2019 Northeast Conference men's soccer season

The 2019 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 39th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2019 Northeast Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 30, 2019 – November 10, 2019
Number of teams	10
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Regular Season
Season champions	Merrimack Warriors 1st
Season MVP	Lucas Rosa SFPA
NEC Tournament
Champions	Fairleigh Dickinson 8th
Runners-up	LIU
Finals MVP	Jahmali Waite FDU

2019 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Merrimack ^#	9	–	0	–	0			11	–	3	–	2
Saint Francis (PA)	7	–	2	–	0			10	–	6	–	0
LIU	6	–	2	–	1			10	–	7	–	2
Bryant	5	–	4	–	0			8	–	8	–	0
Fairleigh Dickinson ‡	3	–	4	–	2			8	–	9	–	3
St. Francis Brooklyn	3	–	5	–	1			7	–	6	–	2
Robert Morris	3	–	5	–	1			4	–	11	–	2
Mount St. Mary's	3	–	6	–	0			7	–	10	–	0
Sacred Heart	1	–	5	–	3			2	–	11	–	3
Central Connecticut	1	–	8	–	0			1	–	13	–	1
‡ – 2019 NEC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament ^# – Ineligible for post-season (In transition) As of 22 November 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The defending regular-season and tournament champion, LIU Brooklyn, was replaced by the unified LIU athletic program during the 2019 preseason (see below).

With one week left on the season, Merrimack clinched the regular season championship with an 8–0–0 record.[1] Due to their reclassification, they could not compete in the NEC Tournament.

Changes from 2018

Merrimack College joined the Northeast Conference from Division II Northeast-10 Conference.[2] They are not eligible this year for the NEC Tournament.

On October 3, 2018 Long Island University announced that it would combine its two existing athletic programs—NEC member LIU Brooklyn and the Division II program at LIU Post—into a single Division I program under the LIU name. The new LIU program, named the LIU Sharks,[3] maintains LIU Brooklyn's prior memberships in Division I and the NEC. The unified men's soccer program is now based at the LIU Post campus in the Nassau County community of Brookville, New York.[4]

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Head Coach	Seasons at School	Record at School
Bryant Bulldogs	Smithfield, Rhode Island	Bulldog Stadium	5,500	Seamus Purcell[5]	22	139–203–41
Central Connecticut Blue Devils	New Britain, Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field	550	Shaun Green[6]	34	275–283–66
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	Florham Park, New Jersey	FDU Stadium	500	Seth Roland[7]	22	205–165–56
LIU Sharks	Brookville, New York	LIU Soccer Park	200	Michael Mordocco[8]	1 (LIU Post) 0 (LIU)	14–5–1 (LIU Post) 0–0–0 (LIU)
Merrimack	North Andover, Massachusetts	Martone-Mejail Field	3,000	Tony Martone[9]	38 (Div. II) 0 (Div. I)	392–277–53 (Div. II) 0–0–0 (Div. I)
Mount St. Mary's	Emmitsburg, Maryland	Waldron Family Stadium	1,000	Bryan Cunningham[10]	1	5–9–3
Robert Morris Colonials	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	North Athletic Complex	800	Bill Denniston[11]	22	152–229–48
Sacred Heart Pioneers	Fairfield, Connecticut	Campus Field	3,334	Joe Barroso[12]	14	87–137–24
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers	Brooklyn, New York	Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5	300	Tom Giovatto[13]	12	123–79–30
Saint Francis Red Flash	Loretto, Pennsylvania	DeGol Field	500	Frank Olszewski[14]	0	0–0–0

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only, except for LIU.
• Records for LIU Post included in the LIU listing because Post's final head coach was named head coach of the newly unified LIU program.
• Years at school does not includes current season.
• Overall and NEC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.

Preseason

Rankings

LIU, the reigning NEC Champions, were not picked as favorites to this year. This is due to LIU losing six players from last year and the program starting with a new head coach. Saint Francis (PA) finished in second place last year and received the most first place votes. Second was St. Francis Brooklyn, which did not do well last year – missing the playoffs for the first time since 2012, but the Terriers are perennial winners in the NEC, having captured the most championships in conference history.

