FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution’s Under-16 and Under-14 teams wrapped up postseason play in the 2015-16 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season last week in the U-16 Playoffs and the U-14 Summer Showcase in Frisco, Texas. The U-16s competed in Group G of the Academy Playoffs along with Georgia United (Marietta, Ga.), LA Galaxy, and Sporting Kansas City from June 22-26 at Toyota Park. The U-14s squared off with Vardar (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Colorado Rapids, and Sporting Kansas City in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Summer Showcase from June 20-23, also at Toyota Park.
The U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s fall season will begin on September 3, with the Revolution’s U-18 and U-16 teams set to start their seasons on September 10 against BW Gottschee Academy. The U-14s and U-13s will start their seasons on September 17 against Oakwood Soccer Club.
WEEK HIGHLIGHTS
- U-14 midfielder Trevor Burns (Southborough, Mass.) and forward Luis Blanco (Pawtucket, R.I.) led all Revolution Academy players with two postseason goals apiece. Burns finished the 2015-16 regular season with nine goals, while Blanco contributed 12 goals.
- U-14 defender Declan Sung (Newton, Mass.) and midfielder Kaoru Fujiwara (Lexington, Mass.) each scored for the U-14s during the USSDA Summer Showcase. Sung scored two goals over the course of the regular season, while Fujiwara notched three regular season goals.
- U-16 midfielder Jonathan Ferreira (Ashland, Mass.) and forward Gabriel Meireles (Everett, Mass.) each scored for the U-16s. Ferreira finished the regular season with seven goals, while Meireles found the back of the net 12 times.
UNDER-16s
New England Revolution U-16s vs. Georgia United U-16s
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 – Toyota Soccer Center – Field 15 (Frisco, Texas)
New England Revolution 2, Georgia United 3
Scoring Summary:
NE – Gabriel Meireles 1 6’
GU – Carlos Pineda 67’
GU – Cheik Fofana 69’
NE – Own Goal (Nicolas Perez) 73’
GU – Cheik Fofana 77’
New England Revolution: Trey Miller; Jose Mendoza, Prince Loney-Bailey, Calvin Aroh, Tyler Freitas; Alex Shterenberg (Ohad Yahalom 71’), Joe Brito, Amos Shapiro-Thompson; Kevin Vang (Andrew White 60’); Tim Ennin (Jonathan Ferreira 71’), Gabriel Meireles (Gustavo Cassemiro 41’)
Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Walsh, Jose Gonzalez, Connor Haskell
Misconduct Summary:
GU – Carlos Asensio (Yellow Card) 11’
NE – Jose Mendoza (Yellow Card) 53’
NE – Trey Miller (Yellow Card) 62’
New England Revolution U-16s vs. Sporting Kansas City U-16s
Friday, June 24, 2016 – Toyota Soccer Center – Field 4 (Frisco, Texas)
New England Revolution 1, Sporting Kansas City 5
Scoring Summary:
SKC – Grayson Barber 14’
SKC – Grayson Barber 17’
SKC – Max Rugova 40’
SKC – Mason Visconti 49’
SKC – Abdu Kikhia 67’
NE – Own Goal (Alex Brown) 69’
New England Revolution: Trey Miller; Connor Haskell, Prince Loney-Bailey, Calvin Aroh (Jose Mendoza 41’), Tyler Freitas; Ohad Yahalom (Kevin Vang 41’), Joe Brito (Alex Shterenberg 62’), Amos Shapiro-Thompson; Jonathan Ferreira (Tim Ennin 41’), Laz Dorogi (Gabriel Meireles 72’), Gustavo Cassemiro
Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Walsh, Jose Gonzalez
Misconduct Summary:
SKC – Jaylin Lindsey (Yellow Card) 34’
SKC – Camilo Benitez (Yellow Card) 58’
New England Revolution U-16s vs. LA Galaxy U-16s
Sunday, June 26, 2016 – Toyota Soccer Center – Field 8 (Frisco, Texas)
New England Revolution 1, LA Galaxy 2
Scoring Summary:
LA – Jonathan Estrada 38’
LA – Jonathan Estrada 40’
NE – Jonathan Ferreira 1 75’
New England Revolution: Trey Miller; Connor Haskell, Prince Loney-Bailey, Jose Gonzalez, Jose Mendoza (Chris Ciullo 60’); Joe Brito, Amos Shapiro-Thompson (Andrew White 78’), Kevin Vang (Alex Shterenberg 60’); Tim Ennin (Jonathan Ferreira 69’), Laz Dorogi (Gustavo Cassemiro 41’), Elio Firmino
Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Walsh, Tyler Freitas
Misconduct Summary:
LA – Jacob Muchnick (Yellow Card) 8’
LA – Jonathan Estrada (Yellow Card) 35’
NE – Connor Haskell (Yellow Card) 48’
LA – Alex Mendez (Yellow Card) 80’
UNDER-14s
New England Revolution U-14s vs. Vardar U-14s
Monday, June 20, 2016 – Toyota Soccer Center – Field 7 (Frisco, Texas)
New England Revolution 1, Vardar 2
Scoring Summary:
VAR – Alex Popa 13’
VAR – Kevin Payne 43’
NE – Declan Sung 1 77’
New England Revolution: Connel O’Brien (Eliot Jones 65’); Connor Bagdon, Jared Cain (Sergio Zacarias 54’), Pierre Spiegel, Declan Sung; Samuel Deossa (Aydin Jay 68’), Kaoru Fujiwara (Caleb Williams 52’), Trevor Burns (David Medeiros 68’); Mike Balleani (Bryce Visnick 52’), Luis Blanco (Luke Fagerson 65’), Elio Firmino
Substitutes Not Used: None
Misconduct Summary:
VAR – Luke Doyle (Yellow Card) 61’
VAR – Dwight Hooks (Yellow Card) 71’
New England Revolution U-14s vs. Colorado Rapids U-14s
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 – Toyota Soccer Center – Field 6 (Frisco, Texas)
New England Revolution 4, Colorado Rapids 2
Scoring Summary:
NE – Trevor Burns 1 5’
NE – Trevor Burns 2 35’
NE – Luis Blanco 1 40’
NE – Kaoru Fujiwara 1 50’
COL – Oliver Larraz 54’
COL – Paul Elliott 80’
New England Revolution: Eliot Jones; Connor Bagdon, Sergio Zacarias, Pierre Spiegel (Jared Cain 55’), Declan Sung; Samuel Deossa, Caleb Williams (Kaoru Fujiwara 48’), Trevor Burns (David Medeiros 52’); Mike Balleani (Aydin Jay 54’), Luis Blanco (Bryce Visnick 52’), Elio Firmino (Luke Fagerson 48’)
Substitutes Not Used: Connel O’Brien
Misconduct Summary:
COL – Win Ellis (Yellow Card) 5’
NE – Luke Fagerson (Yellow Card) 60’
New England Revolution U-14s vs. Orlando City SC U-14s
Thursday, June 23, 2016 – Toyota Soccer Center – Field 7 (Frisco, Texas)
New England Revolution 1, Orlando City SC 1
Scoring Summary:
NE – Luis Blanco 2 32’
ORL – Besufikad Cushen 69’
New England Revolution: Eliot Jones; Connor Bagdon (Sergio Zacarias 54’), Jared Cain, Pierre Spiegel, Declan Sung; Samuel Deossa (Caleb Williams 49’), Luke Fagerson (Kaoru Fujiwara 41’), Trevor Burns; Mike Balleani (David Medeiros 70’), Luis Blanco (Bryce Visnick 70’), Elio Firmino
Substitutes Not Used: Connel O’Brien, Aydin Jay
Misconduct Summary:
ORL – Mason Lamb (Yellow Card) 15’
ORL – William Diaz (Yellow Card) 36’
ORL – Alejandro Colon (Yellow Card) 80’
