Northeast Conference men's soccer tournament explained

Northeast Conference
men's soccer tournament
Sport:Soccer
Conference:Northeast Conference
Number Of Teams:6
Format:single-elimination
Current Stadium:Campus sites
Years:1989-present
Most Recent:2023
Current Champion:LIU (9)
Most Championships:Fairleigh Dickinson
St. Francis Brooklyn
(9 titles each)

The Northeast Conference soccer tournament is the conference soccer championship of the NCAA Division I Northeast Conference. In the current format, all eligible teams (6 in 2022, with two other members not being eligible in that season due to being in transition from NCAA Division II) compete to the single-elimination tournament, with all games being played at the home field of the higher seed. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. 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]

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champion
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1985 (no final held) Long Island Long Island
1986 (no final held) Long Island Long Island
1987 (no final held) Loyola
1988 (no final held) Fairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson
1989 Fairleigh Dickinson 6–3 Long Island German Quijano, FDU Teaneck, NJ Long Island
1990 Monmouth1–0Fairleigh DickinsonJim Adams, MUWest Long Branch, NJ Monmouth
1991 St. Francis (NY) 1–0 Monmouth Joni Kallioinen, MU West Long Branch, NJ St. Francis (NY)
1992Rider1–0Fairleigh DickinsonPepe St. Phard, Rider Teaneck, NJ Robert Morris
1993Robert Morris 2–0Long IslandBrian Davis, RMUTeaneck, NJ Monmouth
Fairleigh Dickinson
Robert Morris
1994Robert Morris2–0 Mount St. Mary'sMarco Patitucci, RMU Coraopolis, PA Robert MorrisRobert Morris
1995St. Francis (NY) 2–0MonmouthGary Goode, SFNY Coraopolis, PA Robert Morris
1996St. Francis (NY) 2–1Robert MorrisVictor Avwontom, SFNY Coraopolis, PA Robert Morris
1997Long Island1–0Fairleigh DickinsonAndres Gomez, LIUBrooklyn, NYSt. Francis (NY)
1998St. Francis (NY) 2–0Central ConnecticutDmitri Petrouniak, SFNY Brooklyn, NYSt. Francis (NY)
Central Connecticut
1999UMBC2–1Mount St. Mary'sPat Halter, UMBCBaltimore, MD1,650UMBCUMBC
2000Fairleigh Dickinson2–0UMBCDirceu Hurtado, FDUTeaneck, NJFairleigh Dickinson
2001Fairleigh Dickinson 2–1 Long IslandBrian Romero, FDUHamden, CTRobert Morris
Fairleigh Dickinson
Fairleigh Dickinson
2002Fairleigh Dickinson 0–0 Long IslandAndrew Nucifora, FDUBaltimore, MDLong Island
UMBC
Fairleigh Dickinson
2003Fairleigh Dickinson 2–0Central ConnecticutAntonio Nunziata, FDU Loretto, PAFairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson
2004Long Island1–0Fairleigh DickinsonJonas Stigh, LIU Teaneck, NJ Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island
2005Robert Morris3–2 MonmouthJacek Przednowek, RMU West Long Branch, NJ 476MonmouthRobert Morris
2006Monmouth 1–0Saint Francis (PA)Steven Holloway, MU West Long Branch, NJ 550Monmouth Monmouth
2007Central Connecticut1–0Saint Francis (PA) David Tyrie, CCSU West Long Branch, NJ 130MonmouthCentral Connecticut
2008Fairleigh Dickinson7–2Mount St. Mary'sSamson Malijani, FDU West Long Branch, NJ 308MonmouthFairleigh Dickinson
2009Monmouth2–1QuinnipiacRJ Allen, MUWest Long Branch, NJ 612 MonmouthMonmouth
2010Monmouth1–0Saint Francis (PA)Bryant Meredith, MUWest Long Branch, NJ 950 MonmouthMonmouth
2011 Monmouth2–1 Fairleigh DickinsonKalle Sotka, MUFairfield, CT CCSU
Monmouth
Sacred Heart
Monmouth
2012Fairleigh Dickinson 1–1 Saint Francis (PA)Jacob Lissek, FDUWest Haven, CT 215 Quinnipiac Fairleigh Dickinson
2013 St. Francis Brooklyn3–2BryantKevin Correa, SFBKNew Britain, CT625Central Connecticut
2014St. Francis Brooklyn2–1 Saint Francis (PA)Andy Cormack, SFBKLoretto, PA621Saint Francis (PA)St. Francis Brooklyn
2015LIU Brooklyn2–2 Saint Francis (PA)Logan Keys, LIUBrooklyn, NYLIU BrooklynLIU Brooklyn
20161–0 Saint Francis (PA) Salvatore Barone (SFBK)Brooklyn, NY511St. Francis BrooklynSt. Francis Brooklyn
2017 5–0LIU BrooklynAli Tounkara (SFBK)Brooklyn, NY445St. Francis BrooklynSt. Francis Brooklyn
20184–0 BryantZach Peterson (LIU)Brooklyn, NY562LIU BrooklynLIU Brooklyn
2019 Fairleigh Dickinson1–1 LIUJahmali Waite (FDU) Loretto, PA38MerrimackFairleigh Dickinson
20200–0 LIUCallum James (SFBK) Brooklyn, NY0 St. Francis BrooklynLIU
2021LIU1–1 St. Francis BrooklynDemtri Skoumbakis (LIU)Brookville, NY250LIULIU
2022Fairleigh Dickinson2–1St. Francis BrooklynJaime Babero (FDU) Teaneck, NJ518Fairleigh DickinsonFairleigh Dickinson
2023LIU1–0Sacred HeartAlan Martinez (LIU) Brookville, NY226St. Francis BrooklynLIU
Notes

Champions by program

The following is a list of conference tournament champions listed by school.

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15 9 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2019, 2022
11 9 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020
13 6 1997, 2004, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2023
8 5 1990, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
4 3 1993, 1994, 2005
3 1 2007
2 1 1999
1 1 1992
7 0
3 0
3 0
1 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NEC Men' Soccer History. NortheastConference.org. 17 November 2013.
  2. Web site: NEC men's Soccer Record Book. northeastconference.org. 28 October 2015.