FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution’s Under-18, Under-16 and Under-14 teams returned to U.S. Soccer Development Academy play last weekend, ending a three-month hiatus from league action after games against Seacoast United were postponed due to inclement weather conditions earlier this month. The U-14s began the weekend on Saturday, March 14 with a 4-0 win over Albertson SC before the U-18s and U-16s followed on Sunday with 3-2 and 3-0 victories, respectively. All of the weekend’s games were played at Gillette Stadium.

While their teammates were all playing in Foxborough last weekend, three Under-16 players were absent due to their involvement with the U.S. Under-16 Boys’ National Team. Calvin Aroh (Glastonbury, Conn.), Daniel Jones (West Hartford, Conn.) and Justin Rennicks (South Hamilton, Mass.) all saw action with the U.S. U-16s in the Netherlands International Tournament, held in Rotterdam.

All three players started against the Czech Republic on March 13, while Rennicks also appeared in the two other games that the U.S. played, recording an assist against the Netherlands on March 15 in the U.S. U-16s’ final game of the tournament. Jones also started at left back against the Dutch U-16 side.

Highlights: vs. Republic of Ireland (March 11), vs. Czech Republic (March 13), vs. Netherlands (March 15)

Under-14 defender Connor Haskell (Medfield, Mass.) was also missing as he completed a week-long training camp with the U.S. Under-15 Boys’ National Team in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

UNDER-18s

The Under-18s saw their first action since early December on Sunday when they came from behind to earn a 3-2 victory over Albertson SC at Gillette Stadium on the back of two goals and an assist from forward Amadu Kunateh (Lynn, Mass.). Kunateh, who made his season debut in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Winter Showcase in November, opened the scoring in the 41st minute. The forward picked up the ball wide on the left before cutting inside, beating two players and firing into the far corner to put the Revs 1-0 up heading into halftime. Albertson turned the game around in the second half with two goals in nine minutes as Kevin Arriola and Matt Rosenberg each beat Revolution goalkeeper Bill Sinibaldi (Plaistow, N.H.) to put the visiting side in front 2-1. The Revs responded quickly and were level within six minutes as Kunateh scored his second goal of the game, redirecting a Chris Arling (Windham, N.H.) shot form the edge of the area into the back of the net to tie the game up. Kunateh was the creator two minutes later as he slipped Bryant Nardizzi (Framingham, Mass.) into the area, allowing Nardizzi to finish with a shot inside the near post for the game-winning goal and his fifth goal of the season, giving New England a 3-2 win.

New England Revolution U-18s vs. Albertson SC U-18s
Sunday, March 15, 2015 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 3, Albertson SC 2

Scoring Summary:
NE – Amadu Kunateh 2 (Unassisted) 41’
ASC – Kevin Arriola 56’
ASC – Matt Rosenberg 65’
NE – Amadu Kunateh 3 (Chris Arling 4) 71’
NE – Bryant Nardizzi 5 (Amadu Kunateh 2) 73’

New England Revolution: Bill Sinibaldi; Derek Blanchette, Ben Waithe, Steven Kilday, Matt Morana; Chris Arling, John Wilkins ©, Guy Kabala (Bryant Nardizzi 38’); Daniel Rovira, TJ Soehn, Amadu Kunateh (Ted Hilger 90’)

Substitutes Not Used: Austin Aviza, Mana Chavali

STATS: Shots 13, Shots on target 6, Saves 2, Corner kicks 5, Offsides 0, Fouls 11, Possession 63%, Passes 168 (65%)

Misconduct Summary:
NE – Steven Kilday (Yellow Card) 69’
NE – Bryant Nardizzi (Yellow Card) 72’
ASC – Barry Shairi (Yellow Card) 81’
ASC – Brandon Lopez (Yellow Card) 93+
ASC – Rockwell Harwood (Yellow Card) 97+

UNDER-16s

The Under-16s were back in action for the first time since participating in the Generation adidas Cup last month, topping Albertson SC 3-0 on Sunday as forward Izaiah Jennings (Barrington, R.I.) scored his eighth and ninth goals of the season in all competitions. The Revs went ahead in the 17th minute as Jennings controlled a loose ball in the Albertson area and slid a finish past the goalkeeper to make the score 1-0. The U-16s doubled their lead in the 55th minute when a Matt Ranieri (Natick, Mass.) cross was cleared to the feet of Joe Brito (Bolton, Conn.) who collected the clearance and played the ball to Aaron James (Amherst, Mass.) at the top of the box. James fired a powerful shot into the upper left corner of the net to put the Revs U-16s up 2-0. Jennings scored his second goal of the game, and the Revs’ third, five minutes later as he volleyed past the Albertson goalkeeper off a pass from James. Goalkeeper Trey Miller (Monson, Mass.) posted his seventh shutout of the season, making three saves for New England in the win.

