2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began in late August 2019 and concluded in mid-November 2019. Changes from 2018. Central Arkansas left the Missouri Valley Conference as an affiliate member to become an affiliate member of the Sun Belt Conference. Preseason. Preseason poll. The preseason poll was released on August 15, 2019. Missouri State was picked to win the MVC championship. Preseason national polls. The preseason national polls will be released in July and  August 2019. Preseason all-MVC team. To be announced in August 2019. Regular season. Early season tournaments. Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019. Conference results. Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away. Rankings. Regional rankings — United Soccer West Region. The United Soccer West Region for 2019 compares teams across the Missouri Valley, WCC, and Summit League. Postseason. NCAA Tournament. Two teams from the MVC were selected to the NCAA Tournament: the regular season champions, Missouri State, and the tournament champions, Loyola Chicago. Neither team was given a second  round bye. Missouri State was selected to host a first round matchup. In the NCAA Tournament, Missouri State beat Denver in the first round before losing to the ninth-seeded UCF in the second round. Loyola Chicago lost their first round matchup to Kentucky in the opening round. 2020 MLS Draft. The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9 and 13 2020. Two players from the conference were drafted. 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.