LIU-Brooklyn men’s soccer leaves Brooklyn with a bang
Blackbirds capture NEC championship in LIU Field finale
As the seconds wound down on the final home soccer match ever at LIU Field Sunday afternoon, long-time Blackbirds head coach TJ Kostecky flashed back to last year’s Northeast Conference Tournament final at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
“We set out a year ago to ‘create and have a lasting memory this year,’” Kostecky recalled telling his players following a deflating 5-0 loss to neighborhood rival St. Francis Brooklyn in the 2017 NEC Championship.
Twelve months later, the top-seeded Blackbirds made good on their coach’s credo, cruising to a 4-0 victory over No. 3 Bryant to win the NEC crown and earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament in West Virginia, where they will take on the Mountaineers Thursday in Morgantown.