# 2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team

The 2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team represent St. Francis College during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Terrier's home games are played at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981 and is coached by Tom Giovatto, who was in his eleventh year at the helm of the Terriers.
Going into the season, the Teriers were unanimously picked by the NEC's head coaches to defend its crown in 2017. The Terriers ended their season at 14–5–1 overall and 6–0–1 in conference play. The Terriers won the NEC Regular season championship and the Tournament Championship.

## 2017 squad

As of August 21, 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 00 | GK | USA | George Angelidis |
| 0 | GK | ESP | Nicolas Casado |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Roberto Bazzichetto |
| 2 | MF | USA | Leo Folla |
| 3 | DF | USA | Dominick Falanga |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Kieran Young |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Faouzi Taieb |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Sami Gliguem |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Anthony Gimenes |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Edoardo Belfanti |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Ali Tounkara |
| 10 | MF | USA | Federico Curbelo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | USA | Amir Islami |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Collyns Laokandi |
| 14 | DF | USA | Lukas Pusz |
| 15 | DF | USA | Domenico Pugliese |
| 16 | FW | VEN | Chris Gruver |
| 19 | MF | USA | Dennis Coke, Jr. |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Marco Torriani |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Matteo Caribotti |
| 23 | MF | VEN | Tommy De Andrade |
| 24 | GK | USA | Ahmed Faiad |
| 33 | DF | USA | Nadim Saqui |
Captains in bold

## NSCAA/Continental Tire College rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked. RV=Others receiving votes. :
| Poll | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th |
| North East Region | | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |

## Awards
### Faouzi Taieb, Sophomore Defender

* 2017 NEC Defender of the Year
* Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference
* Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team
* Selected 2017 Third team All-American by College Soccer News

### Ali Tounkara, Junior Forward

* Selected to the 2017 NEC All-Rookie Team
* Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team
* 2017 NEC Tournament MVP

### Dominic Falanga, Senior Midfielder

* NEC Player of the Week Award (October 16 – 22)
* Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference
* Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team

### Nadim Saqui, Senior Forward

* NEC Player of the Week Award (October 30 – November 5)
* Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team

### Collyns Laokandi, Senior Defender

* Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference

### Robert Bazzichetto, Senior Goalkeeper

* Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference

### Chris Gruver, Freshman Forward

* NEC Rookie of the Week Award (October 16 – 22)

### Federico Curbelo, Senior Midfielder

* Selected to the 2017 NEC Second Team All-Conference

### Leo Folla, Senior Defender

* Selected to the 2017 NEC Second Team All-Conference

### Matteo Caribotti, Sophomore Forward

* Selected to the 2017 NEC Team All-Rookie Team

### Sami Gliguem, Junior Midfielder

* Selected to the 2017 NEC Team All-Rookie Team

## Season statistics

Individual Player Statistics (As of November 17, 2017) :
| Player | App | Goals | Asst | Points | Shots | Shot% | SOG | SOG% | GW | Pk-Att | GA | Saves | SO |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| Tounkara, Ali | 20 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 38 | 21.1% | 25 | 65.8% | 4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gruver, Chris | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0% | 2 | 66.7% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caribotti, Matteo | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 14.3% | 4 | 28.6% | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| DeAndrade, Tommy | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0% | 4 | 40.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curbello, Federico | 20 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 3.6% | 11 | 39.3% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gliguem, Sami | 15 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 19.0% | 10 | 47.6% | 1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Young, Kieran | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 33.3% | 1 | 33.3% | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Islami, Amir | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gimenes, Anthony | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0% | 6 | 50.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belfanti, Edoardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Folla, Leo | 19 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 30.0% | 6 | 60.0% | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coke Jr., Dennis | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 2 | 100% | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| Pusz, Lukas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laokandi, Collyns | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0% | 8 | 48.1% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taieb, Faouzi | 20 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 13.6% | 12 | 54.5% | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Falanga, Dominick | 20 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 36 | 19.4% | 20 | 55.6% | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pugliese, Domenico | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saqui, Nadim | 17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 44.4% | 4 | 44.4% | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torriani, Marco | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0% | 5 | 41.7% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| Bazzichetto, Roberto | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0-0 | 18 | 49 | 7 |
| Angelidis, George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Faiad, Ahmed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casado, Nicolas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 34 | 32 | 100 | 247 | 13.8% | 121 | 49.0% | 14 | 0-1 | 19 | 55 | 8 |
| Opponents | 20 | 19 | 20 | 58 | 165 | 11.5% | 74 | 44.8% | 5 | 0-0 | 34 | 87 | 3 |