2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season

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Northeast Conference
Season2016
Champions St. Francis Brooklyn (4th)
NEC tournament champions St. Francis Brooklyn (7th)
NCAA tournament participants St. 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
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
St. Francis Brooklyn ‡ 6 –0 –112 –6 –3
Saint Francis (PA) 4 –1 –212 –6 –2
LIU Brooklyn 4 –2 –110 –6 –2
Sacred Heart 3 –4 –05 –11 –2
Bryant 2 –2 –33 –10 –3
Fairleigh Dickinson 1 –3 –33 –11 –3
Robert Morris 1 –5 –14 –11 –2
Central Connecticut 1 –5 –12 –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.

Contents

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

Teams

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityHead coachSeasons at schoolRecord at school
Bryant Bulldogs Smithfield, Rhode Island Bulldog Stadium 5,500Seamus Purcell [1] 20129–174–32
Central Connecticut Blue Devils New Britain, Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field 550Shaun Green [2] 31267–250–58
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Florham Park, New Jersey FDU Stadium 500 Seth Roland [3] 18183–130–43
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Brooklyn, New York LIU Field 400TJ Kostecky [4] 17110–158–39
Robert Morris Colonials Moon Township, Pennsylvania North Athletic Complex 800Bill Denniston [5] 20138–197–42
Sacred Heart Pioneers Fairfield, Connecticut Campus Field 3,334Joe Barroso [6] 1175–100–20
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 300 Tom Giovatto [7] 980—59—26
Saint Francis Red Flash Loretto, Pennsylvania DeGol Field 500Paulo Neto [8] 111—5—4

Notes:

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 weekFreshman of the week
1 (Aug. 29, 2016) [10] Djiby Sarr, SFBKGiuseppe Barone, LIU
2 (Sept. 5, 2016) [11] Marcus Rojas, SFUSebastian Ferreira, FDU
3 (Sept. 12, 2016) [12] Nicco Mastrangelo, SFUMarius Koss, LIU
4 (Sept. 19, 2016) [13] Simen Hestnes, LIUFaouzi Taieb, SFBK
5 (Sept. 26, 2016) [14] Yussuf Olajide, SFBKRobert Strain, SHU
6 (Oct. 3, 2016) [15] Romario Guscott, LIUGiuseppe Barone, LIU
7 (Oct. 10, 2016) [16] Dominick Falanga, SFBKOliver Larente, BU
8 (Oct. 17, 2016) [17] Salvatore Barone, SFBKDavid Bokumabi, FDU
9 (Oct. 24, 2016) [18] Naeem Charles, LIUGiuseppe 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, SHURobert Strain, SHU

Rankings

NSCAA national

Legend
 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 PreWk
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 Brooklyn799664466688
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis Brooklyn810945333
Saint Francis (PA)5556589876

Results

Legend
 Win
 Lose
 Tie
Opponent
Team BRY CCSU FDU LIU RMU SHU SFBK SFU
Bryant Bulldogs 3–10–21–13–02–31–11–1
Central Connecticut Blue Devils 1–31–12–70–12–10–23–0
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 2–01–10–21–10–20–31–1
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds 1–17–22–03–15–00–10–3
Robert Morris Colonials 0–31–01–11–30–30–20–1
Sacred Heart Pioneers 3–21–22–00–53–00–20–1
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers 1–12–03–01–02–02–02–0
Saint Francis Red Flash 1–10–31–13–01–01–00–2

All-NEC awards and teams

2016 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards [20]
AwardRecipient(s)
Player of the YearSimen Hestnes, LIU
Coach of the Year Tom Giovatto, SFBK
Defensive Player of the Year Collyns Laokandi, SFBK
Rookie of the YearFaouzi Taieb, SFBK
2016 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams [20]
First TeamSecond TeamRookie 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

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
      
1St. Francis Brooklyn1
4 Sacred Heart 0
1St. Francis Brooklyn12OT
2 Saint Francis (PA) 0
2Saint Francis (PA)1
3 LIU Brooklyn 0

NCAA tournament

SeedRegionSchool1st round2nd round3rd roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
1St. Francis BrooklynL, 0–1 vs. Dartmouth

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