2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

Missouri Valley Conference
Season2017
NCAA tournamentCentral Arkansas
Matches played103
Goals scored182 (1.77 per match)
Top goalscorer17 goals
Niklas Brodacki (Central Arkansas)
Biggest home winEvansville 9–0 Anderson
(08/25)
Biggest away winCentral Arkansas 3–0 Fort Wayne @ Dayton
(09/10)
Valparaiso 5–2 @ Western Illinois
(10/12)
Loyola 3–0 @ Evansville
(10/14)
Highest scoringEvansville 9–0 Anderson
(08/25)
Longest winning run7 games
MissouriState
(09/15–10/14)
Longest unbeaten run7 games
MissouriState (7–0–0)
(09/15–10/14)
Longest winless run7 games
Central Arkansas
(11/09/16–09/08)
Longest losing run6 games
Central Arkansas
(08/25–09/08)
Drake
(11/09/16–09/13)
Highest attendance3,506
Evansville @ Grand Canyon
(09/07)
Lowest attendance34
Loyola v Stetson @ NIU
(09/10)
Average attendance406
2016
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All statistics correct as of October 31, 2017.
2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri State 5 2 19 5 3
Central Arkansas5 3 09 11 1
Bradley 4 3 110 7 3
Evansville 3 4 111 8 2
Loyola Chicago 3 4 17 8 3
Valparaiso 3 5 08 9 1
Drake 2 4 26 10 2
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 27th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Loyola Ramblers were the defending regular season champions, while the SIU Edwardsville Cougars (now in the Mid-American Conference) were the 2016 tournament champions.

With the results of the games of Saturday, October 28, Missouri State secured the top seed in the MVC Tournament with Central Arkansas seeded second. MoSt then won the regular season title with a draw at Drake on November 4.

On Sunday, November 12, the Central Arkansas Bears defeated the Missouri State Bears 1–0 in overtime at Shea Stadium in Peoria, Illinois to with their first MVC Championship and advance to their first NCAA tournament since moving to Division I in 2007.