The 2017 Northeast Conference men's soccer season was the 37th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers are the defending regular season and tournament champions. For 2017, St. Francis Brooklyn repeated as Regular season Championship by going 6-0-1 in conference play. Dating back to last year, St. Francis Brooklyn has gone undefeated in two seasons of conference play recording a 12-0-2 record.
Changes from 2016
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Teams Team Location Stadium Capacity Head coach Seasons at school Record at schoolBryant Bulldogs Smithfield, Rhode Island Bulldog Stadium Seamus Purcell 21 Central Connecticut Blue Devils New Britain, Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field Shaun Green 32 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Florham Park, New Jersey FDU Stadium Seth Roland 19 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Brooklyn, New York LIU Field TJ Kostecky 18 Robert Morris Colonials Moon Township, Pennsylvania North Athletic Complex Bill Denniston 21 Sacred Heart Pioneers Fairfield, Connecticut Campus Field Joe Barroso 12 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 Tom Giovatto 10 Saint Francis Red Flash Loretto, Pennsylvania DeGol Field Paulo Neto 2
Notes:
All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only. Year at school includes 2017 season. Overall and NEC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.
Preseason After winning its third Northeast Conference (NEC) men’s soccer championship in the last four seasons, St. Francis Brooklyn was unanimously picked by the league’s head coaches to win again in 2017. Saint Francis (PA) was tabbed second in the preseason poll.
Rankings NEC Coaches Poll 1. St. Francis Brooklyn (7) 2. Saint Francis PA (1) 3. LIU Brooklyn 4. Bryant 5. Fairleigh Dickinson Sacred Heart 7. Central Connecticut 8. Robert Morris
() first place votes
Regular season After starting the season undefeated, Fairleigh Dickinson, received 2 votes to be ranked in the week 2 NSCAA Division I poll. For the week 3 and 4 polls, FDU was nationally ranked at 21.
The Saint Francis Red Flash defeated 20th ranked Old Dominion, 5–3. It was SFU's first win over a nationally-ranked opponent since defeating No. 7 Monmouth 2-0 on Oct. 25, 2009.
Collectively, NEC teams finished 28–43–8 against non-conference opponents for 2017.
Index to colors and formattingNEC member wonNEC member lostNEC member tiedNEC teams in bold All times Eastern time.† denotes Homecoming game
Week 1 (Aug 21-27)
Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance August 25 1:00 p.m. Duquesne Saint Francis (PA) Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA W 2–4 200 August 25 4:00 p.m. NJIT Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT L 1–0 315 August 25 4:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn UMass Rudd Field • Amherst, MA L 2–1 326 August 25 5:00 p.m. LIU Brooklyn Western Michigan WMU Soccer Complex • Kalamazoo, MI L 2–3 421 August 25 7:00 p.m. #18 UMass Lowell Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT L 2–1 400 August 25 7:00 p.m. Bryant UMBC Retriever Soccer Park • Baltimore, MD L 0–1 735 August 25 7:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Lafayette Oaks Stadium • Easton, PA W 2–0 634 August 25 7:00 p.m. Robert Morris Cleveland State Krenzler Field • Cleveland, OH L 1–3 282 August 27 3:00 p.m. St. Bonaventure Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA L 3–2 612 August 27 3:00 p.m. LIU Brooklyn Detroit Titan Field • Detroit, MI L 0–1 177 August 27 3:30 p.m. Sacred Heart UMass Rudd Field • Amherst, MA L 3–0 362 August 27 5:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) Bucknell Emmitt Field • Lewisburg, PA L 0–1 325
Players of the week: Offensive Rookie Player Team Player Team Troye Kiernan Saint Francis (PA) Kevin Smolyn Saint Francis (PA)Reference: Northeast Conference
Week 2 (Aug 28-Sept 3)
Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance August 28 7:00 p.m. Manhattan Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ W 1–3 223 August 28 7:00 p.m. Bryant Delaware Grant Stadium • Newark, DE L 0–2 827 August 29 4:00 p.m. Lafayette St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY W 1–2 172 August 31 4:30 p.m. Robert Morris Canisius Demske Sports Complex • Albany, NY L 3–4 265 August 31 7:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Manhattan Gaelic Park • Riverdale, NY L 0–1 212 September 1 4:00 p.m. Brown Bryant Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI L 1–0 324 September 1 4:00 p.m. LIU Brooklyn NC State Dail Soccer Stadium • Raleigh, NC Cancelled September 1 4:30 p.m. Niagara Central Connecticut Virtue Field • Burlington, VT W 1–3 75 September 1 4:30 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Yale Reese Stadium • New Haven, CT W 2–0 397 September 1 7:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) #20 Old Dominion ODU Soccer Complex • Norfolk, VA W 5–3 741 September 1 7:00 p.m. George Washington St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY W 1–3 225 September 3 11:30 a.m. FGCU Central Connecticut Virtue Field • Burlington, VT W 0–2 25 September 3 1:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn Saint Peter's Caven Point • Jersey City, NJ W 3–2 250 September 3 1:00 p.m. LIU Brooklyn Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC T 1–1 315 September 3 1:00 p.m. Marshall Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA L 2–1 106 September 3 7:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) VCU Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA L 2–3 352
Players of the week: Offensive Rookie Player Team Player Team Fredinho Mompremier Fairleigh Dickinson Tiago Capela Filippo Pirola Fairleigh Dickinson Central Connecticut Reference: Northeast Conference
Week 3 (Sept 4-Sept 10)
Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 4 7:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Seton Hall Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, NJ L 0–3 403 September 4 7:00 p.m. #21 Fairleigh Dickinson Army Clinton Field • West Point, NY W 2–1 0 September 4 7:00 p.m. Bryant Providence Anderson Stadium • Providence, RI L 0–3 2,500 September 6 6:00 p.m. NJIT LIU Brooklyn LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY L 1–0 302 September 6 7:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC W 1–0 75 September 6 7:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Stony Brook LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY L 1–2 158 September 7 7:00 p.m. Bryant Rhode Island URI Soccer Complex • Kingston, RI L 0–4 318 September 8 4:00 p.m. Robert Morris Niagara Elmore Field • Oneonta, NY L 1–2 20 September 8 7:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) Penn State Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA L 0–1 1,339 September 9 5:00 p.m. Saint Peter's Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT W 1–2 115 September 9 7:00 p.m. Iona #21 Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ W 2–3 310 September 9 7:30 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn NJIT Kean University Alumni Stadium • Hillside, NJ L 0–3 397 September 10 12:00 p.m. Robert Morris Fairfield Elmore Field • Oneonta, NY L 1–2 50 September 10 1:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Canisius Demske Sports Complex • Buffalo, NY L 0–4 145 September 10 3:00 p.m. Colgate Saint Francis (PA) Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA W 0–3 250
Players of the week: Offensive Rookie Player Team Player Team Mario Mastrangelo Saint Francis (PA) Jacob Labovitz Fairleigh DickinsonReference: Northeast Conference
Week 4 (Sept 11-Sept 17)
Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 12 4:00 p.m. Saint Joseph's Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT W 1–2 120 September 13 7:00 p.m. Hartford St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY L 1–0 277 September 13 7:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC W 3–1 0 September 15 7:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) UNLV Peter Johann Soccer Field • Las Vegas, NV W 1–0 893 September 16 1:00 p.m. Stony Brook Bryant Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI L 1–0 254 September 16 1:00 p.m. LIU Brooklyn Rider Ben Cohen Field • Lawrenceville, NJ L 1–2 428 September 16 2:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn Manhattan Gaelic Park • Riverdale, NY W 2–1 180 September 16 3:00 p.m. Siena Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT L 2–1 110 September 16 3:00 p.m. #21 Fairleigh Dickinson NJIT Kean University Alumni Stadium • Hillside, NJ T 1–1 512 September 16 4:00 p.m. Bucknell Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA T 1–1 231 September 17 10:30 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) Cal State Bakersfield Peter Johann Soccer Field • Las Vegas, NV W 2–1 516
Players of the week: Offensive Rookie Player Team Player Team Mario Mastrangelo (2nd) Saint Francis (PA) Alejandro Arribas Sacred HeartReference: Northeast Conference
Week 5 (Sept 18-Sept 24)
Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 19 7:00 p.m. Robert Morris Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA L 1–2 431 September 19 7:00 p.m. Rider Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ L 2–1 120 September 19 7:00 p.m. UMass Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT T 1–1 233 September 20 4:00 p.m. Iona Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT W 0–1 105 September 22 4:30 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn Cornell Charles F. Berman Field • Ithaca, NY L 1–2 224 September 22 6:00 p.m. Siena LIU Brooklyn LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY L 2–0 364 September 22 7:00 p.m. Columbia Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT L 2–0 574 September 23 1:00 p.m. Bryant Fordham Jack Coffey Field • Bronx, NY L 0–1 345 September 23 7:00 p.m. Princeton Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ L 2–0 288 September 24 1:00 p.m. Duquesne Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA T 1–1 127 September 24 2:30 p.m. Howard LIU Brooklyn LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY W 1–3 289
Players of the week: Offensive Rookie Player Team Player Team Oscar Curras Sacred Heart Reference: Northeast Conference
Week 6 (Sept 25-Oct 1)
Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance September 26 7:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Army Clinton Field • West Point, NY L 1–2 327 September 26 7:00 p.m. Hartwick St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Park • Brooklyn, NY W 1–2 486 September 26 7:00 p.m. Hartford Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT L 3–2 503 September 27 5:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC W 5–0 100 September 27 7:00 p.m. Bucknell Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ W 2–3 214 September 27 7:00 p.m. LIU Brooklyn La Salle McCarthy Stadium • Philadelphia, PA T 1–1 375 September 30 3:00 p.m. St. Bonaventure Saint Francis (PA) Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA L 1–0 179 September 30 5:00 p.m. Bryant Hartwick Elmore Field • Oneonta, NY T 0–0 150 September 30 7:00 p.m. Central Connecticut Saint Joseph's Sweeney Field • Philadelphia, PA T 1–1 288 October 1 2:30 p.m. Howard Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA W 1–2 221
Players of the week: Offensive Rookie Player Team Player Team Ahu Obhakhan Fairleigh Dickinson Diego Arriba Fairleigh Dickinson Reference: Northeast Conference
Week 7 (Oct 2-Oct 8)
Schedule and results: Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance October 3 3:00 p.m. NJIT Saint Francis (PA) Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto, PA W 2–4 97 October 3 6:00 p.m. Albany LIU Brooklyn LIU Field • Brooklyn, NY L 2–1 204 October 3 7:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Stony Brook LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY L 1–4 313 October 6 2:00 p.m. Robert Morris Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT RMU 1–0 234 October 6 3:00 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson Bryant Bulldog Stadium • Smithfield, RI BRY 2–0 298 October 8 1:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) Central Connecticut CCSU Soccer Field • New Britain, CT CCSU 5–3 284 October 8 3:00 p.m. LIU Brooklyn Sacred Heart Campus Field • Fairfield, CT LIU 2–0 140 October 8 7:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Stadium • Teaneck, NJ SFBK 1–0 215
Players of the week: Offensive Rookie Player Team Player Team Andres Albino Central Connecticut Matthew Kane Bryant Reference: Northeast Conference
Week 8 (Oct 9-Oct 15)