	NEC Coaches Poll
1.	Saint Francis Red Flash (5)
2.	St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (3)
3.	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
4.	Bryant Bulldogs
5.	LIU Sharks (2)
6.	Robert Morris Colonials
7.	Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
8.	Sacred Heat Pioneers
9.	Central Connecticut Blue Devils
10	Merrimack Warriors

() first place votes[15]

Regular season

The biggest upset of the season was accomplished by Fairleigh Dickinson as they defeated #23 UConn on the road 2–1.[16] The largest margin of defeat was 0–7, as Sacred Heart lost to NJIT in their season opener.[17] The largest margin of victory was 6–0, as Merrimack defeated Robert Morris at home.[18] One of the season's best goals made ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 list, a bicycle kick goal by St. Francis Brooklyn Terrier's El Mahdi Youssoufi against Central Connecticut was ranked 7th.[19] With one week left on the season, Merrimack clinched the regular season championship with an 8–0–0 record.[1] Due to their reclassification, they could not compete in the NEC Tournament.

Index to colors and formatting
NEC member won
NEC member lost
NEC member tied
NEC teams in bold

Notes: All times Eastern Standard time and national ranking is from United Soccer Coaches (USC) poll.

Week 1 (Aug 26–Sep 1)

Schedule and Results

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
August 30	4:00 p.m.	Stony Brook	St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	W 0–1	0
August 30	4:00 p.m.	Oakland	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	L 5–1	0
August 30	4:00 p.m.	NJIT	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	L 7–0	135
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Seton Hall	Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, NJ	L 0–6	173
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Bucknell	Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium • Lewisburg, PA	W 2–1	580
August 30	7:00 p.m.	LIU	Old Dominion	Old Dominion Soccer Complex • Norfolk, VA	W 2–1	351
August 30	7:30 p.m.	Bryant	UC Riverside	UC Riverside Soccer Stadium • Riverside, CA	L 0–1	136
September 1	1:00 p.m.	Winthrop	Mount St. Mary's	Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD	W 3–4	269
September 1	1:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	L 2–0	0
September 1	2:00 p.m.	Siena	Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field • Loretto, PA	L 4–2	175
September 1	10:00 p.m.	Bryant	Cal State Fullerton	Titan Stadium • Riverside, CA	L 1–2	0

NEC weekly awards

Player of the Week			Rookie of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Chris Capaldo	MF	LIU	Callum James	GK	SFBK
Reference: Northeast Conference[20]

Week 2 (Sep 2–8)

Schedule and Results

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Northeastern	Parsons Field • Brookline, MA	W 2–1	214
September 2	4:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	UMass	Rudd Field • Amherst, MA	L 4–0	305
September 2	7:00 p.m.	LIU	VCU	Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA	W 1–0	449
September 3	4:00 p.m.	La Salle	St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	W 0–3	307
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Lafayette	Oaks Stadium • Easton, PA	L 0–1	100
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Rider	Ben Cohen Field • Lawrenceville, NJ	Cancelled
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Cleveland State	Krenzler Field • Cleveland, OH	L 0–4	212
September 6	8:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Quinnipiac	Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium • Hamden, CT	L 1–2	0
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	No. 23 UConn	Morrone Stadium • Mansfield, CT	W 2–1	533
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Georgia Southern	Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA	Cancelled
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Mount St. Mary's	Bucknell	Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium • Lewisburg, PA	W 2–1	450
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	VCU	Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA	Cancelled
September 7	1:00 p.m.	Lafayette	St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	T 0–0 ^2OT	329
September 7	3:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	La Salle	McCarthy Stadium • Philadelphia, PA	L 1–3	112
September 7	8:00 p.m.	Saint Joseph's	LIU	Hofstra University Soccer Stadium • Hempstead, NY	L 1–0	160
September 8	1:00 p.m.	Bryant	Siena	Hickey Field • Loudonville, NY	W 3–2	742
September 8	1:00 p.m.	Gonzaga	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	W 1–3	374
September 8	2:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Old Dominion	Old Dominion Soccer Complex • Norfolk, VA	W 2–0	212

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week			Rookie of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Diego Arribas	FW	FDU	Felix Tonne	FW	SFPA
Reference: Northeast Conference[21]

