| Competition: | Northeast Conference |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | St. Francis Brooklyn (4th) |
| Continentalcup1: | NEC tournament champions |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | St. Francis Brooklyn (7th) |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | St. Francis Brooklyn (8th) |
| Matches: | 28 |
| Total Goals: | 65 |
| League Topscorer: | Rasmus Hansen, LIU (11 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | LIU vs SHU, 5–0 |
| Highest Scoring: | CCSU at LIU, 2–7 |
| Longest Wins: | 5 games, SFBK |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 7 games, SFBK |
| Longest Winless: | 5 games, CCSU & RMU |
| Longest Losses: | 4 games, RMU |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 36th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds are the defending regular season and tournament champions.
St. Francis Brooklyn won the Regular season Championship by going 6-0-1 in conference play and won the Tournament championship by defeating Sacred Heart and Saint Francis (PA). St. Francis Brooklyn will play against Dartmouth in the NCAA tournament.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Head coach | Seasons at school | Record at school |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Bulldogs | Smithfield, Rhode Island | Bulldog Stadium | Seamus Purcell[1] | 20 | ||
| Central Connecticut Blue Devils | New Britain, Connecticut | CCSU Soccer Field | Shaun Green[2] | 31 | ||
| Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | Florham Park, New Jersey | FDU Stadium | Seth Roland[3] | 18 | ||
| LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds | Brooklyn, New York | LIU Field | TJ Kostecky[4] | 17 | ||
| Robert Morris Colonials | Moon Township, Pennsylvania | North Athletic Complex | Bill Denniston[5] | 20 | ||
| Sacred Heart Pioneers | Fairfield, Connecticut | Campus Field | Joe Barroso[6] | 11 | ||
| St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers | Brooklyn, New York | Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 | Tom Giovatto[7] | 9 | ||
| Saint Francis Red Flash | Loretto, Pennsylvania | DeGol Field | Paulo Neto[8] | 1 | ||
Notes:
| NEC Coaches Poll[9] | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | LIU Brooklyn (6) | |
| 2. | Saint Francis PA (2) | |
| 3. | St. Francis Brooklyn | |
| 4. | Central Connecticut | |
| 5. | Bryant | |
| Robert Morris | ||
| 7. | Fairleigh Dickinson | |
| 8. | Sacred Heart |
first place votes
Throughout the regular season, the Northeast Conference offices named a player of the week and a freshman of the week each Monday.
| Week (Date) | Player of the week | Freshman of the week | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (Aug. 29, 2016)[10] | Djiby Sarr, SFBK | Giuseppe Barone, LIU | |
| 2 (Sept. 5, 2016)[11] | Marcus Rojas, SFU | Sebastian Ferreira, FDU | |
| 3 (Sept. 12, 2016)[12] | Nicco Mastrangelo, SFU | Marius Koss, LIU | |
| 4 (Sept. 19, 2016)[13] | Simen Hestnes, LIU | Faouzi Taieb, SFBK | |
| 5 (Sept. 26, 2016)[14] | Yussuf Olajide, SFBK | Robert Strain, SHU | |
| 6 (Oct. 3, 2016)[15] | Romario Guscott, LIU | Giuseppe Barone, LIU | |
| 7 (Oct. 10, 2016)[16] | Dominick Falanga, SFBK | Oliver Larente, BU | |
| 8 (Oct. 17, 2016)[17] | Salvatore Barone, SFBK | David Bokumabi, FDU | |
| 9 (Oct. 24, 2016)[18] | Naeem Charles, LIU | Giuseppe Barone, LIU Oliver Larente, BU | |
| 10 (Oct. 31, 2016)[19] | Rasmus Hansen, LIU Francis de Vries, SFU | Hadynho Sarr, SHU | |
| 11 (Nov. 7, 2016) | Shaquille Saunchez, SHU | Robert Strain, SHU |
| 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 2016 Top 25 coaches poll.
