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St. Francis Brooklyn Captures NEC Men's Soccer Title For Fourth Time In Five Years

11/12/2017


 
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Brooklyn, NY –  It was an all-Brooklyn battle on Sunday afternoon at Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park with the NEC Men's Soccer title at stake. The two neighborhood rivals typically play right down to the wire, but this day belonged to St. Francis Brooklyn as the Terriers took control from the start en-route to an dominant 5-0 victory over LIU Brooklyn. It marked the second straight title for SFBK and fourth in the last five years.

The five-goal differential tied for the biggest in NEC Championship match history. Fairleigh Dickinson beat Mount St. Mary's, 7-2, to win the 2008 crown.
 
The Terriers picked up right where they left off in Friday's semifinals when NEC Tournament MVP Ali Tounkara (Aulnay, France/Lycee Voillaume), a junior striker, scored his third goal of the tournament when he was able to get past the LIU defense in the 10th minute of play.
 
Dominick Falanga (New York, NY/NYC Lab School) added another goal in the 24th minute, converting a header off of a cross from teammate Marco Torriani (Appiano Gentile, Italy/Liceo Scientifico Giuseppe Terrangi).
 
The Terriers would take the 2-0 lead into halftime.
 
In the 60th minute of play, it was Tounkara again slipping past the LIU backline and scoring his NEC record-tying fourth goal of the tournament to give the Terriers a three-goal advantage.
 
Junior midfielder Sami Gliguem (Naterre, Paris/Paris X Nanterre University) added a fourth goal for the Terriers, putting home a rebound in the 75th minute.

In the 87th minute, Nadim Saqui (Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn College Academy) scored on a header to make it 5-0.
 
St. Francis Brooklyn outshot LIU Brooklyn 18-4 on the afternoon. Robert Bazzichetto (San Vendemiano, Italy/G. Marchesini) earned his seventh shutout of the season for the Terriers. Anthony Sciola (Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College) made three saves for the Blackbirds.
 
The NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer announcement will air on Monday, November 13th at 1 pm ET on NCAA.com. 
 
2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team
Ali Tounkara (SFBK), Tournament MVP
Dominick Falanga (SFBK)
Faouzi Taieb (SFBK)
Nadim Saqui (SFBK)
Rasmus Hansen (LIU)
Daniel Quiros Herrero (LIU)
Naeem Charles (LIU)
Jamie Leddy (FDU)
Justin Depardieu (FDU)
Jake Cooper (RMU)
Gustof Moberg (RMU)