2015 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

2015 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 4
Matches 3
Site LIU Field
Brooklyn, NY
Champions LIU Brooklyn (3rd title)
Winning coach TJ Kostecky (2nd title)
MVP Logan Kets (LIU)
Broadcast NEC 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 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.

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) 2–1 Robert Morris
Rezende  9' (pen.)
de Vries  38'
McGhee Yellow card 54'		 Report Brett  69' (pen.)
Jull Yellow card 79'
LIU Field, Brooklyn, NY
Referee: Stanislaw Grabowski
LIU Brooklyn 1–1 (a.e.t.) St. Francis Brooklyn
Sica Yellow card 5'
Charles  19'
Keys Yellow card 43'
Wahlin Red card 94'		 Report Cosovic  5'
Laokandi Yellow card 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 Brooklyn 2–2 (a.e.t.) Saint Francis (PA)
Charles Yellow card 20'
Keys Yellow card 29'
Guscott  58'
Sica Yellow card 59'
Hansen  75'
Guscott Red card 100'
Smith Yellow card 108'		 Report Rezende  28', 76'
Neto Yellow card 67'
Otting Yellow card 89'
Mastrangelo Yellow card 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

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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