2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team

2017 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
	‡ – 2017 NEC Tournament champion; + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship; As of November 17, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer
2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer
NEC Regular Season Champions ; NEC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament
Conference	Northeast Conference
2017 record	14–5–1 (6–0–1 NEC)
Head coach	Tom Giovatto (11th season)
Assistant coach	Christopher Helms (4th season)
Assistant coach	Andy Cormack (3rd season)

The 2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team represent St. Francis College during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Terrier's home games are played at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981 and is coached by Tom Giovatto, who was in his eleventh year at the helm of the Terriers.

Going into the season, the Teriers were unanimously picked by the NEC's head coaches to defend its crown in 2017.^[1] The Terriers ended their season at 14–5–1 overall and 6–0–1 in conference play. The Terriers won the NEC Regular season championship and the Tournament Championship.

2017 squad

As of August 21, 2017.^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
00	GK	George Angelidis
0	GK	Nicolas Casado
1	GK	Roberto Bazzichetto
2	MF	Leo Folla
3	DF	Dominick Falanga
4	MF	Kieran Young
5	DF	Faouzi Taieb
6	MF	Sami Gliguem
7	MF	Anthony Gimenes
8	MF	Edoardo Belfanti
9	FW	Ali Tounkara
10	MF	Federico Curbelo

No.	Position	Player
11	MF	Amir Islami
12	DF	Collyns Laokandi
14	DF	Lukas Pusz
15	DF	Domenico Pugliese
16	FW	Chris Gruver
19	MF	Dennis Coke, Jr.
20	DF	Marco Torriani
21	FW	Matteo Caribotti
23	MF	Tommy De Andrade
24	GK	Ahmed Faiad
33	DF	Nadim Saqui

Captains in bold

Schedule

Non-conference

August 25 1	UMass	2–1	St. Francis Brooklyn	Amherst, MA
4:00PM EST	Merklin 17' Rita 54' Boino 65'	Report	Taieb 25' Laokandi 74'	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 326

August 29 2	St. Francis Brooklyn	2–1	Lafayette	Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST	Caribotti 10', 20' Torriani 42' Folla 81'	Report	Vare 37' Koval 43'	Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 172 Referee: Artur Sibiga

September 1 3	St. Francis Brooklyn	3–1	George Washington	Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST	Gliguem 39', 43' Tounkara 89'	Report	Seemungal 72' Lightbourn 81'	Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 225 Referee: Lorant Varga

September 3 4	Saint Peter's	2–3	St. Francis Brooklyn	Jersey City, NJ
1:00PM EST	Laws 48' Crentsil 54' Rodrigues 87'	Report	Gliguem 28' Falanga 37' Torriani 43' Tounkara 72'	Stadium: Joseph J. Jaroschak Field Attendance: 250 Referee: John Barr

September 6 5	Howard	0–1	St. Francis Brooklyn	Washington, DC
7:00PM EST	Garwood 18' Grant 53'	Report	Gliguem 76' Coke Jr. 79'	Stadium: William H. Greene Stadium Attendance: 75

September 9 6	NJIT	3–0	St. Francis Brooklyn	Hillside, NJ
7:30PM EST	Zapata 3' Guirassy 34', 62' Cordeiro 53' Agnolin 65' Radon 66' Onyeaka 75'	Report	Taieb 8' Curbello 65'	Stadium: Kean University Alumni Stadium Attendance: 397 Referee: Juan Diaz

September 13 7	St. Francis Brooklyn	0–1	Hartford	Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST		Report	Ribeiro 63'	Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 277 Referee: Brian Dunn

September 16 8	Manhattan	1–2	St. Francis Brooklyn	Riverdale, NY
2:00PM EST	Carsley 30' Hulme 36' Meza 63' Tamas-Leloup 74'	Report	Curbelo 56' Folla 65' Taieb 65' Bazzichetto 81' Gruver 86'	Stadium: Gaelic Park Attendance: 180 Referee: Michael De Felice

September 22 9	Cornell	2–1	St. Francis Brooklyn	Ithaca, NY
4:30PM EST	Despinos 37' Hansan 57', 71'	Report	Curbelo 23' Gimenes 90'	Stadium: Charles F. Berman Field Attendance: 224 Referee: Andrew Evenhouse

September 26 10	St. Francis Brooklyn	2–1	Hartwick	Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST	Tounkara 31' Falanga 56'	Report	O'Grady 74'	Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 486 Referee: Deochand Perphudiel

Northeast Conference

October 8 11	Fairleigh Dickinson	0–1	St. Francis Brooklyn	Teaneck, NJ
1:00PM EST		Report	Taieb 73'	Stadium: FDU Soccer Field Attendance: 215 Referee: Brian Dunn

