# 2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season

The 2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 35th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Saint Francis Red Flash are the defending regular season champions, while the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers are the defending tournament champions.
LIU Brooklyn won the Regular Season Championship by going 7-0-0 in conference play and won the NEC tournament Championship by defeating St. Francis Brooklyn and Saint Francis (PA). Both tournament games were decided by penalty kicks. The NEC tournament was held in Brooklyn, NY at LIU Field.

## Changes from 2014

* None

## Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach |
| Bryant Bulldogs | Smithfield, Rhode Island | Bulldog Stadium | 5,500 | Seamus Purcell |
| Central Connecticut Blue Devils | New Britain, Connecticut | CCSU Soccer Field | 550 | Shaun Green |
| Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | Florham Park, New Jersey | FDU Stadium | 500 | Seth Roland |
| LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds | Brooklyn, New York | LIU Field | 400 | TJ Kostecky |
| Robert Morris Colonials | Moon Township, Pennsylvania | North Athletic Complex | 800 | Bill Denniston |
| Sacred Heart Pioneers | Fairfield, Connecticut | Campus Field | 3,334 | Joe Barroso |
| St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers | Brooklyn, New York | Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 | 300 | Tom Giovatto |
| Saint Francis Red Flash | Loretto, Pennsylvania | DeGol Field | 500 | Paulo Neto |
Notes:
* All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
* Year at school includes 2015 season.
* Overall and NEC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.

## Regular season
### Rankings

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 |
| Bryant | | | | | | | | |
| Central Connecticut | | | | | | | | |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | | | | | | | | |
| LIU Brooklyn | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Morris | | | | | | | | |
| Sacred Heart | | | | | | | | |
| St. Francis Brooklyn | RV | RV | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Saint Francis (PA) | | | | | | | | |

### Results

| Team/opponent | BRY | CCS | FDU | LIU | RMU | SHU | SFBK | SFU |
| Bryant Bulldogs | | 2–3 | 1–1 (2OT) | 0–1 | 1–1 (2OT) | 3–0 | 0–0 (2OT) | 0–1 |
| Central Connecticut Blue Devils | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 (OT) | 1–3 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | 1–1 (2OT) | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 (2OT) | 0–5 |
| LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 (OT) |
| Robert Morris Colonials | 1–1 (2OT) | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 (2OT) | 0–1 |
| Sacred Heart Pioneers | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 1–6 |
| St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers | 0–0 (2OT) | 1–0 (OT) | 1–1 (2OT) | 0–1 | 0–1 (2OT) | 3–0 | | 5–0 |
| Saint Francis Red Flash | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 (OT) | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–5 | |

### All-NEC awards and teams

2015 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Neco Brett, Robert Morris |
| Coach of the Year | TJ Kostecky, LIU Brooklyn |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Francis de Vries, St. Francis (PA) |
| Rookie of the Year | Rasmus Hansen, LIU Brooklyn |
2015 NEC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team |
| Neco Brett, Sr., FD, RMU Mario Mastrangelo, Fr., FD, SFU Simen Hestnes, Fr., MF., LIU Rasmus Hansen, Fr., MF, LIU Vincent Bezecourt, So., MF, SFBK Harry Odell, Sr., MF, SFBK Pablo Medina, R-Sr., MF, SFU Tanner Sica, Sr., DF, LIU Francis de Vries, Sr., DF, SFU Cyril Coisne, Sr., DF, SFBK Jack Binks, Sr., GK, SFBK | Ryan Taylor, So., FD, CCSU Louis Beddouri, Fr., FD, CCSU Brett Larocque, Sr., MF., BRYANT Zach Zurita, Sr., MF, CCSU Christian Dietrich, Jr., MF, FDU Lucas Puntillo, Fr., MF, RMU Keane McIvor, So., MF, RMU Ben Knight, Sr., DF, CCSU Bennett Jull, R-Jr., DF, RMU Paul Galimi, Jr., DF, SFBK Logan Keys, R-Jr., GK, LIU | Louis Beddouri, Fr., FD, CCSU Zac Sherman, Fr., FD, LIU Mario Mastrangelo, Fr., FD, LIU Romario Guscott, R-Fr., FD, LIU Simen Hestnes, Fr., MF., LIU Rasmus Hansen, Fr., MF, LIU Lucas Puntillo, Fr., MF, RMU Tommy De Andrade, Fr., MF, SFBK Filip Nordström, Fr., DF, LIU Erik Wahlin, Fr., DF, LIU |

## Postseason
### NEC tournament

| Semifinals Friday, November 13 | Semifinals Friday, November 13 | Semifinals Friday, November 13 | Final Sunday, November 15 | Final Sunday, November 15 | Final Sunday, November 15 |
| 1 | LIU Brooklyn | 1$^†$ | | | |
| 4 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 1 | | | |
| 4 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 1 | 1 | LIU Brooklyn | 2$^#$ |
| | | | 2 | Saint Francis (PA) | 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.
* (#) The LIU-SFU game was tied 2–2 after double overtime and LIU won on penalty kicks 3–1.

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| | 2 | LIU Brooklyn | L, 1–1 (PK, 2–3) vs. Rutgers | | | | |