# 2024 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from November 10 through November 16, 2024. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Allison South Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Western Michigan Broncos They were unable to defend their title, losing as the fourth seed in the First Round to the Evansville Purple Aces in overtime 2–1. Fifth seed Evansville would go on to win the tournament, defeating Bowling Green in overtime, in the Final, 3–2. This was the second conference tournament title for the Evansville men's soccer program. It was the first tournament title for head coach Robbe Tarver. As tournament champions, Evansville earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

## Seeding

Six of the nine Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2024 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A three-team tiebreaker was required as Bowling Green, Evansville, and Western Michigan all finished with thirteen points during regular season conference play. The first tiebreaker was record against the other tied teams. Each team had a 1–1 record in this tiebreaker. The second tiebreaker was conference-only goal differential. Bowling Green earned the third seed in this tiebreaker with their +3 goal difference. Western Michigan had a 0 goal difference and Evansville had a -1 goal difference. Western Michigan earned the fourth seed by virtue of their head-to-head regular season conference victory over Evansville.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
| 1 | Missouri State | 7–0–1 | 22 |
| 2 | Drake | 5–1–2 | 17 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 4–3–1 | 13 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 3–1–4 | 13 |
| 5 | Evansville | 4–3–1 | 13 |
| 6 | UIC | 3–5–0 | 9 |

## Bracket

Source:
Teams were re-seeded after the first round.
| Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 10 | Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 10 | Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 10 | Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 13 | Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 13 | Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 13 | Final Saturday, Nov. 16 | Final Saturday, Nov. 16 | Final Saturday, Nov. 16 |
| | | | 1 | Missouri State | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 1 | 5 | Evansville | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Evansville (a.e.t) | 2 | | | | 5 | Evansville (a.e.t) | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 2 |
| | | | 2 | Drake | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 4 | 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | | | |
| 6 | UIC | 1 | | | | | | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).
2 goals
* Ryko Bodurov – Bowling Green
* Kai Phillip – Evansville
1 goal
* Jake Bergin – Bowling Green
* Nacho Garcia – Evansville
* Noah James – Western Michigan
* Jake Lane – Bowling Green
* Bart Muns – UIC
* Bennett Painter – Bowling Green
* Andrew Shaffer – Bowling Green
* Baraka Tarleton – Evansville
* Trace Terry – Bowling Green
* Martin Wurschmidt – Evansville
1 own goal
* Bowling Green (vs. Evansville)

## All-Tournament team

Source:
| Player | Team |
| Brendan Graves | Bowling Green |
| Jake Lane | Bowling Green |
| Trace Terry | Bowling Green |
| Ryder Barrett | Drake |
| Eskil Gjerde | Drake |
| Jacopo Fedrizzi | Evansville |
| Nacho Garcia | Evansville |
| Kai Phillips | Evansville |
| Martin Wurschmidt | Evansville |
| Tyler Caton | Missouri State |
| Alex Matthews | Missouri State |
| Bart Muns | UIC |
| Noah James | Western Michigan |
MVP in bold