2019 Northeast Conference men's soccer season

2019 Northeast Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 30, 2019 – November 10, 2019
Number of teams10
Regular season
Season championsMerrimack Warriors 1st
Season MVPLucas Rosa SFPA
NEC tournament
ChampionsFairleigh Dickinson 8th
  Runners-upLIU
Finals MVPJahmali Waite FDU
NEC men's soccer seasons
← 2018
2019 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Merrimack # 9 – 0 – 0 11 – 3 – 2
Saint Francis (PA) 7 – 2 – 0 10 – 6 – 0
LIU 6 – 2 – 1 10 – 7 – 2
Bryant 5 – 4 – 0 8 – 8 – 0
Fairleigh Dickinson ‡ 3 – 4 – 2 8 – 9 – 3
St. Francis Brooklyn 3 – 5 – 1 7 – 6 – 2
Robert Morris 3 – 5 – 1 4 – 11 – 2
Mount St. Mary's 3 – 6 – 0 7 – 10 – 0
Sacred Heart 1 – 5 – 3 2 – 11 – 3
Central Connecticut 1 – 8 – 0 1 – 13 – 1
As of 22 November 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2019 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 39th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The defending regular-season and tournament champion, LIU Brooklyn, was replaced by the unified LIU athletic program during the 2019 preseason (see below).

With one week left on the season, Merrimack clinched the regular season championship with an 8–0–0 record.[1] Due to their reclassification, they could not compete in the NEC tournament.

Changes from 2018

Merrimack College joined the Northeast Conference from Division II Northeast-10 Conference.[2] They are not eligible this year for the NEC tournament.

On October 3, 2018 Long Island University announced that it would combine its two existing athletic programs—NEC member LIU Brooklyn and the Division II program at LIU Post—into a single Division I program under the LIU name. The new LIU program, named the LIU Sharks,[3] maintains LIU Brooklyn's prior memberships in Division I and the NEC. The unified men's soccer program is now based at the LIU Post campus in the Nassau County community of Brookville, New York.[4]

Teams

Team Location Stadium Capacity Head coach Seasons at school Record at school
Bryant Bulldogs Smithfield, Rhode Island Bulldog Stadium 5,500 Seamus Purcell[5] 22 139–203–41
Central Connecticut Blue Devils New Britain, Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field 550 Shaun Green[6] 34 275–283–66
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Florham Park, New Jersey FDU Stadium 500 Seth Roland[7] 22 205–165–56
LIU Sharks Brookville, New York LIU Soccer Park 200 Michael Mordocco[8] 1 (LIU Post)
0 (LIU) 		14–5–1 (LIU Post)
0–0–0 (LIU)
Merrimack North Andover, Massachusetts Martone-Mejail Field 3,000 Tony Martone[9] 38 (Div. II)
0 (Div. I) 		392–277–53 (Div. II)
0–0–0 (Div. I)
Mount St. Mary's Emmitsburg, Maryland Waldron Family Stadium 1,000 Bryan Cunningham[10] 1 5–9–3
Robert Morris Colonials Moon Township, Pennsylvania North Athletic Complex 800 Bill Denniston[11] 22 152–229–48
Sacred Heart Pioneers Fairfield, Connecticut Campus Field 3,334 Joe Barroso[12] 14 87–137–24
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 300 Tom Giovatto[13] 12 123–79–30
Saint Francis Red Flash Loretto, Pennsylvania DeGol Field 500 Frank Olszewski[14] 0 0–0–0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only, except for LIU.
  • Records for LIU Post included in the LIU listing because Post's final head coach was named head coach of the newly unified LIU program.
  • Years at school does not includes current season.
  • Overall and NEC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.

Preseason

Rankings

LIU, the reigning NEC Champions, were not picked as favorites to this year. This is due to LIU losing six players from last year and the program starting with a new head coach. Saint Francis (PA) finished in second place last year and received the most first place votes. Second was St. Francis Brooklyn, which did not do well last year – missing the playoffs for the first time since 2012, but the Terriers are perennial winners in the NEC, having captured the most championships in conference history.

