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The team plays its home matches at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium. They are currently coached by Jon Leamy who is entering his 29th season as head coach. Missouri State has made 4 NCAA Tournament appearances, most recently in 2019. Their overall record in the NCAA Tournament is 1\u20134. They have won 8 conference regular season titles and one conference tournament. Missouri State has had 8 players selected in the MLS Draft.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Conference memberships[edit]Facilities[edit]Championships[edit]Conference championships[edit]Regular season[edit]NCAA tournament history[edit]Yearly results[edit]MLS Draft History[edit]MLS College Draft[edit]MLS Supplemental Draft[edit]MLS SuperDraft[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]Conference memberships[edit]For the first seven years of the programs existence they were an independent. They switched their conference affiliation for a year in 1989 to the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (Summit League).  They switched back to being an independent for the 1990 season. Since 1991 the team has been a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. Prior to 2005, Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State.\u2020Founding member of the conference       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4As of April 4, 2023[4]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.Facilities[edit]Betty and Bobby Allison South StadiumMissouri State plays their home matches at Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium. The on-campus, 1,500-seat stadium was built in the summer of 2014. The stadium has a combination of bleacher and chair-back seating. The stadium features a Sport Turf artificial turf playing surface. The stadium has locker rooms for both men’s and women’s soccer programs. It also has a press box and Daktronics LED premier video board.[5]Championships[edit]Conference championships[edit]Regular season[edit]Missouri State has won 9 regular season conference championships in the team’s history. They won back-to-back championships twice, in 2013\u20132014 and 2019\u20132020. In 2019 the Bears finished the regular season undefeated in both conference and non-conference play. Jon Leamy has coached the team to all of their championships.SeasonConferenceCoachOverall RecordConference Record1997Missouri ValleyJon Leamy13-5-36\u20130\u201311999Missouri ValleyJon Leamy17-1-36\u20130-12009Missouri ValleyJon Leamy12-5\u201327-1\u201312011\u2020Missouri ValleyJon Leamy9-8-25-1-02013Missouri ValleyJon Leamy11-5\u201325-1\u201302014Missouri valleyJon Leamy9-5\u201344\u20130-22017Missouri ValleyJon Leamy9-5-35-2-12019Missouri ValleyJon Leamy18\u20131-110\u20130-02020Missouri ValleyJon Leamy12-2-07-1-0Total Conference Championships:9\u2020 Denotes co-championsNCAA tournament history[edit]Missouri State has appeared in 4 NCAA Tournaments and has an overall record of 1\u20134. Missouri State won their first tournament game 2019 at home against Denver 1\u20130. This was the first time the program hosted a tournament game. Prior to 2005 Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State where they made 2 appearances in 1997 and 1999.  Jon Leamy has coached the Bears in all of their tournament appearances.Yearly results[edit]Missouri State’s first season was in 1981 where they went 4-6-1 under head coach Frank Dinka. From the inaugural season in 1981 to the end of the 2004 season Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State. The school changed their name to Missouri State in 2005 and since then has been known as Missouri State. The Bears were an independent until 1988 when they joined what is now the Summit League for a year. After a lone season as an independent again, Missouri State joined the Missouri Valley Conference. They have been a member of the MVC ever since. They made their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1997 when they lost to Saint Louis University in the first round 2\u20131. The Bears have appeared 3 more times since then, most recently in 2019 where they reached the round of 32. 