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2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team

The 2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team represent St. Francis College during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Terrier's home games are played at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981 and is coached by Tom Giovatto, who was in his eleventh year at the helm of the Terriers.

2017 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round (0–1)
ConferenceNortheast Conference
Record14–5–1 (6–0–1 NEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Christopher Helms (4th season)
  • Andy Cormack (3rd season)
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
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
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Going into the season, the Teriers were unanimously picked by the NEC's head coaches to defend its crown in 2017.[1] The Terriers ended their season at 14–5–1 overall and 6–0–1 in conference play. The Terriers won the NEC Regular season championship and the Tournament Championship.

2017 squad edit

As of August 21, 2017.[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
00 GK   USA George Angelidis
0 GK   ESP Nicolas Casado
1 GK   ITA Roberto Bazzichetto
2 MF   USA Leo Folla
3 DF   USA Dominick Falanga
4 MF   SCO Kieran Young
5 DF   FRA Faouzi Taieb
6 MF   FRA Sami Gliguem
7 MF   FRA Anthony Gimenes
8 MF   ITA Edoardo Belfanti
9 FW   FRA Ali Tounkara
10 MF   USA Federico Curbelo
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF   USA Amir Islami
12 DF   FRA Collyns Laokandi
14 DF   USA Lukas Pusz
15 DF   USA Domenico Pugliese
16 FW   VEN Chris Gruver
19 MF   USA Dennis Coke, Jr.
20 DF   ITA Marco Torriani
21 FW   ITA Matteo Caribotti
23 MF   VEN Tommy De Andrade
24 GK   USA Ahmed Faiad
33 DF   USA Nadim Saqui

Captains in bold

Schedule edit

Non-conference edit

August 25 1 UMass 2–1 St. Francis Brooklyn Amherst, MA
4:00PM EST Merklin   17'
Rita   54'
Boino   65'		 Report Taieb   25'
Laokandi   74'		 Stadium: Rudd Field
Attendance: 326
August 29 2 St. Francis Brooklyn 2–1 Lafayette Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST Caribotti   10', 20'
Torriani   42'
Folla   81'		 Report Vare   37'
Koval   43'		 Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Attendance: 172
Referee: Artur Sibiga
September 1 3 St. Francis Brooklyn 3–1 George Washington Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST Gliguem   39', 43'
Tounkara   89'		 Report Seemungal   72'
Lightbourn   81'		 Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Attendance: 225
Referee: Lorant Varga
September 3 4 Saint Peter's 2–3 St. Francis Brooklyn Jersey City, NJ
1:00PM EST Laws   48'
Crentsil   54'
Rodrigues   87'		 Report Gliguem   28'
Falanga   37'
Torriani   43'
Tounkara   72'		 Stadium: Joseph J. Jaroschak Field
Attendance: 250
Referee: John Barr
September 6 5 Howard 0–1 St. Francis Brooklyn Washington, DC
7:00PM EST Garwood   18'
Grant   53'		 Report Gliguem   76'
Coke Jr.   79'		 Stadium: William H. Greene Stadium
Attendance: 75
September 9 6 NJIT 3–0 St. Francis Brooklyn Hillside, NJ
7:30PM EST Zapata   3'
Guirassy   34', 62'
Cordeiro   53'
Agnolin   65'
Radon   66'
Onyeaka   75'		 Report Taieb   8'
Curbello   65'		 Stadium: Kean University Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 397
Referee: Juan Diaz
September 13 7 St. Francis Brooklyn 0–1 Hartford Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST Report Ribeiro   63' Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Attendance: 277
Referee: Brian Dunn
September 16 8 Manhattan 1–2 St. Francis Brooklyn Riverdale, NY
2:00PM EST Carsley   30'
Hulme   36'
Meza   63'
Tamas-Leloup   74'		 Report Curbelo   56'
Folla   65'
Taieb   65'
Bazzichetto   81'
Gruver   86'		 Stadium: Gaelic Park
Attendance: 180
Referee: Michael De Felice
September 22 9 Cornell 2–1 St. Francis Brooklyn Ithaca, NY
4:30PM EST Despinos   37'
Hansan   57', 71'		 Report Curbelo   23'
Gimenes   90'		 Stadium: Charles F. Berman Field
Attendance: 224
Referee: Andrew Evenhouse
September 26 10 St. Francis Brooklyn 2–1 Hartwick Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST Tounkara   31'
Falanga   56'		 Report O'Grady   74' Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Attendance: 486
Referee: Deochand Perphudiel

