2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from November 9 through November 14, 2021. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Missouri State Bears, who successfully defended their title by defeating Evansville 3–0 in the final.^[1][2] The conference tournament title was the third for the Missouri State men's soccer program, and second for head coach Michael Seabolt.^[3] As tournament champions, Missouri State earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,057
Site	Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium (Semifinals & Final) Springfield, Missouri
Champions	Missouri State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Michael Seabolt (2nd title)
MVP	Michael Creek (Missouri State)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 22 Missouri State ‡	10	–	0	–	0			17	–	2	–	0
Loyola Chicago	6	–	3	–	1			9	–	5	–	2
SIU Edwardsville	4	–	6	–	0			6	–	10	–	2
Evansville	3	–	6	–	1			4	–	14	–	2
Drake	3	–	7	–	0			6	–	9	–	0
Bradley	3	–	7	–	0			5	–	12	–	1
‡ – 2021 MVC Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: MVC

Seeding

All six Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. One tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as Drake and Bradley both finished the regular season with a record of 3–7–0. Drake earned the 5th seed by virtue of defeating Bradley 2–1 both times the teams met during the regular season.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Missouri State	10–0–0	30
2	Loyola Chicago	6–3–1	19
3	SIU Edwardsville	4–6–0	12
4	Evansville	3–6–1	10
5	Drake	3–7–0	9
6	Bradley	3–7–0	9

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, Nov. 9					Semifinals Saturday, Nov. 12					Final Sunday, Nov. 14
						1	Missouri State	1
	4	Evansville	4			6	Bradley	0
	5	Drake	2								1	Missouri State	3
											4	Evansville	0
						2	Loyola Chicago	2 (7)
	3	SIU Edwardsville	1			4	Evansville (pen.)	2 (8)
	6	Bradley	2

Schedule

Opening Round

#4 Evansville v #5 Drake

November 9, 2021	#4 Evansville	4–2	#5 Drake	Evansville, IN
12:00 p.m. CT	Edward Mendy   41',   41' Drake   55' (o.g.) Nkosi Graham   64', 72'	Report	23' Absalom Solorio-Villalpando   30', 83' Juan Louis	Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium Attendance: 345

#3 SIU Edwardsville v #6 Bradley

November 9, 2021	#3 SIU Edwardsville	1–2	#6 Bradley	Edwardsville, IL
7:00 p.m. CT	Alex Pontoni   52' Harvey Moyes   56',   86' Max Broughton   89' Vincent Jackson II   90'	Report	52' Michael Rogalski   54' Danny Collins   73' Rasmus Smidtslund   90' Jake Schoffstall	Stadium: Korte Stadium Attendance: 142 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Adam Herges Assistant referees: Quinton McFarlen Fourth official: Velimir Milovic

Semifinals

#2 Loyola Chicago v #4 Evansville

November 12, 2021	#2 Loyola Chicago	2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	#4 Evansville	Springfield, Missouri
3:00 p.m. CT	Andrew Mitchell   20' Alex Moskal   37'	Report	6' (pen.) Pablo Guillen   40' Carlos Barcia   58' Nkosi Graham   88' Brian Zambrano   95' Jon Varela	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 75 Referee: Alex Beehler Assistant referees: Vitali Hantsevich Assistant referees: Besnik i Rexhep Fourth official: Andrew Ellsworth
	Penalties
	Marc Torrellas   Billy Hency   Tomas Dias   Tyler Biggs   Jason Ybarra   Oscar Dueso   Andrew Mitchell   Andrew Schweinert		Oliver Hald   Jakub Hall   Jose Vivas   Pablo Guillen   Francesco Brunetti   Carlos Barcia   Brian Zambrano   Davis Peck

#1 Missouri State v #6 Bradley

November 12, 2021	#1 Missouri State	1–0	#6 Bradley	Springfield, Missouri
6:00 p.m. CT	Josh Dolling   33'	Report	29' Jack Douglas	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 225 Referee: Heber Estrada Assistant referees: Zachary Richter Assistant referees: Kurt Wuebbels Fourth official: Andrew Ellsworth

Final

#1 Missouri State v #4 Evansville

November 14, 2021	#1 Missouri State	3–0	#4 Evansville	Springfield, Missouri
1:00 p.m. CT	Javier Martin Gil   29' Jon Koka   39' Jesus Barea   53' Nicolo Mulatero   56'	Report	52' Owen Butcher	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 270 Referee: Art Arustamyan Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Fourth official: Daniel Ortega

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

2 goals

• Juan Louis – Drake
• Nkosi Graham – Evansville

1 goal

• Danny Collins – Bradley
• Rasmus Smidtslund – Bradley
• Carlos Barcia – Evansville
• Pablo Guillen – Evansville
• Edward Mendy – Evansville
• Alex Moskal – Loyola Chicago
• Andrew Mitchell – Loyola Chicago
• Jesus Barea – Missouri State
• Josh Dolling – Missouri State
• Javier Martin Gil – Missouri State
• Jon Koka – Missouri State
• Harvey Moyes – SIU Edwardsville

1 own goal

• Drake (vs. Evansville)

All-Tournament team

Source:^[5]

Player	Team
Juan Louis	Drake
Harvey Moyes	SIUE
Giann Magno	Loyola-Chicago
Tyler Biggs
Bryce Logan	Bradley
Michael Rogalski
Jacob Madden	Evansville
Nkosi Graham
Ethan Garvey
Connor Langan	Missouri State
Josh Dolling
Kyle Hiebert
Michael Creek

MVP in bold

References

1. "2020 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
2. "2021 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
3. "2021 Men's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
4. "Bracket Set for 2021 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 6, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
5. "MSOC Tournament Championship: Missouri State 3, Evansville 0". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 14, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022.