2017 Northeast Conference men's soccer season explained

The 2017 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 37th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers are the defending regular season and tournament champions. For 2017, St. Francis Brooklyn repeated as Regular season Championship by going 6-0-1 in conference play. Dating back to last year, St. Francis Brooklyn has gone undefeated in two seasons of conference play recording a 12-0-2 record.

Changes from 2016

• None

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	Seasons at school	Record at school
Bryant Bulldogs	Smithfield, Rhode Island	Bulldog Stadium		Seamus Purcell[1]	21
Central Connecticut Blue Devils	New Britain, Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field		Shaun Green[2]	32
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	Florham Park, New Jersey	FDU Stadium		Seth Roland[3]	19
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	Brooklyn, New York	LIU Field		TJ Kostecky[4]	18
Robert Morris Colonials	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	North Athletic Complex		Bill Denniston[5]	21
Sacred Heart Pioneers	Fairfield, Connecticut	Campus Field		Joe Barroso[6]	12
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers	Brooklyn, New York	Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5		Tom Giovatto[7]	10
Saint Francis Red Flash	Loretto, Pennsylvania	DeGol Field		Paulo Neto[8]	2

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2017 season.
• Overall and NEC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.

Preseason

After winning its third Northeast Conference (NEC) men’s soccer championship in the last four seasons, St. Francis Brooklyn was unanimously picked by the league’s head coaches to win again in 2017.^[9] Saint Francis (PA) was tabbed second in the preseason poll.^[9]

Rankings

	NEC Coaches Poll
1.	St. Francis Brooklyn (7)
2.	Saint Francis PA (1)
3.	LIU Brooklyn
4.	Bryant
5.	Fairleigh Dickinson
	Sacred Heart
7.	Central Connecticut
8.	Robert Morris

first place votes

Regular season

After starting the season undefeated, Fairleigh Dickinson, received 2 votes to be ranked in the week 2 NSCAA Division I poll.^[10] For the week 3 and 4 polls, FDU was nationally ranked at 21.

The Saint Francis Red Flash defeated 20th ranked Old Dominion, 5–3.^[11] It was SFU's first win over a nationally-ranked opponent since defeating No. 7 Monmouth 2-0 on Oct. 25, 2009.

Collectively, NEC teams finished 28–43–8 against non-conference opponents for 2017.

Index to colors and formatting
NEC member won
NEC member lost
NEC member tied
NEC teams in bold

All times Eastern time.† denotes Homecoming game

Week 1 (Aug 21-27)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
August 25	1:00 p.m.		Saint Francis (PA)		W 2 - 4	200
August 25	4:00 p.m.		Sacred Heart		L 1 - 0	315
August 25	4:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn			L 2 - 1	326
August 25	5:00 p.m.	LIU Brooklyn			L 2 - 3	421
August 25	7:00 p.m.		Central Connecticut		L 2 - 1	400
August 25	7:00 p.m.	Bryant			L 0 - 1	735
August 25	7:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson			W 2 - 0	634
August 25	7:00 p.m.	Robert Morris			L 1 - 3	282
August 27	3:00 p.m.		Robert Morris		L 3 - 2	612
August 27	3:00 p.m.	LIU Brooklyn			L 0 - 1	177
August 27	3:30 p.m.	Sacred Heart	UMass	Rudd Field • Amherst, MA	L 3 - 0	362
August 27	5:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)			L 0 - 1	325

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Troye Kiernan	Saint Francis (PA)	Kevin Smolyn	Saint Francis (PA)
Reference: Northeast Conference[12]

