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Revolution II Complete Comeback with 3-2 Win vs. FC Cincinnati 2

April 17, 2022 - MLS NEXT Pro (MLS NEXT Pro)
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - New England Revolution II (2-0-1, 8 pts.) defeated FC Cincinnati 2 (1-2-0, 3 pts.) at Gillette Stadium by a score of 3-2 on Sunday afternoon, completing the comeback after being down by two at halftime. Revolution Academy midfielder Jack Panayotou scored his first two career goals, notching the fourth brace in team history. The midfielder opened the scoring for New England in the 58th minute with his second goal being the game winner, while midfielder Ryan Lima tied the game in the 68th minute.

Revolution II Head Coach Clint Peay made three changes to his lineup with Ítalo Dos Santos, Colby Quiñones, and Noel Buck starting in place of Ryan Spaulding, Trevor Zwetsloot, and Meny Silva. Jacob Jackson earned his third start of the season where he made five saves on seven shots.

Revolution II midfielder and captain Jake Rozhansky recorded his first assist of the season, crossing the ball to Panayotou for the game-winning goal in second-half stoppage time.

New England returns to action on Sunday, April 24 as Revolution II visits Orlando City B at Exploria Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on MLSNEXTPro.com.

New England Revolution II 3, FC Cincinnati 2

April 17, 2022 - Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)

17-year-old Revolution Academy midfielder Jack Panayotou scored his first two professional goals after coming in as a sub, logging 45 minutes. The midfielder made his professional debut with the team two weeks ago where he became the 20th current or former Revolution Academy player to make his pro debut with Revolution II.

Brazilian forward Ryan Lima notched his first goal with Revolution II with a long-range effort after coming in as a sub for Michel at halftime.

Goalkeeper Jacob Jackson made five saves on seven shots in his third start of the season.

Damian Rivera led New England with five shots on goal, while Panayotou recorded three.

Midfielder Jake Rozhansky completed 89.2% of his passes and notched his first assist of the season on Panayotou's game winner in second-half stoppage time.

Defender Pierre Cayet made his second appearance of the season, entering the game in the 46th minute in place of Colby Quiñones.

Alongside Rozhansky, Damian Rivera, Ben Reveno, Sean O'Hearn, and Ítalo Dos Santos all earned starts and each logged 90-minute shifts.

GAME CAPSULE

Referee: Ernie Constantine.

Assistant Referees: Jeremy Smith (AR1), Joe Franks (AR2).

Fourth Official: Nicole Vesia.

Weather: 48 degrees and cloudy.

Scoring Summary:

CIN - Arquimides Ordonez (Unassisted) 14'

CIN - Avionne Flanagan (Zico Bailey) 22'

NE - Jack Panayotou (Unassisted) 58'

NE - Ryan Lima (Sean O'Hearn) 68'

NE - Jack Panayotou (Jake Rozhansky) 90' + 2'

Misconduct Summary:

NE - Michel (Yellow Card - Bad Foul) 28'

NE - Ítalo Dos Santos (Yellow Card - Bad Foul) 36'

CIN - Kai Thomas (Yellow Card - Bad Foul) 40'

NE - Ben Reveno (Yellow Card - Bad Foul) 84'

New England Revolution: Jacob Jackson; Ítalo Dos Santos, Sean O'Hearn, Ben Reveno, Colby Quiñones (Pierre Cayet 46'); Jake Rozhansky ©, Hikaru Fujiwara (Jack Panayotou 46'), Michel (Ryan Lima 46'), Damian Rivera, Noel Buck, Esmir Bajraktarevic (Trevor Zwetsloot 73').

Substitutes Not Used: Yannik Oettl, Max Weinstein, Meny Silva, Triton Beauvois, Mike DeShields.

FC Cincinnati 2: Beckham Sunderland; Ashton Kamdem, Kai Thomas, David Garcia (Owen Noverr 61'), Morgan Marshall; Avionne Flanagan (Maxwell Miller 85'), Zico Bailey, Leonardo Vazquez, Arquimides Ordonez; Gerardo Valenzuela (Darrell Turcios 75'), Andrew Akindele

Substitutes Not Used: Khris Turcios, Paul Walters, Daniel Martin, Nique Daley.

