2016 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2016 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the twenty eighth edition of the tournament. It determined the Northeast Conference's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. LIU Brooklyn entered the tournament as the defending champions.

2016 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Attendance	1,306
Site	Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park Brooklyn, NY
Champions	St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (7th title)
Winning coach	Tom Giovatto (3rd title)
MVP	Salvatore Barone (SFBK)
Broadcast	NEC Frontrow
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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 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers won the NEC title, besting the Saint Francis Red Flash, 1–0 in double overtime in the championship match. It was St. Francis Brooklyn's seventh NEC title overall and third in the last four years. The Saint Francis Red Flash have now played in seven championships and have never won.

The tournament was hosted by St. Francis Brooklyn, since they won the NEC Regular Season Championship and all matches were contested at Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, NY.

Seeds

The top four teams participate in the tournament. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2016 NEC season.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	St. Francis Brooklyn	6–0–1
2	Saint Francis (PA)	4–1–2
3	LIU Brooklyn	4–2–1
4	Sacred Heart	3–4–0

Bracket

	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

Results

Semifinals

November 11

12:00 PM EST

Saint Francis (PA)	1–0	LIU Brooklyn
McGhee  48' Mastrangelo  65' Kiernan  76' Otting  81' Smolyn  81'	Report	Nordstrom  15' Engberg  65' Doumbia

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5, Brooklyn, NY

Attendance: 377

Referee: Amadou Diop

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November 11

3:00 PM EST

St. Francis Brooklyn	1–0	Sacred Heart
Barone  76'	Report	Saunchez  67' Siyadhuba  69' Celaj  88'

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5, Brooklyn, NY

Attendance: 418

Referee: Deochad Parbhudial

Final

November 13

1:00 PM EST

St. Francis Brooklyn	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Saint Francis (PA)
Olajide  73' Hauer  106'  (pen.)	Report	Sjekloca  14' McGhee  87' de Vries  102'

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5, Brooklyn, NY

Attendance: 511

Referee: Brian Dunn

Awards

NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team[1]

Salvatore Barone, SFBK Lukas Hauer, SFBK Yussuf Olajide, SFBK Fabian Suele, SFBK Francis de Vries, SFU Jack Webber, SFU Brendan McGhee, SFU Simen Hestnes, LIU Erik Wahlin, LIU Chris Carneiro, SHU Callum Smith, SHU

MVP in Bold

References

1. "Brooklyn's Finest! St. Francis Brooklyn Wins Third NEC Men's Soccer Title In Four Years". Northeastconference.org. Retrieved 16 November 2016.