Week 2 (Aug 28-Sept 3)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:00 p.m.		Fairleigh Dickinson		W 1 - 3	223
August 28	7:00 p.m.	Bryant			L 0 - 2	827
August 29	4:00 p.m.	Lafayette	St. Francis Brooklyn		W 1 - 2	172
August 31	4:30 p.m.	Robert Morris			L 3 - 4	265
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Manhattan		L 0 - 1	212
September 1	4:00 p.m.		Bryant		L 1 - 0	324
September 1	4:00 p.m.	LIU Brooklyn			Cancelled
September 1	4:30 p.m.		Central Connecticut	Virtue Field • Burlington, VT	W 1 - 3	75
September 1	4:30 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson			W 2 - 0	397
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)			W 5 - 3	741
September 1	7:00 p.m.		St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	W 1 - 3	225
September 3	11:30 a.m.		Central Connecticut	Virtue Field • Burlington, VT	W 0 - 2	25
September 3	1:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn			W 3 - 2	250
September 3	1:00 p.m.	LIU Brooklyn			T 1 - 1	315
September 3	1:00 p.m.		Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	L 2 - 1	106
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)			L 2 - 3	352

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Fredinho Mompremier	Fairleigh Dickinson	Tiago Capela Filippo Pirola	Fairleigh Dickinson Central Connecticut
Reference: Northeast Conference[13]

Week 3 (Sept 4-Sept 10)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart			L 0 - 3	403
September 4	7:00 p.m.	21 Fairleigh Dickinson			W 2 - 1	0
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Bryant			L 0 - 3	2,500
September 6	6:00 p.m.	NJIT	LIU Brooklyn		L 1 - 0	302
September 6	7:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn			W 1 - 0	75
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut			L 1 - 2	158
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Bryant			L 0 - 4	318
September 8	4:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Niagara	Elmore Field • Oneonta, NY	L 1 - 2	20
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)			L 0 - 1	1,339
September 9	5:00 p.m.	Saint Peter's	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	W 1 - 2	115
September 9	7:00 p.m.		21 Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	W 2 - 3	310
September 9	7:30 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	NJIT		L 0 - 3	397
September 10	12:00 p.m.	Robert Morris		Elmore Field • Oneonta, NY	L 1 - 2	50
September 10	1:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Canisius	Demske Sports Complex • Buffalo, NY	L 0 - 4	145
September 10	3:00 p.m.		Saint Francis (PA)	Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA	W 0 - 3	250

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Mario Mastrangelo	Saint Francis (PA)	Jacob Labovitz	Fairleigh Dickinson
Reference: Northeast Conference[14]

Week 4 (Sept 11-Sept 17)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	4:00 p.m.		Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	W 1 - 2	120
September 13	7:00 p.m.		St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	L 1 - 0	277
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Howard	Greene Stadium • Washington, DC	W 3 - 1	0
September 15	7:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)		Peter Johann Soccer Field • Las Vegas, NV	W 1 - 0	893
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Stony Brook	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI	L 1 - 0	254
September 16	1:00 p.m.	LIU Brooklyn			L 1 - 2	428
September 16	2:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	Manhattan	Gaelic Park • Riverdale, NY	W 2 - 1	180
September 16	3:00 p.m.		Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	L 2 - 1	110
September 16	3:00 p.m.	21 Fairleigh Dickinson	NJIT	Kean University Alumni Stadium • Hillside, NJ	T 1 - 1	512
September 16	4:00 p.m.	Bucknell	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	T 1 - 1	231
September 17	10:30 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)		Peter Johann Soccer Field • Las Vegas, NV	W 2 - 1	516

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Mario Mastrangelo (2nd)	Saint Francis (PA)	Alejandro Arribas	Sacred Heart
Reference: Northeast Conference[15]

Week 5 (Sept 18-Sept 24)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Robert Morris			L 1 - 2	431
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Rider	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	L 2 - 1	120
September 19	7:00 p.m.		Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	T 1 - 1	233
September 20	4:00 p.m.	Iona	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	W 0 - 1	105
September 22	4:30 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn			L 1 - 2	224
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Siena	LIU Brooklyn	LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY	L 2 - 0	364
September 22	7:00 p.m.		Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	L 2 - 0	574
September 23	1:00 p.m.	Bryant			L 0 - 1	345
September 23	7:00 p.m.		Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	L 2 - 0	288
September 24	1:00 p.m.		Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	T 1 - 1	127
September 24	2:30 p.m.		LIU Brooklyn	LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY	W 1 - 3	289