| 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 | Final | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 Final --> | |
| Central Connecticut | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 Final --> | |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 Final --> | |
| LIU Brooklyn | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 Final --> | |
| Robert Morris | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 Final --> | |
| Sacred Heart | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 Final --> | |
| St. Francis Brooklyn | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 Final --> | |
| Saint Francis (PA) | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 Final --> |
| 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 | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 --> | |
| Central Connecticut | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 --> | |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 --> | |
| LIU Brooklyn | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 -->7 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 -->9 | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 -->9 | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 -->6 | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 -->6 | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 -->4 | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 -->4 | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 -->6 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 -->6 | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 -->6 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 -->8 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 -->8 | |
| Robert Morris | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 --> | |
| Sacred Heart | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- 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 --> | |
| St. Francis Brooklyn | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 -->8 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 -->10 | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 -->9 | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 -->4 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 -->5 | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 -->3 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 -->3 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 -->3 | |
| Saint Francis (PA) | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 -->5 | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 -->5 | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 -->5 | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 -->6 | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 -->5 | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 -->8 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 -->9 | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 -->8 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 -->7 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 -->6 |
| Win | |||
| Lose | |||
| Tie |
| Opponent | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | BRY | CCSU | FDU | LIU | RMU | SHU | SFBK | SFU | ||||||||
| Bryant Bulldogs | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 3–1 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–2 | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 3–0 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 2–3 | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | |
| Central Connecticut Blue Devils | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 1–3 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 2–7 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–1 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 2–1 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–2 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 3–0 | |
| Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 2–0 | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–2 | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–2 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–3 | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | |
| LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 7–2 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 2–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 3–1 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 5–0 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–1 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–3 | |
| Robert Morris Colonials | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–3 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 1–0 | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 1–3 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–3 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–2 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–1 | |
| Sacred Heart Pioneers | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 3–2 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 1–2 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 2–0 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–5 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 3–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–2 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–1 | |
| style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 2–0 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 3–0 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 1–0 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 2–0 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 2–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 2–0 | ||
| Saint Francis Red Flash | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–3 | style=background:#FFFFE6;" | 1–1 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 3–0 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 1–0 | style=background:#D8FFEB;" | 1–0 | style=background:#FFE6E6;" | 0–2 | style=background:#ddd;" | |
| 2016 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[20] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Simen Hestnes, LIU | |||||
| Coach of the Year | Tom Giovatto, SFBK | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Collyns Laokandi, SFBK | |||||
| Rookie of the Year | Faouzi Taieb, SFBK | |||||
| 2016 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Hansen, So., FW, LIU Shaquille Saunchez, Sr., FW, SHU Naeem Charles, R-Jr., MD, LIU Simen Hestnes, So., MD, LIU Salvatore Barone, Sr., MD, SFBK Dominick Falanga, Jr., MD, SFBK Pedro Neto, Jr., MD, SFU Collyns Laokandi, Jr., DF, SFBK Francis de Vries, Sr., DF, SFU Jack Webber, Gr., DF, SFU Robert Bazzichetto, Jr., GK, SFBK | Romario Guscott, So., FW, LIU Yussuf Olajide, Sr., FW, SFBK Andres Muriel Albino, Fr., MD, CCSU Giuseppe Barone, Fr., MD, LIU Keane McIvor, Jr., MD, RMU Fabian Suele, Sr., MD, SFBK Troye Kiernan, Jr., MD, SFU Charlie Booth, So., DF, BRY Julian Linke, Sr., DF, SHU Eric Wahlin, So., DF, LIU Nick Velleca, Sr., GK, CCSU | Andres Muriel Albino, Fr., MD, CCSU David Bokumabi, Fr., MD, FDU Daniel Lasarte, R-Fr., MD, FDU Giuseppe Barone, Fr., MD, LIU Marius Koss, Fr., DF, LIU Oscar Curras, Fr., DF, SHU Robert Strain, Fr., GK, SHU Djiby Sarr, Fr., MD, SFBK Faouzi Taieb, Fr., DF, SFBK Tulio Canineu, So., MD, SFU | ||||
See main article: 2016 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.
See also: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The 2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer tournament was held at Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, NY, the home of St. Francis Brooklyn. The semifinals took place on November 11 and the championship on November 13.
See main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.