U.S. Under-17 boys win twice in Development Academy league

The U.S. Under-17 Men\'s National Team \'92s picked up a pair of Development Academy wins this weekend, topping Clearwater, 5-0, and IMG, 3-1.

Local players Julio Arjona and Shaquille Phillips both played two games with one start, while Drew Hartell also played both games as a substitute, and  Samir Badr played on one game as a substitute. 

Five different goal scorers contributed to the win over Clearwater on Saturday night, with Donovan Henry and Christian Alvarez each picking up a goal and an assist. After taking a 1-0 lead into halftime behind an Alfred Koroma goal, the U.S. turned up its attack in the second half with four goals.

On Sunday afternoon, the U.S. played its campus rivals, IMG Academy, and were led by two Scott Caldwell goals in the 3-1 win. IMG took an early lead, as Michael Radecke put them on top in the 10th minute. Alvarez scored his second goal just before halftime to level the score. Caldwell put two away in the second half to help earn the USA its second victory in as many days.

U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team Game Report

Participants: USA  vs. Clearwater Chargers
Competition: Development Academy
Location: Dave Martin Field, Clearwater, Florida
Date: March 1st, 2008
Weather: 64 degrees

Scoring Summary:
              1    2    F
USA      1    4    5
CWC    0    0    0

USA - Alfred Koroma (Donovan Henry)          34th minute
USA - Christian Alvarez                                      43.
USA - Donovan Henry (Christian Alvarez)      50.
USA - Carlos Martinez                                        76.
USA - Brian Span (Zachary Herold)                 79.
 
Lineups:
USA U 16 - 1-Spencer Richey; 2-Chase Miller, 3-Tyler Polak, 4-Julio Arjona (14-Estan Arevalo, 41), 6-Shaquille Phillips (16-Zachary Herol, 61); 5-Bryan Duran, 8-Alex Bramall, 11-Carlos Martinez, 13-Christian Alvarez (10-Scott Caldwell, 64); 9-Alfred Koroma (12-Andrew Hartell, 64), 7-Donovan Henry (15-Brian Span, 61);

Subs not used: 18-Brian Sylvestre

CLC- 1-Robbie Wallace; 3-Hogan Carrington, 7-Sam Venker (15-Sean Rafferty, 57), 12-Francisco Villar (4-Anthony Brenner, 68), 18-Nicolas Jones; 5-Shane Wixted (15-Sean Rafferty, 55), 10-Anthony Bauman (6-Jason Lopacuik, 72), 11-Alex Tuch, 22-Ben Sweat (20-Alexander Politis, 72); 2-Wesley Sever, 17-Thomas Roehn

Subs not used: 15-Sean Rafferty


Statistical Summary:
USA / CWC
Shots 15 / 7
Shots on goal 7 / 3
Saves 3 / 3
Fouls 13 / 5
Corner Kicks 5 / 3
Offside 5 / 1
 

U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team Game Report

Participants: USA U16 YNT vs. IMG U16
Competition: Development Academy
Location: IMG Fields, Bradenton, Florida
Date: March 2nd, 2008
Weather: Sunny, 72 degrees

Scoring Summary: 
           1     2     F
USA   1     2     3
IMG    1     0     1

IMG    Michael Radecke    10th minute
USA   Christian Alvarez     39.
USA   Scott Caldwell         61.
USA   Scott Caldwell         64.

Lineups:
USA: - 1-Spencer Richey (18-Samir Badr, 41); 2-Chase Miller (14-Shaquille Phillips, 70), 3-Tyler Polak, 4-Estanilao Arevalo (17-Julio Arjona, 62), 6-Zachary Herold; 5-Zach Barnes, 8-Alex Bramall, 11-Rob Derschang, 13-Christian Alvarez (10-Scott Caldwell, 52); 7-Alfred Koroma (15-Andrew Hartell, 57), 9-Jaime Gutierrez (16-Brian Span, 60);

Subs not used:

Head Coach: Wilmer Cabrera

IMG:- 1-Eric Reyes; 2-Zarek Valentin, 3-Dominique Close, 5-Chris Kurutz, 8-Miguel Medina; 4-Bradley Doliner (12-Matthew Glodack, 68), 6-Michael Radecke (9-Ariel Hughes, 55), 17-Jon Eckford (14-Kyle Bellinger, 77), 22-Reinaldo Brenes; 7-Patrick Otte, 20-Zachary Steinberger;

Subs not used: 10-Thomas Palmer, 11-Devon Usher, 13-Nathan Holmes, 15-Jamal Manning

Head Coach: John Rooney

Statistical Summary:
          USA / IMG
Shots 13 / 2
Shots on goal 6 / 1
Saves 0 / 2
Fouls 9 / 15
Corner Kicks 9 / 3
Offside 4 / 0

Misconduct Summary:
IMG     Eric Reyes (caution)                27th minute
IMG     Reinaldo Brenes (caution)    41.
USA    Rob Derschang (caution)      68.
USA    Brian Span (caution)               76.