NEC Coaches Poll
1. Saint Francis Red Flash (5)
2. St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (3)
3. Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
4. Bryant Bulldogs
5. LIU Sharks (2)
6. Robert Morris Colonials
7. Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
8. Sacred Heat Pioneers
9. Central Connecticut Blue Devils
10 Merrimack Warriors

() first place votes[15]

Regular season

The biggest upset of the season was accomplished by Fairleigh Dickinson as they defeated #23 UConn on the road 2–1.[16] The largest margin of defeat was 0–7, as Sacred Heart lost to NJIT in their season opener.[17] The largest margin of victory was 6–0, as Merrimack defeated Robert Morris at home.[18] One of the season's best goals made ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 list, a bicycle kick goal by St. Francis Brooklyn Terrier's El Mahdi Youssoufi against Central Connecticut was ranked 7th.[19] With one week left on the season, Merrimack clinched the regular season championship with an 8–0–0 record.[1] Due to their reclassification, they could not compete in the NEC tournament.

Index to colors and formatting
NEC member won
NEC member lost
NEC member tied
NEC teams in bold

Notes: All times Eastern Standard time and national ranking is from United Soccer Coaches (USC) poll.

Week 1 (Aug 26–Sep 1)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
August 30 4:00 p.m. Stony Brook St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY W 0–1 0
August 30 4:00 p.m. Oakland Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA L 5–1 0
August 30 4:00 p.m. NJIT Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT L 7–0 Archived 2019-08-31 at the Wayback Machine 135
August 30 6:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Seton Hall Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, NJ L 0–6 173
August 30 7:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Bucknell Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium • Lewisburg, PA W 2–1 580
August 30 7:00 p.m. LIU Old Dominion Old Dominion Soccer Complex • Norfolk, VA W 2–1 351
August 30 7:30 p.m. Bryant UC Riverside UC Riverside Soccer Stadium • Riverside, CA L 0–1 136
September 1 1:00 p.m. Winthrop Mount St. Mary's Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD W 3–4 Archived 2019-09-02 at the Wayback Machine 269
September 1 1:00 p.m. Bowling Green Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA L 2–0 0
September 1 2:00 p.m. Siena Saint Francis (PA) DeGol Field • Loretto, PA L 4–2 175
September 1 10:00 p.m. Bryant Cal State Fullerton Titan Stadium • Riverside, CA L 1–2 0

NEC weekly awards

Player of the Week Rookie of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Chris Capaldo MF LIU Callum James GK SFBK
Reference: Northeast Conference[20]

Week 2 (Sep 2–8)

Schedule and results:

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 2 5:00 p.m. Merrimack Northeastern Parsons Field • Brookline, MA W 2–1 214
September 2 4:00 p.m. Sacred Heart UMass Rudd Field • Amherst, MA L 4–0 Archived 2019-09-03 at the Wayback Machine 305
September 2 7:00 p.m. LIU VCU Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA W 1–0 449
September 3 4:00 p.m. La Salle St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY W 0–3 307
September 3 7:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Lafayette Oaks Stadium • Easton, PA L 0–1 100
September 4 7:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Rider Ben Cohen Field • Lawrenceville, NJ Cancelled
September 4 7:00 p.m. Robert Morris Cleveland State Krenzler Field • Cleveland, OH L 0–4 212
September 6 8:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Quinnipiac Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium • Hamden, CT L 1–2[permanent dead link‍] 0
September 6 7:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson No. 23 UConn Morrone Stadium • Mansfield, CT W 2–1 533
September 6 7:00 p.m. Merrimack Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA Cancelled
September 6 7:00 p.m. Mount St. Mary's Bucknell Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium • Lewisburg, PA W 2–1[permanent dead link‍] 450
September 6 7:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) VCU Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA Cancelled
September 7 1:00 p.m. Lafayette St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY T 0–0 2OT 329
September 7 3:00 p.m. Robert Morris La Salle McCarthy Stadium • Philadelphia, PA L 1–3 112
September 7 8:00 p.m. Saint Joseph's LIU Hofstra University Soccer Stadium • Hempstead, NY L 1–0 160
September 8 1:00 p.m. Bryant Siena Hickey Field • Loudonville, NY W 3–2 742
September 8 1:00 p.m. Gonzaga Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ W 1–3 374
September 8 2:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) Old Dominion Old Dominion Soccer Complex • Norfolk, VA W 2–0 212

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week Rookie of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Diego Arribas FW FDU Felix Tonne FW SFPA
Reference: Northeast Conference[21]

