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Revolution II Falls, 1-0, at Forward Madison FC

June 30, 2021 - United Soccer League One (USL1)
New England Revolution II News Release


FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - New England Revolution II (4-5-1, 13 pts.) fell on the road Wednesday night at Breese Stevens Field against Forward Madison FC (4-2-4, 16 pts.), 1-0. Madison striker Jake Keegan scored the lone goal of the match in the 20th minute.

Revolution II controlled possession for much of the match, outshooting Madison 16-12 on the night. Homegrown Player and forward Damian Rivera added to his team lead in shots for the season with five on the night, moving his total on the year to 28. Rivera was denied twice by Madison keeper Phil Breno, who made three saves on the night.

The best chance of the match for New England came in the second half, when midfielder Noel Buck saw his shot ring off the crossbar in the 76th minute. Buck was one of seven Revolution Academy products to feature in Wednesday's contest, doing so as a substitute along with Meny Silva, Tyler Freitas, and Michael Tsicoulias. Fellow Academy product Hikaru Fujiwara and Homegrown Players Justin Rennicks and Rivera all started the match.

New England will return home on Sunday, July 4 to host reigning USL League One champions Greenville Triumph SC at Gillette Stadium. Kickoff for Sunday's matinee is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

New England Revolution II 0, Forward Madison FC 1

June 30, 2021 - Breese Stevens Field (Madison, Wis.)

New England Revolution II fell on the road Wednesday night against Forward Madison FC at Breese Stevens Field, 1-0. The defeat drops New England's record to 4-5-1 on the season and shifts the all-time series to 3-1-0 in favor of Madison.

Defender Ryan Spaulding became the first Revolution II player to appear in 25 matches for the club after starting in Wednesday's match. Spaulding played all 90 minutes and completed 92.6 percent of his passes, including two key passes, while adding a team-high seven recoveries.

Revolution II Head Coach Clint Peay made three changes to the Starting XI from last Saturday's victory, with Joe Rice, Hikaru Fujiwara, and Ryan Sierakowski all starting in place of Earl Edwards Jr., Noel Buck, and Connor Presley, respectively.

Homegrown Player Damian Rivera recorded five shots, including one on target, his second-highest shot total of the season. Rivera also recorded five recoveries and two tackles in 76 minutes.

Homegrown Forward Justin Rennicks appeared in his 10th match of the season for Revs II, creating a pair of chances and completing all 15 of his passes.

Defender Pierre Cayet put in his seventh straight 90-minute performance since signing with the club back in April. Cayet finished the contest with a team-best eight clearances along with five recoveries, three interceptions, and a shot on target.

Defender Sean O'Hearn started his second consecutive match at left back, playing 83 minutes and finishing with a team-high four interceptions to go along with three recoveries, two clearances, and a shot on target.

Midfielder Jake Rozhansky completed 99 of 108 passes on the night, including three key passes, and added five duels won and four recoveries on the night.

Midfielder and Academy product Hikaru Fujiwara made his second start of the season - and first since the season opener on April 10 - playing 68 minutes and concluding the night with two chances created and 29 of his 30 passes completed.

Forward Ryan Sierakowski made his first start since July 12, replacing the injured Connor Presley up front, finishing his 90-minute effort with a team-high two tackles along with one chance created.

GAME CAPSULE

Referee: Katherine McCormick;

Assistant Referee: Art Arustamyan (AR1), Rachel Smith (AR2);

Fourth Official: Dylan Seitz;

Weather: 83 degrees and partly cloudy.

Attendance: 3,607

Scoring Summary:

MAD - Jake Keegan (Christian Diaz) 20'

Misconduct Summary:

NE - Michel (Yellow Card - Bad Foul) 42'

NE - Jake Rozhansky (Yellow Card - Bad Foul) 48'

MAD - Christian Diaz (Yellow Card - Dissent) 60'

MAD - Phil Breno (Yellow Card - Time Wasting) 90'+2

New England Revolution II: Joe Rice; Sean O'Hearn (Tyler Freitas 83'), Collin Verfurth, Pierre Cayet, Ryan Spaulding; Jake Rozhansky ©, Michel, Hikaru Fujiwara (Noel Buck 68'); Damian Rivera (Meny Silva 77'), Ryan Sierakowski, Justin Rennicks (Michael Tsicoulias 68').

Substitutes Not Used: Marzuq Puckerin, Colby Quinones, Dennis Ramirez.

Forward Madison FC: Phil Breno; Jiro Barriga Toyama, Connor Tobin ©, Gustavo Fernandes, Christian Diaz; Aaron Molloy, Carlos Gomez (Eric Leonard 65'), Christian Enriquez (Audi Jepson 80'); Noah Fuson, Derek Gebhard, Jake Keegan.

Substitutes Not Used: Aidan Hogan, Ronaldo Lomeli, Heath Martin, Michael Vang, Tyler Allen.

Forward Madison FC Team Statistics New England Revolution II

12 (3) Shots (on Target) 16 (3)

1 Blocked Shots 4

3 Saves 2

2 Corner Kicks 5

1 Offsides 1

7 Fouls 16

334 (75.7%) Passes Attempted (% Completed) 585 (87.4%)

37.3% Possession 62.7%

POSTGAME QUOTES:

New England Revolution II 0 at Forward Madison FC 1

New England Revolution II Head Coach Clint Peay

On Wednesday's loss:

Peay: "I thought the guys played a really good game. I thought we created some chances, we tried different ways to get at them, but were unsuccessful obviously with the final product. I thought for large stretches of the game we defended very well and limited a very good team to very few opportunities and ultimately the goal they score is an elementary mistake by us by not tracking a guy when it was a simple play to be made."

On what Madison did to frustrate the New England attack:

Peay: "They sat in a low block and a lot of numbers behind the ball and tried to limit the spaces for us to attack in behind. So, anytime any team does that it's always going to be challenging and more difficult to penetrate them to create opportunities."

On Ryan Sierakowski slotting in for the injured Connor Presley:

Peay: "First of all, [Connor] Presley is a tireless engine on the wing who provides service and really stretches the defense. So, we missed that. But I thought Ryan did a did a good job out there and had moments where he was able to be in good positions to either provide service or get on the end of a cross and threaten the goal a little bit."

On Hikaru Fujiwara getting his second start of the season:

Peay: "[Hikaru] Fujiwara is probably a little bit more of a creative attacking player than Noel [Buck]. I think we just wanted to rotate the squad as well and give another young guy an opportunity to perform and rest our legs as we play three games in a short amount of time."

On breaking down Madison's high line:

Peay: "I'm happy with how the team performed. Again, I thought they tried different looks and different ways to get at Madison. It's just when you give up a goal and a team decides to pack it in, it becomes a challenge. Unfortunately, we had some chances, but unfortunately, we didn't put them away."

New England Revolution II Midfielder Jake Rozhansky

On what was missing the attack:

Rozhansky: "I think we got into good areas, I think we did create the chances, we needed to get some goals. I do think it was a different game than last week. [Forward Madison] really showed us a lot of respect and sat everybody back so we had a little bit of trouble breaking that down. But overall, I do think we had the chances to get a couple of goals and if we would have got one, I think that would've opened them up. And unfortunately, we just couldn't finish our chances, which is a little bit different than last game where I don't think we had the ball as much and controlled the game as much but the chances that we did create it, we finished."

On limiting Forward Madison's chances offensively:

Rozhansky: "Honestly I think the best thing we did was we controlled the game. I think that our attack is the best defense for controlling the game or defending less. I can only really think about maybe two or three uncomfortable situations for us defensively and one of them was the goal. But I do think because [Forward Madison] showed us a lot of respect and they dropped everybody back, that we had the ball a lot, so we weren't defending as much."

On taking care of the ball in possession:

Rozhansky: "I think we were missing you know a little bit of creativity in the attack. A little disguised pass, something creative to just break them down. But we did a good job of keeping the ball, but in this game it wasn't enough. We need to create more in those games. We need to counter-attack better when we don't have the ball and when they're open, and I think that's something we need to work on."

On playing at Madison twice in 10 days:

Rozhansky: "We knew coming into the game that we beat them 10 days ago so they're going to come out and play us really hard. I do think we were ready; I do think we had an okay game, but we just didn't take care of those moments that can change the game. But now this game is over, we have to learn from it, and we have a game again on Sunday, so we have to already prepare for that game."

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