FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution’s Under-18 and Under-16 teams kicked off the 2016-17 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season on Saturday, Sept. 10. Both teams squared off with BW Gottschee in home matches. Justin Rennicks served as captain for the Under-18s, while Connor Haskell captained the Under-16s. The Under-14s and Under-13s played Empire United in scrimmage matches, with both teams set to begin the USSDA portion of their respective schedules this coming weekend.

All four Academy teams will be in action this weekend, when each of the four age groups will travel to Portland, Conn. to take on Oakwood Soccer Club.

WEEK HIGHLIGHTS

• Defender/midfielder Calvin Aroh ’99 (Glastonbury, Conn.), forward Justin Rennicks ’99 (South Hamilton, Mass.), and midfielder Alex Shterenberg ’99 (Westwood, Mass.) recorded their first goals of the Academy season, leading the Under-18s to a 3-2 victory over BW Gottschee’s Under-18s.
• Five Under-16 players assisted in the Under-18s’ 3-2 win over BW Gottschee. Forward Tim Ennin ’00 (East Hartford, Conn.), defender/midfielder Tyler Freitas ’00 (North Attleborough, Mass.), midfielder Kevin Vang ’00 (Cranston R.I.), and defender/midfielder Andrew White ’00 (Boxborough, Mass.) started, while forward Gustavo Cassemiro ’00 (Framingham, Mass.) entered the match in the 65th minute as a substitute.
• One Under-14 player, forward Michael Balleani ’02 (Woburn, Mass), played up with the Under-16s. Balleani entered the match as a substitute in the 52^nd minute.
• Goalkeeper Pat Quinn ’00 (Manchester, N.H.) stopped seven of nine shots for the Under-16s.

UNDER-18s
New England Revolution U-18s vs. BW Gottschee U-18s
Saturday, September 10, 2016 – Bayside FC Facility (East Providence, R.I.)
New England Revolution 3, BW Gottschee 2
Scoring Summary:

NE – Calvin Aroh 1 (Kevin Vang 1) 3’

NE – Justin Rennicks 1 (Tyler Freitas 1) 50’

NE – Alex Shterenberg 1 (Unassisted) 83’

BWG – Endy Butigian (Penalty Kick) 87’

BWG – Nyrik Antoine (Unassisted) 90+1’

New England Revolution: Trey Miller; Daniel Jones, Prince Loney-Bailey, Nick Woodruff, Tyler Freitas; Calvin Aroh, Andrew White, Kevin Vang; Justin Rennicks ©, Tim Ennin (Alex Shterenberg 77’), Izaiah Jennings (Gustavo Cassemiro 65’)

Substitutes Not Used: Pat Quinn, Jose Mendoza

Misconduct Summary:

NE – Trey Miller (Yellow Card) 90+1’

UNDER-16s
New England Revolution U-16s vs. BW Gottschee U-16s
Saturday, September 10, 2016 – Bayside FC Facility (East Providence, R.I.)
New England Revolution 0, BW Gottschee 2
Scoring Summary:

BWG – Diego Montes (Steven Fernandez) 61’

BWG – Peter Mazanek (Diego Montes) 80’

New England Revolution: Pat Quinn; Connor Haskell ©, Pierre Spiegel, Jose Gonzalez, Chris Ciullo; Ohad Yahalom (Declan Sung 70’), Trevor Burns (Kairou Fujiwara 52’), Nick Firmino; Luis Blanco (Michael Balleani 52’), Jonathan Ferreira, Lazlo Dorogi

Substitutes Not Used: Austin Causey, Connor Bagdon, Jared Cain

Misconduct Summary:

NE – Jose Gonzalez (Yellow Card) 48’

For more information about the New England Revolution’s youth teams and Revolution Academy programming, please visit revolutionsoccer.net/academy.