Week 3 (Sep 9–15)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 9 7:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Army James Clinton Field • West Point, NY Cancelled
September 10 3:00 p.m. Mount St. Mary's Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC W 1–0 Archived 2019-09-30 at the Wayback Machine 221
September 10 7:00 pm Merrimack Boston University Nickerson Field • Boston, MA W 3–0 200
September 10 7:00 p.m. LIU LaSalle McCarthy Stadium • Philadelphia, PA L 0–1 0
September 11 4:00 p.m. Saint Peter's Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT W 1–2[permanent dead link‍] 0
September 12 4:00 p.m. California Baptist Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA W 1–2 0
September 13 7:00 p.m. Merrimack Rhode Island URI Soccer Complex • Kingston, RI L 1–2 0
September 14 1:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Providence Chapey Field • Providence, RI L 0–4[permanent dead link‍] 630
September 14 2:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn Saint Peter's Joseph J. Jaroschak Field • Jersey City, NJ L 0–1 0
September 14 4:00 p.m. Wright State Saint Francis (PA) DeGol Field • Loretto, PA L 1–0 150
September 14 5:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Cornell Charles F. Berman Field • Ithaca, NY L 0–1 0
September 14 6:00 p.m. UMass Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT L 6–0 487
September 14 7:00 p.m. LIU UMBC Retriever Soccer Park • Baltimore, MD L 1–5 1,126
September 14 7:00 p.m. Navy Mount St. Mary's Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD L 1–0[permanent dead link‍] 521
September 15 12:00 p.m. Howard Bryant Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI L 3–2 0
September 15 1:00 p.m. Longwood Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA L 3–0 0

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week Rookie of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Jahmali Waite GK FDU Stefano Pesenti MF MC
Reference: Northeast Conference[22]

Week 4 (Sep 16–22)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 17 3:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC W 1–0 97
September 17 3:00 p.m. UMass Bryant Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI W 1–2 0
September 17 4:00 p.m. UMass Lowell Merrimack Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA L 1–0 0
September 17 6:00 p.m. Rhode Island Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT T 1–12OT 438
September 17 6:00 p.m. Mount St. Mary's Army James Clinton Field • West Point, NY L 0–1[permanent dead link‍] 287
September 17 7:00 p.m. NJIT Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ W 1–2 0
September 18 4:00 p.m. Duquesne Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA L 0–2 0
September 18 4:00 p.m. Iona Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT L 2–1[permanent dead link‍] 0
September 18 6:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) Bucknell Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium • Lewisburg, PA L 0–3 207
September 20 6:00 p.m. Quinnipiac Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT L 4–1 623
September 21 1:00 p.m. Siena Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT L 3–0 Archived 2019-09-21 at the Wayback Machine 134
September 21 3:00 p.m. LIU Iona Mazzella Field • New Rochelle, NY L 2–3 0
September 21 4:00 p.m. Rider Saint Francis (PA) DeGol Field • Loretto, PA W 0–4 0
September 21 7:00 p.m. Merrimack Vermont Virtue Field • Burlington, VT L 0–3 550
September 21 7:00 p.m. Princeton Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ L 4–0 338
September 21 7:00 p.m. Mount St. Mary's James Madison Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA L 0–3 Archived 2019-09-22 at the Wayback Machine 421
September 21 7:30 p.m. Manhattan St. Francis Brooklyn Poly Prep Soccer Field • Brooklyn, NY W 1–3 0
September 22 1:00 p.m. Brown Bryant Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI W 1–2 0
September 22 1:00 p.m. Howard Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA T 1–12OT 0

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week Co-Rookies of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Alex DaCosta FW BRY Khaled Abdella FW SFBK
Papa Ndoye FW LIU
Reference: Northeast Conference[23]

Week 5 (Sep 23–29)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 23 7:00 p.m. LIU Columbia Columbia Soccer Stadium • New York, NY W 3–1 75
September 24 4:00 p.m. Duquesne Saint Francis (PA) DeGol Field • Loretto, PA W 1–2 100
September 24 6:00 p.m. Hartford Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT L 2–0 617
September 24 7:00 p.m. Merrimack Harvard Jordan Field • Cambridge, MA T 3–32OT 124
September 27 3:00 p.m. Merrimack Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT 2–0 Archived 2019-09-27 at the Wayback Machine 109
September 27 3:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) LIU LIU Soccer Park • Brookville, NY 2–3OT 150
September 27 3:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT 4–2 438
September 27 3:30 p.m. Mount St. Mary's Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA 0–1 78
September 29 1:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY 2–1 337
September 29 1:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Bryant Bulldog Stadium• Smithfield, RI 0–2 0
September 29 3:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA 0–02OT 0

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week Rookie of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
El Mahdi Youssoufi FW SFBK El Mahdi Youssoufi FW SFBK
Reference: Northeast Conference[24]

