2015 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2015 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the twenty seventh edition of the tournament. It determined the Northeast Conference's automatic berth into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. St. Francis Brooklyn entered the tournament as the defending champions.

2015 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
Matches3
SiteLIU Field
Brooklyn, NY
ChampionsLIU Brooklyn (3rd title)
Winning coachTJ Kostecky (2nd title)
MVPLogan Kets (LIU)
BroadcastNEC Frontrow
Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
«2014  2016»
2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
As of November 20, 2015; Rankings from NSCAA

The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds won the NEC title, besting the Saint Francis Red Flash, on penalty kicks 3–1 in championship match. It was LIU Brooklyn's third NEC title overall. The Saint Francis Red Flash have now played in six championships and have never won.

The tournament was hosted by LIU Brooklyn, since they won the NEC Regular Season Championship and all matches were contested at LIU Field in Brooklyn, NY.

Seeds

The top four teams participate in the tournament. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2015 NEC season.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 LIU Brooklyn 7–0–0
2 Saint Francis (PA) 5–2–0
3 Robert Morris 4–2–1
4 St. Francis Brooklyn 3–2–2

Bracket
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.[1]
  • (#) The LIU-SFU game was tied 2–2 after double overtime and LIU won on penalty kicks 3–1.[2]

Results

Semifinals
Saint Francis (PA)2–1Robert Morris
Rezende  9' (pen.)
de Vries  38'
McGhee  54'		 Report Brett  69' (pen.)
Jull  79'
LIU Field, Brooklyn, NY
Referee: Stanislaw Grabowski
LIU Brooklyn1–1 (a.e.t.)St. Francis Brooklyn
Sica  5'
Charles  19'
Keys  43'
Wahlin  94'		 Report Cosovic  5'
Laokandi  19'
Penalties
Hansen
Nordstrom
Sica
Solbakken
Gregorian 		4–3 Coisne
Hauer
Bezecourt
Curbelo
Falanga
LIU Field, Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 426
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Final
LIU Brooklyn2–2 (a.e.t.)Saint Francis (PA)
Charles  20'
Keys  29'
Guscott  58'
Sica  59'
Hansen  75'
Guscott  100'
Smith  108'		 Report Rezende  28', 76'
Neto  67'
Otting  89'
Mastrangelo  95'
Penalties
Hansen
Nordstrom
Sica
Doumbia 		3–1 de Vries
Rezende
Kiernan
Hajec
LIU Field, Brooklyn, NY
Referee: Jose Rivero

Awards
NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team[3]
Logan Keys, LIU
Naeem Charles, LIU
Jacob Smith, LIU
Rasmus Hansen, LIU
Francis de Vries, SFU
Marcus Rojas, SFU
Conner Rezende, SFU
Vincent Bezecourt, SFBK
Harry Odell, SFBK
Brenden Alfery, RMU
Matt Fonagy, RMU
MVP in Bold
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References
  1. "LIU Brooklyn & Saint Francis U Advances To Sunday's NEC Men's Soccer Final". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. "LIU Brooklyn Edges SFU in PKs, Soars To First NEC Men's Soccer Title Since 2004". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. "LIU Brooklyn Edges SFU in PKs, Soars To First NEC Men's Soccer Title Since 2004". Northeastconference.org. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
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