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
Team W   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 a 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

Results

Semifinals

November 13
12:00 PM EST
Saint Francis (PA) 2–1 Robert Morris
Rezende  9' (pen.)
de Vries  38'
McGhee  54'
Report Brett  69' (pen.)
Jull  79'
LIU Field, Brooklyn, NY
Referee: Stanislaw Grabowski

November 13
3:00 PM EST
LIU Brooklyn 1–1 (a.e.t.) St. Francis Brooklyn
Sica  5'
Charles  19'
Keys  43'
Wahlin Red card 94'
Report Cosovic  5'
Laokandi  19'
  Penalties  
Hansen
Nordstrom
Sica
Solbakken
Gregorian
4–3 Coisne
Hauer
Bezecourt
Curbelo
Falanga
LIU Field, Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 426
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Final

November 15
1:00 PM EST
LIU Brooklyn 2–2 (a.e.t.) Saint Francis (PA)
Charles  20'
Keys  29'
Guscott  58'
Sica  59'
Hansen  75'
Guscott Red card 100'
Smith  108'
Report Rezende  28', 76'
Neto  67'
Otting  89'
Mastrangelo  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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