The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 27th season of men's varsity soccer in the
conference
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.
The
Loyola Ramblers
The Loyola Ramblers (also called the Loyola Chicago Ramblers) are the varsity sports teams of Loyola University Chicago. Most teams compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference, which the school joined in 2022 after leaving the Missouri Valley Confere ...
were the defending regular season champions, while the
SIU Edwardsville Cougars (now in the
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...
) were the 2016 tournament champions.
With the results of the games of Saturday, October 28, Missouri State secured the top seed in the MVC Tournament with Central Arkansas seeded second. MoSt then won the regular season title with a draw at Drake on November 4.
On Sunday, November 12, the Central Arkansas Bears defeated the Missouri State Bears 1–0 in overtime at Shea Stadium in Peoria, Illinois to with their first MVC Championship and advance to their first NCAA tournament since moving to Division I in 2007.
Changes from 2016
The
Valparaiso Crusaders
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joined the MVC on July 1 after spending the past ten years in the
Horizon League
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. At the time, Valpo became the eighth team in MVC men's soccer.
The MVC lost
SIU Edwardsville (SIUE) to the
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...
, returning the MVC to seven men's soccer teams. The Cougars had initially been announced as joining MAC men's soccer in 2018, but less than a week after the initial announcement, the MAC indicated that SIUE men's soccer would instead join in 2017.
Teams
Season outlook
2017 Preseason MVC Coaches' Poll
2017 Preseason MVC All-Conference Team'
† = Also on 2016 Preseason MVC All-Conference Team
Regular season
Rankings
United Soccer Coaches National Poll
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West Region rankings
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NCAA RPI
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MVC Players of the Week
Postseason
MVC Tournament
The 2017 MVC Tournament was played November 7, 8, 10, and 12 at
Bradley University
Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,200 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in fiv ...
's
Shea Stadium
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.
Second seeded Central Arkansas defeated top-seeded Missouri State 1–0 in overtime to earn the MVC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
NCAA tournament
2018 MLS SuperDraft
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Honors
2017 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men's All-West Region teams
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2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America teams
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The six athletes named Academic All-Americans from the Missouri Valley Conference was the most from any of the 24 soccer playing conferences; the twelve team
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the ACC's eighteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athlet ...
was second with five members.
First team
Clark Emerson. Bradley University, 4.00, Business (Finance)
Second team
Aleksi Tuominen, Drake University, 4.00, Health Sciences
Third team
Liam Priestley, Missouri State University, 3.52, Finance
Kyle Hiebert, Missouri State University, 4.00, Accounting
Chris Holmes, University of Central Arkansas, 4.00, Health Services Administration
Ryan Merideth. Drake University. 3.86. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District teams
''Source:''
Only All-District players are eligible for the Academic All-America ballot.
District 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH)
Clark Emerson. Bradley University, 4.00, Business (Finance)
District 6 (AR, IA, LA, MN, MO, MS, ND, SD, WI)
Liam Priestley, Missouri State University, 3.52, Finance
Kyle Hiebert, Missouri State University, 4.00, Accounting
Daltyn Knutson, University of Central Arkansas, 3.95, Finance
Aleksi Tuominen, Drake University, 4.00, Health Sciences
Chris Holmes, University of Central Arkansas, 4.00, Health Services Administration
Ryan Merideth. Drake University. 3.86. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
2017 NSCAA NCAA Division I Men's Scholar All-America teams
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NSCAA 2017-18 College Team Academic Award
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The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) annually recognizes college and high school soccer programs that have excelled in the classroom by posting a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher. — of the MVC's seven teams were honored this year. The schools, their head coaches, and their team GPAs are:
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2017 MVC awards
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2017 MVC All-Conference First Team
* %First-team selection in 2016; $Second-team selection in 2016; #HM selection in 2016; *Second-team selection in 2015; +HM selection in 2015; ! Second-team selection in 2014
2017 MVC All-Conference Second Team
* #HM selection in 2016; *Second-team selection in 2015; +HM selection in 2015
2017 MVC All-Tournament Team
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''2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP''–Niklas Brodacki, Central Arkansas
2017 MVC Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete teams
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The criteria for the All-MVC honor parallels the CoSIDA (
College Sports Information Directors of America
College Sports Communicators (CSC) is a membership association for all strategic, creative and digital professionals working in intercollegiate athletics across all levels for colleges, universities and conferences across the United States and Cana ...
) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular-season matches or played in the league tournament. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution.
* @ = First Team in 2016; % = Honorable Mention in 2016; # = First Team in 2015
See also
*
2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
The 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 59th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began on August 25 and continued into the first weekend of November 2017. The season culminated with the 2017 NCAA D ...
References
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2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season