2013 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

2013 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Attendance	2,647
Site	DeGol Field Loretto, PA
Champions	St. Francis Brooklyn (5th title)
Winning coach	Tom Giovatto (1st title)
MVP	Kevin Correa (SFBK)
Broadcast	NEC Frontrow
Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament «2012  2014»

2013 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Central Connecticut	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	9	–	1
Saint Francis (PA)	4	–	2	–	1			11	–	4	–	4
Bryant	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	9	–	2
St. Francis Brooklyn ^‡	4	–	3	–	0			12	–	6	–	1
Fairleigh Dickinson	2	–	4	–	1			9	–	8	–	1
LIU Brooklyn	2	–	4	–	1			5	–	10	–	2
Robert Morris	2	–	5	–	0			8	–	8	–	2
Sacred Heart	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	13	–	0
‡ - Tournament champion As of November 21, 2013; Rankings from NSCAA

The 2013 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the twenty sixth edition of the tournament. It determined the Northeast Conference's automatic berth into the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Fairleigh Dickinson is the defending champion but did not qualify for the tournament.

The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers won the NEC title, besting the Bryant Bulldogs, 3–2 in overtime in the championship match. It was St. Francis Brooklyn's fifth NEC title overall and first since 1998.

The tournament was hosted by Central Connecticut, since they won the NEC Regular Season Championship and all matches were contested at CCSU Field in New Britain, Connecticut.

Seeds

The top four teams participate in the tournament. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2013 NEC season.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Central Connecticut	6–1–0
2	Saint Francis (PA)	4–2–1	Def. Bryant 1–0 during regular season
3	Bryant	4–2–1
4	St. Francis Brooklyn	4–3–0

Bracket

	Semifinals Friday, November 15					Final Sunday, November 17
	1	Central Connecticut	0
	4	St. Francis Brooklyn	2
						3	Bryant	2
						4	St. Francis Brooklyn	3 (2OT)
	2	Saint Francis (PA)	2
	3	Bryant	2 (2OT)

• Note-Bryant advanced to the Championship Game via Penalty Kicks (3-0)

Results

Semifinals

Central Connecticut v St. Francis Brooklyn

November 15 4:00 PM EST

Central Connecticut	0–2	St. Francis Brooklyn
Qualter  61'	Report	Caicedo  21' Correa  60', 72'

CCSU Field New Britain, CT Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Carlos Fernandes

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Saint Francis (PA) v Bryant

November 15 6:30 PM EST

Saint Francis (PA)	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Bryant
de Vries  19' Kolarac  36' Loughnane  61' Byers  69' Hainault  87'	Report	Ferriera  7' Murphy  57' Norat  85' Norat  88'
	Penalties
Byers de Vries Medina	0–3	Norat Guerriero Murphy

CCSU Field New Britain, CT Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Joe Rivero

Final

Bryant v St. Francis Brooklyn

November 17 1:00 PM EST

Bryant	2–3 (a.e.t.)	St. Francis Brooklyn
Larocque  7' Orth  44' Guerriero  47' Murphy  96'	Report	Cormack  39' Correa  46', 69' Milano  49' Baggot  73' Odell  80' Cormack  96'

CCSU Field New Britain, CT Attendance: 625 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Awards

NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team[1]

Kevin Correa, SFBK Gabriel Bagot, SFBK Jack Binks, SFBK Andy Cormack, SFBK Chris Knaub, BRY Brett LaRocque, BRY Connor Norat, BRY Ben Knight, CCSU Connor Qualter, CCSU Nick Kolarac, SFU Daniel Valcicaka, SFU

MVP in Bold

References

1. "St. Francis Brooklyn Wins 2013 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Title; Earn NCAA Tournament Match-Up With Penn State". SFCAthletics.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.