Northeast Conference edit

October 8 11 Fairleigh Dickinson 0–1 St. Francis Brooklyn Teaneck, NJ
1:00PM EST Report Taieb   73' Stadium: FDU Soccer Field
Attendance: 215
Referee: Brian Dunn
October 13 12 St. Francis Brooklyn 0–0 (a.e.t.) Sacred Heart Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST DeAndrade   44'
Gliguem   83'
Laokandi   88'
Falanga   119'		 Report Team   67'
Curras   83'
Linke   83'		 Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Attendance: 110
October 20 13 St. Francis Brooklyn 3–1 Robert Morris Brooklyn, NY
7:00PM EST Falanga   54', 58', 60' Report McIvor   18'
Thomas   45'
Cooper   57'
Jull   82'		 Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Attendance: 175
October 22 14 St. Francis Brooklyn 1–0 Saint Francis (PA) Brooklyn, NY
1:00PM EST Tounkara   76'
Gruver   89'		 Report Kiernan   43'
Rosa   79'
Smolyn   87'		 Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Attendance: 212
Referee: Juan Diaz
October 27 15 Central Connecticut 0–1 St. Francis Brooklyn New Britain, CT
4:00PM EST Report Folla   27'
Gliguem   74'		 Stadium: CCSU Soccer Field
Attendance: Ramiro Suarez
Referee: 227
October 30 16 St. Francis Brooklyn 1–0 (a.e.t.) Bryant Brooklyn, NY
1:00PM EST Young   98' Report Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Attendance: 13
November 3 17 LIU Brooklyn 1–2 (a.e.t.) St. Francis Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY
1:00PM EST Solbakken   61'
Charles   81'
Nordstrom   81'		 Report Falanga   64'
Taieb   74'
Gimenes   81'
Saqui   102' 		Stadium: LIU Field
Attendance: 245
Referee: Artur Sibiga
Note: Battle of Brooklyn Game

Northeast conference tournament edit

November 10 Semifinal #1 St. Francis Brooklyn 3–0 #4 Robert Morris Brooklyn, NY
2:00PM Tounkara   1', 30'
Saqui   88'		 Report McIvor   80' Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Attendance: 325
Referee: Brian Dunn
November 12 Championship #1 St. Francis Brooklyn 5–0 #2 LIU Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY
1:00PM Tounkara   9', 59'
Falanga   23'
Gimenes   41'
Tounkara   54'
Gliguem   74'
Saqui   86'   86'		 Report Barone
Guscott   44'
Peterson   61'
Paredes   67'		 Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Attendance: 445
Referee: Deochand Parbhudial

NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship edit

November 16 First Round Fordham 3–2 (a.e.t.) St. Francis Brooklyn Bronx, NY
7:00PM Loebe   71'
Lewis   80'
Oland   95' 		Report Torriani   5'
Folla   8'
Gruver   34'
Saqui   72'
Tounkara   80'		 Stadium: Coffey Field
Attendance: 634
Referee: Noel Cotterell

NSCAA/Continental Tire College rankings edit

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
North East Region 8 7 7 9 8 6 7 5 5 4 2