October 13 12	St. Francis Brooklyn	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Sacred Heart	Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST	DeAndrade 44' Gliguem 83' Laokandi 88' Falanga 119'	Report	Team 67' Curras 83' Linke 83'	Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 110

October 20 13	St. Francis Brooklyn	3–1	Robert Morris	Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST	Falanga 54', 58', 60'	Report	McIvor 18' Thomas 45' Cooper 57' Jull 82'	Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 175

October 22 14	St. Francis Brooklyn	1–0	Saint Francis (PA)	Brooklyn, NY
1:00PM EST	Tounkara 76' Gruver 89'	Report	Kiernan 43' Rosa 79' Smolyn 87'	Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 212 Referee: Juan Diaz

October 27 15	Central Connecticut	0–1	St. Francis Brooklyn	New Britain, CT
4:00PM EST		Report	Folla 27' Gliguem 74'	Stadium: CCSU Soccer Field Attendance: Ramiro Suarez Referee: 227

October 30 16	St. Francis Brooklyn	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Bryant	Brooklyn, NY
1:00PM EST	Young 98'	Report		Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 13

November 3 17	LIU Brooklyn	1–2 (a.e.t.)	St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn, NY
1:00PM EST	Solbakken 61' Charles 81' Nordstrom 81'	Report	Falanga 64' Taieb 74' Gimenes 81' Saqui 102'	Stadium: LIU Field Attendance: 245 Referee: Artur Sibiga
Note: Battle of Brooklyn Game

Northeast conference tournament

November 10 Semifinal	#1 St. Francis Brooklyn	3–0	#4 Robert Morris	Brooklyn, NY
2:00PM	Tounkara 1', 30' Saqui 88'	Report	McIvor 80'	Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 325 Referee: Brian Dunn

November 12 Championship	#1 St. Francis Brooklyn	5–0	#2 LIU Brooklyn	Brooklyn, NY
1:00PM	Tounkara 9', 59' Falanga 23' Gimenes 41' Tounkara 54' Gliguem 74' Saqui 86' 86'	Report	Barone 90' Guscott 44' Peterson 61' Paredes 67'	Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 445 Referee: Deochand Parbhudial

NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

November 16 First Round	Fordham	3–2 (a.e.t.)	St. Francis Brooklyn	Bronx, NY
7:00PM	Loebe 71' Lewis 80' Oland 95'	Report	Torriani 5' Folla 8' Gruver 34' Saqui 72' Tounkara 80'	Stadium: Coffey Field Attendance: 634 Referee: Noel Cotterell

NSCAA/Continental Tire College rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
North East Region		8	7	7	9	8	6	7	5	5	4	2

Awards

Faouzi Taieb, Sophomore Defender

2017 NEC Defender of the Year^[3]
Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference^[3]
Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team^[4]
Selected 2017 Third team All-American by College Soccer News^[5]

Ali Tounkara, Junior Forward

Selected to the 2017 NEC All-Rookie Team^[3]
Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team^[4]
2017 NEC Tournament MVP^[4]

Dominic Falanga, Senior Midfielder

NEC Player of the Week Award (October 16 – 22)^[6]
Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference^[3]
Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team^[4]

Nadim Saqui, Senior Forward

NEC Player of the Week Award (October 30 – November 5)^[7]
Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team^[4]

Collyns Laokandi, Senior Defender

Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference^[3]

Robert Bazzichetto, Senior Goalkeeper

Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference^[3]

Chris Gruver, Freshman Forward

NEC Rookie of the Week Award (October 16 – 22)^[6]

Federico Curbelo, Senior Midfielder

Selected to the 2017 NEC Second Team All-Conference^[3]

Leo Folla, Senior Defender

Selected to the 2017 NEC Second Team All-Conference^[3]

Matteo Caribotti, Sophomore Forward

Selected to the 2017 NEC Team All-Rookie Team^[3]

Sami Gliguem, Junior Midfielder

Selected to the 2017 NEC Team All-Rookie Team^[3]

