HARRISON, N.J. – The New York Red Bulls Academy built on their strong starts to the season, as the U-13, U-14, U-16, and U-18 teams all emerged victorious on Saturday, September 24. All four teams travelled to Pennsylvania to play the PA Classics. All Red Bulls Academy teams are a combined 21-0-1 on the season.
New York Red Bulls U-18 (1) vs. PA Classics (0)
The Red Bulls U18s remain unbeaten after winning at PA Classics. The U18s traveled to Lancaster, Pa. on Saturday, September 24, to play the PA Classics and came away with a 1-0 win. The Red Bulls came out strong but struggled to finish on the difficult playing surface. Omir Fernandez would score the game’s only goal early in the second half. The Red Bulls finished with a 16-3 advantage in shots but would only need the one goal by Fernandez, his team-leading seventh goal of the season.
The Red Bulls U18s moved to 5-0-0 and will host Players Development Academy this Sunday, October 2 at the Red Bulls Training Facility at 1:30 pm.
Scoring Summary:
NY: Omir Fernandez 58’
Lineup: Carlos Alvarado, Chris Bermudez (Austin Tucker 60’), Vincent Borden, Omir Fernandez, DeAndre Golding, Anthony Herbert, Sam Ilin, Benjamin Mines, Evan Peters, Zachary Ryan (JP Marin), Kazuyoshi Shigenobu
Subs not used: Maxwell Aunger, Fernando Docters, Juan Carlos Merino, Matt Frank, Nick Schimbeno
New York Red Bulls U-16 (1) vs. PA Classics (0)
The Red Bulls U16’s won a difficult game on the road against PA Classics with a late goal. The U16’s dominated the majority of the game and were unlucky on several occasions in the first half.
“We had a lot of success on the right side of the field in the first half, Aziel and Dylan were able to combine and get in behind quite often. PA Classics did a great job in blocking a lot of crosses and shots in the first half,” Nick Schimbeno said.
Against the run of play, PA Classics had a looping shot in the 29th minute that hit the top of the crossbar and was then cleared away. In the 46th minute and 59th minute, substitute Jack Valderrabano had two great chances to open the scoring but both shots were narrowly wide.
In the 75th minute of the game, forward Aziel Jackson made a great run from the left wing. Jackson beat several defenders before combining at the top of the penalty box with Scotty Taylor and was then brought down as he went in on goal. Jackson calmly converted the penalty kick into the lower left hand corner of the goal. Matt Goodman recorded his 1st shutout victory of the season in goal.
The Red Bulls U16s are now 4-0-1 on the season. They take on Players Development Academy this Sunday, October 2, at 4:00 pm, at the Red Bulls Training Facility.
Scoring Summary:
NY: Aziel Jackson PK 76‘
Lineup: Matt Goodman, Dylan Sullivan, (Jayden Reid 69’), Sean Ryan (Jordan Bailon 41’), Connor Maurer, Jared Juleau, Nick Schimbeno, Kevin Alvarado (Jack Valderrabano 31’), Skylar Conway, Aziel Jackson, Scotty Taylor, Danny Jara (Anthony Rovito 65’).
Subs not used: Matt Frank, Amadeo Chapru-tate, Evan Chacon
Man of the Match: Aziel Jackson
New York Red Bulls U-14s (3) vs PA Classics (0)
The U14s traveled to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to take on PA Classics, Saturday morning. Danny Ramm finished a rebound off the post from Amir Daley's initial shot in the 32nd minute to open the scoring.
New signing Jake Novoshelski scored in his first game for his new club from the right side of the penalty area, slotting home the second goal of the game for the 14s from a nice feed from Ramm. Justin Weiss needed no help as he finished the scoring in the 72nd minute, blasting a left footed shot into the upper ninety to put the game out of reach at 3-0.
The defense is yet to concede a goal this season, shutting out the opponent for the third straight game. The Red Bulls U14s are 3-0-0 on the season.
Scoring Summary:
NY: Danny Ramm 32’ (Amir Daley)
NY: Jake Novoshelski 53’ (Danny Ramm)
NY: Justin Weiss 72’
Lineup: Alex Bobocea, Gabe Llanos (Jake Novoshelski 41’), Hamza Shehata, Bryce Lebel, John Tolkin (Justin Weiss 63’), Alex dos Santos (Murat Calkap 65’), Aidan Borra, Jayson Argueta (Matthew Acosta 41’), Kyle Linhares (Andrew Maia 65’), Danny Ramm (Esteban Molina 65’), Amir Daley
Subs Not Used: David Ossipov-Grodsky
New York Red Bulls U-13 (4) vs PA Classics (1)
The New York Red Bulls U13’s won 4-1 on the road at PA Classics this past weekend. The first goal came after 11 minutes after an excellent run and ball through from right full back Curt Calov, who found Adam Havens inside the penalty area who finished well with the outside of his right foot. PA Classics then tied the game in the 17th minute after the Red Bulls defense did not deal with PA Classics corner. Aldo Munoz made a good first save but the resulting cross and shot was finished to bring the home team level.
Christien Merritt would score his first goal of the season in the 27th minute to restore the Red Bulls lead, after a nice link up on the right between Zach Wheeler and Leo Guarino. Omre’ Etienne would then score two goals in the second half. The first from a free kick wide on the left that was served in by Jakob Friedman for Etienne to score with a glancing header into the far corner. The next would come in the 70th minute after an excellent turn and finish after a good ball through by JJ Zaun.
The Red Bulls U13 improved to 3-0-0 on the season, and return to play their next match at home against local rivals, Player Development Academy on Saturday, October 1 at 3:30pm at the New York Red Bulls Training Facility.
Scoring Summary:
NY: Adam Havens 11’ (Curt Calov)
PA Goal
NY: Christien Merritt 27’ (Leo Guarino)
NY: Omre’ Etienne 60’ (Jakob Friedman)
NY: Omre’ Etienne (2) 70’ (JJ Zaun)
Lineup: Aldo Munoz, Curt Calvo, Holden Tabije (Ethen Horrobin 35’), Gavin Tabije (Jakob Friedman 35’), Christien Merritt, Carmelo Carbone, Derrick Rivera (JJ Zaun 35’), Max Kastl (Ethan Harris 45’), Adam Havens (Omre’ Etienne 45), Leo Guarino (Dion Ahmetaj 50’), Zach Wheeler (Joey Zalinsky 35’)
