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MLS NEXT Pro New England Revolution II

Revolution II Fall at Chicago, 4-3

June 26, 2022 - MLS NEXT Pro (MLS NEXT Pro)
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. - New England Revolution II (7-3-3, 25 pts.) fell to Chicago Fire FC II (3-6-4, 13 pts.), 3-4, on Sunday night at SeatGeek Stadium. After facing an early two-goal deficit, Brazilian midfielder Ryan Lima opened the scoring and Pierre Cayet scored minutes later to tie the game. New England conceded twice in the second half, with Michel scoring the game's final goal in stoppage time.

Chicago scored goals in the 13th and 17th minutes to jump out to a 2-0 lead, but New England quickly bounced back. In the 33rd minute, Meny Silva sent a ball to the center of the box, where Lima was able to connect with a first-time finish for his third goal of the season. Soon after, New England was awarded a corner kick in the 36th minute, which Jake Rozhansky whipped in for Cayet to head home and knot the game at two.

Chicago retook the lead in the 55th minute and tallied again in the 76th minute to retake a two-goal lead. New England pulled back within one as Michel scored with a left-footed shot in the 93rd minute following a fast break led by Ítalo, but Revolution II ultimately fell short for their third loss of the season through 13 games.

New England returns to action on Sunday, July 3 as Revolution II heads north of the border to take on Toronto FC II at York Lions Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 7:00 p.m. ET on MLSNEXTPro.com.

New England Revolution II 3, Chicago Fire FC II 4

June 26, 2022 - SeatGeek Stadium (Bridgeview, Ill.)

Brazilian midfielder Ryan Lima scored his third goal of the MLS NEXT Pro season and is now tied for the team lead with Marcos Dias and Damian Rivera.

Defender Pierre Cayet scored his first goal of the season in the 36th minute, a header off Jake Rozhansky's corner kick, to tie the game at two.

Brazilian midfielder Michel scored his second goal of the season in the 93rd minute.

Brazilian defender Ítalo notched his second assist in as many games on Michel's stoppage-time goal. With his 90-minute performance, Ítalo surpassed 1,000 minutes played with Revolution II this season.

Goalkeeper Jacob Jackson made his 12th start of the season and surpassed 1,000 minutes played with Revolution II this season.

GAME CAPSULE

Referee: Esad Omanovic.

Assistant Referees: Eric Wood (AR1), Christian Little (AR2).

Fourth Official: Greg Dopka.

Weather: 80 and partly cloudy.

Scoring Summary:

CHI - Alex Monis (Omari Glasnow) 13'

CHI - Victor Bezzera (Charlie Ostrem) 17'

NE - Ryan Lima (Meny Silva) 33'

NE - Pierre Cayet (Jake Rozhansky) 36'

CHI - Ryan Quintos (Unassisted) 55'

CHI - Victor Bezzera (Sergio Oregel) 76'

NE - Michel (Italo) 90'+3

Misconduct Summary:

NE - Mike Deshields (Yellow Card) 3'

CHI - Ryan Quintos (Yellow Card) 20'

NE - Italo (Yellow Card) 31'

NE - Ryan Lima (Yellow Card) 43'

CHI - Carlo Ritaccio (Yellow Card) 80'

New England Revolution II: Jacob Jackson; Italo, Pierre Cayet, Mike DeShields, Sean O'Hearn; Hikaru Fujiwara (Noel Buck 46'), Trevor Zwetsloot, Jake Rozhansky; Meny Silva (Esmir Bajraktarevic 62'), Marcos Dias, Ryan Lima (Michel 63').

Substitutes Not Used: Marzuq Puckerin.

Chicago Fire FC II: Mihajlo Miskovic; Charlie Ostrem, Ryan Quintos, Carlo Ritaccio, Justin Reynolds (Christian Baumgartner 81'); Javier Casas (Matteo Kidd 46'), Sergio Oregel, Richard Fleming; Alexis Monis (Josh Penn 46'), Victor Bezerra (Erik Kocs-Washburn 81'), Omari Glasgow.

Substitutes Not Used: Allan Rodriguez, Diego Alvarado, Aaron Katsimpalis, Michael Flores, Noeh Hernandez.

New England Revolution II Team Statistics Chicago Fire FC II

10 (4) Shots (on Target) 13 (7)

2 Blocked Shots 2

3 Saves 0

5 Corner Kicks 9

2 Offsides 0

15 Fouls 15

310 (74.8%) Passes Attempted (% Completed) 459 (83.7%)

40.1% Possession 59.9%

POSTGAME QUOTES: New England Revolution II 3, Chicago Fire FC II 4

New England Revolution II Head Coach Clint Peay

On his overall assessment of the game:

Peay: "it wasn't our best game. I thought we had too many guys who had off days and Chicago was good on the day. I thought they moved the ball well and defended collectively, made it difficult for us and at the end of the day we got outplayed."

On the team's ability to fight back in the first half:

Peay: "I think that the first half we knew that Chicago was a team that has conceded goals, so even if we went down a goal, we felt confident that we would have chances and we did. I think the goal at the start of the second half was a little bit of a dagger blow to the group. After fighting to get back in it, it made it difficult. I think the way Chicago kept the ball on a hot day with limited subs for us made it difficult for us to really press with the conviction that we'd like to see normally. We kind of lost that fight to be honest with you."

New England Revolution II Defender Pierre Cayet

On scoring his first goal of the season:

Cayet: "Well, it was much needed. I feel like that was a long-awaited goal for me. I've had a couple of chances in the beginning of the season to score headers and I think we've been getting better at set pieces so that was really important for me to help the team in that way today and it was my first goal so that was a plus."

On the team's performance:

Cayet: "Well, I think we fought back, but I think today Chicago showed that they wanted it more than us. I think technically we showed poor execution and I thought our first half wasn't good enough for us to be able to win this game, but obviously we want to fight, we want to compete every game so that's a plus but at the end of the day, we need goals, and we can't allow teams to score four times against us."

On how the team will move forward:

Cayet: "Well it's always a good opportunity to rebound and to be able to find what's missing, find what's wrong and be able to grow from it so I think we're at a point right now in the middle of the season where we've been lacking a bit of energy maybe and confidence in finding the opportunity to score more goals, so I think we're going to talk this week and try to figure out what's wrong and hopefully move on for next week and try to finish the season out strong."

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