Season statistics

Individual Player Statistics (As of November 17, 2017)^[8]
Player	App	Goals	Asst	Points	Shots	Shot%	SOG	SOG%	GW	Pk-Att	GA	Saves	SO
Forwards
Tounkara, Ali	20	8	2	18	38	21.1%	25	65.8%	4	0-0	0	0	0
Gruver, Chris	11	0	2	2	3	0%	2	66.7%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Caribotti, Matteo	19	2	3	7	14	14.3%	4	28.6%	1	0-0	0	0	0
Midfielders
DeAndrade, Tommy	15	0	0	0	10	0%	4	40.0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Curbello, Federico	20	1	6	8	28	3.6%	11	39.3%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Gliguem, Sami	15	4	2	10	21	19.0%	10	47.6%	1	0-1	0	0	0
Young, Kieran	18	1	1	3	3	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	0-0	0	0	0
Islami, Amir	19	0	3	3	8	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Gimenes, Anthony	19	0	4	4	12	0%	6	50.0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Belfanti, Edoardo	1	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Folla, Leo	19	3	2	8	10	30.0%	6	60.0%	1	0-0	0	0	0
Coke Jr., Dennis	18	1	0	2	2	50%	2	100%	1	0-0	0	0	0
Defenders
Pusz, Lukas	4	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Laokandi, Collyns	16	0	2	2	17	0%	8	48.1%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Taieb, Faouzi	20	3	1	7	22	13.6%	12	54.5%	2	0-0	0	0	0
Falanga, Dominick	20	7	2	16	36	19.4%	20	55.6%	2	0-0	0	0	0
Pugliese, Domenico	13	0	0	0	2	0%	1	50%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Saqui, Nadim	17	4	0	8	9	44.4%	4	44.4%	1	0-0	0	0	0
Torriani, Marco	20	0	2	2	12	0%	5	41.7%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Goalkeepers
Bazzichetto, Roberto	19	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	18	49	7
Angelidis, George	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Faiad, Ahmed	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Casado, Nicolas	2	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	1	5	1
Total	20	34	32	100	247	13.8%	121	49.0%	14	0-1	19	55	8
Opponents	20	19	20	58	165	11.5%	74	44.8%	5	0-0	34	87	3

Legend
App	Appearances	Asst	Assists	SOG	Shots on Goal
SOG%	Shots on Goal Percent	GW	Game Winning Goals	PK-Att	Penalty Kicks-Attenpts
GA	Goals Against	SO	Shut Outs	High	Team high

References

↑ "#PollWeek: St. Francis Brooklyn Unanimous Pick To Repeat In NEC Men's Soccer". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
↑ "2017 Men's Soccer Roster". sfcathletics.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "LIU's Rasmus Hansen & SFBK's Faouzi Taieb Win NEC Men's Soccer Major Awards". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 "Dynasty In The Heights! Terriers Win Fourth NEC Title In Five Years After 5-0 Romp Against LIU Brooklyn". sfcathletics.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
↑ "College Soccer News 2017 All-America Teams". College Soccer News. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
1 2 "Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (10/23)". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
↑ "Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (11/6)". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
↑ "2017 St. Francis Terriers Stats". sidearmsports.com. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

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[1] "#PollWeek: St. Francis Brooklyn Unanimous Pick To Repeat In NEC Men's Soccer". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[2] "2017 Men's Soccer Roster". sfcathletics.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[yearendawards-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "LIU's Rasmus Hansen & SFBK's Faouzi Taieb Win NEC Men's Soccer Major Awards". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[tourneyawards-4] 1 2 3 4 5 "Dynasty In The Heights! Terriers Win Fourth NEC Title In Five Years After 5-0 Romp Against LIU Brooklyn". sfcathletics.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[5] "College Soccer News 2017 All-America Teams". College Soccer News. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

[NEC_Oct_23_Release-6] 1 2 "Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (10/23)". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

[7] "Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (11/6)". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

[8] "2017 St. Francis Terriers Stats". sidearmsports.com. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer
Venues	Aviator Sports & Events Center (2007–2012) Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 (2013–present)
Culture & lore	History
Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Northeast Conference men's soccer
Teams	Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Saint Francis Red Flash Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (future)
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Coach of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"
Seasons	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Tournaments	1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer

NEC Regular Season Champions NEC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament
Conference	Northeast Conference
2017 record	14–5–1 (6–0–1 NEC)
Head coach	Tom Giovatto (11th season)
Assistant coach	Christopher Helms (4th season)
Assistant coach	Andy Cormack (3rd season)

2017 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
St. Francis Br'klyn ‡	6	–	0	–	1	14	–	5	–	1
LIU Brooklyn	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	9	–	3
Fairleigh Dickinson	3	–	2	–	2	10	–	5	–	3
Robert Morris	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	11	–	3
Saint Francis (PA)	3	–	4	–	0	10	–	8	–	0
Central Connecticut	2	–	3	–	2	5	–	8	–	4
Bryant	2	–	3	–	2	2	–	10	–	3
Sacred Heart	0	–	6	–	1	3	–	14	–	1


‡ – 2017 NEC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of November 17, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches