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Drake Bulldogs men's soccer

Drake Bulldogs Men's Soccer
Drake Bulldogs wordmark.svg
Founded 1986
University Drake University
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Location Des Moines, IA
Head coach Gareth Smith (2nd year)
Stadium Cownie Sports Complex
(Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname Bulldogs
Colors Blue and White
         
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal
2009
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2008, 2009, 2015
Conference Tournament Champions
2009, 2015
1987 Big Central Soccer Conference standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Quincy 2 0 2     13 4 2
SIU Edwardsville 2 0 2     9 8 3
Wisconsin–Milwaukee 1 2 1     11 8 2
Marquette 1 2 1     9 11 1
Northern Illinois 1 3 0     6 10 2
Cincinnati* 0 0 0     9 9 1
Rankings from NSCAA
*-Charter member did not compete
1988 Big Central Soccer Conference standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Quincy $ 5 1 0     12 6 2
SIU Edwardsville 4 2 0     10 9 2
Cincinnati 3 2 1     12 7 2
Wisconsin–Milwaukee 3 3 0     9 12 0
Drake 2 2 2     10 7 4
Marquette 2 3 1     12 7 2
Northern Illinois 0 6 0     7 10 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NSCAA
1989 Big Central Soccer Conference standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Cincinnati 5 1 0     8 11 2
Wisconsin–Milwaukee 5 1 0     12 5 3
Northern Illinois $ 4 2 0     14 4 2
Quincy 3 3 0     12 8 1
SIU Edwardsville 2 4 0     11 9 1
Drake 1 5 0     9 10 0
Louisville 1 5 0     8 11 2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NSCAA
1990 Big Central Soccer Conference standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#20 UW–Milwaukee $ 4 1 0     16 4 2
SIU Edwardsville 4 2 0     11 10 1
Drake 4 2 0     10 8 4
Wright State 3 1 0     12 6 2
Cincinnati 3 3 0     9 10 2
Quincy 1 4 0     7 11 0
Louisville 0 6 0     2 13 2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NSCAA
1991 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#21 Tulsa 4 0 0     14 3 0
Creighton 3 1 0     12 5 2
Illinois State 3 2 0     10 12 0
Missouri State 1 2 0     9 10 0
Drake 1 2 0     6 10 0
Bradley 0 5 0     6 14 0
1991 MVC Tournament winner
As of December 10, 1991; Rankings from NSCAA
1992 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Creighton 4 0 1     14 3 1
Illinois State 3 2 0     10 8 2
Bradley 3 2 0     11 7 1
Drake 2 2 1     6 12 2
Tulsa 2 3 0     7 8 2
Missouri State 0 5 0     4 15 0
1992 MVC Tournament winner
As of December 8, 1992; Rankings from NSCAA
1993 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Creighton 5 0 0     19 1 0
Tulsa 3 1 1     10 6 2
Illinois State 3 1 1     8 9 1
Drake 1 3 1     11 5 1
Missouri State 1 4 0     9 9 0
Bradley 0 4 1     8 10 2
1993 MVC Tournament winner
As of December 7, 1993; Rankings from NSCAA
1994 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#22 Creighton 5 1 0     15 5 1
Drake 4 2 0     9 8 0
Illinois State 4 2 0     10 10 0
Evansville 3 2 1     10 8 2
Tulsa 3 3 0     8 9 1
Missouri State 1 4 1     12 5 1
Bradley 0 6 0     3 14 2
1994 MVC Tournament winner
As of December 13, 1994; Rankings from NSCAA
1995 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#10 Creighton 4 0 1     14 3 1
Evansville 4 1 0     10 7 3
Tulsa 2 2 1     7 8 2
Missouri State 2 3 0     14 5 0
Drake 1 3 1     8 5 3
Bradley 0 4 1     3 11 4
1995 MVC Tournament winner
As of December 12, 1995; Rankings from NSCAA

The Drake Bulldogs men's soccer team represent Drake University in the Missouri Valley Conference of NCAA Division I soccer. The team plays its home matches at Cownie Sports Complex on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa and is coached by Scotsman Gareth Smith.

The Drake program began in 1986. Under coach Bob Wood, the Bulldogs would compile a 16-16 record over two seasons as an independent before joining the Big Central Soccer Conference for the 1988 season. After a three-year run in the BCSC saw Drake post a collective 29-25-4 record (8-7-3 in conference), the Bulldogs would join their traditional sporting conference, the Missouri Valley Conference, for the 1991 season.

Upon joining the MVC, the Bulldogs went 6-10-0 (1-2-0) in 1991 season and 6-12-2 (2-2-1) in 1992. The Bulldogs would bounce back to post three consecutive winning seasons for the first time in school history from 1993 to 1995 (including a record-best 4-2-0 mark in 1994 MVC play). During his final seasons, Wood's teams totaled a combined 14-21-1 record in 1996-1997.

For the 1998 season, Drake hired Swiss-born Canadian, 32 year-old Evansville assistant Sean Holmes. In 1998, the Bulldogs earned a 6-11-1 mark. In 1999, Drake went 4-13-1 (1-5-1).

For the 2003 season, the Bulldogs moved from the larger Drake Stadium into the more-intimate off-campus Cownie Sports Complex, and Holmes began to turn the program around, guiding the Bulldogs to a 4th-place finish in the conference, good enough to host a quarterfinal match in the conference tournament. The 2003 squad achieved the first top 25 ranking in the program's history. The 2004 squad would begin the season ranked for the first time in school history, and the 2005 season saw victories over three ranked opponents, including a win over then-sixteenth-ranked Creighton for the first time in school history.

In 2008, Holmes' Drake squad had a breakout season. Drake would win a school-record 13 matches (against 5 losses and 1 draw) and earned a NCAA Tournament berth for the first time. Drawn into the Queens, New York region of the bracket, the Bulldogs would battle hard at Saint Louis before falling on a goal just 4.1 seconds away from penalty kicks.


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