BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University's men's soccer program is set to join the Missouri Valley Conference as an affiliate member beginning with the 2023-24 season. The move to the MVC comes on the heels of the Mid-American Conference suspending sponsorship in men's soccer following the close of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.
Northern Illinois and Western Michigan will join Bowling Green in the Missouri Valley Conference, giving the league 10 members in men's soccer. Belmont, Bradley, Drake, Evansville, Missouri State, SIU Edwardsville and UIC currently make up the MVC in men's soccer.