2018 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the 29th edition of the competition. The tournament was played from November 7 until November 11, 2018.

2018 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	7
Matches	6
Attendance	664
Site	Arad McCutchan Stadium Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Central Arkansas (2nd title)
Winning coach	Ross Duncan (2nd title)
MVP	Daltyn Knutson (Central Arkansas)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament «2017  2019»

2018 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Central Arkansas ‡	4	–	1	–	1			8	–	6	–	4
Loyola Chicago	3	–	1	–	2			10	–	7	–	2
Valparaiso	2	–	1	–	3			5	–	8	–	4
Missouri State	2	–	2	–	2			9	–	2	–	6
Evansville	2	–	2	–	2			4	–	8	–	7
Drake	2	–	3	–	1			7	–	7	–	3
Bradley	1	–	5	–	0			8	–	5	–	4
‡ – 2018 MVC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of November 30, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The Central Arkansas Bears won the tournament, defeating Loyola Chicago 2–1 in the final.^[1][2] The win give the UCA their second consecutive MVC men's soccer championship, and a berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Background

Main article: 2018 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the culmination of the regular season. The regular season conference matches determine the seeding in the tournament, which determines the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. All teams in the Missouri Valley Conference, or MVC, play each other once during the season. Teams play certain teams at home during even number years, and then will play those teams on the road during odd number years. Teams are awarded three points for a win, a point for a draw and no points for a loss.

In the event that teams are tied on points, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head record. If that tiebreaker is tied, goal differential is applied, followed by goals scored, then away goals, then RPI.

Central Arkansas won the regular season with a 4–1–1 record.

Seeding

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Central Arkansas	4–1–1
2	Loyola Chicago	3–1–2
3	Valparaiso	2–1–3
4	Missouri State	2–2–2
5	Evansville	2–2–2
6	Drake	2–3–1

Bracket

Source:^[3]

	Opening Round Wednesday, Nov. 7					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 9					Final Sunday, Nov. 11
						2	Loyola Chicago	12OT
	3	Valparaiso	1			6	Drake	0
	6	Drake	22OT								2	Loyola Chicago	1
											1	Central Arkansas	2
						1	Central Arkansas	2 (5)
	4	Missouri State	5			4	Missouri State	2 (4)
	5	Evansville	2

Results

Quarterfinals

November 7, 2018

3:00 p.m. CDT

No. 3 Valparaiso	1–2 (a.e.t.)	No. 6 Drake
Tyler Curylo 36'	Report	3' Leroy Enzugusi 104' Steven Enna

Arad McCutchan Stadium, Evansville, Indiana

Attendance: 131

November 7, 2018

6:00 p.m. CDT

No. 4 Missouri State	5–2	No. 5 Evansville
Stuart Wilkin 34' Greg Stratton 35' Harry Lewis 43' Conor Ingram 59' Josh Dolling 70' (pen.)	Report	1' Hunter Deweese 23' Ryan Harris

Arad McCutchan Stadium, Evansville, Indiana

Attendance: 219

Semifinals

November 9, 2018

3:00 p.m. CDT

No. 2 Loyola Chicago	1–0 (a.e.t.)	No. 6 Drake
Aidan Megally 108'	Report

Arad McCutchan Stadium, Evansville, Indiana

Attendance: 157

Referee: Landis Wiley

November 9, 2018

6:00 p.m. CDT

No. 1 Central Arkansas	2–2 (a.e.t.)	No. 4 Missouri State
Niklas Brodacki 43' (pen.) Daltyn Knutson 64'	Report	18' Ben Stroud 57' Stuart Wilkin
Penalties
Daltyn Knutson Vicent Abaso Jake Bates Niklas Sandquiest Niklas Brodacki Soren Jensen	5–4	Jake Buckle Josh Dolling Conor Ingram Stuart Wilkin Ben Stroud Kyle Hiebert

Arad McCutchan Stadium, Evansville, Indiana

Attendance: 157

Referee: Shane Butler

MVC Championship

November 11, 2018

1:00 p.m. CDT

No. 2 Loyola Chicago	1–2	No. 1 Central Arkansas
Aidan Megally 79' (pen.)	Report	17' Niklas Brodacki 53' Daltyn Knutson

Arad McCutchan Stadium, Evansville, Indiana

Attendance: 157

Referee: Ben Trevino

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• Niklas Brodacki - Central Arkansas
• Daltyn Knutson - Central Arkansas
• Aidan Megally - Loyola Chicago
• Stuart Wilkin - Missouri State

1 Goal

• Tyler Curylo - Valparaiso
• Hunter Deweese - Evansville
• Josh Dolling - Missouri State
• Steven Enna - Drake
• Leroy Enzugusi - Drake
• Ryan Harris - Evansville
• Conor Ingram - Missouri State
• Harry Lewis - Missouri State
• Greg Stratton - Missouri State
• Ben Stroud - Missouri State

Honors and awards

MVC All-Tournament team

MVC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[4]

Nacho Miras, Valparaiso Simon Waever, Evansville Jared Brown, Drake Steven Enna, Drake Jake Buckle, Missouri State Jake Laird, Missouri State Grant Stoneman, Loyola Aidan Megally, Loyola Tucker Stephenson, Loyola Niklas Brodacki, Central Arkansas Marc Olsen, Central Arkansas Jake Bates, Central Arkansas Daltyn Knutson, Central Arkansas

MVP in Bold

See also

• 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament