FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Revolution II (8-7-4, 29 pts.) defeated Chicago Fire II (4-10-5, 19 pts.), 1-0, on Sunday night at Gillette Stadium. Academy goalkeeper Max Weinstein earned his first professional clean sheet in his third appearance, making two saves, as Pierre Cayet notched his second goal of the season for the game-winner.
“Yeah, I mean, it feels good," Weinstein said postgame. "It feels like all the hard work I’m putting in is starting to pay off, and I think there’s much more to come.”
Weinstein was tested early, seeing his first shot against in the third minute. He went on to face a penalty kick in the 12th minute. The 18-year-old made the stop on the left-footed shot in the bottom left corner as the game remained scoreless through the first 45 minutes.
Chicago conceded a corner kick in the 52nd minute, allowing Jake Rozhansky to sail the ball in towards the net as Cayet scored his second of the season off a header from the center of the box to the bottom right corner. New England led the match with 12 total shots as Esmir Bajraktarevic, Ryan Lima, Ryan Spaulding, and Michel all recorded two shots each.
“I think it’s important for the psyche of the guys to have that feeling again," head coach Clint Peay stated of tonight's performance. "I thought the group worked incredibly hard, limited a very talented attacking [Chicago Fire II] team to very little quality chances, and I thought exploited them on the break quite a few times. It was unfortunate maybe not to get goals two or three.”
Revolution II returns to action on Sunday, August 21 when they head to Subaru Park to take on Philadelphia Union II. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET on MLSNEXTPro.com.
New England Revolution II 1, Chicago Fire II 0
August 14, 2022 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
· Academy goalkeeper Max Weinstein recorded his first professional shutout in his third appearance with New England’s second team, making two saves including a penalty kick shot.
· Defender Pierre Cayet scored his second goal of the season, heading the ball in off of a corner kick as he surpassed 3,000 minutes played with Revs II after logging the full 90.
· Midfielder Michel made his 40th appearance with Revolution II while Academy graduate Meny Silva made his 35th appearance with New England’s second team.
· Academy forwards Brandonn Bueno and Malcolm Fry each subbed in to the match, logging 10 and 20 minutes respectively.
· Homegrown midfielder Esmir Bajraktarevic recorded two shots in his 70 minutes played.
GAME CAPSULE
Referee: Gary Gutierrez
Assistant Referee: Nicholas Seymour
Assistant Referee: Nicole Vesia
Fourth Official: Stephanie MacFarland
Weather: 77 and partly cloudy.
Scoring Summary:
NE– Pierre Cayet (Jake Rozhansky) 52’
Misconduct Summary:
CHI – Kendall Burks (Yellow Card) 42’
NE – Michel (Yellow Card) 72’
NE – Trevor Zwetsloot (Yellow Card) 76’
CHI – Carlo Ritaccio (Yellow Card) 77’
NE – Colby Quiñones (Yellow Card) 78’
CHI – Carlo Ritaccio (Yellow Card) 90’ +1
NE – Max Weinstein (Yellow Card) 90’ +3
New England Revolution II: Max Weinstein; Ryan Spaulding, Pierre Cayet, Mike DeShields, Sean O’Hearn; Trevor Zwetsloot (Brandonn Bueno 80’); Meny Silva, Michel (Ben Reveno 80’), Jake Rozhansky, Ryan Lima (Colby Quiñones 66’); Esmir Bajraktarevic (Malcolm Fry 66’).
Substitutes Not Used: Steban Lopera, Ítalo, Jack Burkhardt, Hikaru Fuijwara, Marzuq Puckerin.
Chicago Fire II: Chris Brady; Charlie Ostrem (Carlo Ritaccio 57’), Ryan Quintos, Kendall Burks, Justin Reynolds (Erik Kocs-Washburn 85’); Richard Fleming, Sergio Oregel, Matteo Kidd (Noeh Hernandez 85’); Josh Penn (Missael Rodriguez 70’), Omari Glasglow, Alex Monis (Michael Flores 57’).
Substitutes Not Used: Allan Rodriguez, Mihajlo Miskovic.