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Oscar Curras	Sacred Heart
Reference: Northeast Conference[16]

Week 6 (Sept 25-Oct 1)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Army	Clinton Field • West Point, NY	L 1 - 2	327
September 26	7:00 p.m.		St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	W 1 - 2	486
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Hartford	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	L 3 - 2	503
September 27	5:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Howard	Greene Stadium • Washington, DC	W 5 - 0	100
September 27	7:00 p.m.	Bucknell	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	W 2 - 3	214
September 27	7:00 p.m.	LIU Brooklyn			T 1 - 1	375
September 30	3:00 p.m.	St. Bonaventure	Saint Francis (PA)	Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA	L 1 - 0	179
September 30	5:00 p.m.	Bryant	Hartwick		T 0 - 0	150
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Saint Joseph's	Sweeney Field • Philadelphia, PA	T 1 - 1	288
October 1	2:30 p.m.	Howard	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	W 1 - 2	221

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Ahu Obhakhan	Fairleigh Dickinson	Diego Arriba	Fairleigh Dickinson
Reference: Northeast Conference[17]

Week 7 (Oct 2-Oct 8)

Schedule and results:

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 3	3:00 p.m.	NJIT	Saint Francis (PA)	Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA	W 2 - 4	97
October 3	6:00 p.m.		LIU Brooklyn	LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY	L 2 - 1	204
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Stony Brook	LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	L 1 - 4	313
October 6	2:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	RMU 1 - 0	234
October 6	3:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI	BRY 2 - 0	298
October 8	1:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	CCSU 5 - 3	284
October 8	3:00 p.m.	LIU Brooklyn	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	LIU 2 - 0	140
October 8	7:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	SFBK 1 - 0	215

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Andres Albino	Central Connecticut	Matthew Kane	Bryant
Reference: Northeast Conference[18]

Week 8 (Oct 9-Oct 15)

Schedule and results:

October 13	3:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Saint Francis (PA)	Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA	FDU 2 - 1	101
October 13	3:00 p.m.	Bryant	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	T 1 - 1	301
October 13	4:00 p.m.	LIU Brooklyn	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	LIU 3 - 2	276
October 13	7:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	T 0 - 0	110
October 15	1:00 p.m.	Bryant	Saint Francis (PA)	Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA	SFPA 1 - 0	119
October 15	1:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	FDU 1 - 0	193
October 15	1:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	CCSU 1 - 0	205

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Jamie Leddy	Fairleigh Dickinson	Jahmali Waite	Fairleigh Dickinson
Reference: Northeast Conference[19]

Week 9 (Oct 16-Oct 22)

Schedule and results:

October 20	6:30 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	LIU Brooklyn	LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY	LIU 2 - 1	209
October 20	7:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	SFBK 3 - 1	175
October 22	12:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI	BRY 2 - 1	256
October 22	1:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	LIU Brooklyn	LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY	RMU 1 - 0	320
October 22	1:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	SFBK 1 - 0	212
October 22	5:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	T 1 - 1	211

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Dominic Falanga	St. Francis Brooklyn	Chris Gruver	St. Francis Brooklyn
Reference: Northeast Conference[20]

Week 10 (Oct 23-Oct 29)

Schedule and results:

October 24	5:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Howard	Greene Stadium • Washington, DC	W 2 - 1	50
October 27	2:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Saint Francis (PA)	Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA	SFPA 2 - 0	170
October 27	4:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	Central Connecticut	CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT	SFBK 1 - 0	227
October 27	5:00 p.m.	Bryant	LIU Brooklyn	LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY	LIU 1 - 0	407
October 29	1:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Robert Morris	North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA	RMU 1 - 0	175