New England Revolution U-16s vs. Albertson SC U-16s
Sunday, March 15, 2015 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 3, Albertson SC 0

Scoring Summary:
NE – Izaiah Jennings 4 (Unassisted) 17’
NE – Aaron James 1 (Joe Brito 2) 55’
NE – Izaiah Jennings 5 (Aaron James 1) 60’

New England Revolution: Trey Miller; Matt Ranieri, Nick Woodruff, Andrew Talcott, Travis Van Brewer; Max Diamond © (Alex Shterenberg 64’), Joe Brito (Isaac Angking 56’), Isaque Couto; Izaiah Jennings; Aaron James (Amos Shapiro-Thompson 70’), Andrew Barrowman (Alex Clarke 64’)

Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Walsh, Andre Bois

STATS: Shots 17, Shots on target 11, Saves 3, Corner kicks 3, Offsides 0, Fouls 5, Possession 56%, Passes 438 (69%)

Misconduct Summary:
ASC – Bryan Argueta (Yellow Card) 78’

UNDER-14s

The Under-14s kicked off the weekend with a 4-0 win over Albertson on Saturday in the team’s first competitive action since early November. The Revs went ahead early as Kevin Vang (Cranston, R.I.), who was recently recognized as the top performer in the New England regional futsal showcase, played in Tyler Freitas (North Attleborough, Mass.) who beat the Albertson goalkeeper to put the U-14s up 1-0. New England would double its lead in the 24th minute as Gustavo Cassemiro (Framingham, Mass.) pounced on an Albertson turnover and beat the last defender before firing low into the corner for his team-leading sixth goal of the season. The Revolution kept firing after the halftime break as Trevor Burns (Southborough, Mass.) scored his first competitive goal for the Revolution Academy, hitting a loose ball into the lower right corner after a scramble in the Albertson box. Substitute Luis Blanco (Pawtucket, R.I.) rounded off the scoring in the 68th minute after a shot from range deflected into his path for a simple finish from close range to make the score 4-0.

New England Revolution U-14s vs. Albertson SC U-14s
Saturday, March 14, 2015 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 4, Albertson SC 0

Scoring Summary:
NE – Tyler Freitas 2 (Kevin Vang 2) 9’
NE – Gustavo Cassemiro 6 (Unassisted) 24’
NE – Trevor Burns 1 (Unassisted) 54’
NE – Luis Blanco 2 (Unassisted) 68’

New England Revolution: Pat Quinn (Ryan Manning 61’); Chris Ciullo (Aiden Scales 61’), Marcelo Lage, Tyler Freitas ©, Austin Pineau; Paulo Da Silva (Samuel Deossa 55’), Kevin Vang, Trevor Burns (Elio Firmino 55’); Laz Dorogi (Tim Ennin 61’), Gustavo Cassemiro (Nico Ferrera 61’), Jonathan Ferreira (Luis Blanco 61’)

Substitutes Not Used: Brandin Osborne, Noah Silverman

Misconduct Summary:
None

All three of the Revolution’s Academy teams are back in action next weekend as they travel to New York to take on BW Gottschee Academy at Aviator Sports and Recreation Field in Brooklyn, N.Y. The U-18s are set to kick off at 10:30 a.m. before the U-16s follow at 1 p.m. and the U-14s finish up the day at 3 p.m. The U-14s will then continue south to take on New Jersey Cedar Stars Academy on Sunday at Ridgefield Park Sports Complex in Ridgefield Park, N.J. with kickoff set for 12:15 p.m.

The U-16s will then head to Dallas, Texas at the end of the month for the final stage of the Generation adidas Cup. The Revolution U-16s qualified to the Premier bracket and will face the Colorado Rapids on March 29 before taking on the Portland Timbers the following day and Colombian side Medellin on April 1. The Revs will play two further games on April 2 and April 4 against opponents that are yet to be determined before heading back to New England.