2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season explained

Competition:	Northeast Conference
Season:	2015
Winners:	LIU Brooklyn
Continentalcup1:	NEC tournament Champions
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	LIU Brooklyn
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	LIU Brooklyn
Matches:	28
Total Goals:	76
League Topscorer:	Mario Mastrangelo, SFU (7 goals)^[1]
Longest Unbeaten:	7 games, LIU
Average Attendance:	228
Prevseason:	2014
Nextseason:	2016

The 2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 35th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Saint Francis Red Flash are the defending regular season champions, while the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers are the defending tournament champions.

LIU Brooklyn won the Regular Season Championship by going 7-0-0 in conference play and won the NEC tournament Championship by defeating St. Francis Brooklyn and Saint Francis (PA). Both tournament games were decided by penalty kicks. The NEC tournament was held in Brooklyn, NY at LIU Field.

Changes from 2014

None

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Head Coach
Bryant Bulldogs	Smithfield, Rhode Island	Bulldog Stadium	Seamus Purcell
Central Connecticut Blue Devils	New Britain, Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field	Shaun Green
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	Florham Park, New Jersey	FDU Stadium
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	Brooklyn, New York	LIU Field	TJ Kostecky
Robert Morris Colonials	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	North Athletic Complex	Bill Denniston
Sacred Heart Pioneers	Fairfield, Connecticut	Campus Field	Joe Barroso
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers	Brooklyn, New York	Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5	Tom Giovatto
Saint Francis Red Flash	Loretto, Pennsylvania	DeGol Field	Paulo Neto

Notes:

All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school includes 2015 season.
Overall and NEC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.

Regular season

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

See main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2015 Top 25 coaches poll.

	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
Bryant	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 13 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
Central Connecticut	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 13 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
Fairleigh Dickinson	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 13 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
LIU Brooklyn	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 13 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
Robert Morris	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 13 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
Sacred Heart	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 13 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
St. Francis Brooklyn	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 --> 22	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 13 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
Saint Francis (PA)	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 13 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->

Results

Team/opponent	BRY	CCS	FDU	LIU	RMU	SHU	SFBK	SFU
		2–3	1–1 (2OT)	0–1	1–1 (2OT)	3–0	0–0 (2OT)	0–1
	3–2		2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–1 (OT)	1–3
	1–1 (2OT)	1–2		2–3	1–2	1–2	1–1 (2OT)	0–5
	1–0	3–0	3–2		1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0 (OT)
	1–1 (2OT)	2–1	2–1	0–1		3–0	1–0 (2OT)	0–1
	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–3	0–3		0–3	1–6
	0–0 (2OT)	1–0 (OT)	1–1 (2OT)	0–1	0–1 (2OT)	3–0		5–0
Saint Francis Red Flash	1–0	3–1	5–0	0–1 (OT)	1–0	6–1	0–5

All-NEC awards and teams

Award	Recipient(s)
2015 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[2]
Player of the Year	Neco Brett, Robert Morris
Coach of the Year	TJ Kostecky, LIU Brooklyn
Defensive Player of the Year	Francis de Vries, St. Francis (PA)
Rookie of the Year	Rasmus Hansen, LIU Brooklyn

First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
2015 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
Neco Brett, Sr., FD, RMU Mario Mastrangelo, Fr., FD, SFU Simen Hestnes, Fr., MF., LIU Rasmus Hansen, Fr., MF, LIU Vincent Bezecourt, So., MF, SFBK Harry Odell, Sr., MF, SFBK Pablo Medina, R-Sr., MF, SFU Tanner Sica, Sr., DF, LIU Francis de Vries, Sr., DF, SFU Cyril Coisne, Sr., DF, SFBK Jack Binks, Sr., GK, SFBK	Ryan Taylor, So., FD, CCSU Louis Beddouri, Fr., FD, CCSU Brett Larocque, Sr., MF., BRYANT Zach Zurita, Sr., MF, CCSU Christian Dietrich, Jr., MF, FDU Lucas Puntillo, Fr., MF, RMU Keane McIvor, So., MF, RMU Ben Knight, Sr., DF, CCSU Bennett Jull, R-Jr., DF, RMU Paul Galimi, Jr., DF, SFBK Logan Keys, R-Jr., GK, LIU	Louis Beddouri, Fr., FD, CCSU Zac Sherman, Fr., FD, LIU Mario Mastrangelo, Fr., FD, LIU Romario Guscott, R-Fr., FD, LIU Simen Hestnes, Fr., MF., LIU Rasmus Hansen, Fr., MF, LIU Lucas Puntillo, Fr., MF, RMU Tommy De Andrade, Fr., MF, SFBK Filip Nordström, Fr., DF, LIU Erik Wahlin, Fr., DF, LIU

Postseason

NEC tournament

See main article: 2015 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

(†) The LIU-SFBK game was tied 1–1 after double overtime and LIU won on penalty kicks 4–3.^[3]
(#) The LIU-SFU game was tied 2–2 after double overtime and LIU won on penalty kicks 3–1.^[4]

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

Notes and References

Web site: 2015 Northeast Conference Season Statistics. NortheastConference.org. 9 November 2015.
Web site: RMU Striker Neco Brett Becomes First-Ever Three-Time NEC Men's Soccer Player of the Year. northeastconference.org. 13 November 2015.
Web site: LIU Brooklyn & Saint Francis U Advances To Sunday's NEC Men's Soccer Final. NortheastConference.org. 15 November 2015.
Web site: LIU Brooklyn Edges SFU in PKs, Soars To First NEC Men's Soccer Title Since 2004. NortheastConference.org. 15 November 2015.