USL1 New England Revolution II

Revolution II Fall, 2-0, to Orlando City B

Published on August 7, 2020 under United Soccer League One (USL1)
New England Revolution II News Release


FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - New England Revolution II (0-1-1, 1 pt.) fell to Orlando City B (1-1-0, 3 pts.), 2-0, at Gillette Stadium in USL League One action on Friday night. The match saw four first-team players feature in the starting lineup, with Homegrown Players Isaac Angking and Damian Rivera making their League One debuts.

New England played most of the match with 10 men after defender Ryo Shimazaki was issued a pair of first-half yellow cards, exiting the match in the 38th minute. Despite being shorthanded, Revolution II had a number of chances offensively, generating 15 shots and three on target - one each from Rivera, Angking, and Orlando Sinclair. Wilfredo Rivera and Kenji Tanaka provided the goals for Orlando, both assisted by Moises Tablante.

New England hits the road for the first time next week, travelling to Arlington, Texas to face reigning USL League One Champion North Texas SC on Saturday at 9:00 p.m. ET. The match will stream live on ESPN+ in the United States and YouTube internationally.

New England Revolution II 0, Orlando City B 2

August 7, 2020 - Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)

Four First-Team Players Make Starting XI

A quartet of Revolution first-team players started for Revolution II - defender Collin Verfurth, midfielder Nicolas Firmino, midfielder Isaac Angking, and midfielder Damian Rivera - the latter two making their USL League One debuts. Firmino and Verfurth both went the full 90 minutes on Friday night.

Tonight's match marked Rivera's professional debut, as he finished the match with a team-high four shots. The 17-year-old became the Revolution's seventh Homegrown Player signing in November 2019.

Angking provided a game-high four chances created in his first appearance for Revolution II.

Verfurth played 90 minutes and wore the captain's armband for the second straight contest.

Meny Silva Makes First Revolution II Appearance

- Revolution Academy product Meny Silva made his professional debut in tonight's match, completing all four of his passes in a 12-minute substitute appearance.

- The midfielder made history in January as the first Revolution Academy player to sign directly with Revolution II.

Academy Product Trevor Burns Makes Second Appearance

- Midfielder Trevor Burns, the 2020 UnitedHealthcare Academy Player of the Year, entered the match as a 78th-minute substitute. The Georgetown commit has appeared in both games this season.

GAME CAPSULE

Referee: Ernie Constantine

Assistant Referees: Alexandru Focea (AR1), Amilcar Sicaju (AR2)

Fourth Official: Jeremy Scheer

Weather: 72 degrees and cloudy

Attendance: N/A

Scoring Summary:

ORL - Wilfredo Rivera (Moises Tablante) 66'

ORL - Kenji Tanaka (Moises Tablante) 90'+1

Misconduct Summary:

NE - Ryo Shimazaki (Yellow Card- Unsporting Behavior) 29'

NE - Ryo Shimazaki (Red Card- Unsporting Behavior) 38'

ORL - Moises Tablante (Yellow Card- Unsporting Behavior) 40'

NE - Tiago Mendonca (Yellow Card- Unsporting Behavior) 86'

New England Revolution II: Joe Rice; Ryo Shimazaki, Collin Verfurth ©, Jon Bell, Ryan Spaulding (Oskar Bloch 78'); Maciel (Trevor Burns 78'), Nicolas Firmino, Isaac Angking (Connor Presley 61'); Orlando Sinclair (Meny Silva 78'), Mayele Malango, Damian Rivera (Tiago Mendonca 69').

Substitutes Not Used: Keegan Meyer, Colby Quinones.

Orlando City B: Austin Aviza; Juan Pablo Monticelli (Aleksandar Gluvacevic 82'), Mateo Rodas ©, Thomas Williams, Nicholas O'Callaghan, Jonathan Rosales; Jose Quintero, Owen Guske (Adam Ozeri HT); Wilfredo Rivera (Kenji Tanaka 78'), Julian Kennedy (Raul Aguilera Jr. 79'), Moises Tablante.

Substitutes Not Used: Javier Otero.

New England Revolution II Team Statistics Orlando City B

15 (3) Shots (on Target) 12 (5)

3 Saves 3

7 Corner Kicks 3

3 Offsides 6

11 Fouls 18

402 (78.9%) Passes Attempted (% Completed) 315 (74.3%)

56.4% Possession 43.6%

POSTGAME QUOTES: New England Revolution II 2 vs. Orlando City B 0

Revolution II Head Coach Clint Peay

On going down to 10 men in the first half

Peay: "Basically the biggest adjustment was trying to figure out what would make the most sense. We felt like we had some success keeping a back three together so we decided to stick with that for the second half. And we just wanted to make sure we were aware of their counter attacks where they would switch the point of attack quickly."

On Isaac Angking's performance:

Peay: "I thought Isaac had a good 55 minutes, did some good things on the ball and helped us move the ball quickly. When it came to the second half, we decided we needed some fresh legs, so unfortunately Isaac was a guy who had to come out because of that to get more of a natural winger in his position."

On Damian Rivera's performance:

Peay: "[Damian] showed glimpses of being very dangerous and was able to provide some good play in the first half. He was able to either draw some fouls in and around the box or create some moments where we were able to play the final ball. But again, once we went down to 10 men and in the second half he actually took a knock, he began to tire and he's a guy who hasn't really logged 90 minutes with the first team yet so he isn't quite there especially being 10 men down to play a full 90."

On preparing to face North Texas SC next Saturday

Peay: "I thought the guys played well. Even with 10 men, I thought we still created chances. The effort was great. So, we're disappointed the game unfolded as it did but I wouldn't look at it as licking the wounds, I would just chalk it up as a moment of growth or learning to recognize going down a man to two unnecessary yellow cards is always going to be difficult for a team to remain to competitive. But I actually thought the group did a good job of staying competitive and dictating the tempo of the game in the second half. We pushed a little harder than maybe you would if it was a senior team game but I think it showed that the guys still had enough left in the tank and maybe some ideas to move the ball against a decent Orlando group."

Revolution II Defender Ryan Spaulding

On defensive adjustments late in the first half

Spaulding: "Obviously it's tough when you go down a man that early. We changed to a three-back system. We knew that everyone was going to have to work a little harder. Honestly, we just tried to continue to work with each other, talk to each other. We ended up not being able to press as much just because there was more space for them either out wide or in the middle so we just tried to stay compact and shift with the ball."

On difficulties defending Orlando's speed down the wings

Spaulding: "I thought we handled it pretty well early in the game when we had all our guys. It's tough though when we were playing three in the back and they had [Moises Tablante] playing high and wide pretty much the entire game. So you always had to be aware of that."

On generating chances offensively

Spaulding: "We create chances for our guys. We want to score, we create opportunities, we need to get the ball in the back of the net. I think it's better that we're creating these opportunities rather than not having them at all. But we definitely need to get our confidence back in front of goal and start burying these chances and get on the front foot in these games."

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