Sport Soccer Played 1989-present Current champion St. Francis Brooklyn Conference Northeast Conference | Format single-elimination Last contest 2016 Current location Brooklyn Number of teams 4 | |
Current stadium Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park | ||
The Northeast Conference Soccer Tournament is the conference soccer championship of the NCAA Division I Northeast Conference. The top four finishers in the regular season of the conference's eight teams advance to the single-elimination tournament. The tournament is held at the campus of the regular season champion. 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.
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Fairleigh Dickinson and St. Francis Brooklyn have won the most championships (7). St. Francis Brooklyn has never lost a championship game. Fairleigh Dickinson also 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 over-all record of 11–20, with Fairleigh Dickinson accounting for 7 wins followed by Central Connecticut and Monmouth with 2 wins apiece.
By year
The following is a list of conference regular season champions, tournament champions and tournament MVPs listed by year.
‡-Tournament Championships began in 1989
Champions by program
The following is a list of conference tournament champions listed by school.
* –These programs no longer competes in the Northeast Conference.
† – Mount St. Mary's dropped men's soccer after the 2012 season, but will reinstate the sport for 2018.