New England Revolution II Team Statistics FC Cincinnati 2

16 (6) Shots (on Target) 14 (7)

5 Blocked Shots 3

5 Saves 3

4 Corner Kicks 4

3 Offsides 0

19 Fouls 20

423 (79%) Passes Attempted (% Completed) 335 (74%)

56.1% Possession 43.9%

POSTGAME QUOTES: New England Revolution II 3 vs FC Cincinnati 1

New England Revolution II Head Coach Clint Peay

On his overall assessment of the game and the difference in play throughout:

Peay: "Yeah, very poor start. Our mentality - we were not focused, careless with the ball, not organized defensively and we paid for it. Obviously in the second half we made some changes, and I thought those changes really helped us. I thought our mentality and how we wanted to build our attack was better. There was more purpose to what we were doing with the ball, and we had some brilliant goals."

On the halftime message to the team:

Peay: "We had to stop overcomplicating the play with the ball. We thought there was space in behind to exploit because they had a high line and you wanted to make sure that we were finding those spaces with runs and with the delivery of the ball. From there, we felt if we did that, we would create chances, and we did. I think defensively we were just more engaged, more collective in how we did things and really eliminated any silly chances."

On Ryan Lima's performance:

Peay: "Yeah, he still is not fully fit. We knew 45 minutes for him would be difficult, especially in the middle of the field, but the goal was special. He's got that quality in him, and it was obviously needed at that moment. Brilliant strike and very happy for him. His first goal with us and we hope that there will be many more."

On Jack Panayotou's brace:

Peay: "Yeah, I think he's ecstatic inside there, and he's just a tremendous little player. He's gifted and he was a little out of position playing as the forward, but he's intelligent. He's got a nose for goal. He's been scoring goals at the Academy level for years now and so for him, no different. He's doing it at the next level, and we always thought he had that ability, so it was good to see him not only get his first but then tally the game winner. Couldn't be happier for him."

Revolution II Midfielder Jack Panayotou

On his first two professional goals:

Panayotou: "It felt amazing to score my first professional goal. I think I went to make a little run for it and the ball popped up, came to me. I felt relaxed and put it away. And then the second goal the ball went out wide to Jake [Rozhansky] and he's a great player. I knew he was going to find me in the box, made the run and it was an easy finish."

On carrying this momentum forward:

Panayotou: "We've got a great team here and I want to do my best to be in the squad and help make an impact every game. We continue to develop, and I'll hopefully make a start, make some more starts, score some more goals, get more wins."

On Coach Clint Peay's halftime message:

Panayotou: "They told me to stretch the field, get in behind. I don't play striker normally, but I feel like I make good for runs. Once I started getting forward and getting in behind, the game really opened up and we really got to show our quality."

Revolution II Midfielder Jake Rozhansky

On his overall view of the game and how things changed:

Rozhansky: "First half was shocking. Really bad, and Clint let us know that as soon as we came in at halftime. All the players, we were terrible. Maybe it is because we did not play in a week, we had a week off, just kind of sluggish from there. But we knew that if we got one goal, we would come back and win the game. That's exactly what happened."

On his assist for the game winning goal:

Rozhansky: "Yeah so I started the game playing as a 6, which is my usual position and then Clint moved me higher and I was kind of trying to play on the line. Trevor [Zwetsloot] got the ball and turned. Jack [Panayotou], [Ryan] Lima, and a couple other guys were in the middle so I pulled out wide to the right Trevor [Zwetsloot] played me the ball and the ball was just kind of moving at a pace where I could hit it first time across the box, and I did that and Jack [Panayotou] scored. That was like a huge moment for us, a moment of elation. Him getting two goals, you know, it's no better feeling to come back 2-0 down and win 3-2, that's like Premier League stuff."

On the team's mindset carrying this momentum forward:

Rozhansky: "Just do the same thing. We know we can't start games like that again because not every time we will be able to come back from there. It's hard to score three goals in any game, but just continue because we have won three games off the bat, two games winning and one game kind of a tie in penalties. If we can just continue that, picking up points, that's the goal."

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