Week 6 (Sep 30–Oct 6)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 30 6:00 p.m. Yale Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT L 4–0 362
October 1 4:00 p.m. Merrimack Boston College Newton Soccer Complex • Newton, MA T 0–02OT 181
October 1 7:00 p.m. LIU Hofstra Hofstra University Soccer Stadium • Hempstead, NY L 1–2 779
October 2 7:00 p.m. Iona Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ L 2–1 319
October 4 1:00 p.m. Robert Morris Merrimack Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA 0–6 0
October 4 3:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Bryant Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI 0–4 0
October 6 11:00 a.m. Robert Morris Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT 3–1 227
October 6 1:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn Mount St. Mary's Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD 1–2OT 0
October 6 2:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Saint Francis (PA) DeGol Field • Loretto, PA 1–3 100
October 6 3:00 p.m. LIU Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT 0–02OT Archived 2019-10-07 at the Wayback Machine 111

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week Rookie of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Tola Showunmi FW MC Jake Spaulding FW BC
Reference: Northeast Conference[25]

Week 7 (Oct 7–Oct 13)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 8 7:00 p.m. Loyola Mount St. Mary's Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD L 4–2 Archived 2019-10-10 at the Wayback Machine 209
October 11 3:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT 0–02OT 97
October 11 3:00 p.m. Merrimack LIU LIU Soccer Park • Brookville, NY 2–1 65
October 11 3:30 p.m. Bryant Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA 2–1 0
October 11 7:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Mount St. Mary's Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD 2–3 Archived 2019-10-12 at the Wayback Machine 244
October 13 12:00 p.m. Bryant St. Francis (PA) DeGol Field • Loretto, PA 1–3 120
October 13 1:00 p.m. Merrimack St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY 1–0 387
October 13 6:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium• Teaneck, NJ 1–5 347

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week Rookie of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Alex DaCosta (2) FW BC Felix Tonne (2) FW SFPA
Reference: Northeast Conference[26]

Week 8 (Oct 14–Oct 20)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 15 7:00 p.m. American Mount St. Mary's Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD W 1–4 Archived 2019-10-16 at the Wayback Machine 169
October 18 3:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT 3–1 0
October 18 3:00 p.m. Mount St. Mary's Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT 1–3 Archived 2019-10-20 at the Wayback Machine 0
October 18 7:00 p.m. Bryant St. Francis Brooklyn Poly Prep Soccer Field • Brooklyn, NY 0–3 329
October 18 7:00 p.m. LIU Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ 1–0 330
October 20 1:00 p.m. Robert Morris St. Francis Brooklyn Poly Prep Soccer Field • Brooklyn, NY 0–5 322
October 20 3:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) Merrimack Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA 0–1 319

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week Rookie of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Segundo Navarro FW SHU Callum James (2) GK SFBK
Reference: Northeast Conference[27]

Week 9 (Oct 21–Oct 27)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 25 3:00 p.m. Mount St. Mary's Bryant Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI 0–2 0
October 25 3:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA 1–5 0
October 25 3:30 p.m. LIU Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT 3–1 213
October 26 7:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ 3–4OT 381
October 27 1:30 p.m. Mount St. Mary's Merrimack Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA 0–3 243
October 27 2:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Saint Francis (PA) DeGol Field • Loretto, PA 0–1 Archived 2019-10-28 at the Wayback Machine 150

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week Rookies of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Diego Arribas (2) FW FDU Papa Ndoye (2) FW LIU
Ville Ahola MF FDU
Reference: Northeast Conference[28]

Week 10 (Oct 28–Nov 3)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 28 1:00 p.m. Bryant LIU LIU Soccer Park • Brookville, NY 0–2 106
November 1 3:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Bryant Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI 0–1 250
November 1 3:00 p.m. LIU Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA 3–0 0
November 1 6:00 p.m. Merrimack Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT 6–0 223
November 1 7:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) Mount St. Mary's Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD 1–02OT Archived 2019-11-02 at the Wayback Machine 213
November 2 1:00 p.m. Sacred Heart St. Francis Brooklyn Poly Prep Soccer Field • Brooklyn, NY 1–12OT 321
November 3 1:00 p.m. LIU Mount St. Mary's Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, PA 0–1 214
November 3 3:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Merrimack Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA 1–22OT 401

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week Rookie of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Lucas Rosa MF SFPA Peter Kozlej MF FDU
Reference: Northeast Conference[29]

Week 11 (Nov 4–Nov 10)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
November 10 1:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn LIU LIU Soccer Park • Brookville, NY 0–3 110
November 10 1:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT 3–2OT[permanent dead link‍] 0
November 10 1:00 p.m. Mount St. Mary's Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ 0–5 220
November 10 1:00 p.m. Robert Morris Saint Francis (PA) DeGol Field • Loretto, PA 0–3 125
November 10 2:00 p.m. Bryant Merrimack Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA 0–2 481

