of teams7
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadiumBetty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Current location Springfield, Missouri
Played1991–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Western Michigan
Most championships Creighton (13)
TV partner(s) 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.

Contents

List of champions

Sources = [1] [2] [3]

YearTeamsChampionScoreRunner-upMVPHostStadiumAttendanceSeason ChampionTeams to NCAA Tourney
19916 of 6 Tulsa Golden Hurricane [4] 2–1 Illinois State Redbirds [5] Frank Velez,
Tulsa		Tulsa Skelly Field @
H. A. Chapman Stadium
Tulsa, OK 		1,042TulsaTulsa
19924 of 6 Creighton Bluejays [6] 6–2Illinois State Redbirds [5] Ray Ferri,
Creighton		CreightonTranquility Park
Omaha, NE 		3,131CreightonCreighton
19934 of 6Creighton Bluejays [6] 2–0Tulsa Golden Hurricane [4] Brian Kamler,
Creighton		CreightonTranquility Park
Omaha, NE		3,849CreightonCreighton
19944 of 7Creighton Bluejays [6] 1–0 Drake Bulldogs [7] Jay Fitzgerald,
Creighton		CreightonTranquility Park
Omaha, NE		2,700CreightonCreighton
19954 of 6Creighton Bluejays [6] 2–1 Evansville Purple Aces [8] Ross Paule,
Creighton		EvansvilleBlack Beauty Field @
Arad McCutchan Stadium
Evansville, IN 		1,065CreightonCreighton
19964 of 6Evansville Purple Aces [8] 3–2 (ot)Creighton Bluejays [6] Mike LaBerge,
Evansville		CreightonTranquility Park
Omaha, NE		2,030CreightonEvansville, Creighton
19976 of 8Creighton Bluejays [6] 4–1 Missouri State Bears [9] Johnny Torres,
Creighton		EvansvilleBlack Beauty Field
& Coke Field
Evansville, IN		750Missouri StateCreighton, Missouri State
19986 of 8Creighton Bluejays [6] 1–0Missouri State Bears [9] Richard Mulrooney,
Creighton		Missouri StateCooper Park
Springfield, MO 		3,912BradleyCreighton
19996 of 8Missouri State Bears [9] 2–1 (ot) Bradley Braves [10] Jarod Bertrand,
Missouri State		BradleyChiefs Club Field
Peoria, IL 		3,073Missouri StateMissouri State, Creighton
20008 of 12Creighton Bluejays [6] 2–1 (4ot)‡Bradley Braves [10] Brian Mullan,
Creighton		MVCSportPort in
Maryland Heights, MO 		2,233 SMU Creighton, Bradley, SMU
20018 of 12SMU Mustangs [11] 2–1 (4ot)†Creighton Bluejays [6] Luchi Gonzalez,
SMU		MVCSportPort
Maryland Heights, MO		4,758SMUSMU, Creighton
20028 of 10Creighton Bluejays [6] 1–0Bradley Braves [10] Mike Tranchilla,
Creighton		MVCSportPort
Maryland Heights, MO		3,353SMUCreighton, Bradley, SMU
20038 of 10SMU Mustangs [11] 1–1
4–3 (PK)		Missouri State Bears [9] Kevin Hudson,
SMU		MVCSportPort
Maryland Heights, MO		4,002CreightonSMU, Creighton, Tulsa
20048 of 10SMU Mustangs [11] 2–1Tulsa Golden Hurricane [4] Ugo Ihemelu,
SMU		Creighton Morrison Stadium
Omaha, NE		7,199SMUSMU, Tulsa, Creighton
20056 of 8Creighton Bluejays [6] 2–0Bradley Braves [10] Matt Wieland,
Creighton		Bradley Shea Stadium
Peoria, IL		6,056BradleyCreighton, Bradley
20066 of 7Creighton Bluejays [6] 2–1 (ot)Bradley Braves [10] Byron Dacy,
Creighton		BradleyShea Stadium
Peoria, IL		3,033Bradley,
Creighton		Creighton
20076 of 7Bradley Braves [10] 1–0Creighton Bluejays [6] Teddy Anderson,
Bradley		CreightonMorrison Stadium
Omaha, NE		6,507Bradley,
Creighton		Bradley, Creighton
20086 of 6Creighton Bluejays [6] 1–0Missouri State Bears [9] Andrei Gotsmanov,
Creighton		EvansvilleBlack Beauty Field
& Goebel Soccer Complex
Evansville, IN		1,121CreightonCreighton, Drake
20094 of 6Drake Bulldogs [7] 2–1Evansville Purple Aces [8] Calvin Clark,
Drake		DrakeCownie Soccer Park
Des Moines, IA 		1,955Missouri StateDrake, Missouri State
20106 of 8Bradley Braves [10] 0–0
4–3 (PK)		 SIU Edwardsville Cougars [12] Aodhan Quinn,
Bradley		BradleyShea Stadium
