2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season

Northeast Conference
Season2016
ChampionsSt. Francis Brooklyn (4th)
NEC tournament championsSt. Francis Brooklyn (7th)
NCAA tournament participantsSt. Francis Brooklyn (8th)
Matches played28
Goals scored65 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerRasmus Hansen, LIU (11 goals)
Biggest home winLIU vs SHU, 5–0
Highest scoringCCSU at LIU, 2–7
Longest winning run5 games, SFBK
Longest unbeaten run7 games, SFBK
Longest winless run5 games, CCSU & RMU
Longest losing run4 games, RMU
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2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Francis Brooklyn ‡ 6 – 0 – 1 12 – 6 – 3
Saint Francis (PA) 4 – 1 – 2 12 – 6 – 2
LIU Brooklyn 4 – 2 – 1 10 – 6 – 2
Sacred Heart 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 11 – 2
Bryant 2 – 2 – 3 3 – 10 – 3
Fairleigh Dickinson 1 – 3 – 3 3 – 11 – 3
Robert Morris 1 – 5 – 1 4 – 11 – 2
Central Connecticut 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 12 – 3
As of 18 November 2016
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 36th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds are the defending regular season and tournament champions.

St. Francis Brooklyn won the Regular season Championship by going 6-0-1 in conference play and won the Tournament championship by defeating Sacred Heart and Saint Francis (PA). St. Francis Brooklyn will play against Dartmouth in the NCAA tournament.

Changes from 2015

  • None

Teams

Team Location Stadium Capacity Head coach Seasons at school Record at school
Bryant Bulldogs Smithfield, Rhode Island Bulldog Stadium 5,500 Seamus Purcell[1] 20 129–174–32
Central Connecticut Blue Devils New Britain, Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field 550 Shaun Green[2] 31 267–250–58
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Florham Park, New Jersey FDU Stadium 500 Seth Roland[3] 18 183–130–43
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Brooklyn, New York LIU Field 400 TJ Kostecky[4] 17 110–158–39
Robert Morris Colonials Moon Township, Pennsylvania North Athletic Complex 800 Bill Denniston[5] 20 138–197–42
Sacred Heart Pioneers Fairfield, Connecticut Campus Field 3,334 Joe Barroso[6] 11 75–100–20
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 300 Tom Giovatto[7] 9 80—59—26
Saint Francis Red Flash Loretto, Pennsylvania DeGol Field 500 Paulo Neto[8] 1 11—5—4

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2016 season.
  • Overall and NEC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.

Preseason

Rankings

NEC Coaches Poll[9]
1. LIU Brooklyn (6)
2. Saint Francis PA (2)
3. St. Francis Brooklyn
4. Central Connecticut
5. Bryant
Robert Morris
7. Fairleigh Dickinson
8. Sacred Heart

() first place votes

Regular season

Player of the week

Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named a player of the week and a freshman of the week each Monday.

Week (Date) Player of the week Freshman of the week
1 (Aug. 29, 2016)[10] Djiby Sarr, SFBK Giuseppe Barone, LIU
2 (Sept. 5, 2016)[11] Marcus Rojas, SFU Sebastian Ferreira, FDU
3 (Sept. 12, 2016)[12] Nicco Mastrangelo, SFU Marius Koss, LIU
4 (Sept. 19, 2016)[13] Simen Hestnes, LIU Faouzi Taieb, SFBK
5 (Sept. 26, 2016)[14] Yussuf Olajide, SFBK Robert Strain, SHU
6 (Oct. 3, 2016)[15] Romario Guscott, LIU Giuseppe Barone, LIU
7 (Oct. 10, 2016)[16] Dominick Falanga, SFBK Oliver Larente, BU
8 (Oct. 17, 2016)[17] Salvatore Barone, SFBK David Bokumabi, FDU
9 (Oct. 24, 2016)[18] Naeem Charles, LIU Giuseppe Barone, LIU
Oliver Larente, BU
10 (Oct. 31, 2016)[19] Rasmus Hansen, LIU
Francis de Vries, SFU 		Hadynho Sarr, SHU
11 (Nov. 7, 2016) Shaquille Saunchez, SHU Robert Strain, SHU