Week 3 (Sep 9–15)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Army	James Clinton Field • West Point, NY	Cancelled
September 10	3:00 p.m.	Mount St. Mary's	Howard	Greene Stadium • Washington, DC	W 1–0	221
September 10	7:00 pm	Merrimack	Boston University	Nickerson Field • Boston, MA	W 3–0	200
September 10	7:00 p.m.	LIU	LaSalle	McCarthy Stadium • Philadelphia, PA	L 0–1	0
September 11	4:00 p.m.	Saint Peter's	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	W 1–2	0
September 12	4:00 p.m.	California Baptist	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	W 1–2	0
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Rhode Island	URI Soccer Complex • Kingston, RI	L 1–2	0
September 14	1:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Providence	Chapey Field • Providence, RI	L 0–4	630
September 14	2:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	Saint Peter's	Joseph J. Jaroschak Field • Jersey City, NJ	L 0–1	0
September 14	4:00 p.m.	Wright State	Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field • Loretto, PA	L 1–0	150
September 14	5:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Cornell	Charles F. Berman Field • Ithaca, NY	L 0–1	0
September 14	6:00 p.m.	UMass	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	L 6–0	487
September 14	7:00 p.m.	LIU	UMBC	Retriever Soccer Park • Baltimore, MD	L 1–5	1,126
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Navy	Mount St. Mary's	Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD	L 1–0	521
September 15	12:00 p.m.	Howard	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI	L 3–2	0
September 15	1:00 p.m.	Longwood	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	L 3–0	0

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week			Rookie of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Jahmali Waite	GK	FDU	Stefano Pesenti	MF	MC
Reference: Northeast Conference[22]

Week 4 (Sep 16–22)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	3:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	Howard	Greene Stadium • Washington, DC	W 1–0	97
September 17	3:00 p.m.	UMass	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI	W 1–2	0
September 17	4:00 p.m.	UMass Lowell	Merrimack	Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA	L 1–0	0
September 17	6:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	T 1–1^2OT	438
September 17	6:00 p.m.	Mount St. Mary's	Army	James Clinton Field • West Point, NY	L 0–1	287
September 17	7:00 p.m.	NJIT	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	W 1–2	0
September 18	4:00 p.m.	Duquesne	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	L 0–2	0
September 18	4:00 p.m.	Iona	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	L 2–1	0
September 18	6:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Bucknell	Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium • Lewisburg, PA	L 0–3	207
September 20	6:00 p.m.	Quinnipiac	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	L 4–1	623
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Siena	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	L 3–0	134
September 21	3:00 p.m.	LIU	Iona	Mazzella Field • New Rochelle, NY	L 2–3	0
September 21	4:00 p.m.	Rider	Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field • Loretto, PA	W 0–4	0
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Vermont	Virtue Field • Burlington, VT	L 0–3	550
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Princeton	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	L 4–0	338
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Mount St. Mary's	James Madison	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	L 0–3	421
September 21	7:30 p.m.	Manhattan	St. Francis Brooklyn	Poly Prep Soccer Field • Brooklyn, NY	W 1–3	0
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Brown	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI	W 1–2	0
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Howard	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	T 1–1^2OT	0

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week			Co-Rookies of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Alex DaCosta	FW	BRY	Khaled Abdella	FW	SFBK
			Papa Ndoye	FW	LIU
Reference: Northeast Conference[23]

Week 5 (Sep 23–29)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	7:00 p.m.	LIU	Columbia	Columbia Soccer Stadium • New York, NY	W 3–1	75
September 24	4:00 p.m.	Duquesne	Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field • Loretto, PA	W 1–2	100
September 24	6:00 p.m.	Hartford	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	L 2–0	617
September 24	7:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Harvard	Jordan Field • Cambridge, MA	T 3–3^2OT	124
September 27	3:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	2–0	109
September 27	3:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	LIU	LIU Soccer Park • Brookville, NY	2–3^OT	150
September 27	3:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	4–2	438
September 27	3:30 p.m.	Mount St. Mary's	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	0–1	78
September 29	1:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	2–1	337
September 29	1:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium• Smithfield, RI	0–2	0
September 29	3:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	0–0^2OT	0

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week			Rookie of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
El Mahdi Youssoufi	FW	SFBK	El Mahdi Youssoufi	FW	SFBK
Reference: Northeast Conference[24]

Week 6 (Sep 30–Oct 6)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Yale	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	L 4–0	362
October 1	4:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Boston College	Newton Soccer Complex • Newton, MA	T 0–0^2OT	181
October 1	7:00 p.m.	LIU	Hofstra	Hofstra University Soccer Stadium • Hempstead, NY	L 1–2	779
October 2	7:00 p.m.	Iona	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	L 2–1	319
October 4	1:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Merrimack	Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA	0–6	0
October 4	3:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI	0–4	0
October 6	11:00 a.m.	Robert Morris	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	3–1	227
October 6	1:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	Mount St. Mary's	Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD	1–2^OT	0
October 6	2:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field • Loretto, PA	1–3	100
October 6	3:00 p.m.	LIU	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	0–0^2OT	111