NEC Weekly Awards

Co-Players of the Week Rookie of the Week
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Diego Arribas (3) FW FDU Ville Ahola (2) MF FDU
Eddie Yeppes MF CCSU
Reference: Northeast Conference[30]

Against other conferences

Results

Legend
  Win
  Lose
  Tie
Opponent
Team BRY CCSU FDU LIU MC MSM RMU SHU SFBK SFU
Bryant Bulldogs 4–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–3
Central Connecticut Blue Devils 0–4 1–5 1–3 0–6 2–3 1–3 3–2OT 2–4 1–3
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 0–1 5–1 0–1 1–22OT 5–0 0–02OT 0–02OT 4–3OT 1–3
LIU Sharks 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–02OT 3–0 3–2OT
Merrimack Warriors 2–0 6–0 2–12OT 2–1 3–0 6–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Mount St. Mary's 0–2 3–2 0–5 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–3 2–1OT 0–12OT
Robert Morris Colonials 1–2 3–1 0–02OT 0–3 0–6 1–0 5–1 0–5 0–3
Sacred Heart Pioneers 0–2 2–3OT 0–02OT 0–02OT 0–2 3–1 1–5 1–12OT 0–1
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers 3–0 4–2 3–4OT 0–3 0–1 1–2OT 5–0 1–12OT 1–2
Saint Francis Red Flash 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–3OT 0–1 1–02OT 3–0 1–0 2–1

All-NEC awards and teams

2019 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[31]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Lucas Rosa, SFPA
Coach of the Year Tony Martone, MC
Defensive Player of the Year Mirko Nufi, MC
Rookie of the Year Papa Ndoye, LIU
2019 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[31]
First Team Second Team Rookie Team
Diego Arribas, FDU
Papa Ndoye, LIU
Alex DaCosta, BRY
Lucas Rosa, SFPA
Tola Showunmi, MC
Marc Torrellas, MC
Eddie Yepes, CCSU
Yoann Assoumin, SFBK
Boris Nana Tonzi, MSM
Mirko Nufi, MC
Lucas Rezende, MC 		Segundo Navarro, SHU
El Mahdi Youssoufi, SFBK
Matt Cillo, RMU
Daniel Lasarte, FDU
Miguel Lucero, MSM
Julien Remiti, SFBK
Anthony Herbert, FDU
Brandon Ott, SFPA
Kyle Parish, LIU
Piet Wesling, SFPA
Jahmali Waite, FDU 		Ville Ahola, FDU
Matt Jones, SFPA
Papa Ndoye, LIU
Alessandro Negri, MC
Stefano Pesenti, MC
Yoann Toko, SHU
Felix Tonne, SFPA
Marc Torrellas, MC
Keanu Tuart, LIU
Piet Wesling, SFPA
El Mahdi Youssoufi, SFBK

Rankings

National

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
RV   Received votes, but not ranked in Top 25
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
  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		 Wk
13		 Wk
14		 Wk
15		 Wk
16		 Final
Bryant USC None released
TDS
Central Connecticut USC None released
TDS
Fairleigh Dickinson USC RV (1) None released
TDS
LIU USC RV (4) None released
TDS
Merrimack USC None released
TDS
Mount St. Mary's USC RV (18) RV (19) RV (34) None released
TDS
Robert Morris USC None released
TDS
Sacred Heart USC None released
TDS
St. Francis Brooklyn USC None released
TDS
Saint Francis (PA) USC None released
TDS

sources[32][33]

Regional Ranking - Northeast United Soccer Coaches

  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 7 2 5 10
LIU 3 5
Merrimack 10 8 8 8 8
Mount St. Mary's 7 8
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis Brooklyn 9 4 10 7 7
Saint Francis (PA) 10 10 9 9 10

source[34]

Postseason

NEC tournament

Main article: 2019 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals
November 15, 2019 		Final
November 17, 2019
      
1 Saint Francis (PA) 0
4 Fairleigh Dickinson* 0
2 LIU 1
4 Fairleigh Dickinson# 1
2 LIU 4
3 Bryant 0
  • * After 2OT, FDU defeated SFPA in penalty kicks 3–1
  • # After 2OT, FDU defeated LIU in penalty kicks 3–2

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
4 Fairleigh Dickinson L, 0–1 vs. #16 New Hampshire

See also

References

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