2018 Men's Soccer Thread

[VUGrad1314]

Here's a look at the schedule and the Newcomers. This team looks very talented!

Schedule:

http://www.valpoathletics.com/msoccer/schedule/

Newcomers:

http://www.valpoathletics.com/msoccer/news/2018-19/18330/valpo-mens-soccer-announces-2018-newcomers/

[VUGrad1314]

Valpo picked fifth in men's soccer poll. Here's the order:

1 Missouri State

2 Loyola

3 Central Arkansas

4 Bradley

5 Valpo

6 Drake

7 Evansville

You can read the report here:

http://www.mvc-sports.com/news/2018/8/7/MSOC_Preseason.aspx

[agibson]

Mentzignen and Garcia, who played together at FC Detroit this summer, both named all-Valley pre-season (just 11 players I think).

The men got thumped pretty good by Western Michigan (ranked #14 nationally or something, 10th seed in the NCAA tournament last season and went to the Sweet Sixteen) on the grass at Eastgate Thursday afternoon. But, hopefully things look up from there.

[VUGrad1314]

Valpo loses exhibition match to Notre Dame 3-1. The Crusaders are next in action Friday at 5PM at Brown Field against IUPUI as part of a doubleheader with the women's team who plays Toledo at 7:30.

[VUGrad1314]

Tomorrow is Opening Day for Men's Soccer! Hope to see some of you at Brown Field at 5PM!
Here's a look at the matchups around the conference!

VALPO vs IUPUI
Missouri State @ UMKC
Drake vs Oral Roberts
Evansville @ Utah Valley
Loyola @ #14 Western Michigan
Bradley vs Gonzaga
Central Arkansas vs Georgia State

[vu84v2]

Nice win in OT last night. Hard to believe they had to go to OT when they outshot them 29-2.

Good luck tomorrow at Marquette in beautiful Valley Fields.

[VUGrad1314]

Scores around the Conference Aug 24:

VALPO 1 IUPUI 0

Evansville 0 Utah Valley 4

Loyola 0 #14 Western Michigan 2

Drake 0 Oral Roberts 1

Bradley 2 Gonzaga 2

Missouri State 3 UMKC 1

Central Arkansas 1 Georgia State 0

Upcoming Games August 26

UNLV vs Evansville (neutral site)

VALPO @ Marquette

Oral Roberts @ Bradley

[VUGrad1314]

Scores around the conference August 26:

Evansville 1 UNLV 4

VALPO 1 Marquette 3

Bradley 2 Oral Roberts 1

Upcoming games August 27

CS-Fullerton @ Missouri State

Cleveland State @ Loyola

Drake @ #9 Butler

[VULB#62]

Correction:

Valpo men lost to Marquette 1-3 yesterday.  WSO lost to Ft. Wayne.

[VUGrad1314]

Correction: Valpo men lost to Marquette 1-3 yesterday.  WSO lost to Ft. Wayne.

Fixed it Sorry

[VUGrad1314]

Great day for the MVC! Scores around the conference:

Loyola 1 Cleveland State 0

Missouri State 1 CS-Fullerton 1

Drake 2 #9 Butler 1

http://www.mvc-sports.com/news/2018/8/27/drake-mens-soccer-upsets-no-9-butler-2-1-in-indianapolis.aspx

[vu72]

Um, I really think we need a field house--BADLY!!!

https://www.facebook.com/405597956155310/videos/310005433138207/?t=0

[VUGrad1314]

Big match today as Central Arkansas heads to Milwaukee to take on #22 Marquette

Here's tomorrow's match docket:

Evansville @ EIU

Bradley @ IUPUI

#20 UIC @ Drake

Missouri State @ Omaha

Loyola-Marymount @ Loyola

[VUGrad1314]

Scores Around the Conference August 30

Central Arkansas 0 #22 Marquette 4

This could prove to be a good sign for Valpo as we looked better against Marquette than the defending MVC champions.

[VUGrad1314]

Scores around the Conference August 31:

Evansville 1 EIU 1

Bradley 1 IUPUI 0

Drake 3 #20 UIC 1

Missouri State 2 Omaha 0

Loyola Loyola Marymount PPD

Great day for the MVC! Undefeated and Drake's second win against a  top 25 team!

Upcoming games September 1

VALPO vs Northwestern

Standings:

Bradley 2-0-1

Missouri State  2-0-1

Drake 2-1

Central Arkansas 1-1

Loyola 1-1

VALPO 1-1

Evansville 0-2-1

[VULB#62]

MSO looked good vs. NU outshooting them 14-9 (on goal 4-3) but gave up the only score of the match in the second half. Monday it's Wisconsin. Hoping for a similar or better result.

[VUGrad1314]

I've been slacking on these updates and I apologize.

Scores around the conference September 1:

VALPO 0 Northwestern 1

September 2:

Evansville 2 IUPUI 2

Bradley 2 Princeton 1

Loyola 1 Oakland 6

September 3:

VALPO 0 Wisconsin 1

Central Arkansas 3 Central Baptist 0

September 4:

Drake 3 UMKC 0

Upcoming games September 7:

GCU @ Evansville

VALPO @ Milwaukee

Central Arkansas @ Incarnate Word

Mercer Vs Missouri State

Eastern Illinois @ Bradley

Northwestern @ Loyola

DePaul @ Drake

I will have a standings update after tomorrow's games are concluded

[valpotx]

Poor results continue this season, as we drop a 4-1 decision to ORU, moving us to 2-7-1.  We usually have a great non-conference season and choke a bit in conference, so hopefully it is the other way around this season...

[VULB#62]

Took two this week with wins over Eastern Illinois and conference win vs, Bradley. Could be turning the corner.

[oklahomamick]

VUMSO did not lose over the final six matches of the season for the first time in program history.

Had only one loss in conference play for the fourth time in program history

Highest regular season finish since 2011. 

Highest finish by any Valpo team since joining the MVC

It was also VUMSO that won the first Horizon League Championship

[VULB#62]

The Crusaders are seeded 3rd in the MVC tourney and play #6 Drake on Wednesday in Evansville. We beat Drake 1-0 previously. The winner of that faces #2 Loyola on Friday. Valpo tied Loyola 0-0 in the regular season. The regular season leader was Centralk Arkansas and Valpo tied them 2-2.

[VULB#62]

Valpo grad Rafael Mentzingen was drafted by MLS Columbus in the 4th round (92nd overall),  Wow!

http://www.valpoathletics.com/msoccer/news/2018-19/18751/mentzingen-selected-by-columbus-crew-sc-in-2019-mls-superdraft/

[valpotx]

Much deserved.  He will play in USL 1 with the Lansing team, but I do expect to see him make some appearances in MLS in the next few years.  Kyle Zobeck has carved out a nice career as a backup, but it would be great if he was able to play an MLS game, as I don't think we've had anyone make an MLS regular season appearance as of yet.