Northeast Conference men's soccer tournament
| Northeast Conference men's soccer tournament | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Soccer |
| Conference | Northeast Conference |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Format | single-elimination |
| Current stadium | Campus sites |
| Played | 1989-present |
| Last contest | 2025 |
| Current champion | FDU (10th. title) |
| Most championships | FDU (10 titles) |
| Official website | northeastconference.org/msoc |
The Northeast Conference soccer tournament is the conference soccer championship of the NCAA Division I Northeast Conference (NEC). The annual tournament takes place every November to determine the NEC conference champion and the NEC’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
In the current format, the top four regular season conference finishers based on winning percentage compete in the single-elimination tournament. The tournament features a semifinal and championship round with each game hosted on the campus of the higher seeded team. The NEC started fielding men's soccer games in 1985 and started a conference tournament in 1989, Fairleigh Dickinson won the inaugural championship.
Fairleigh Dickinson and St. Francis Brooklyn, the latter of which shut down its athletic program after the 2022 season, have won the most titles with nine (9). Fairleigh Dickinson holds the longest consecutive championship streak (4, 2000–03), followed by Monmouth (3, 2009–11). Participation of NEC Tournament Champions in the NCAA tournament has led to an overall record of 11–20, with Fairleigh Dickinson accounting for 7 wins followed by Central Connecticut and Monmouth with 2 wins apiece.
Champions
Finals
The following is a list of conference regular season champions, tournament champions and tournament MVPs listed by year.[1][2]
- Key
- (1) – Title number
- a.e.t. – Match went to extra time
- p – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
- – Winning team won regular season
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Venue | Att. | Regular season champion |
Teams to NCAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | (no final held) [n 1] | LIU Brooklyn | LIU Brooklyn | |||||
| 1986 | (no final held) [n 1] | LIU Brooklyn | LIU Brooklyn | |||||
| 1987 | (no final held) [n 1] | Loyola | ||||||
| 1988 | (no final held) [n 1] | FDU | FDU | |||||
| 1989 | FDU (1) | 6–3 (a.e.t.) | LIU Brooklyn | German Quijano, FDU | Teaneck, NJ | LIU Brooklyn | ||
| 1990 | Monmouth (1) | 1–0 | FDU | Jim Adams, MU | West Long Branch, NJ | Monmouth | ||
| 1991 | St. Francis (NY) (1) | 1–0 | Monmouth | Joni Kallioinen, MU | West Long Branch, NJ | St. Francis (NY) | ||
| 1992 | Rider (1) | 1–0 | FDU | Pepe St. Phard, Rider | Teaneck, NJ | Robert Morris | ||
| 1993 | Robert Morris (1) | 2–0 | LIU Brooklyn | Brian Davis, RMU | Teaneck, NJ | Monmouth Fairleigh Dickinson |
Robert Morris | |
| 1994 | Robert Morris (2) | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Mount St. Mary's | Marco Patitucci, RMU | Coraopolis, PA | Robert Morris | Robert Morris | |
| 1995 | St. Francis (NY) (2) | 2–0 | Monmouth | Gary Goode, SFNY | Coraopolis, PA | Robert Morris | ||
| 1996 | St. Francis (NY) (3) | 2–1 | Robert Morris | Victor Avwontom, SFNY | Coraopolis, PA | Robert Morris | ||
| 1997 | LIU Brooklyn (1) | 1–0 | FDU | Andres Gomez, LIU | Brooklyn, NY | St. Francis (NY) | ||
| 1998 | St. Francis (NY) (4) | 2–0 | Central Connecticut | Dmitri Petrouniak, SFNY | Brooklyn, NY | St. Francis (NY) Central Connecticut |
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| 1999 | UMBC (1) | 2–1 | Mount St. Mary's | Pat Halter, UMBC | Baltimore, MD | 1,650 | UMBC | UMBC |
| 2000 | FDU (2) | 2–0 | UMBC | Dirceu Hurtado, FDU | Teaneck, NJ | FDU | ||
| 2001 | FDU (3) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | LIU Brooklyn | Brian Romero, FDU | Hamden, CT | Robert Morris FDU |
FDU | |
| 2002 | FDU (4) | 0–0 (4–3 p) | LIU Brooklyn | Andrew Nucifora, FDU | Baltimore, MD | LIU Brooklyn UMBC |
FDU | |
| 2003 | FDU (5) | 2–0 | Central Connecticut | Antonio Nunziata, FDU | Loretto, PA | FDU | FDU | |
| 2004 | LIU Brooklyn (2) | 1–0 | FDU | Jonas Stigh, LIU Brooklyn | Teaneck, NJ | FDU | LIU Brooklyn | |
| 2005 | Robert Morris (3) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Monmouth | Jacek Przednowek, RMU | West Long Branch, NJ | 476 | Monmouth | Robert Morris |