Awards edit

Faouzi Taieb, Sophomore Defender
  • 2017 NEC Defender of the Year[3]
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference[3]
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team[4]
  • Selected 2017 Third team All-American by College Soccer News[5]
Ali Tounkara, Junior Forward
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC All-Rookie Team[3]
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team[4]
  • 2017 NEC Tournament MVP[4]
Dominic Falanga, Senior Midfielder
  • NEC Player of the Week Award (October 16 – 22)[6]
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference[3]
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team[4]
Nadim Saqui, Senior Forward
  • NEC Player of the Week Award (October 30 – November 5)[7]
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team[4]
Collyns Laokandi, Senior Defender
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference[3]
Robert Bazzichetto, Senior Goalkeeper
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC First Team All-Conference[3]
Chris Gruver, Freshman Forward
  • NEC Rookie of the Week Award (October 16 – 22)[6]
Federico Curbelo, Senior Midfielder
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC Second Team All-Conference[3]
Leo Folla, Senior Defender
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC Second Team All-Conference[3]
Matteo Caribotti, Sophomore Forward
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC Team All-Rookie Team[3]
Sami Gliguem, Junior Midfielder
  • Selected to the 2017 NEC Team All-Rookie Team[3]

Season statistics edit

Individual Player Statistics (As of November 17, 2017)[8]
Player App Goals Asst Points Shots Shot% SOG SOG% GW Pk-Att GA Saves SO
Forwards
Tounkara, Ali 20 8 2 18 38 21.1% 25 65.8% 4 0-0 0 0 0
Gruver, Chris 11 0 2 2 3 0% 2 66.7% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Caribotti, Matteo 19 2 3 7 14 14.3% 4 28.6% 1 0-0 0 0 0
Midfielders
DeAndrade, Tommy 15 0 0 0 10 0% 4 40.0% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Curbello, Federico 20 1 6 8 28 3.6% 11 39.3% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Gliguem, Sami 15 4 2 10 21 19.0% 10 47.6% 1 0-1 0 0 0
Young, Kieran 18 1 1 3 3 33.3% 1 33.3% 1 0-0 0 0 0
Islami, Amir 19 0 3 3 8 0% 0 0% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Gimenes, Anthony 19 0 4 4 12 0% 6 50.0% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Belfanti, Edoardo 1 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Folla, Leo 19 3 2 8 10 30.0% 6 60.0% 1 0-0 0 0 0
Coke Jr., Dennis 18 1 0 2 2 50% 2 100% 1 0-0 0 0 0
Defenders
Pusz, Lukas 4 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Laokandi, Collyns 16 0 2 2 17 0% 8 48.1% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Taieb, Faouzi 20 3 1 7 22 13.6% 12 54.5% 2 0-0 0 0 0
Falanga, Dominick 20 7 2 16 36 19.4% 20 55.6% 2 0-0 0 0 0
Pugliese, Domenico 13 0 0 0 2 0% 1 50% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Saqui, Nadim 17 4 0 8 9 44.4% 4 44.4% 1 0-0 0 0 0
Torriani, Marco 20 0 2 2 12 0% 5 41.7% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Goalkeepers
Bazzichetto, Roberto 19 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0% 0 0-0 18 49 7
Angelidis, George 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Faiad, Ahmed 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0% 0 0-0 0 0 0
Casado, Nicolas 2 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0% 0 0-0 1 5 1
Total 20 34 32 100 247 13.8% 121 49.0% 14 0-1 19 55 8
Opponents 20 19 20 58 165 11.5% 74 44.8% 5 0-0 34 87 3
Legend
 App  Appearances   Asst  Assists  SOG  Shots on Goal
 SOG%  Shots on Goal Percent  GW  Game Winning Goals   PK-Att  Penalty Kicks-Attempts
  GA  Goals Against   SO  Shut Outs  High  Team high

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "#PollWeek: St. Francis Brooklyn Unanimous Pick To Repeat In NEC Men's Soccer". northeastconference.org. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Men's Soccer Roster". sfcathletics.com. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "LIU's Rasmus Hansen & SFBK's Faouzi Taieb Win NEC Men's Soccer Major Awards". northeastconference.org. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Dynasty In The Heights! Terriers Win Fourth NEC Title In Five Years After 5-0 Romp Against LIU Brooklyn". sfcathletics.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  5. ^ "College Soccer News 2017 All-America Teams". College Soccer News. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (10/23)". northeastconference.org. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  7. ^ "Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Weekly Release (11/6)". northeastconference.org. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "2017 St. Francis Terriers Stats". sidearmsports.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
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