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.
Year Champion Score Runner-up MVP Venue Regular season champion 1985 (no final held) LIU Brooklyn LIU Brooklyn 1986 (no final held) LIU Brooklyn LIU Brooklyn 1987 (no final held) Loyola 1988 (no final held) FDU FDU 1989 FDU 6–3 LIU Brooklyn German Quijano, FDU Teaneck, NJ LIU Brooklyn 1990 Monmouth 1–0 FDU Jim Adams, MU West Long Branch, NJ Monmouth 1991 St. Francis (NY) 1–0 Monmouth Joni Kallioinen, MU West Long Branch, NJ St. Francis (NY) 1992 Rider 1–0 FDU Pepe St. Phard, Rider Teaneck, NJ Robert Morris 1993Robert Morris 2–0LIU BrooklynBrian Davis, RMUTeaneck, NJ MonmouthFairleigh DickinsonRobert Morris 1994 Robert Morris 2–0 Mount St. Mary's Marco Patitucci, RMU Coraopolis, PA Robert MorrisRobert Morris 1995 St. Francis (NY) 2–0MonmouthGary Goode, SFNY Coraopolis, PA Robert Morris 1996 St. Francis (NY) 2–1 Robert Morris Victor Avwontom, SFNY Coraopolis, PA Robert Morris 1997 LIU Brooklyn 1–0 FDU Andres Gomez, LIU Brooklyn, NY St. Francis (NY) 1998 St. Francis (NY) 2–0 Central Connecticut Dmitri Petrouniak, SFNY Brooklyn, NY St. Francis (NY)Central Connecticut 1999 UMBC 2–1 Mount St. Mary's Pat Halter, UMBC Baltimore, MD 1,650 UMBC UMBC 2000 FDU 2–0 UMBC Dirceu Hurtado, FDU Teaneck, NJ FDU 2001 FDU 2–1 LIU Brooklyn Brian Romero, FDU Hamden, CT Robert Morris FDU FDU 2002 FDU 0–0 LIU Brooklyn Andrew Nucifora, FDU Baltimore, MD LIU Brooklyn UMBC FDU 2003 FDU 2–0 Central Connecticut Antonio Nunziata, FDU Loretto, PA FDU FDU 2004 LIU Brooklyn 1–0 FDU Jonas Stigh, LIU Brooklyn Teaneck, NJ FDU LIU Brooklyn 2005 Robert Morris 3–2 Monmouth Jacek Przednowek, RMU West Long Branch, NJ 476 Monmouth Robert Morris 2006 Monmouth 1–0 Saint Francis (PA) Steven Holloway, MU West Long Branch, NJ 550 Monmouth Monmouth 2007 Central Connecticut 1–0 Saint Francis (PA) David Tyrie, CCSU West Long Branch, NJ 130 Monmouth Central Connecticut 2008 FDU 7–2 Mount St. Mary's Samson Malijani, FDU West Long Branch, NJ 308 Monmouth FDU 2009 Monmouth 2–1 Quinnipiac RJ Allen, MU West Long Branch, NJ 612 Monmouth Monmouth 2010 Monmouth 1–0 Saint Francis (PA) Bryant Meredith, MU West Long Branch, NJ 950 Monmouth Monmouth 2011 Monmouth 2–1 FDU Kalle Sotka, MU Fairfield, CT CCSUMonmouth Sacred Heart Monmouth 2012 FDU 1–1 Saint Francis (PA) Jacob Lissek, FDU West Haven, CT 215 Quinnipiac FDU 2013 St. Francis Brooklyn 3–2 Bryant Kevin Correa, SFBK New Britain, CT 625 Central Connecticut St. Francis Brooklyn 2014 St. Francis Brooklyn 2–1 Saint Francis (PA) Andy Cormack, SFBK Loretto, PA 621 Saint Francis (PA) St. Francis Brooklyn 2015 LIU Brooklyn 2–2 Saint Francis (PA) Logan Keys, LIU Brooklyn, NY LIU Brooklyn LIU Brooklyn 2016 St. Francis Brooklyn 1–0 Saint Francis (PA) Salvatore Barone (SFBK) Brooklyn, NY 511 St. Francis Brooklyn St. Francis Brooklyn 2017 St. Francis Brooklyn 5–0 LIU Brooklyn Ali Tounkara (SFBK) Brooklyn, NY 445 St. Francis Brooklyn St. Francis Brooklyn 2018 LIU Brooklyn 4–0 Bryant Zach Peterson (LIU) Brooklyn, NY 562 LIU Brooklyn LIU Brooklyn 2019 FDU 1–1 LIU Jahmali Waite (FDU) Loretto, PA 38 Merrimack FDU 2020 St. Francis Brooklyn 0–0 LIU Callum James (SFBK) Brooklyn, NY 0 St. Francis Brooklyn LIU 2021 LIU 1–1 St. Francis Brooklyn Demtri Skoumbakis (LIU) Brookville, NY 250 LIUSt. Francis Brooklyn LIU 2022 FDU 2–1 St. Francis Brooklyn Jaime Babero (FDU) Teaneck, NJ 518 FDU FDU 2023 LIU 1–0 Sacred Heart Alan Martinez (LIU) Brookville, NY 226 St. Francis Brooklyn LIU 2024 LIU 0–0 FDU Alan Martinez (LIU) Teaneck, NJ Mercyhurst LIU 2025 FDU 1–0 Saint Francis University Stadium Teaneck, NJ Notes
Champions by program The following is a list of conference tournament champions listed by school.
School FDU 16 10 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2019, 2022, 2025 St. Francis Brooklyn 11 9 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020 LIU 13 7 1997, 2004, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024 Monmouth 8 5 1990, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 Robert Morris 4 3 1993, 1994, 2005 Central Connecticut 3 1 2007 UMBC 2 1 1999 Rider 1 1 1992 Saint Francis (PA) 7 0 Mount St. Mary's 3 0 Bryant 3 0 Quinnipiac 1 0 Sacred Heart 1 0 Le Moyne 0 0 Merrimack 0 0 Stonehill 0 0
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