2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 36th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

Northeast Conference

Season	2016
Champions	St. Francis Brooklyn (4th)
NEC Tournament Champions	St. Francis Brooklyn (7th)
NCAA Tournament Participants	St. Francis Brooklyn (8th)
Matches played	28
Goals scored	65 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rasmus Hansen, LIU (11 goals)
Biggest home win	LIU vs SHU, 5–0
Highest scoring	CCSU at LIU, 2–7
Longest winning run	5 games, SFBK
Longest unbeaten run	7 games, SFBK
Longest winless run	5 games, CCSU & RMU
Longest losing run	4 games, RMU
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2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
St. Francis Brooklyn ‡	6	–	0	–	1			12	–	6	–	3
Saint Francis (PA)	4	–	1	–	2			12	–	6	–	2
LIU Brooklyn	4	–	2	–	1			10	–	6	–	2
Sacred Heart	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	11	–	2
Bryant	2	–	2	–	3			3	–	10	–	3
Fairleigh Dickinson	1	–	3	–	3			3	–	11	–	3
Robert Morris	1	–	5	–	1			4	–	11	–	2
Central Connecticut	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	12	–	3
‡-Tournament champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

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

• None

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Head Coach	Seasons at School	Record at School
Bryant Bulldogs	Smithfield, Rhode Island	Bulldog Stadium	5,500	Seamus Purcell[1]	20	129–174–32
Central Connecticut Blue Devils	New Britain, Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field	550	Shaun Green[2]	31	267–250–58
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	Florham Park, New Jersey	FDU Stadium	500	Seth Roland[3]	18	183–130–43
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	Brooklyn, New York	LIU Field	400	TJ Kostecky[4]	17	110–158–39
Robert Morris Colonials	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	North Athletic Complex	800	Bill Denniston[5]	20	138–197–42
Sacred Heart Pioneers	Fairfield, Connecticut	Campus Field	3,334	Joe Barroso[6]	11	75–100–20
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers	Brooklyn, New York	Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5	300	Tom Giovatto[7]	9	80—59—26
Saint Francis Red Flash	Loretto, Pennsylvania	DeGol Field	500	Paulo Neto[8]	1	11—5—4

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2016 season.
• Overall and NEC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.

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 freshmen of the week each Monday.

Week (Date)	Player of the week	Freshman of the week
1 (Aug. 29, 2016)[10]	Djiby Sarr, SFBK	Giuseppe Barone, LIU
2 (Sept. 5, 2016)[11]	Marcus Rojas, SFU	Sebastian Ferreira, FDU
3 (Sept. 12, 2016)[12]	Nicco Mastrangelo, SFU	Marius Koss, LIU
4 (Sept. 19, 2016)[13]	Simen Hestnes, LIU	Faouzi Taieb, SFBK
5 (Sept. 26, 2016)[14]	Yussuf Olajide, SFBK	Robert Strain, SHU
6 (Oct. 3, 2016)[15]	Romario Guscott, LIU	Giuseppe Barone, LIU
7 (Oct. 10, 2016)[16]	Dominick Falanga, SFBK	Oliver Larente, BU
8 (Oct. 17, 2016)[17]	Salvatore Barone, SFBK	David Bokumabi, FDU
9 (Oct. 24, 2016)[18]	Naeem Charles, LIU	Giuseppe 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, SHU	Robert Strain, SHU

Rankings

NSCAA national

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll

	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	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 Brooklyn	7	9	9	6	6	4	4	6	6	6	8	8
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis Brooklyn	8				10		9	4	5	3	3	3
Saint Francis (PA)			5	5	5	6	5	8	9	8	7	6

Results

Legend

		Win
		Lose
		Tie

	Opponent
Team	BRY	CCSU	FDU	LIU	RMU	SHU	SFBK	SFU
Bryant Bulldogs		3–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–1
Central Connecticut Blue Devils	1–3		1–1	2–7	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–0
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	2–0	1–1		0–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	1–1	7–2	2–0		3–1	5–0	0–1	0–3
Robert Morris Colonials	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–3		0–3	0–2	0–1
Sacred Heart Pioneers	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–5	3–0		0–2	0–1
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0		2–0
Saint Francis Red Flash	1–1	0–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–2

All-NEC awards and teams

2016 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[20]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Simen Hestnes, LIU
Coach of the Year	Tom Giovatto, SFBK
Defensive Player of the Year	Collyns Laokandi, SFBK
Rookie of the Year	Faouzi Taieb, SFBK

2016 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[20]
First Team	Second Team	Rookie 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

Main article: 2016 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

See also: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer 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
	1	St. Francis Brooklyn	1
	4	Sacred Heart	0
						1	St. Francis Brooklyn	1^2OT
						2	Saint Francis (PA)	0
	2	Saint Francis (PA)	1
	3	LIU Brooklyn	0

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
	1	St. Francis Brooklyn	L, 0–1 vs. Dartmouth

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

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