Rankings

NSCAA national

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll
  Pre Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Final
Bryant
Central Connecticut
Fairleigh Dickinson
LIU Brooklyn
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis Brooklyn
Saint Francis (PA)

NSCAA northeast region

  Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12
Bryant
Central Connecticut
Fairleigh Dickinson
LIU Brooklyn 7 9 9 6 6 4 4 6 6 6 8 8
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis Brooklyn 8 10 9 4 5 3 3 3
Saint Francis (PA) 5 5 5 6 5 8 9 8 7 6

Results

Legend
  Win
  Lose
  Tie
Opponent
Team BRY CCSU FDU LIU RMU SHU SFBK SFU
Bryant Bulldogs 3–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–1
Central Connecticut Blue Devils 1–3 1–1 2–7 0–1 2–1 0–2 3–0
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–1
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 1–1 7–2 2–0 3–1 5–0 0–1 0–3
Robert Morris Colonials 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–3 0–2 0–1
Sacred Heart Pioneers 3–2 1–2 2–0 0–5 3–0 0–2 0–1
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
Saint Francis Red Flash 1–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–2

All-NEC awards and teams

2016 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[20]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Simen Hestnes, LIU
Coach of the Year Tom Giovatto, SFBK
Defensive Player of the Year Collyns Laokandi, SFBK
Rookie of the Year Faouzi Taieb, SFBK
2016 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[20]
First Team Second Team Rookie Team
Rasmus Hansen, So., FW, LIU
Shaquille Saunchez, Sr., FW, SHU
Naeem Charles, R-Jr., MD, LIU
Simen Hestnes, So., MD, LIU
Salvatore Barone, Sr., MD, SFBK
Dominick Falanga, Jr., MD, SFBK
Pedro Neto, Jr., MD, SFU
Collyns Laokandi, Jr., DF, SFBK
Francis de Vries, Sr., DF, SFU
Jack Webber, Gr., DF, SFU
Robert Bazzichetto, Jr., GK, SFBK 		Romario Guscott, So., FW, LIU
Yussuf Olajide, Sr., FW, SFBK
Andres Muriel Albino, Fr., MD, CCSU
Giuseppe Barone, Fr., MD, LIU
Keane McIvor, Jr., MD, RMU
Fabian Suele, Sr., MD, SFBK
Troye Kiernan, Jr., MD, SFU
Charlie Booth, So., DF, BRY
Julian Linke, Sr., DF, SHU
Eric Wahlin, So., DF, LIU
Nick Velleca, Sr., GK, CCSU 		Andres Muriel Albino, Fr., MD, CCSU
David Bokumabi, Fr., MD, FDU
Daniel Lasarte, R-Fr., MD, FDU
Giuseppe Barone, Fr., MD, LIU
Marius Koss, Fr., DF, LIU
Oscar Curras, Fr., DF, SHU
Robert Strain, Fr., GK, SHU
Djiby Sarr, Fr., MD, SFBK
Faouzi Taieb, Fr., DF, SFBK
Tulio Canineu, So., MD, SFU

Postseason

NEC tournament

Main article: 2016 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
See also: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer tournament was held at Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, NY, the home of St. Francis Brooklyn. The semifinals took place on November 11 and the championship on November 13.

Semifinals
November 11, 2016 		Final
November 13, 2016
1:00pm EST
      
1 St. Francis Brooklyn 1
4 Sacred Heart 0
1 St. Francis Brooklyn 12OT
2 Saint Francis (PA) 0
2 Saint Francis (PA) 1
3 LIU Brooklyn 0

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 St. Francis Brooklyn L, 0–1 vs. Dartmouth

See also

References

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