FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution Academy opened its spring season this past weekend when all four teams squared off with Seacoast United. The Under-18s and Under-16s played matches at Gillette Stadium, while the Under-14s and Under-13s took to the pitch at Medway High School. In addition, the U-18s and U-16s played on Sunday against the Montreal Impact at Gillette Stadium.

All four Academy teams will be back on the field this weekend as the U-18s and U-16s play road contests at Empire United on Saturday, March 25, while the U-14s and U-13s will host Oakwood Soccer Club at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, March 26.

The New England Revolution Academy in conjunction with U12 Alliance partner clubs will be holding a series of player identification clinics for boys in 2006 & 2007 birth years for the upcoming 2017-18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season. For more information on how to register for the events in April, click here.

WEEK HIGHLIGHTS

·         Midfielder Kevin Vang '00 (Cranston, R.I.) registered his first goal of the season with a left-footed curled shot from a free kick at the top of the 18-yard box (WATCH HERE).

·         Midfielder Joe Brito '99 (Bolton, Conn.) recorded three goals with the U-18s over the weekend. Brito is one of two Academy players across all age groups to score at least 10 goals on the season.

·         Forward Izaiah Jennings '98 (Barrington, R.I.) notched a brace in the Under-18s’ 3-3 draw with the Montreal Impact. The forward now has eight goals on the year.

·         Forward Damian Rivera '02 (Cranston, R.I.) posted his 10th goal of the season while playing up with the U-16s. Rivera has now played five matches with the U-16s during the 2016-17 season.

·         Six different players found the back of the net for the U-13s in the 6-1 victory over Seacoast United (scoring summary noted below). Defender Zach Sardi-Santos '03 (Newton, Mass.) recorded his first goal as a Revolution Academy player.

UNDER-18s
New England Revolution U-18s vs. Seacoast United U-18s
Saturday, March 18, 2017 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 3, Seacoast United 1
Scoring Summary:

SEA – Jahlanie Hammond (Penalty Kick) 14'

NE – Joe Brito 8 (Penalty Kick) 28'

NE – Joe Brito 9 (Penalty Kick) 39'

NE – Kevin Vang 1 (Unassisted) 55'

New England Revolution: Trey Miller; Daniel Jones, Nick Woodruff, Prince Loney-Bailey, Tyler Freitas; Calvin Aroh (Alex Shterenberg 65'),  Kevin Vang (Andrew White 65'), Joe Brito; Matt Ranieri, Tim Ennin, Izaiah Jennings (Jose Mendoza 73')

Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Walsh

Misconduct Summary:

SEA – Jahlanie Hammond (Yellow Card) 40'

SEA – Ricardo Sotheri (Yellow Card) 42'

SEA – Sebastian Lindner-Liaw (Yellow Card) 45’

New England Revolution U-18s vs. Montreal Impact U-18s
Sunday, March 19, 2017 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 3, Montreal Impact 3
Scoring Summary:

NE – Izaiah Jennings 7 (Tyler Freitas 3) 7'

NE – Joe Brito 10 (Kevin Vang 6) 36'

MTL – Gabriel Wiethaeuper-Balbinotti 41'

MTL – Moulay Hamza Kanzi Belghiti 55'

NE – Izaiah Jennings 8 (Tim Ennin 2) 73'

MTL – Gabriel Wiethaeuper-Balbinotti 84'

New England Revolution: Trey Miller; Tyler Freitas, Nick Woodruff, Prince Loney-Bailey, Matt Ranieri; Calvin Aroh, Kevin Vang (Alex Shterenberg 66'), Andrew White (Jose Mendoza 66'); Joe Brito; Tim Ennin, Izaiah Jennings (Daniel Jones 77')

Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Walsh

Misconduct Summary:

NE – Kevin Vang (Yellow Card) 59'

MTL – Mathieu Choiniere (Yellow Card) 59'

UNDER-16s
New England Revolution U-16s vs. Seacoast United U-16s
Saturday, March 18, 2017 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 4, Seacoast United 1
Scoring Summary:

NE – Michael Balleani 9 (Kaoru Fujiwara 3) 6'

SEA – Ryan Belhumeur 34'

