Whitecaps FC Residency teams were in action on both Saturday and Sunday at the National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC), facing Silicon Valley Soccer Academy (SVSA) and San Jose Earthquakes.
U-19
The ‘Caps came out firing on Saturday with a 5-2 win over SVSA.
Jefferson Alade scored two goals, with the others coming from Theo Bair, Nikolas Papakriakopoulos, and Jalen Watson.
Lineup vs. SVSA
Trevor Schneider; Jake Ruby, Liam Robinson, Keenan Foley, Jalen Watson (Nikolas Papakriakopoulos 70’); Nicholas Fussell (Noah Verhoeven (60’), Andres Charles-Barrera, Anthony Caceres (Michael Baldisimo HT); Simon Stacey (Theo Bair HT), Jefferson Alade, Ethan Gopaul (Gabriel Escobar HT)
On Sunday the ‘Caps returned to the field with a 2-1 win over San Jose Earthquakes.
Theo Bair opened the scoring three minutes in on a build-up from Michael Baldisimo and Noah Verhoeven off of a short corner kick.
After San Jose tied it in the 30th minute, Bair then scored his second of the match in the 87th minute, heading in a cross from Baldisimo for the winner.
Lineup vs. San Jose
Thomas Hasal; Jake Ruby, Liam Robinson, Andres Charles-Barrera, Gabriel Escobar; Nicholas Fussell, Michael Baldisimo (Keenan Foley 85’), Noah Verhoeven; Georges Mukumbilwa (Gurman Sangha 70’), Jose Hernandez (Jefferson Alade 60’), Theo Bair
U-17
The U-17s started off with a 6-1 victory Saturday over SVSA.
The goals were scored by Keisean Brooks, Simon Colyn, Nikolas White, Patrick Rusczyk, Logan Chung, and Kyle Gomes.
Lineup vs. SVSA
Justyn Sandhu; T-boy Fayia (Deylen Vellios HT), Nikolas White, Owen McBride, Matteo de Brienne; Ali Zohar, Tristan Torresan, Simon Colyn (Logan Chung HT); Damiano Pecile, Patrick Ruszcyk (Yigal Bruk 60’), Keisean Brooks (Kyle Gomes HT)
The ‘Caps followed up with a 4-0 win over San Jose on Sunday.
Nikolas White opened the scoring, with Keisean Brooks then scoring two goals, and Damiano Pecile rounding things out.
Lineup vs. San Jose
Chituru Odunze; T-boy Fayia (Deylen Vellios 80’), Nikolas White, Christian Campagna, Christopher Lee; Ali Zohar, Chance Carter, Simon Colyn (Logan Chung 72’); Eryk Kobza (Damiano Pecile 72’), Patrick Ruszcyk (Yigal Bruk 60’), Keisean Brooks (Kyle Gomes 72’)
“Overall a good weekend from the boys,” U-17 head coach Adam Day told whitecapsfc.com. “There were some moments that we need to improve upon, but I feel the guys are starting to get close to the levels that we expect from them now, so all positive signs.”
U-15
The U-15s played to a 2-2 draw against SVSA on Saturday.
Frixos Petsas and Niko Sigur scored the goals.
Lineup vs. SVSA
Ben Alexander; Bhagvir Sidhu, Naseeb Bains, Juliano Campedelli, Lucas Hermans (Matteo Campagna 41’); Niko Sigur, Brandon Torresan (Dale Reas-Do 41’), Brian Ananias; Kam Habibullah, Isaac Milambo (Jaeden Mercure 41’), Frixos Petsas (Theo Afework 66’)
The Sunday match ended in a 4-1 defeat against San Jose. Kam Habibullah scored the goal for the ‘Caps.
Lineup vs. San Jose
Emil Gazdov; Bhagvir Sidhu, Naseeb Bains (Kyle Degelman 60’), Matteo Campagna (Lucas Hermans 51’); Niko Sigur (Junior Nkana Bassi 60’), Brandon Torresan, Dale Reas-Do (Jaeden Mercure 51’), Brian Ananias; Kam Habibullah, Isaac Milambo (Jaeden Mercure 41’), Eric White (Frixos Petsas 41’)
“Overall it was a very competitive weekend for us with both matches,” noted U-15 head coach James Merriman. “The group has worked hard over a busy couple of weeks and will now take a needed rest this weekend before getting back to work and preparing for our next games.”
