2019 Men’s Soccer

[NotBryceDrew]

Did the loss of Central Arkansas cause scheduling issues for 2019 as they changed the MVC conference game format?

[valpotx]

That's a big loss, as UCA has done well over the last few seasons.  I wish that that the MVC had more participants in Men's Tennis and Men's Soccer. 

[oklahomamick]

agreed, usually the state schools don't sponsor men's soccer.  Schools that have football most of the time don't have men's soccer. 

I wish E. Illinois would come back to the mvc as an associate member for men's soccer. 

That would really hurt the summit league men's soccer as they would drop to 6 after the addition of umkc. 

[VUGrad1314]

They might strongly consider that because it would result in better  travel for them than the Summit League and save their athletic department some much needed cash. I wouldn't be surprised if those discussions are underway as we speak for them to leave the SL in mens soccer to join the MVC.

[VUGrad1314]

I'm guessing tensions between Valpo and the HL have eased somewhat. If we count future HL member PFW, Valpo is playing 3 HL games in mens soccer and volleyball and a whopping 6 in womens soccer. I'd love to see us play more MAC teams in these sports as well.

[oklahomamick]

E. Illinois was once an associate member for men's soccer in the MVC.  Don't know why they left.  They were never competitive.