NE – Pierre Spiegel 2 (Damian Rivera 5) 44'

NE – Gustavo Cassemiro 5 (Chris Ciullo 1) 67'

NE – Damian Rivera 10 (Trevor Burns 6) 80'

New England Revolution: Austin Causey; Connor Haskell, Marcelo Lage, Jose Gonzalez, Pierre Spiegel; Ohad Yahalom (Nick Firmino 49'), Damian Rivera, Kaoru Fujiwara (Youmy Telemaque 53'); Michael Balleani (Chris Ciullo 49'), Gustavo Cassemiro, Luis Blanco (Trevor Burns 40' – HT)

Substitutes Not Used: Pat Quinn, Jared Cain Connor Bagdon

Misconduct Summary:

None

New England Revolution U-16s vs. Montreal Impact U-16s
Sunday, March 19, 2017 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 0, Montreal Impact 2
Scoring Summary:

MTL – Mohamed Nassim Fadi 4'

MTL – Woobens Pacius 15'

New England Revolution: Pat Quinn; Connor Haskell, Marcelo Lage, Jose Gonzalez, Pierre Spiegel; Ohad Yahalom, Trevor Burns, Nick Firmino; Chris Ciullo (Luis Blanco 45'), Gustavo Cassemiro, Mike Balleani

Substitutes Not Used: Austin Causey, Connor Bagdon, Jared Cain, Kaoru Fujiwara, Youmy Telemaque, Damian Rivera

Misconduct Summary:

MTL – Kareem Sow (Yellow Card) 51'

MTL – Jordan Tisseur (Yellow Card) 58'

MTL – Brandon Garcia (Yellow Card) 76'

NE – Nick Firmino (Yellow Card) 78'

MTL – Daniel Pacella (Yellow Card) 80'

UNDER-14s
New England Revolution U-14s vs. Seacoast United U-14s
Saturday, March 18, 2017 – Medway High School (Medway, Mass.)
New England Revolution 1, Seacoast United 3
Scoring Summary:

SEA – Kaneda Saravong 24'

SEA – Samuel Latona 67'

NE – Keel Brissett 3 (Unassisted) 76'

SEA – Nathan Statires 80'

New England Revolution: Connel O’Brien; William Kemball-Cook, Harrison Sprofera (Tarekegn O’Neill 61'), Morris Matthews, Max Johnston; Liam Carpenter-Shulman, Aidan Melville (Aydin Jay 61'), David Medeiros (Alejandro Coury 40' – HT); Gabriel Padilla (Caleb Williams 40' – HT), Michael Tsicoulias, Felipe Vieira (Keel Brissett 52')

Substitutes Not Used: Tristan Stephani, Luke Fagerson, Damian Rivera, Max Hofstetter

Misconduct Summary:

SEA – Michael Provenzano (Yellow Card) 79'

UNDER-13s
New England Revolution U-13s vs. Seacoast United U-13s
Saturday, March 18, 2017 – Medway High School (Medway, Mass.)
New England Revolution 6, Seacoast United 1
Scoring Summary:

SEA – Lex Dadmun 3'

NE – Zach Sardi-Santos 1 (Brandonn Bueno 2) 11'

NE – Brandonn Bueno 9 (Penalty Kick) 23'

NE – Christian Bejar 3 (Brandonn Bueno 3) 29'

NE – Patrick Leal 5 (Christian Bejar 1) 39'

NE – Jonathan Murphy 2 (Patrick Leal 2) 55'

NE – Jeremy Rodriguez 3 (Sam White 1) 64'

New England Revolution: Eliot Jones (Nick Cardona 50'); Zach Sardi-Santos (Matthew Leal 42'), Cole Dewhurst, Brian Palacios, Jack Anderson (Ethan Cain 42'); Jonathon Murphy; Patrick Leal, Hikarou Fujiwara (Jeremy Rodriguez 44'); Christian Bejar (Matthew Fordham 35' – HT); Andrew Serafino, Brandonn Bueno (Sam White 35' – HT)

Substitutes Not Used: Degefe McCracken, Morris Matthews, Felipe Vieira

Misconduct Summary:

SEA – Lex Dadmun (Yellow Card) 67'