2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season


The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 23rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The defending regular and postseason champions, Creighton, left the conference to join the new Big East Conference.
The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was hosted and won by Bradley.

Changes from 2012

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityHead CoachCaptainUniform supplier
Bradley BravesPeoria, IllinoisShea Stadium Jim DeRoseTBA Nike
Central Arkansas BearsConway, ArkansasBill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex Ross DuncanTBA Nike
Drake BulldogsDes Moines, IowaCownie Sports Complex Sean HolmesTBA adidas
Nike
Evansville Purple AcesEvansville, IndianaMcCutchan Stadium Mike JacobsTBA Nike
Loyola RamblersChicago, IllinoisLoyola Soccer Park Neil JonesTBA Nike
Missouri State BearsSpringfield, MissouriPlaster Sports Complex John LeamyTBA Nike
SIU Edwardsville CougarsEdwardsville, IllinoisKorte Stadium Kevin KalishJohn Berner adidas
Nike

Season outlook

2013 Preseason Coaches' Poll
RankTeam Points
1SIUE 40
T2Evansville 36
T2Drake 36
4Bradley 35
5Missouri State 21
6Central Arkansas19
7Loyola9

2013 Preseason MVC All-Conference Team
PlayerSchoolPositionClassHometown
Jarred ArdeDrakeMidfieldJuniorGulfport, Miss.
John BernerSIUEGoalkeeperSeniorSt. Louis, Mo.
Addison EckDrakeMidfieldSeniorSpringfield, Ill.
James FawkeMissouri StateDefenderJuniorCheltenham, England
Mark GonzalezEvansvilleMidfieldSophomoreToronto, Canada
Faik HajderovicEvansvilleForwardSoophomoreSt. Louis, Mo.
Patrick HodgesEvansvilleDefenderJuniorEvansville, Ind.
Matt PolsterSIUEMidfieldJuniorLas Vegas, Nev.
Matt TaphornCentral ArkansasDefenderJuniorDenver, Colo.
Christian VoleskySIUEForwardJuniorHenderson, Nev.
Wojciech WojcikBradleyForwardSeniorElmwood Park, Ill.

MVC Tournament

Honors

2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's All-Midwest Region Teams

First Team— Midfielder James Fawke, Missouri State; Midfielder Faik Hajderovic, Evansville; Forward Wojciech Wojcik, Bradley
Second Team— Goalkeeper Brian Billings, Bradley; Defender Alec Bartlett, Drake; Forward Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Evansville
Third Team— Goalkeeper Trevor Spangenberg, Missouri State; Defender Grant Bell, Bradley; Midfielder Matt Polster, SIUE; Forward Christian Okeke, Bradley

2013 MVC All-Conference First Team

2013 MVC All-Freshman Team

Statistics