2019 was also Missouri State’s most successful season as they went 18-1-1 and went an undefeated 10-0-0 in conference play and 16-0-0 during the regular season.Statistics overviewSeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonSouthwest Missouri State Bears  (Independent[6]) (1981\u20131988)1981Frank Dinka4\u20136\u201311982Frank Dinka5\u201310\u201321983Frank Dinka3\u201312\u201311984Frank Dinka6\u201311\u201301985Frank Dinka7\u201310\u201321986Frank Dinka8\u201311\u201301987Jan Stahle9\u201310\u201311988Jan Stahle9\u201312\u20131Southwest Missouri State Bears  (AMCU[7]) (1989\u2013only)1989Jan Stahle14\u20138\u201333\u20133\u201304thSouthwest Missouri State Bears  (Independent[6]) (1990\u2013only)1990Tom Howe8\u20138\u20131Southwest Missouri State Bears  (Missouri Valley Conference[8][9]) (1991\u20132004)1991Tom Howe9\u201310\u201301\u20132\u20130t-4th1992Jon Leamy4\u201315\u201300\u20135\u201306th1993Jon Leamy9\u20139\u201301\u20134\u201305th1994Jon Leamy12\u20135\u201311\u20134\u201316th1995Jon Leamy14\u20135\u201302\u20133\u201304th1996Jon Leamy12\u20136\u201303\u20132\u201303rd1997Jon Leamy13\u20135\u201336\u20130\u201311stNCAA 1st round1998Jon Leamy13\u20137\u201313\u20133\u20131t-4th1999Jon Leamy17\u20131\u201335\u20130\u201321stNCAA 1st round2000Jon Leamy10\u20137\u201324\u20135\u201328th2001Jon Leamy10\u20139\u201317\u20132\u201302nd2002Jon Leamy9\u201311\u201306\u20133\u201303rd2003Jon Leamy9\u20137\u201333\u20135\u201318th2004Jon Leamy11\u20136\u201324\u20134\u20131t-5thMissouri State Bears  (Missouri Valley Conference[8][9]) (2005\u2013present)2005Jon Leamy12\u20134\u201324\u20133\u201305th2006Jon Leamy8\u20138\u201333\u20132\u201313rd2007Jon Leamy6\u201310\u201341\u20133\u201326th2008Jon Leamy7\u201310\u201353\u20131\u201313rd2009Jon Leamy12\u20135\u201327\u20131\u201311stNCAA 1st round2010Jon Leamy8\u20137\u201334\u20131\u20132t-2nd2011Jon Leamy9\u20138\u201325\u20131\u20130t-1st2012Jon Leamy5\u20138\u201340\u20136\u201307th2013Jon Leamy11\u20135\u201325\u20131\u201301st2014Jon Leamy9\u20135\u201344\u20130\u201321st2015Jon Leamy6\u20136\u201353\u20132\u201314th of 72016Jon Leamy9\u20138\u201323\u20134\u201315th of 72017Jon Leamy9\u20135\u201335\u20132\u201311st2018Jon Leamy9\u20132\u201362\u20132\u201324th of 72019Jon Leamy18\u20131\u2013110\u20130\u201301stNCAA Round of 322020\u201321Jon Leamy12\u20132\u201307\u20131\u201301stNCAA Round of 16MVC:277\u2013249\u201355102\u201364\u201319Total:350\u2013348\u201363\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championMLS Draft History[edit]Missouri State has had several alumni drafted by Major League Soccer clubs in the various MLS drafts.MLS College Draft[edit]Missouri State has had 1 player drafted in the MLS College Draft. Matt Caution was drafted in the third round of the 1998 Draft by the Dallas Burn.Note: The MLS College Draft was held from 1996 to 1999.MLS Supplemental Draft[edit]Missouri State has had 2 players drafted in the MLS Supplemental Draft. Doug Lascody was drafted in the third round of the 2005 Draft by the Kansas City Wizards. Justin Douglass was drafted in the fourth round of the 2007 Draft by the Houston Dynamo.Note: The MLS Supplemental Draft has been held off and on since 1996. The last draft to have taken place was in 2013.MLS SuperDraft[edit]Missouri State has had 4 players drafted in the MLS SuperDraft. Chris Brunt was drafted in the third round of the 2002 draft by the Kansas City Wizards. Missouri State had two players selected in the 2004 Draft;Matt Pickens in the second round with the Chicago Fire and Jamal Sutton in the fourth round with the Columbus Crew. Matthew Bentley was selected in the fourth round of the 2020 draft by Minnesota United F.C.References[edit]External links[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/missouri-state-bears-soccer-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Missouri State Bears soccer – Wikipedia"}}]}]