FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution Under-16 team began play in the Generation adidas Cup last weekend, travelling to Toronto and picking up one point with a 0-2-1 mark in their three East Regional games. The Revs played to a 2-2 tie with D.C. United and fell 4-3 on penalty kicks on Oct. 9 for their only point in the competition, before falling 5-1 to the New York Red Bulls on Oct. 10 and 2-1 to Orlando City SC on Oct. 12 to close out the trip. The Revs will return to action in the Generation adidas Cup in February 2016 when they travel to Orlando, Florida for three additional games. The tournament is held annually and involves solely MLS Academy teams.
The Under-16s kicked off their Generation adidas Cup schedule with a 4-3 penalty kick loss to D.C. United, following a 2-2 draw between the sides. The Revs got off to a quick start, with Justin Rennicks (South Hamilton, Mass.) and Gabriel Meireles (Everett, Mass.) combining in the D.C. half to slip through Meireles, who stroked a low finish into the corner to make the score 1-0 in the ninth minute. Fifteen minutes later, the U-16s doubled their lead, with Ohad Yahalom (Brookline, Mass.) picking up a loose ball in the midfield and finding Rennicks, who got the ball out of his feet and hit a powerful 25-yard strike into the corner, putting the Revs 2-0 up.
D.C. United hit back before halftime, with Casim Zekoua reducing the deficit to 2-1 heading into the break. The score was level in the 50th minute when SahrFelix Sandy found the net for United, and it would remain locked at 2-2 until the final whistle. The Revs suffered a 4-3 defeat on penalty kicks, and picked up one point for the draw while D.C. took home two points with a penalty kick victory.
New England Revolution vs. D.C. United
Friday, October 9, 2015 – Kia Training Ground (Toronto, Ontario)
New England Revolution 2, D.C. United 2
D.C. United earn points 4-3 on penalty kicks
Scoring Summary:
NE – Gabriel Meireles 1 (Justin Rennicks 1) 9’
NE – Justin Rennicks 1 (Ohad Yahalom 1) 24’
DC – Casim Zekoua 30’
DC – SahrFelix Sandy 50’
New England Revolution: Trey Miller; Tyler Freitas ©, Prince Loney-Bailey, Calvin Aroh, Daniel Jones; Alex Shterenberg, Ohad Yahalom, Joe Brito (Andrew White 41’); Laz Dorogi (Jonathan Ferreira 60’), Gabriel Meireles (Connor Haskell 60’), Justin Rennicks.
Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Walsh, Chris Ciullo, Trevor Burns, Paulo Da Silva.
Misconduct Summary:
None
The Revolution fell to a 5-1 defeat at the hands of the New York Red Bulls the following day in their second East Regional group game. Goals either side of halftime from Omir Fernandez put the Red Bulls 2-0 up, but the Revs U-16s were able to pull a goal back in the 45th minute. After captain Tyler Freitas (North Attleborough, Mass.) was fouled in the New York half, Gabriel Meireles swung in the free kick and Calvin Aroh (Glastonbury, Conn.) looped a header over the Red Bulls goalkeeper and into the back of the net, making the score 2-1.
That was as close as the Revs would come to mounting a comeback, with Fernandez completing his hat-trick in the 56th minute and the Red Bulls adding late goals through Jack Valderrabano and Bratislav Petkovic to make the final score 5-1.
New England Revolution vs. New York Red Bulls
Saturday, October 10, 2015 – Kia Training Ground (Toronto, Ontario)
New England Revolution 1, New York Red Bulls 5
Scoring Summary:
NY – Omir Fernandez 15’
NY – Omir Fernandez 42’
NE – Calvin Aroh 1 (Gabriel Meireles 1) 45’
NY – Omir Fernandez 56’
NY – Jack Valderrabano 71’
NY – Bratislav Petkovic 74’
New England Revolution: Eddie Walsh; Chris Ciullo (Daniel Jones 41’), Prince Loney-Bailey, Calvin Aroh, Connor Haskell; Ohad Yahalom, Tyler Freitas ©, Paulo Da Silva (Justin Rennicks 41’); Gabriel Meireles, Jonathan Ferreira (Trevor Burns 73’), Laz Dorogi (Alex Shterenberg 41’).
Substitutes Not Used: Trey Miller, Joe Brito, Andrew White.
Misconduct Summary:
NY – Noah Powder (Yellow Card) 28’
NE – Tyler Freitas (Yellow Card) 46’
NY – Kazu Shigenobu (Yellow Card) 65’
NE – Connor Haskell (Yellow Card) 70’
The Under-16s closed out their trip to Toronto with a 2-1 loss to Orlando City SC. For the second time in three games, the Revs went ahead early, with Laz Dorogi (West Boylston, Mass.) finding the net in the third minute. Ohad Yahalom played a low ball into the box that eluded several players in the center of the area and Dorogi arrived at the far post to finish into the corner and make the score 1-0 in favor of the Revolution.
Orlando City equalized through Jose Aldaco Jr. in the 50th minute before being reduced to 10 men when Jordi Avila was shown his second yellow card four minutes after his team equalized. Despite being a man down, it was Orlando City that would score the winner as Landen Haig converted a penalty kick with 10 minutes remaining to give his team a 2-1 victory.
New England Revolution vs. Orlando City SC
Monday, October 12, 2015 – Kia Training Ground (Toronto, Ontario)
New England Revolution 1, Orlando City SC 2
Scoring Summary:
NE – Laz Dorogi 1 (Ohad Yahalom 2) 3’
ORL – Jose Aldaco Jr. 50’
ORL – Landen Haig (Penalty Kick) 70’
New England Revolution: Trey Miller ©; Connor Haskell (Tyler Freitas 70’), Prince Loney-Bailey, Calvin Aroh, Daniel Jones; Alex Shterenberg, Ohad Yahalom, Justin Rennicks; Gabriel Meireles, Jonathan Ferreira, Laz Dorogi.
Substitutes Not Used: Eddie Walsh, Chris Ciullo, Trevor Burns, Paulo Da Silva, Andrew White.
Misconduct Summary:
ORL – Juan Esteban Carmona (Yellow Card) 40’
ORL – Jordi Avila (Yellow Card) 47’
ORL – Jordi Avila (Yellow Card/Red Card) 54’
NE – Justin Rennicks (Yellow Card) 62’
The Academy teams return to Development Academy action this weekend when they travel west to New York on Sunday, Oct. 18, with the Under-18s and Under-16s each taking on Empire United at McAvoy Park in Rochester, N.Y., and the Under-14s facing World Class FC at Orangetown Soccer Complex in Orangeburg, N.Y. Follow @NERevsAcademy on Twitter for updates on each game throughout the day.