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Jacob Labovitz	Fairleigh Dickinson	Jacob Labovitz (2)	Fairleigh Dickinson
Reference: Northeast Conference[21]

Week 11 (Oct 30-Nov 5)

Schedule and results:

October 30	1:00 p.m.	Bryant	St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY	SFBK 1 - 0	13
October 30	7:30 p.m.	LIU Brooklyn	Fairleigh Dickinson	FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ	T 1 - 1	110
November 1	3:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Columbia	Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium • New York, NY	L 0 - 3	179
November 3	1:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Sacred Heart	Campus Field • Fairfield, CT	FDU 3 - 0	220
November 3	1:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Saint Francis (PA)	Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA	SFPA 4 - 1	150
November 3	1:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Bryant	Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI	T 0 - 0	232
November 3	1:00 p.m.	St. Francis Brooklyn	LIU Brooklyn	LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY	SFBK 2 - 1	245

Players of the week:

Offensive		Rookie
Player	Team	Player	Team
Nadim Saqui	St. Francis Brooklyn	Lucas Rosa	Saint Francis (PA)
Reference: Northeast Conference[22]

Rankings

NSCAA national

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 2017 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 -->RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->21	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->21	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->RV	<	-- 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 -->

NSCAA northeast region

	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 -->3	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->1	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->1	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->4	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->2	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->8	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->6	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->8	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->7	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->7	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->7
LIU Brooklyn	<	-- 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 -->
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 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->8	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->7	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->7	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->9	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->8	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->6	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->7	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->5	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->5	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->4	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->2
Saint Francis (PA)	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 -->12	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->6	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->8	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->5	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->6	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->7	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->9	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->9	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->10	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->10	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->

NEC play results

Legend

		Win
		Lose
		Tie

Team/opponent	BRY	CCS	FDU	LIU	RMU	SHU	SFBK	SFU
Bryant Bulldogs	style=background:#ddd;"		style=background:#FFFFE6;"	0–0 (2OT)	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	2–0	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1	style=background:#FFFFE6;"	1–1 (2OT)	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	2–1 (2OT)	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1 (OT)	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1 (2OT)
Central Connecticut Blue Devils	style=background:#FFFFE6;"	0–0 (2OT)	style=background:#ddd;"		style=background:#FFFFE6;"	1–1 (2OT)	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	2–3 (2OT)	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	5–3
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–2	style=background:#FFFFE6;"	1–1 (2OT)	style=background:#ddd;"		style=background:#FFFFE6;"	1–1 (2OT)	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	3–0	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	2–1 (OT)
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	3–2 (2OT)	style=background:#FFFFE6;"	1–1 (2OT)	style=background:#ddd;"		style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	2–0	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	1–2 (OT)	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	2–1
Robert Morris Colonials	style=background:#FFFFE6;"	1–1 (2OT)	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0	style=background:#ddd;"		style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0 (OT	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	1–3	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	1–4
Sacred Heart Pioneers	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	1–2 (2OT)	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–3	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–2	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1 (OT)	style=background:#ddd;"		style=background:#FFFFE6;"	0–0 (2OT)	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–2
	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0 (OT)	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	2–1 (OT)	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	3–1	style=background:#FFFFE6;"	0–0 (2OT)	style=background:#ddd;"		style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0
Saint Francis Red Flash	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	1–0 (2OT)	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	3–5	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	1–2 (OT)	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	1–2	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	4–1	style=background:#D8FFEB;"	2–0	style=background:#FFE6E6;"	0–1	style=background:#ddd;"

All-NEC awards and teams

2017 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[23]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Rasmus Hansen, LIU
Coach of the Year	Tom Giovatto, SFBK
Defensive Player of the Year	Faouzi Taieb, SFBK
Rookie of the Year	Jacob Labovitz, FDU

