2017 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
| 2017 Northeast Conference Men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 4 | ||||
| Matches | 3 | ||||
| Attendance | 1,196 | ||||
| Site | Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 Brooklyn, New York | ||||
| Champions | St. Francis Brooklyn (8th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Tom Giovatto (4th title) | ||||
| MVP | Ali Tounkara (SFBK) | ||||
| Broadcast | NEC Frontrow | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis Brooklyn ‡ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LIU Brooklyn | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Morris | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Connecticut | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryant | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacred Heart | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the twenty ninth edition of the tournament. It determined the Northeast Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. St. Francis Brooklyn entered the tournament as the defending champions.
The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers won the NEC title, besting LIU Brooklyn, 5–0 in the championship match. It was St. Francis Brooklyn's NEC-leading eighth title overall and fourth in the last five years.
The tournament was hosted by St. Francis Brooklyn, since they won the NEC Regular Season Championship and all matches were contested at Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, NY.
Seeds
The top four teams participate in the tournament and it is hosted by the top seed which is also the NEC Regular Season Champion. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2017 NEC season.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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| 1 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 6–0–1 | |
| 2 | LIU Brooklyn | 4–2–1 | |
| 3 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 3–2–2 | |
| 4 | Robert Morris | 3–3–1 |
Bracket
| Semifinals November 10, 2017 | Final November 12, 2017 1:00pm EST | ||||||||
| 1 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 3 | |||||||
| 4 | Robert Morris | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 5 | |||||||
| 2 | LIU Brooklyn | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | LIU Brooklyn | 4 | |||||||
| 3 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 0 | |||||||
Results
Semifinals
| #2 LIU Brooklyn | 4–0 | #3 Fairleigh Dickinson |
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Wahlin  6' Hansen 28', 83' Quiros 77' Quiros  86' |
Report | Abelein 78' Waite 78' Depardieu 78' |
| #1 St. Francis Brooklyn | 3–0 | #4 Robert Morris |
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| Tounkara 1', 30' Saqui 88' |
Report | McIvor 80' |
Final
| #1 St. Francis Brooklyn | 5–0 | #2 LIU Brooklyn |
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| Tounkara 9', 59' Falanga 23' Gimenes 41' Tounkara 54' Gliguem 74' Saqui 86' 86' |
Report | Barone Guscott 44' Peterson 61' Paredes 67' |
Awards
| NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team[1] | ||||||
| Ali Tounkara, SFBK Dominick Falanga, SFBK Faouzi Taieb, SFBK Nadim Saqui, SFBK Rasmus Hansen, LIU Daniel Quiros, LIU Naeem Charles, LIU Jamie Leddy, FDU Justin Depardieu, FDU Jake Cooper, RMU Gustof Moberg, RMU | ||||||
| MVP in Bold | ||||||
References
- ^ "Dynasty In The Heights! Terriers Win Fourth NEC Title In Five Years After 5-0 Romp Against LIU Brooklyn". sfcathletics.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.