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
NEC Regular Season Champions NEC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round (0–1)
Conference	Northeast Conference
Record	14–5–1 (6–0–1 NEC)
Head coach	Tom Giovatto (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Christopher Helms (4th season) Andy Cormack (3rd season)
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	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
‡ – 2017 NEC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship 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

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

Non-conference

UMass v St. Francis Brooklyn

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

St. Francis Brooklyn v Lafayette

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

St. Francis Brooklyn v George Washington

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

Saint Peter's v St. Francis Brooklyn

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

Howard v St. Francis Brooklyn

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

NJIT v St. Francis Brooklyn

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

St. Francis Brooklyn v Hartford

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

Manhattan v St. Francis Brooklyn

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

Cornell v St. Francis Brooklyn

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

St. Francis Brooklyn v Hartwick

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

Fairleigh Dickinson v St. Francis Brooklyn

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

St. Francis Brooklyn v Sacred Heart

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

St. Francis Brooklyn v Robert Morris

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

St. Francis Brooklyn v Saint Francis (PA)

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

Central Connecticut v St. Francis Brooklyn

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

St. Francis Brooklyn v Bryant

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

LIU Brooklyn v St. Francis Brooklyn

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

#1 St. Francis Brooklyn v #4 Robert Morris

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

#1 St. Francis Brooklyn v #2 LIU Brooklyn

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  90' Guscott  44' Peterson  61' Paredes  67'	Stadium: Brooklyn Bridge Park Attendance: 445 Referee: Deochand Parbhudial

NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

Fordham v St. Francis Brooklyn

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

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

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

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

• St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer
• 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

References

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. "LIU's Rasmus Hansen & SFBK's Faouzi Taieb Win NEC Men's Soccer Major Awards". northeastconference.org. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
4. "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. "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.