2015 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
2015 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | |||||
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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 | ||||
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2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 | |||||||
- (†) The LIU-SFBK game was tied 1–1 after double overtime and LIU won on penalty kicks 4–3.[1]
- (#) The LIU-SFU game was tied 2–2 after double overtime and LIU won on penalty kicks 3–1.[2]
Results
Semifinals
Saint Francis (PA) | 2–1 | Robert Morris |
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Rezende 9' (pen.) de Vries 38' McGhee 54' |
Report | Brett 69' (pen.) Jull 79' |
LIU Field, Brooklyn, NY Referee: Stanislaw Grabowski |
LIU Brooklyn | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | St. Francis Brooklyn |
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Sica 5' Charles 19' Keys 43' Wahlin 94' |
Report | Cosovic 5' Laokandi 19' |
Penalties | ||
Hansen Nordstrom Sica Solbakken Gregorian |
4–3 | Coisne Hauer Bezecourt Curbelo Falanga |
Final
LIU Brooklyn | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Saint Francis (PA) |
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Charles 20' Keys 29' Guscott 58' Sica 59' Hansen 75' Guscott 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
- ↑ "LIU Brooklyn & Saint Francis U Advances To Sunday's NEC Men's Soccer Final". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ "LIU Brooklyn Edges SFU in PKs, Soars To First NEC Men's Soccer Title Since 2004". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ "LIU Brooklyn Edges SFU in PKs, Soars To First NEC Men's Soccer Title Since 2004". Northeastconference.org. Retrieved 16 November 2016.