Peoria, IL		4,185CreightonBradley, Creighton
20116 of 7Creighton Bluejays [6] 1–0Missouri State Bears [9] Brian Holt,
Creighton		CreightonMorrison Stadium
Omaha, NE		6,453Creighton,
Missouri State		Creighton, Bradley
20126 of 7Creighton Bluejays [6] 2–1SIU Edwardsville Cougars [12] Jose Gomez,
Creighton		BradleyShea Stadium
Peoria, IL		1,230CreightonCreighton
2013 6 of 7Bradley Braves [10] 1–0Missouri State Bears [9] Brian Billings,
Bradley		BradleyShea Stadium
Peoria, IL		1,435Missouri StateBradley
2014
Details 		6 of 7SIU Edwardsville Cougars [13] 1–0 (2ot)Missouri State BearsJabari Danzy,
SIUE		BradleyShea Stadium
Peoria, IL		1,254Missouri StateSIUE
2015
Details 		6 of 7Drake Bulldogs [14] 1–0SIU Edwardsville CougarsKyle Whigham,
Drake		SIU Edwardsville Ralph Korte Stadium
Edwardsville, IL 		2,481SIU EdwardsvilleDrake
2016
Details 		6 of 7SIU Edwardsville Cougars [15] 1–0Missouri State Bears Austin Ledbetter,
SIUE		Missouri StateBetty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Springfield, MO 		2,168 Loyola Chicago SIUE, Loyola
2017
Details 		7 of 7 Central Arkansas Bears [16] 1–0Missouri State BearsNiklas Brodacki,
Central Arkansas		BradleyShea Stadium
Peoria, IL		127Missouri StateCentral Arkansas
2018
Details 		6 of 7Central Arkansas Bears2–1 Loyola Chicago Ramblers Daltyn Knutson,
Central Arkansas		Evansville Arad McCutchan Stadium
Evansville, IN 		157Central ArkansasCentral Arkansas
2019
Details 		6 of 6Loyola Chicago Ramblers1–1
5–4 (PK)		Missouri State BearsAidean Megally,
Loyola Chicago		Loyola Loyola Soccer Park
Chicago, IL 		303Missouri StateMissouri State, Loyola Chicago
2020
Details 		4 of 5Missouri State Bears1–0Loyola Chicago RamblersNicolo Mulatero,
Missouri State		Campus SitesBetty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Springfield, MO		643Missouri StateMissouri State
2021
Details 		6 of 6Missouri State Bears3–0Evansville Purple AcesMichael Creek
Missouri State		Missouri StateBetty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Springfield, MO		270Missouri StateMissouri State
2022
Details 		6 of 6Missouri State Bears1–0Evansville Purple AcesHarry Townsend
Missouri State		Missouri StateBetty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Springfield, MO		257Missouri StateMissouri State
2023
Details 		6 of 9 Western Michigan 2–1Missouri State Bears Charlie Sharp
Western Michigan		Western Michigan WMU Soccer Complex
Kalamazoo, MI 		2,751Western MichiganWestern Michigan, Missouri State

‡ = The 2000 Championship game was the longest game in MVC Tournament history, with the winning goal being scored at 140:48.

† = The 2001 Championship game was the second longest match in MVC Tournament history, with the winning goal scored at 139:54

By school

SchoolSeasonsTitlesTitle yearsAppearancesLastWLTPct
Belmont [17] 2022023140.333
Bowling Green 1012023010.000
Bradley [10] 3332007, 2010, 201325202223197.541
Central Arkansas* [18] 822017, 201852017232.429
Creighton* [6] 22131992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 20122220123481.802
Drake [7] 3322009, 201527202216232.415
Eastern Illinois* [19] 15082008172.200
Evansville [8] 331199623202210204.353
Illinois State # [5] 4041994340.429
Loyola* [20] 91201992021563.464
Missouri State [9] 3341999, 2020, 2021, 202224202324217.529
Northern Illinois 1012023110.500
SIUE [12] 922014, 201692022762.533
SMU* [11] 532001, 2003, 2004520041021.808
TCU* [21] 100–000–
Tulsa* [4] 101199182004471.375
UIC 1012023110.500
Valparaiso# [22] 3032019030.000
Vanderbilt* [23] 9072005171.167
Western Kentucky* [24] 11052003241.357
Western Michigan 112023120232001.000

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