| 2006 | Monmouth (2) | 1–0 | Saint Francis (PA) | Steven Holloway, MU | West Long Branch, NJ | 550 | Monmouth | Monmouth |
| 2007 | Central Connecticut (1) | 1–0 | Saint Francis (PA) | David Tyrie, CCSU | West Long Branch, NJ | 130 | Monmouth | Central Connecticut |
| 2008 | FDU (6) | 7–2 | Mount St. Mary's | Samson Malijani, FDU | West Long Branch, NJ | 308 | Monmouth | FDU |
| 2009 | Monmouth (3) | 2–1 | Quinnipiac | RJ Allen, MU | West Long Branch, NJ | 612 | Monmouth | Monmouth |
| 2010 | Monmouth (4) | 1–0 | Saint Francis (PA) | Bryant Meredith, MU | West Long Branch, NJ | 950 | Monmouth | Monmouth |
| 2011 | Monmouth (5) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | FDU | Kalle Sotka, MU | Fairfield, CT | CCSU Monmouth Sacred Heart |
Monmouth | |
| 2012 | FDU (7) | 1–1 (6–5 p) | Saint Francis (PA) | Jacob Lissek, FDU | West Haven, CT | 215 | Quinnipiac | FDU |
| 2013 | St. Francis Brooklyn (5) | 3–2 | Bryant | Kevin Correa, SFBK | New Britain, CT | 625 | Central Connecticut | St. Francis Brooklyn |
| 2014 | St. Francis Brooklyn (6) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Saint Francis (PA) | Andy Cormack, SFBK | Loretto, PA | 621 | Saint Francis (PA) | St. Francis Brooklyn |
| 2015 | LIU Brooklyn (1) | 2–2 (3–1 p) | Saint Francis (PA) | Logan Keys, LIU | Brooklyn, NY | LIU Brooklyn | LIU Brooklyn | |
| 2016 | St. Francis Brooklyn (7) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Saint Francis (PA) | Salvatore Barone (SFBK) | Brooklyn, NY | 511 | St. Francis Brooklyn | St. Francis Brooklyn |
| 2017 | St. Francis Brooklyn (8) | 5–0 | LIU Brooklyn | Ali Tounkara (SFBK) | Brooklyn, NY | 445 | St. Francis Brooklyn | St. Francis Brooklyn |
| 2018 | LIU Brooklyn (2) | 4–0 | Bryant | Zach Peterson (LIU) | Brooklyn, NY | 562 | LIU Brooklyn | LIU Brooklyn |
| 2019 | FDU (8) | 1–1 (3–2 p) | LIU [n 2] | Jahmali Waite (FDU) | Loretto, PA | 38 | Merrimack | FDU |
| 2020 | St. Francis Brooklyn (9) | 0–0 (6–5 p) | LIU | Callum James (SFBK) | Brooklyn, NY | 0 [n 3] | St. Francis Brooklyn | LIU |
| 2021 | LIU (3) | 1–1 (6–5 p) | St. Francis Brooklyn | Demtri Skoumbakis (LIU) | Brookville, NY | 250 | LIU St. Francis Brooklyn |
LIU |
| 2022 | FDU (9) | 2–1 | St. Francis Brooklyn | Jaime Babero (FDU) | Teaneck, NJ | 518 | FDU | FDU |
| 2023 | LIU (6) | 1–0 | Sacred Heart | Alan Martinez (LIU) | Brookville, NY | 226 | St. Francis Brooklyn | LIU |
| 2024 | LIU (7) | 0–0 (5–4 p) | FDU | Alan Martinez (LIU) | Teaneck, NJ | Mercyhurst | LIU | |
| 2025 | FDU (10) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Saint Francis | University Stadium | Teaneck, NJ | |||
- Notes
- ^ a b c d Tournament championships began in 1989
- ^ After the merger of both athletics teams, LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and LIU Post Pioneers.
- ^ Played without fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Champions by program
The following is a list of conference tournament champions listed by school.
| School | App. | Titles | Winning years |
|---|---|---|---|
| FDU | 16 | 10 | 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2019, 2022, 2025 |
| St. Francis Brooklyn [n2 1] | 11 | 9 | 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020 |
| LIU [n2 2] | 13 | 7 | 1997, 2004, 2015, 2018,[n2 3] 2021, 2023, 2024 |
| Monmouth [n2 1] | 8 | 5 | 1990, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Robert Morris [n2 1] | 4 | 3 | 1993, 1994, 2005 |
| Central Connecticut | 3 | 1 | 2007 |
| UMBC [n2 1] | 2 | 1 | 1999 |
| Rider [n2 1] | 1 | 1 | 1992 |
| Saint Francis (PA) | 7 | 0 | |
| Mount St. Mary's [n2 1] | 3 | 0 | |
| Bryant [n2 1] | 3 | 0 | |
| Quinnipiac [n2 1] | 1 | 0 | |
| Sacred Heart | 1 | 0 | |
| Le Moyne [n2 4] | 0 | 0 | |
| Merrimack [n2 5] | 0 | 0 | |
| Stonehill [n2 6] | 0 | 0 |
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h This school no longer sponsors men's soccer in the NEC.
- ^ Includes championships won by the LIU Brooklyn program, which was merged with the Division II program of the university's Post campus in July 2019, creating the current LIU program. The unified program inherited Brooklyn's Division I and NEC memberships.
- ^ Won by LIU Brooklyn, before the merger.
- ^ Le Moyne joined the NEC in 2023.
- ^ Merrimack joined the NEC in 2019.
- ^ Stonehill joined the NEC in 2022.
References
- ^ "NEC Men' Soccer History". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
- ^ "NEC men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). northeastconference.org. Retrieved 28 October 2015.