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week			Rookie of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Tola Showunmi	FW	MC	Jake Spaulding	FW	BC
Reference: Northeast Conference[25]

Week 7 (Oct 7–Oct 13)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 8	7:00 p.m.	Loyola	Mount St. Mary's	Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD	L 4–2	209
October 11	3:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	0–0^2OT	97
October 11	3:00 p.m.	Merrimack	LIU	LIU Soccer Park • Brookville, NY	2–1	65
October 11	3:30 p.m.	Bryant	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	2–1	0
October 11	7:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Mount St. Mary's	Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD	2–3	244
October 13	12:00 p.m.	Bryant	St. Francis (PA)	DeGol Field • Loretto, PA	1–3	120
October 13	1:00 p.m.	Merrimack	St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	1–0	387
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium• Teaneck, NJ	1–5	347

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week			Rookie of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Alex DaCosta (2)	FW	BC	Felix Tonne (2)	FW	SFPA
Reference: Northeast Conference[26]

Week 8 (Oct 14–Oct 20)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 15	7:00 p.m.	American	Mount St. Mary's	Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD	W 1–4	169
October 18	3:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	3–1	0
October 18	3:00 p.m.	Mount St. Mary's	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	1–3	0
October 18	7:00 p.m.	Bryant	St. Francis Brooklyn	Poly Prep Soccer Field • Brooklyn, NY	0–3	329
October 18	7:00 p.m.	LIU	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	1–0	330
October 20	1:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	St. Francis Brooklyn	Poly Prep Soccer Field • Brooklyn, NY	0–5	322
October 20	3:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Merrimack	Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA	0–1	0

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week			Rookie of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Segundo Navarro	FW	SHU	Callum James (2)	GK	SFBK
Reference: Northeast Conference[27]

Week 9 (Oct 21–Oct 27)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 25	3:00 p.m.	Mount St. Mary's	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI	0–2	0
October 25	3:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	1–5	0
October 25	3:30 p.m.	LIU	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	3–1	0
October 26	7:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	3–4^OT	381
October 27	1:30 p.m.	Mount St. Mary's	Merrimack	Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA	0–3	0
October 27	2:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field • Loretto, PA	0–1	150

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week			Rookies of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Diego Arribas (2)	FW	FDU	Papa Ndoye (2)	FW	LIU
			Ville Ahola	MF	FDU
Reference: Northeast Conference[28]

Week 10 (Oct 28–Nov 3)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Bryant	LIU	LIU Soccer Park • Brookville, NY	0–2	106
November 1	3:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI	0–1	250
November 1	3:00 p.m.	LIU	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	3–0	0
November 1	6:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	6–0	223
November 1	7:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Mount St. Mary's	Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, MD	1–0^2OT	213
November 2	1:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	St. Francis Brooklyn	Poly Prep Soccer Field • Brooklyn, NY	1–1^2OT	321
November 3	1:00 p.m.	LIU	Mount St. Mary's	Waldron Family Stadium • Emmitsburg, PA	0–1	214
November 3	3:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Merrimack	Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA	1–2^2OT	0

NEC Weekly Awards

Player of the Week			Rookie of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Lucas Rosa	MF	SFPA	Peter Kozlej	MF	FDU
Reference: Northeast Conference[29]

Week 11 (Nov 4–Nov 10)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 10	1:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	LIU	LIU Soccer Park • Brookville, NY	0–3	110
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	3–2^OT	0
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Mount St. Mary's	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	0–5	220
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field • Loretto, PA	0–3	125
November 10	2:00 p.m.	Bryant	Merrimack	Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA	0–2	481

NEC Weekly Awards

Co-Players of the Week			Rookie of the Week
Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Diego Arribas (3)	FW	FDU	Ville Ahola (2)	MF	FDU
Eddie Yeppes	MF	CCSU
Reference: Northeast Conference[30]

Against other conferences

Regular Season NEC versus other conferences Conference Outcome America East 2–4–0 American Athletic Conference 1–0–0 Atlantic Coast Conference 0–0–1 Atlantic Sun Conference 1–1–0 Atlantic 10 Conference 4–7–1 Big East Conference 0–2–0 Big South Conference 1–1–0 Big West Conference 0–2–0 Colonial Athletic Association 1–2–0 Conference USA 2–0–0 Horizon League 0–3–0 Ivy League 2–3–1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 3–8–0 Mid-American Conference 0–1–0 Patriot League 4–5–1 Sun Belt Conference 2–1–1 West Coast Conference 1–0–0 Western Athletic Conference 1–0–0 Total 25–40–5 As of October 16, 2019

