The Impact Academy continues its strong start to the 2014-2015 season with another pair of victories in USSDA play, topping Seacoast United in New Hampshire.
Alexandar Kulic scored the game’s only goal and David Paulmin earned the shutout as the Impact U18 remain undefeated in six games with a 1-0 victory.
“We started the game off very well with a number of chances in the first half and lots of possession,” said central defender Abdoulaye Samaké. “In the second half, Seacoast played with a very deep defensive block and we were unable to find another goal. That being said, we dictated the play well with strong defensive play and good pressure moving up the field.”
XI Impact U18: David Paulmin, Nevello Yoseke, Alexandar Kulic, Abdoulaye Samake, Leonardo Kossaka, Marco Dominguez (c), Pierre Lamothe, David Choinière, Simon Lemire, Samuel Duffek, Aron Mkungilwa
The Impact U16 was a little more successful on the offensive side of the ball, taking their matchup 4-1 on goals by Marques Antoine, Alexis Stevens and a brace by Esleyder Luarca.
“We respected our principles over the full 90 minutes, even though we had difficulty settling in defensively at times,” explained Luarca, offensive midfielder. “After the goal they scored we were able to push and score three nice goals. We are very satisfied with the result.”
XI Impact U16: Charles Desrochers, Marques Antoine, Tristano Fasulo, Jackson Pickard, Don Junior Bobe, Kévin Tran, Mathieu Choinière, Esleyder Luarca, Raphaël Garcia, Luca Piccioli, Luca Ricci (c)
Both teams will play before Marco Di Vaio’s last game this Saturday, at 11am and 1:30pm, against Continental FC Delco, on the Stade Saputo synthetic field. Attendance is free of charge.
Friendlies for U13s, U14s and U23s
In other Academy news, the U14s fell to Ottawa South United 4-1 and the U13s topped Pierrefonds 3-2 on Saturday, in friendly play.
The U23s topped the Ottawa Fury reserve team on Sunday, 2-1 on the main field at Stade Saputo. Nazim Belguendouz and Fabio Morelli scored for the home side. All players currently on the roster saw playing time in the game as the U23 will finalize its USL Pro roster in the coming days.
This Sunday, all the Pre-Academy teams will be involved in an intra-club tournament at Stade Saputo.
Detections
Over 300 players took part in the first round of tryouts for the U18 and U23 teams, with a number of young people from France coming just for these sessions, as well as a Lebanese youngster from Beirut, an Egyptian from Cairo, an American from Brooklyn, a player from Ile de la Madeleine, as well as from all across Quebec and Ontario. 52 players were held for the second round of tryouts.
