2019 Summit League men's soccer season


The 2019 Summit League men's soccer season will be the 14th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season will begin in late August 2019 and conclude in mid-November 2019.
Denver enter the season as the defending regular season and tournament champions.
This is the final season for Purdue Fort Wayne as a Summit member. The Mastodons will leave for the Horizon League on July 1, 2020. The Summit will maintain its men's soccer membership at six with the return of the Kansas City Roos, which will rejoin at the same date after seven seasons in the Western Athletic Conference.

Background

Head coaches

TeamHead coachPrevious jobYears at
school		Overall recordRecord at
school		Summit
record		NCAA
Tournaments		NCAA
College Cups		NCAA
Titles		Ref.
Eastern IllinoisEastern Illinois 4000
DenverDenver 5410
OmahaPenn State21420
Oral RobertsOral Roberts 7000
Purdue Fort WayneIPFW 13000
Western IllinoisLoras23600

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 19, 2019.

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls were released in July and August 2019. Denver was the only Summit League program ranked in preseason polls across all major polls.
United
Soccer		CSNSoccer
America		Top Drawer
Soccer
Eastern Illinois————
Denver18171912
OmahaRVRV——
Oral RobertsRVRV——
Purdue Fort Wayne————
Western Illinois————

Preseason Players to Watch

PlayerNat.SchoolPositionClassHometown
DenverStockholm, SWE
DenverHenderson, NV
Eastern IllinoisSan Miguel de Abona, ESP

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.

Conference results

Positions by round

Postseason

Summit League Tournament

NCAA Tournament

SeedRegionSchool1st Round2nd Round3rd RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
TBD

Rankings

National rankings

Regional rankings - USC West Region

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Eastern IllinoisNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Denver2NV1010NVNVNVNVNVNV
OmahaNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Oral Roberts6654444533
Purdue Fort WayneNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV
Western IllinoisNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV

Awards and honors

Player of the Week

Postseason honors

2020 MLS Draft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be held in January 2020.
PlayerTeamSchool

Homegrown players

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.
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