2015 Northeast Conference men's soccer season

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| image =

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| competition = Northeast Conference

| season = 2015

| premiers =

| winners = LIU Brooklyn

| continentalcup1 = NEC tournament Champions

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = LIU Brooklyn

| continentalcup2 = NCAA tournament

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = LIU Brooklyn

| matches = 28

| total goals = 76

| average goals =

| league topscorer = Mario Mastrangelo, SFU (7 goals){{cite web|title=2015 Northeast Conference Season Statistics|url=http://northeastconference.org/custompages/msoc/2015/confstat/confonly.htm|publisher=NortheastConference.org|accessdate=9 November 2015}}

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten = 7 games, LIU

| longest winless =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance = 228

| prevseason = 2014

| nextseason = 2016

}}

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;" ! Team ! Location ! Stadium ! Capacity ! Head Coach
style="background:#000000; color:#CCCC99;"\|Bryant Bulldogs \| Smithfield, Rhode Island \| Bulldog Stadium \| align="center" \| {{Nts\|5,500}} \| Seamus Purcell
style="background:#1F24B4; color:#C0C0C0;"\|Central Connecticut Blue Devils \| New Britain, Connecticut \| CCSU Soccer Field \| align="center" \| {{Nts\|550}} \| Shaun Green
style="background:#800020; color:#FFFFFF;"\|Fairleigh Dickinson Knights \| Florham Park, New Jersey \| FDU Stadium \| align="center" \| {{Nts\|500}} \| Seth Roland
style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF;"\|LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds \| Brooklyn, New York \| LIU Field \| align="center" \| {{Nts\|400}} \| TJ Kostecky
style="background:#14234B; color:#FFFFFF;"\|Robert Morris Colonials \| Moon Township, Pennsylvania \| North Athletic Complex \| align="center" \| {{Nts\|800}} \| Bill Denniston
style="background:#990000; color:#999999;"\|Sacred Heart Pioneers \| Fairfield, Connecticut \| Campus Field \| align="center" \| {{Nts\|3,334}} \| Joe Barroso
style="background:#191970; border: 2px solid #AE2029;;color:#FFFFFF;"\|St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers \| Brooklyn, New York \| Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 \| align="center" \| {{Nts\|300}} \| Tom Giovatto
style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"\|Saint Francis Red Flash \| Loretto, Pennsylvania \| DeGol Field \| align="center" \| {{Nts\|500}} \| Paulo Neto

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! Team

! Location

! Stadium

! Capacity

! Head Coach

style="background:#000000; color:#CCCC99;"|Bryant Bulldogs

| Smithfield, Rhode Island

| Bulldog Stadium

| align="center" | {{Nts|5,500}}

| Seamus Purcell

style="background:#1F24B4; color:#C0C0C0;"|Central Connecticut Blue Devils

| New Britain, Connecticut

| CCSU Soccer Field

| align="center" | {{Nts|550}}

| Shaun Green

style="background:#800020; color:#FFFFFF;"|Fairleigh Dickinson Knights

| Florham Park, New Jersey

| FDU Stadium

| align="center" | {{Nts|500}}

| Seth Roland

style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF;"|LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds

| Brooklyn, New York

| LIU Field

| align="center" | {{Nts|400}}

| TJ Kostecky

style="background:#14234B; color:#FFFFFF;"|Robert Morris Colonials

| Moon Township, Pennsylvania

| North Athletic Complex

| align="center" | {{Nts|800}}

| Bill Denniston

style="background:#990000; color:#999999;"|Sacred Heart Pioneers

| Fairfield, Connecticut

| Campus Field

| align="center" | {{Nts|3,334}}

| Joe Barroso

style="background:#191970; border: 2px solid #AE2029;;color:#FFFFFF;"|St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers

| Brooklyn, New York

| Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5

| align="center" | {{Nts|300}}

| Tom Giovatto

style="background:#990000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Saint Francis Red Flash

| Loretto, Pennsylvania

| DeGol Field

| align="center" | {{Nts|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 =

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|+ Legend

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| Increase in ranking

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| Decrease in ranking

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| Not ranked previous week

{{main|List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2015 Top 25 coaches poll}}

style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;" \|	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
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style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#{{NCAA color\|Bryant Bulldogs\|1}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|Bryant Bulldogs\|2}};"\|Bryant \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#{{NCAA color\|Central Connecticut Blue Devils\|1}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|Central Connecticut Blue Devils\|2}};"\|Central Connecticut \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#{{NCAA color\|Fairleigh Dickinson Knights\|1}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|Fairleigh Dickinson Knights\|2}};"\|Fairleigh Dickinson \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#{{NCAA color\|LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds\|1}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds\|3}};"\|LIU Brooklyn \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#{{NCAA color\|Robert Morris Colonials\|1}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|Robert Morris Colonials\|2}};"\|Robert Morris \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#{{NCAA color\|Sacred Heart Pioneers\|1}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|Sacred Heart Pioneers\|2}};"\|Sacred Heart \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#{{NCAA color\|St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers\|1}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers\|2}};"\|St. Francis Brooklyn \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#D8FFEB;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#D8FFEB;" \| 22 \| style="background:#FFE6E6;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFF;" \| RV \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \|
style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#{{NCAA color\|Saint Francis Red Flash\|1}}; color:#{{NCAA color\|Saint Francis Red Flash\|2}};"\|Saint Francis (PA) \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \| \| style="background:#FFFFE6;" \|

