Melugin and Maher Earn Top Honors for Missouri State in MVC

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ST. LOUIS – Creighton, the nation’s top-ranked team in the NCAA’s RPI report and the 2nd-ranked team in the NSCAA national rankings, has claimed the league’s top individual honor, with the Bluejays’ senior forward Ethan Finlay taking the league’s Player of the Year honors. Creighton’s Andrew Duran has been tabbed the Valley’s Defensive Player of [...]

Where Does Heath Melugin Rank in Springfield Soccer History?

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I don’t know where I’ll rank in headline writing when my story is written, but I’ve got a three topics I want to cover today. Recruiting, Heath and finally, his final regular season home game scheduled for this Sunday. If you want to understand the first two, you owe it to yourself to attend the [...]

Missouri State Bears Defeat #4 ranked Creighton Blue Jays

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Congratulations to the Bears on their great win at home last night. Wish I didn’t have to leave Springfield for them to get over that hump! The historic win can be viewed on Mediacom, channel 22 on Friday, October 14 at 7 p.m., Sunday, October 16 at 1 p.m. and Tuesday, October 18 at 4 [...]

Heath Melugin Named To CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-American 2nd Team

Heath Melugin, Missouri State Bears (2012)

Missouri State junior men’s soccer player Heath Melugin was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-America second team, the organization announced today. Melugin holds a cumulative 3.96 grade point average and is majoring in cell and molecular biology. Melugin was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District VII first team on November 2, the second-consecutive year that [...]

Melugin and Barbero Earn MVC Honors For Bears

Gerard Barbero, Missouri State Bears (2012)

Junior Missouri State men’s soccer player Heath Melugin was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District VII first team today. It is the second-consecutive year that Melugin has received the honor. Melugin holds a cumulative 3.96 grade point average and is majoring in cell and molecular biology. On the field, Melugin leads the Bears with six [...]

Bears Shut Out Memphis, Bradley Visits Saturday!

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Missouri State men’s soccer team (6-5-2, 3-0-1) wrapped up the non-conference slate with a 2-0 shutout of Memphis (3-10-1) at Plaster Field on Tuesday night. The Bears took the lead in the 12th minute on a nice combination of passes. David Buckenheimer centered the ball to Dan Williams at the top [...]

Missouri State Burns The Aces

Edin Sabic, Missouri State Bears (2012) Wins Header

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Missouri State men’s soccer team (5-5-2, 3-0-1) continued its runs through Missouri Valley Conference play with a convincing 3-0 shutout over Evansville (5-8-1, 1-3-0) at Plaster Field Wednesday night. The win keeps the Bears atop the conference standings and extends their regular season conference play unbeaten streak to 11 matches. PHOTO [...]

Missouri State Bears Draw At St Louis Billikens

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St Louis University Billikens – 0 Missouri State Bears – 0 ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Missouri State men’s soccer team (3-4-1, 1-0-0) played the Saint Louis Billikens (2-2-2) to a 0-0 double-overtime tie in St. Louis, Mo., on Tuesday night. The last time the two teams played to a draw was in 2000. Missouri [...]

Missouri State Bears Capture 3-0 Win At Home

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Missouri State men’s soccer team (2-2-0) ran its home winning streak to six matches with a 3-0 win over visiting IUPUI (2-2-0) on Sunday afternoon. The Bears have won six consecutive matches at Plaster Field dating back to last season. The Bears again got on the scoreboard early when Jordan Hoffman [...]

Missouri State Bears Fall in Double OT at SMU

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From the Missouri State Bears website: DALLAS, Texas – After a more than two and a half hour delay in Dallas, the Missouri State men’s soccer team finally got the regular season underway. The Bears got off to a fast start, but SMU stormed back to defeat the Bears 3-2 in double overtime Wednesday night [...]

Bears Score Two Against Missouri S&T

A lively affair at Plaster Stadium today as the Missouri State Bears and Missouri S&T Miner’s wrapped up their Spring exhibition schedule with a match rescheduled twice due to weather this Spring. Both coaches appeared to be giving their anticipated Fall lineups a final opportunity to work together before moving deep into the benches. The [...]

Coaches

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As I approach my 5th anniversary running this website, with the Catholic vs Kickapoo game coming up this Friday, I’ve had a chance to reflect and look at some of the things I’ve learned about the game. One that I’m fond of repeating to anyone who will listen is “if you want to play soccer [...]

Springfield Soccer Club Alumni Are Going Dancing – Part II

SLU Billikens Ian Newport, Ryan Moses, Devon Newport

The Springfield Soccer Club is again well represented in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament which begins on campus sites across the nation on November 19, 2009. Last weekend saw several Springfield Soccer Club alumni representing their schools in the NCAA Division II and III Men’s Tournament and the NCAA Division III Women’s Tournament. Missouri [...]

MVC Soccer: Missouri State Bears Win Two

Missouri State Bears – 1 Bradley Braves – 0 The Missouri State men’s soccer team (6-3-2, 2-1-1) got an early goal from Nick Dryden, West Plains 2006, and held on to beat Bradley (5-5-1, 0-3-0) at Shea Stadium in Peoria, Ill., tonight. The Bears got their goal in the 11th minute as freshman Francesco Capone [...]

Missouri State Bears Defeat UMKC Kangaroos

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