2017 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
Mario Mastrangelo, Jr., FW, SFU Bayley Winkle, Sr., FW, RMU Andres Muriel Albino, So., MD, CCSU Rasmus Hansen, Jr., MD, LIU Troye Kiernan, Sr., MD, SFU Dominick Falanga, Sr., MD, SFBK Ahu Obhakhan, R-Jr., MD, FDU Collyns Laokandi, Sr., DF, SFBK Filip Nordstrom, Jr., DF, LIU Faouzi Taieb, So., DF, SFBK Robert Bazzichetto, Sr., GK, SFBK	Louis Beddouri, Jr., FW, CCSU Jacob Lebovitz, Fr., FW, FDU Naeem Charles, R-Sr., MD, LIU Federico Curbelo, Sr., MD, SFBK Daniel Lasarte, R-So., MD, FDU Keane McIvor, Sr., MD, RMU Ryan Taylor, Sr., MD, CCSU Leo Folla, Sr., DF, SFBK Kaelon Fox, Sr., DF, SFU Jaime Leddy, Sr., DF, FDU Nick Stewart, Sr., GK, BRY	Matteo Caribotti, So., FW, SFBK Jacob Labovitz, Fr., FW, FDU Ali Tounkara, JR., FW, SFBK Sean Gannon, Fr., MF, CCSU Sami Gliguem, Jr., MF, SFBK Lucas Rosa, Fr., MF, SFU Erik Johansson, Fr., DF, LIU Filippo Pirola Fr., DF, CCSU Anthony Sciola, Fr., GK, LIU Jahmali Waite, Fr., GK, FDU

Postseason

NEC tournament

See main article: 2017 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

See also: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

See also

• 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2017 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer tournament
• 2017 Northeast Conference women's soccer season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bryant Head Coach Bio. bryantbulldogs.com. 28 July 2016.
2. Web site: Central Connecticut Head Coach. ccsubluedevils.com. 28 July 2016.
3. Web site: FDU Head Coach. fduknights.com. 28 July 2016.
4. Web site: LIU Head Coach. liuathletics.com. 28 July 2016.
5. Web site: Robert Morris Head Coach. rmucolonials.com. 28 July 2016.
6. Web site: SHU Head Coach. sacredheartpioneers.com. 28 July 2016.
7. Web site: SFC Head Coach. sfcathletics.com. 28 July 2016.
8. Web site: SFU Head Coach. sfuathletics.com. 28 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817213815/http://www.sfuathletics.com/staff.aspx?staff=233. 17 August 2016. dead. dmy-all.
9. Web site:
   1. PollWeek: St. Francis Brooklyn Unanimous Pick To Repeat In NEC Men's Soccer
   . northeastconference.org. 6 September 2017.
10. Web site: Men's Soccer Receiving Votes in NSCAA National Coaches Poll After 4-0 Start. fduknights.com. 9 September 2017.
11. Web site: Scoring barrage lifts SFU over No. 20 ODU, 5-3. sfuathletics.com. 9 September 2017.
12. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (8/28). NortheastConference.org. 31 August 2017.
13. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (9/5). northeastconference.org. 6 September 2017.
14. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (9/11). northeastconference.org. 12 September 2017.
15. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (9/18). northeastconference.org. 19 September 2017.
16. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (9/25). northeastconference.org. 26 September 2017.
17. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (10/2). northeastconference.org. 3 October 2017.
18. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (10/9). northeastconference.org. 11 October 2017.
19. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (10/16). northeastconference.org. 17 October 2017.
20. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (10/23). northeastconference.org. 24 October 2017.
21. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (10/31). northeastconference.org. 1 November 2017.
22. Web site: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (11/6). northeastconference.org. 6 November 2017.
23. Web site: LIU's Rasmus Hansen & SFBK's Faouzi Taieb Win NEC Men’s Soccer Major Awards. northeastconference.org. 10 November 2017.