Post Season NEC versus other conferences Conference Outcome America East 0–1–0 As of November 22, 2019

Results

Legend

		Win
		Lose
		Tie

	Opponent
Team	BRY	CCSU	FDU	LIU	MC	MSM	RMU	SHU	SFBK	SFU
Bryant Bulldogs		4–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	1–3
Central Connecticut Blue Devils	0–4		1–5	1–3	0–6	2–3	1–3	3–2^OT	2–4	1–3
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	0–1	5–1		0–1	1–2^2OT	5–0	0–0^2OT	0–0^2OT	4–3^OT	1–3
LIU Sharks	2–0	3–1	1–0		1–2	0–1	3–0	0–0^2OT	3–0	3–2^OT
Merrimack Warriors	2–0	6–0	2–1^2OT	2–1		3–0	6–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Mount St. Mary's	0–2	3–2	0–5	1–0	0–3		0–1	1–3	2–1^OT	0–1^2OT
Robert Morris Colonials	1–2	3–1	0–0^2OT	0–3	0–6	1–0		5–1	0–5	0–3
Sacred Heart Pioneers	0–2	2–3^OT	0–0^2OT	0–0^2OT	0–2	3–1	1–5		1–1^2OT	0–1
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers	3–0	4–2	3–4^OT	0–3	0–1	1–2^OT	5–0	1–1^2OT		1–2
Saint Francis Red Flash	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–3^OT	0–1	1–0^2OT	3–0	1–0	2–1

All-NEC awards and teams

2019 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[31]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Lucas Rosa, SFPA
Coach of the Year	Tony Martone, MC
Defensive Player of the Year	Mirko Nufi, MC
Rookie of the Year	Papa Ndoye, LIU

2019 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[31]
First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
Diego Arribas, FDU Papa Ndoye, LIU Alex DaCosta, BRY Lucas Rosa, SFPA Tola Showunmi, MC Marc Torrellas, MC Eddie Yepes, CCSU Yoann Assoumin, SFBK Boris Nana Tonzi , MSM Mirko Nufi, MC Lucas Rezende, MC	Segundo Navarro, SHU El Mahdi Youssoufi, SFBK Matt Cillo, RMU Daniel Lasarte, FDU Miguel Lucero, MSM Julien Remiti, SFBK Anthony Herbert, FDU Brandon Ott, SFPA Kyle Parish, LIU Piet Wesling, SFPA Jahmali Waite, FDU	Ville Ahola, FDU Matt Jones, SFPA Papa Ndoye, LIU Alessandro Negri, MC Stefano Pesenti, MC Yoann Toko, SHU Felix Tonne, SFPA Marc Torrellas, MC Keanu Tuart, LIU Piet Wesling, SFPA El Mahdi Youssoufi, SFBK

Rankings

National

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
RV		Received votes, but not ranked in Top 25

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

		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	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Bryant	USC														None released
	TDS
Central Connecticut	USC														None released
	TDS
Fairleigh Dickinson	USC			RV (1)											None released
	TDS
LIU	USC		RV (4)												None released
	TDS
Merrimack	USC														None released
	TDS
Mount St. Mary's	USC		RV (18)	RV (19)						RV (34)					None released
	TDS
Robert Morris	USC														None released
	TDS
Sacred Heart	USC														None released
	TDS
St. Francis Brooklyn	USC														None released
	TDS
Saint Francis (PA)	USC														None released
	TDS

sources[32][33]

Regional Ranking - Northeast United Soccer Coaches

	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	7	2	5		10
LIU	3	5
Merrimack								10	8	8	8	8
Mount St. Mary's		7	8
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis Brooklyn	9	4	10	7	7
Saint Francis (PA)							10		10	9	9	10

source[34]

Postseason

NEC Tournament

Main article: 2019 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

	Semifinals November 15, 2019					Final November 17, 2019
	1	Saint Francis (PA)	0
	4	Fairleigh Dickinson^*	0
						2	LIU	1
						4	Fairleigh Dickinson^#	1
	2	LIU	4
	3	Bryant	0

• ^* After 2OT, FDU defeated SFPA in penalty kicks 3-1
• ^# After 2OT, FDU defeated LIU in penalty kicks 3-2

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
	4	Fairleigh Dickinson	L, 0–1 vs. #16 New Hampshire

See also

• 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2019 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

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