Northeast Conference men's soccer tournament

Northeast Conference
men's soccer tournament
SportSoccer
ConferenceNortheast Conference
Number of teams6
Formatsingle-elimination
Current stadiumCampus sites
Played1989-present
Last contest2023
Current championLIU (9)
Most championshipsFairleigh Dickinson
St. Francis Brooklyn
(9 titles each)
Official websitenortheastconference.org/msoc

The Northeast Conference soccer tournament is the conference soccer championship of the NCAA Division I Northeast Conference. In the current format, all eligible teams (6 in 2022, with two other members not being eligible in that season due to being in transition from NCAA Division II) compete to the single-elimination tournament, with all games being played at the home field of the higher seed. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The NEC started fielding men's soccer games in 1985 and started a conference tournament in 1989, Fairleigh Dickinson won the inaugural championship.

Fairleigh Dickinson and St. Francis Brooklyn, the latter of which shut down its athletic program after the 2022 season, have won the most titles with nine (9). Fairleigh Dickinson holds the longest consecutive championship streak (4, 2000–03), followed by Monmouth (3, 2009–11). Participation of NEC Tournament Champions in the NCAA tournament has led to an overall record of 11–20, with Fairleigh Dickinson accounting for 7 wins followed by Central Connecticut and Monmouth with 2 wins apiece.

Champions

Finals

The following is a list of conference regular season champions, tournament champions and tournament MVPs listed by year.[1][2]