= Results =

width="200"\| Team/opponent	width="30"\| BRY	width="30"\|CCS	width="30"\|FDU	width="30"\|LIU	width="30"\|RMU	width="30"\|SHU	width="30"\|SFBK	width="30"\|SFU
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align=left\| Bryant Bulldogs		2–3	1–1 (2OT)	0–1	1–1 (2OT)	3–0	0–0 (2OT)	0–1
align=left\| Central Connecticut Blue Devils	3–2		2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–1 (OT)	1–3
align=left\| Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	1–1 (2OT)	1–2		2–3	1–2	1–2	1–1 (2OT)	0–5
align=left\| LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds	1–0	3–0	3–2		1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0 (OT)
align=left\| Robert Morris Colonials	1–1 (2OT)	2–1	2–1	0–1		3–0	1–0 (2OT)	0–1
align=left\| Sacred Heart Pioneers	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–3	0–3		0–3	1–6
align=left\| St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers	0–0 (2OT)	1–0 (OT)	1–1 (2OT)	0–1	0–1 (2OT)	3–0		5–0
align=left\| Saint Francis Red Flash	1–0	3–1	5–0	0–1 (OT)	1–0	6–1	0–5

=All-NEC awards and teams=

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colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"\| 2015 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards{{cite web\|title=RMU Striker Neco Brett Becomes First-Ever Three-Time NEC Men's Soccer Player of the Year\|url=http://northeastconference.org/news/2015/11/11/MSOC_All-NEC_Release_2015.aspx\|work=northeastconference.org\|accessdate=13 November 2015}}
style="text-align:right;"\| Award ! style="text-align:left;" \| Recipient(s)
style="text-align:right;"\|Player of the Year \| style="text-align:left;" \|Neco Brett, Robert Morris
style="text-align:right;"\|Coach of the Year \| style="text-align:left;" \|TJ Kostecky, LIU Brooklyn
style="text-align:right;"\|Defensive Player of the Year \| style="text-align:left;" \|Francis de Vries, St. Francis (PA)
style="text-align:right;"\|Rookie of the Year \| style="text-align:left;" \|Rasmus Hansen, LIU Brooklyn

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colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| 2015 NEC Men's Soccer Individual Awards{{cite web|title=RMU Striker Neco Brett Becomes First-Ever Three-Time NEC Men's Soccer Player of the Year|url=http://northeastconference.org/news/2015/11/11/MSOC_All-NEC_Release_2015.aspx|work=northeastconference.org|accessdate=13 November 2015}}

style="text-align:right;"| Award

! style="text-align:left;" | Recipient(s)

style="text-align:right;"|Player of the Year

| style="text-align:left;" |Neco Brett, Robert Morris

style="text-align:right;"|Coach of the Year

| style="text-align:left;" |TJ Kostecky, LIU Brooklyn

style="text-align:right;"|Defensive Player of the Year

| style="text-align:left;" |Francis de Vries, St. Francis (PA)

style="text-align:right;"|Rookie of the Year

| style="text-align:left;" |Rasmus Hansen, LIU Brooklyn

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colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"\| 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

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colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| 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=

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1=Semifinals
Friday, November 13

| RD2=Final
Sunday, November 15

| RD1-seed1 = 1

| RD1-team1 = LIU Brooklyn

| RD1-score1 = 1^†

| RD1-seed2 = 4

| RD1-team2 = St. Francis Brooklyn

| RD1-score2 = 1

| RD1-seed3 = 2

| RD1-team3 = Saint Francis (PA)

| RD1-score3 = 2

| RD1-seed4 = 3

| RD1-team4 = Robert Morris

| RD1-score4 = 1

| RD2-seed1 = 1

| RD2-team1 = LIU Brooklyn

| RD2-score1 = 2^#

| RD2-seed2 = 2

| RD2-team2 = Saint Francis (PA)

| RD2-score2 = 2

}}

(†) The LIU-SFBK game was tied 1–1 after double overtime and LIU won on penalty kicks 4–3.{{cite web|title=LIU Brooklyn & Saint Francis U Advances To Sunday's NEC Men's Soccer Final|url=http://northeastconference.org/news/2015/11/13/MSOC_NEC_Semifinal_Recaps_15.aspx|publisher=NortheastConference.org|accessdate=15 November 2015}}
(#) The LIU-SFU game was tied 2–2 after double overtime and LIU won on penalty kicks 3–1.{{cite web|title=LIU Brooklyn Edges SFU in PKs, Soars To First NEC Men's Soccer Title Since 2004|url=http://northeastconference.org/news/2015/11/15/MSOC_Championship_Recap_15.aspx|publisher=NortheastConference.org|accessdate=15 November 2015}}

=NCAA tournament=

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Seed ! Region ! School ! 1st round ! 2nd round ! 3rd round ! Quarterfinals ! Semifinals ! Championship
! 2 \| LIU Brooklyn \| style="background:#fbb;"\| L, 1–1 (PK, 2–3) vs. Rutgers \| \| \| \|

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Seed

! Region

! School

! 1st round

! 2nd round

! 3rd round

! Quarterfinals

! Semifinals

! Championship

! 2

| LIU Brooklyn

| style="background:#fbb;"| L, 1–1 (PK, 2–3) vs. Rutgers

References

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