2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season

Northeast Conference
Season	2015
Champions	LIU Brooklyn
NEC Tournament Champions	LIU Brooklyn
NCAA Tournament	LIU Brooklyn
Matches played	28
Goals scored	76 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mario Mastrangelo, SFU (7 goals)^[1]
Longest unbeaten run	7 games, LIU
Average attendance	228^[1]
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2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
LIU Brooklyn ‡	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	5	–	5
Saint Francis (PA)	5	–	2	–	0	11	–	5	–	4
Robert Morris	4	–	2	–	1	10	–	8	–	1
St. Francis Brooklyn	3	–	2	–	2	10	–	3	–	5
Central Connecticut	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	9	–	2
Bryant	1	–	3	–	3	3	–	8	–	5
Sacred Heart	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	12	–	1
Fairleigh Dickinson	0	–	5	–	2	2	–	12	–	3


‡-Tournament champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of November 20, 2015; Rankings from NSCAA

The 2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 35th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Saint Francis Red Flash are the defending regular season champions, while the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers are the defending tournament champions.

LIU Brooklyn won the Regular Season Championship by going 7-0-0 in conference play and won the NEC Tournament Championship by defeating St. Francis Brooklyn and Saint Francis (PA). Both tournament games were decided by penalty kicks. The NEC Tournament was held in Brooklyn, NY at LIU Field.

Changes from 2014

None

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Head Coach
Bryant Bulldogs	Smithfield, Rhode Island	Bulldog Stadium	7003550000000000000♠5,500	Seamus Purcell
Central Connecticut Blue Devils	New Britain, Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field	7002550000000000000♠550	Shaun Green
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	Florham Park, New Jersey	FDU Stadium	7002500000000000000♠500	Seth Roland
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	Brooklyn, New York	LIU Field	7002400000000000000♠400	TJ Kostecky
Robert Morris Colonials	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	North Athletic Complex	7002800000000000000♠800	Bill Denniston
Sacred Heart Pioneers	Fairfield, Connecticut	Campus Field	7003333400000000000♠3,334	Joe Barroso
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers	Brooklyn, New York	Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5	7002300000000000000♠300	Tom Giovatto
Saint Francis Red Flash	Loretto, Pennsylvania	DeGol Field	7002500000000000000♠500	Paulo Neto

Regular season

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11
Bryant
Central Connecticut
Fairleigh Dickinson
LIU Brooklyn
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis Brooklyn	RV	RV	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Saint Francis (PA)

Results

Team/Opponent	BRY	CCS	FDU	LIU	RMU	SHU	SFBK	SFU
Bryant Bulldogs		2–3	1–1 (2OT)	0–1	1–1 (2OT)	3–0	0–0 (2OT)	0–1
Central Connecticut Blue Devils	3–2		2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–1 (OT)	1–3
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	1–1 (2OT)	1–2		2–3	1–2	1–2	1–1 (2OT)	0–5
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	1–0	3–0	3–2		1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0 (OT)
Robert Morris Colonials	1–1 (2OT)	2–1	2–1	0–1		3–0	1–0 (2OT)	0–1
Sacred Heart Pioneers	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–3	0–3		0–3	1–6
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers	0–0 (2OT)	1–0 (OT)	1–1 (2OT)	0–1	0–1 (2OT)	3–0		5–0
Saint Francis Red Flash	1–0	3–1	5–0	0–1 (OT)	1–0	6–1	0–5

All-NEC awards and teams

Award	Recipient(s)
2015 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[2]
Player of the Year	Neco Brett, Robert Morris
Coach of the Year	TJ Kostecky, LIU Brooklyn
Defensive Player of the Year	Francis de Vries, St. Francis (PA)
Rookie of the Year	Rasmus Hansen, LIU Brooklyn

First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
2015 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[2]
Neco Brett, Sr., FD, RMU Mario Mastrangelo, Fr., FD, SFU Simen Hestnes, Fr., MF., LIU Rasmus Hansen, Fr., MF, LIU Vincent Bezecourt, So., MF, SFBK Harry Odell, Sr., MF, SFBK Pablo Medina, R-Sr., MF, SFU Tanner Sica, Sr., DF, LIU Francis de Vries, Sr., DF, SFU Cyril Coisne, Sr., DF, SFBK Jack Binks, Sr., GK, SFBK	Ryan Taylor, So., FD, CCSU Louis Beddouri, Fr., FD, CCSU Brett Larocque, Sr., MF., BRYANT Zach Zurita, Sr., MF, CCSU Christian Dietrich, Jr., MF, FDU Lucas Puntillo, Fr., MF, RMU Keane McIvor, So., MF, RMU Ben Knight, Sr., DF, CCSU Bennett Jull, R-Jr., DF, RMU Paul Galimi, Jr., DF, SFBK Logan Keys, R-Jr., GK, LIU	Louis Beddouri, Fr., FD, CCSU Zac Sherman, Fr., FD, LIU Mario Mastrangelo, Fr., FD, LIU Romario Guscott, R-Fr., FD, LIU Simen Hestnes, Fr., MF., LIU Rasmus Hansen, Fr., MF, LIU Lucas Puntillo, Fr., MF, RMU Tommy De Andrade, Fr., MF, SFBK Filip Nordström, Fr., DF, LIU Erik Wahlin, Fr., DF, LIU

Postseason

NEC Tournament

Semifinals Friday, November 13			Final Sunday, November 15


1	LIU Brooklyn	1^†

4	St. Francis Brooklyn	1
			1	LIU Brooklyn	2^#

			2	Saint Francis (PA)	2
2	Saint Francis (PA)	2

3	Robert Morris	1

(†) The LIU-SFBK game was tied 1–1 after double overtime and LIU won on penalty kicks 4–3.^[3]
(#) The LIU-SFU game was tied 2–2 after double overtime and LIU won on penalty kicks 3–1.^[4]

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
	2	LIU Brooklyn	L, 1–1 (PK, 2–3) vs. Rutgers

References

1 2 "2015 Northeast Conference Season Statistics". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
1 2 "RMU Striker Neco Brett Becomes First-Ever Three-Time NEC Men's Soccer Player of the Year". http://northeastconference.org. Retrieved 13 November 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "LIU Brooklyn & Saint Francis U Advances To Sunday's NEC Men's Soccer Final". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
↑ "LIU Brooklyn Edges SFU in PKs, Soars To First NEC Men's Soccer Title Since 2004". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

Northeast Conference men's soccer
Teams	Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Saint Francis Red Flash
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Coach of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"
Seasons	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Tournaments	1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American Athletic ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American Athletic ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon League MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot League Southern Sun Belt Summit League WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll

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Leagues

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Women	NWSL W-League WPSL WLS NCAA Division I Division II Division III

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2014–15
- 2015–16

National teams

Men	Gold Cup
Men U20	CONCACAF U-20 Championship FIFA U-20 World Cup
Men U17	CONCACAF U-17 Championship FIFA U-17 World Cup
Women	FIFA Women's World Cup

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