FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution Academy Under-16 team clinched a berth in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs last weekend, highlighting a weekend that saw the three Revolution Academy teams go a combined 2-2-1 against Oakwood Soccer Club and BW Gottschee Academy while wrapping up their regular season. The U-16s and U-14s each earned wins on Saturday against Oakwood, while the U-18s played to a 1-1 draw that left them in need of a win the following day in order to advance to the postseason. However, both the U-18s and the U-16s lost that day, falling 1-0 and 2-0 respectively, to BW Gottschee, leaving the U-18s one point shy of a fourth straight postseason berth.
On Wednesday, the Revolution U-16s were drawn into Group A of the U-16 Development Academy Playoffs, which will be held in Westfield, Indiana later this month. Joining them in Group A are the Crew SC Academy Wolves, who won the Mid-America Division of the Central Conference, the Capital Area RailHawks, the third place finisher in the Southeast Division of the East Conference, and Seattle Sounders FC, who finished fourth in the Northwest Division of the West Conference and received one of 11 wild card berths to the postseason. The U-16s will face the Capital Area RailHawks on June 23 before facing the Crew SC Academy Wolves the following day and finishing up their group play against Seattle Sounders FC on June 26.
While there are no U-14 Academy Playoffs, the Revolution U-14s will be heading to Indiana later this month for the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Showcase, where the Revs U-14s will face SC United Battery on June 19, fellow MLS Academy side the San Jose Earthquakes on June 20, and FC Golden State on June 22 at the Grand Park Sports Campus.
The complete list of last weekend’s results is below:
The Under-18s began the weekend with a 1-1 draw with Oakwood Soccer Club on Saturday. After a tight first half without many clear chances, both sides raised the tempo after the break. After goalkeeper Austin Aviza (Medway, Mass.) had made several key saves, the Revs went ahead in the 59th minute through Calvin Aroh (Glastonbury, Conn.), who was playing his final game before heading to Florida for a U.S. U-16 National Team camp. A free kick from captain John Wilkins (Natick, Mass.) found Aroh in the area, and the defender tapped the ball into the net for his first goal at U-18 level. The Revolution were denied the win late in the game, as Michael Boakye equalized for Oakwood SC in the 83rd minute to make the final score 1-1 and leave the Revs needing to beat BW Gottschee the following day to qualify for the playoffs.
New England Revolution U-18s vs. Oakwood Soccer Club U-18s
Saturday, June 6, 2015 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 1, Oakwood Soccer Club 1
Scoring Summary:
NE – Calvin Aroh 1 (John Wilkins 2) 59’
OSC – Michael Boakye 83’
New England Revolution: Austin Aviza; Aaron James, Calvin Aroh, Steven Kilday (Daniel Jones 37’), Matt Morana; John Wilkins ©, Derek Blanchette, Daniel Rovira (TJ Soehn 80’); Bryant Nardizzi (Andrew Barrowman 45’), Chris Arling, Amadu Kunateh.
Substitutes Not Used: Trey Miller, Ben Waithe
Misconduct Summary:
OSC – Michael Boakye (Yellow Card) 49’
NE – Andrew Barrowman (Yellow Card) 81’
The Under-18s missed out on a playoff spot for the first time since the 2010-11 season, after suffering a 1-0 defeat to BW Gottschee Academy in New York on Sunday. The goal came early, with Grant Burg finding the net in the eighth minute before the Revs took control of the game and pushed hard for an equalizer. Bryant Nardizzi (Framingham, Mass.) went closest, hitting the post late on as the Revs finished the game with 11 shots while goalkeeper Bill Sinibaldi (Plaistow, N.H.) made five saves to keep the score at 1-0. The result saw the U-18s finish the season in fourth place in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy East Conference Northeast Division with a 10-9-7 record for 37 points and a 1.42 points per game average.
New England Revolution U-18s vs. BW Gottschee Academy U-18s
Sunday, June 7, 2015 – Aviator Sports Complex (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
New England Revolution 0, BW Gottschee Academy 1
Scoring Summary:
BWG – Grant Burg 8’
New England Revolution: Bill Sinibaldi; Matt Ranieri, Ben Waithe (Nick Woodruff 45’), Steven Kilday (Isaac Angking 65’), Matt Morana; John Wilkins ©, Derek Blanchette, Daniel Rovira (Alex Clarke 90’); Izaiah Jennings (Aaron James 45’), Andrew Barrowman (Bryant Nardizzi 75’), Amadu Kunateh.
Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Walsh, TJ Soehn
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Matt Morana (Yellow Card) 74’
BWG – Lasha Alkhazishvili (Yellow Card) 82’
The Under-16s clinched a playoff berth on Saturday with a 4-0 win over Oakwood Soccer Club at Gillette Stadium. The Revs were dominant from start to finish and were 2-0 up within the first 20 minutes with a pair of goals from Alex Clarke (Windsor, Conn.). First, in the 14th minute, Isaac Angking (Providence, R.I.) played a ball over the top of the Oakwood defense that Clarke ran onto and chipped the goalkeeper from the edge of the area to make the score 1-0. Three minutes later, Angking again fed Clarke who finished past the goalkeeper for his third goal of the season. Five minutes after halftime, it was Angking’s turn to get on the scoresheet. After receiving a pass from Gustavo Cassemiro (Framingham, Mass.), who had only just entered the play at the break, Angking dribbled through four Oakwood defenders before slotting a low shot beyond the goalkeeper to make the score 3-0. Cassemiro then completed the scoring in the 51st minute, when Travis van Brewer (Wilbraham, Mass.) carried the ball to the endline on the left side of the field before crossing for Cassemiro to volley in his third goal for the U-16s this season. Goalkeeper Trey Miller (Monson, Mass.) made three saves on his way to recording his 11th shutout of the season as the side qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
New England Revolution U-16s vs. Oakwood Soccer Club U-16s
Saturday, June 6, 2015 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 4, Oakwood Soccer Club 0
Scoring Summary:
NE – Alex Clarke 2 (Isaac Angking 4) 14’
NE – Alex Clarke 3 (Isaac Angking 5) 17’
NE – Isaac Angking 5 (Gustavo Cassemiro 1) 45’
NE – Gustavo Cassemiro 3 (Travis van Brewer 2) 51’
New England Revolution: Trey Miller; Travis van Brewer, Andrew Talcott, Nick Woodruff © (Prince Loney-Bailey 60’), Matt Ranieri (Andre Bois 45’); Alex Shterenberg, Isaac Angking, Joe Brito (Kevin Vang 45’); Justin Rennicks (Gustavo Cassemiro 41’), Izaiah Jennings (Laz Dorogi 50’), Alex Clarke.
Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Walsh, Santi Cardona
Misconduct Summary:
None
The Under-16s completed their weekend doubleheader with a 2-0 defeat at the hands of BW Gottschee Academy in New York on Sunday, with eight members of the Revs’ Under-14 team seeing game time. With both sides already having a clinched a spot in the playoffs, neither side was able to take the initiative in a slow first half. Goals in the opening eight minutes of the second half from Conor McGlynn and Matthew Swain were enough to seal the points for BW Gottschee, who finished the season in first place of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy East Conference Northeast Division. The U-16s finished the season in third place in the East Conference Northeast Division with a 12-5-9 record for 45 points and an average of 1.73 points per game.
New England Revolution U-16s vs. BW Gottschee Academy U-16s
Sunday, June 7, 2015 – Aviator Sports Complex (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
New England Revolution 0, BW Gottschee Academy 2
Scoring Summary:
BWG – Conor McGlynn 41’
BWG – Matthew Swain 48’
New England Revolution: Eddie Walsh ©; Travis van Brewer, Andrew Talcott, Prince Loney-Bailey, Andre Bois (Chris Ciullo 70’); Alex Shterenberg (Joe Brito 41’), Kevin Vang (Tyler Freitas 50’), Santi Cardona (Amos Shapiro-Thompson 50’); Laz Dorogi (Jonathan Ferreira 60’), Gustavo Cassemiro, Tim Ennin.
Substitutes Not Used: Pat Quinn, Marcelo Lage
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Joe Brito (Yellow Card) 70’
The Under-14s closed out their regular season with a 2-0 win over Oakwood Soccer Club on Saturday, pushing their unbeaten streak to 17 games since early November. The Revs took the lead in the 13th minute, when captain Connor Haskell (Medfield, Mass.) beat two defenders down the left and hit a low cross to the back post where Luis Blanco (Pawtucket, R.I.) was on hand to tap in his 10th goal of the season. The U-14s doubled their lead midway through the second half, as defender Chris Ciullo (Mansfield, Mass.) tallied his first goal of the season. Tim Ennin (East Hartford, Conn.) received the ball in midfield and played the ball through for a streaking Ciullo who waited for the Oakwood goalkeeper to come off his line before hitting a powerful shot into the back of the net, putting his side up 2-0. Goalkeeper Pat Quinn (Manchester, N.H.) recorded his sixth shutout of the season and his side’s 12th overall. The U-14s closed out their regular season with a 20-2-2 record, including an impressive 15-0-2 mark since their last defeat on November 8, 2014.
New England Revolution U-14s vs. Oakwood Soccer Club U-14s
Saturday, June 6, 2015 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 2, Oakwood Soccer Club 0
Scoring Summary:
NE – Luis Blanco 10 (Connor Haskell 3) 13’
NE – Chris Ciullo 1 (Tim Ennin 4) 62’
New England Revolution: Pat Quinn; Chris Ciullo, Tyler Freitas (Austin Pineau 41’), Marcelo Lage, Connor Haskell ©; Amos Shapiro-Thompson, Trevor Burns (Samuel Deossa 50’), Nico Ferrara (Noah Silverman 45’); Luis Blanco (Aiden Scales 58’), Tim Ennin, Jonathan Ferreira.
Substitutes Not Used: Ryan Manning, Paulo Da Silva, Elio Firmino, Brandin Osborne
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Chris Ciullo (Yellow Card) 21’