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team won regular season
Year Champion Score Runner-up MVP Venue Att. Regular season
champion 		Teams to NCAA
1985 (no final held) [n 1] Long Island Long Island
1986 (no final held) [n 1] Long Island Long Island
1987 (no final held) [n 1] Loyola
1988 (no final held) [n 1] Fairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson
1989 Fairleigh Dickinson 6–3 (a.e.t.) Long Island German Quijano, FDU Teaneck, NJ Long Island
1990 Monmouth 1–0 Fairleigh Dickinson Jim Adams, MU West Long Branch, NJ Monmouth
1991 St. Francis (NY) 1–0 Monmouth Joni Kallioinen, MU West Long Branch, NJ St. Francis (NY)
1992 Rider 1–0 Fairleigh Dickinson Pepe St. Phard, Rider Teaneck, NJ Robert Morris
1993 Robert Morris 2–0 Long Island Brian Davis, RMU Teaneck, NJ Monmouth
Fairleigh Dickinson 		Robert Morris
1994 Robert Morris 2–0 (a.e.t.) Mount St. Mary's Marco Patitucci, RMU Coraopolis, PA Robert Morris Robert Morris
1995 St. Francis (NY) 2–0 Monmouth Gary Goode, SFNY Coraopolis, PA Robert Morris
1996 St. Francis (NY) 2–1 Robert Morris Victor Avwontom, SFNY Coraopolis, PA Robert Morris
1997 Long Island 1–0 Fairleigh Dickinson Andres Gomez, LIU Brooklyn, NY St. Francis (NY)
1998 St. Francis (NY) 2–0 Central Connecticut Dmitri Petrouniak, SFNY Brooklyn, NY St. Francis (NY)
Central Connecticut
1999 UMBC 2–1 Mount St. Mary's Pat Halter, UMBC Baltimore, MD 1,650 UMBC UMBC
2000 Fairleigh Dickinson 2–0 UMBC Dirceu Hurtado, FDU Teaneck, NJ Fairleigh Dickinson
2001 Fairleigh Dickinson 2–1 (a.e.t.) Long Island Brian Romero, FDU Hamden, CT Robert Morris
Fairleigh Dickinson 		Fairleigh Dickinson
2002 Fairleigh Dickinson 0–0 (4–3 p) Long Island Andrew Nucifora, FDU Baltimore, MD Long Island
UMBC 		Fairleigh Dickinson
2003 Fairleigh Dickinson 2–0 Central Connecticut Antonio Nunziata, FDU Loretto, PA Fairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson
2004 Long Island 1–0 Fairleigh Dickinson Jonas Stigh, LIU Teaneck, NJ Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island
2005 Robert Morris 3–2 (a.e.t.) Monmouth Jacek Przednowek, RMU West Long Branch, NJ 476 Monmouth Robert Morris
2006 Monmouth 1–0 Saint Francis (PA) Steven Holloway, MU West Long Branch, NJ 550 Monmouth Monmouth
2007 Central Connecticut 1–0 Saint Francis (PA) David Tyrie, CCSU West Long Branch, NJ 130 Monmouth Central Connecticut
2008 Fairleigh Dickinson 7–2 Mount St. Mary's Samson Malijani, FDU West Long Branch, NJ 308 Monmouth Fairleigh Dickinson
2009 Monmouth 2–1 Quinnipiac RJ Allen, MU West Long Branch, NJ 612 Monmouth Monmouth
2010 Monmouth 1–0 Saint Francis (PA) Bryant Meredith, MU West Long Branch, NJ 950 Monmouth Monmouth
2011 Monmouth 2–1 (a.e.t.) Fairleigh Dickinson Kalle Sotka, MU Fairfield, CT CCSU
Monmouth
Sacred Heart 		Monmouth
2012 Fairleigh Dickinson 1–1 (6–5 p) Saint Francis (PA) Jacob Lissek, FDU West Haven, CT 215 Quinnipiac Fairleigh Dickinson
2013 St. Francis Brooklyn 3–2 Bryant Kevin Correa, SFBK New Britain, CT 625 Central Connecticut St. Francis Brooklyn
2014 St. Francis Brooklyn 2–1 (a.e.t.) Saint Francis (PA) Andy Cormack, SFBK Loretto, PA 621 Saint Francis (PA) St. Francis Brooklyn
2015 LIU Brooklyn 2–2 (3–1 p) Saint Francis (PA) Logan Keys, LIU Brooklyn, NY LIU Brooklyn LIU Brooklyn
2016 St. Francis Brooklyn 1–0 (a.e.t.) Saint Francis (PA) Salvatore Barone (SFBK) Brooklyn, NY 511 St. Francis Brooklyn St. Francis Brooklyn
2017 St. Francis Brooklyn 5–0 LIU Brooklyn Ali Tounkara (SFBK) Brooklyn, NY 445 St. Francis Brooklyn St. Francis Brooklyn
2018 LIU Brooklyn 4–0 Bryant Zach Peterson (LIU) Brooklyn, NY 562 LIU Brooklyn LIU Brooklyn
2019 Fairleigh Dickinson 1–1 (3–2 p) LIU Jahmali Waite (FDU) Loretto, PA 38 Merrimack Fairleigh Dickinson
2020 St. Francis Brooklyn 0–0 (6–5 p) LIU Callum James (SFBK) Brooklyn, NY 0 [n 2] St. Francis Brooklyn LIU
2021 LIU 1–1 (6–5 p) St. Francis Brooklyn Demtri Skoumbakis (LIU) Brookville, NY 250 LIU LIU
2022 Fairleigh Dickinson 2–1 St. Francis Brooklyn Jaime Babero (FDU) Teaneck, NJ 518 Fairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson
2023 LIU 1–0 Sacred Heart Alan Martinez (LIU) Brookville, NY 226 St. Francis Brooklyn LIU
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Tournament championships began in 1989
  2. ^ Played without fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Champions by program

The following is a list of conference tournament champions listed by school.

School App. Titles Winning years
Fairleigh Dickinson 15 9 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2019, 2022
St. Francis Brooklyn[a] 11 9 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020
LIU[b] 13 6 1997, 2004, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2023
Monmouth[a] 8 5 1990, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Robert Morris[a] 4 3 1993, 1994, 2005
Central Connecticut 3 1 2007
UMBC[a] 2 1 1999
Rider[a] 1 1 1992
Saint Francis (PA) 7 0
Mount St. Mary's[a] 3 0
Bryant[a] 3 0
Quinnipiac[a] 1 0
Sacred Heart 1 0
Le Moyne[c] 0 0
Merrimack[d] 0 0
Stonehill[e] 0 0
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h This school no longer sponsors men's soccer in the NEC.
  2. ^ Includes championships won by the LIU Brooklyn program, which was merged with the Division II program of the university's Post campus in July 2019, creating the current LIU program. The unified program inherited Brooklyn's Division I and NEC memberships.
  3. ^ Le Moyne joined the NEC in 2023.
  4. ^ Merrimack joined the NEC in 2019.
  5. ^ Stonehill joined the NEC in 2022.

References

  1. ^ "NEC Men' Soccer History". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  2. ^ "NEC men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). northeastconference.org. Retrieved 28 October 2015.