The team plays its home matches at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium.
They switched their conference affiliation for a year in 1989 to the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (now known as the Summit League).
In May 2024, Missouri State announced it would move its athletic program to Conference USA, which sponsors soccer only for women, effective in July 2025.
[4] In October 2024, the Bears were announced as a new men's soccer associate of The American, also effective in 2025.
†Founding member of the conference Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.
It also has a press box and Daktronics LED premier video board.
[7] Missouri State has won 12 regular-season conference championships in the team's history.
In 2019 the Bears finished the regular season undefeated in both conference and non-conference play.
Source: NCAA Soccer Missouri State's first season was in 1981 where they went 4-6-1 under head coach Frank Dinka.
They remained members of the MVC through the 2024 season, after which they will join the American Athletic Conference.
They made their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1997 when they lost to Saint Louis University in the first round 2–1.
Matthew Bentley was selected in the fourth round of the 2020 draft by Minnesota United FC Last updated: August 21, 2020.