2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season

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

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 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	5,500	Seamus Purcell
Central Connecticut Blue Devils	New Britain, Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field	550	Shaun Green
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	Florham Park, New Jersey	FDU Stadium	500	Seth Roland
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	Brooklyn, New York	LIU Field	400	TJ Kostecky
Robert Morris Colonials	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	North Athletic Complex	800	Bill Denniston
Sacred Heart Pioneers	Fairfield, Connecticut	Campus Field	3,334	Joe Barroso
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers	Brooklyn, New York	Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5	300	Tom Giovatto
Saint Francis Red Flash	Loretto, Pennsylvania	DeGol Field	500	Paulo Neto

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2015 season.
• Overall and NEC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.

Regular season

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
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

2015 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[2]
Award	Recipient(s)
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

2015 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[2]
First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
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. "2015 Northeast Conference Season Statistics". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
2. "RMU Striker Neco Brett Becomes First-Ever Three-Time NEC Men's Soccer Player of the Year". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
3. "LIU Brooklyn & Saint Francis U Advances To Sunday's NEC Men's Soccer Final". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
4. "LIU Brooklyn Edges SFU in PKs, Soars To First NEC Men's Soccer Title Since 2004". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 15 November 2015.