FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (October 6, 2023) – No. 2 New England Revolution II defeated No. 4 New York Red Bulls II, 2-1, within the MLS NEXT Pro Eastern Conference Semifinal on Friday evening at Gillette Stadium. Forward Malcolm Fry, a Groton, Mass. local, and defender Victor Souza each and every scored a purpose, whilst goalkeeper Jacob Jackson made two saves within the victory.
With the win, New England extends its record-breaking season within the crew’s first postseason run. Tonight’s outcome marks Revolution II’s tenth win at house in 2023, with the crew including on two tallies bringing its season overall to 62 targets scored this season. Alongside Fry, New England continues to see contributions from native gamers with Colby Quiñones (Bedford, N.H.), Peyton Miller (Unionville, C.T.), and Jack Panayotou (Cambridge, Mass) all incomes begins. Fry’s first part purpose marks the twenty sixth time an Academy product has discovered the again of the web in 2023.
New England discovered the scoresheet first after Marcos Dias crossed the ball to the fitting aspect of the field. Dias’ go discovered Fry, who was once ready to dribble it into the center and fireplace a left-footed shot to the ground left nook of the web to put Revolution II on most sensible.
Souza prolonged New England’s lead within the 69th minute, heading house a loose kick from Homegrown midfielder Jack Panayotou. Red Bulls II broke via within the 72nd minute, however New England stood tall within the ultimate mins to safe its spot within the 2023 MLS NEXT Pro Eastern Conference Final.
Revolution II now awaits the victor of Sunday evening’s fit between No. 1 Crown Legacy FC and No. 3 Columbus Crew 2. Pending the end result, New England will both commute to Charlotte or host Columbus subsequent week within the Eastern Conference Final with the fit’s date and time to be introduced subsequent week. All MLS NEXT Pro playoff suits movement live to tell the tale MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
No. 2 New England Revolution II 2, No. 4 New York Red Bulls II 1
October 6, 2023 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
- With the win, Revolution II secured a place within the Eastern Conference Final of the 2023 MLS NEXT Pro Playoffs.
- New England earns its tenth win at Gillette Stadium in 2023 and has registered a lead to 14 of its ultimate 15 video games, together with common season, and progressed its general list to 16-6-8 in 2023.
- Defender Victor Souza scored his 2nd purpose in 2023, netting New England’s game-winner.
- Revolution Homegrown midfielder Jack Panayotou’s lend a hand on Souza’s purpose earned him his 3rd helper of 2023 and 8th purpose contribution via 12 video games in all competitions.
- Forward Malcolm Fry scored his 5th purpose in 2023 as New England improves to a 5-0-0 list when the Groton, Mass. local unearths the again of the web.
- Forward Marcos Dias’ lend a hand is his 2nd purpose contribution this postseason, after tallying the crew’s first-ever postseason purpose towards Philadelphia Union II on Sunday.
GAME CAPSULE
Referee: Abdou Ndiaye
Assistant Referees: Ricardo Ocampo, Zeno Cho
Fourth Official: Nabil Bensalah
Weather: 71 and in part cloudy
Scoring Summary:
NE – Malcolm Fry (Marcos Dias) 12’
NE – Victor Souza (Jack Panayotou) 69’
RBNY – Jullian Hall (Rafael Mosquera) 72’
Misconduct Summary:
RBNY – Amos Shapiro-Thompson (Yellow Card – Dissent) 30’
NE – Pierre Cayet (Yellow Card – Foul) 35’
RBNY – Copeland Berkley (Yellow Card – Foul) 41’
NE – Jake Rozhansky (Yellow Card – Foul) 56’
RBNY – Omar Valencia (Yellow Card – Foul) 68’
RBNY – Matthew Nocita (Yellow Card – Foul) 80’
New England Revolution II: Jacob Jackson; Colby Quiñones, Pierre Cayet, Victor Souza, Tiago Suarez (Olger Escobar 79’); Jack Panayotou, Jake Rozhansky (Patrick Leal 63’); Peyton Miller, Marcos Dias (Noble Okello 79’), Malcolm Fry (ĺtalo 87’); Jordan Adebayo-Smith.
Substitutes Not Used: Nico Campuzano, Jacob Akanyirige, Brandonn Bueno, Maciel, Weverton.
New York Red Bulls II: Alan Rutkowski; Omar Valencia, Matthew Nocita, Juan Esteban Gutierrez; Amos Shapiro-Thompson (Mohammed Sofo,81’), Bento Estrela; Wikelman Carmona (Julian Hall 67’), Ibrahim Kasule, O’Vonte Mullings (Rafael Mosquera 67’); Frank Ssebufu (Jorge Cabezas 62’).
Substitutes Not Used: Aidan Stokes, Davi Alexandre, Dija, Dylan Sullivan, Jayden Reid.