US U15's Call on Revs' Youth Player

Devoy is Native of Mass. and Played for Bolts

February 13, 2009

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Revolution Under-16 forward Devin Devoy is among a group of 36 players selected to the U.S. Under-15 Boy’s National Team’s upcoming training camp.

Devoy, a native or North Attleboro, Mass., plays for the Revs’ Development Academy team. He and the 35 other players were selected by head coach Jim Barlow for the eight-day camp held at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. from Feb. 15-22.

Devoy, 14, is currently a freshman at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Mass. Prior to earning a spot in the Revolution’s Youth Development Program, Devoy played for FC Greater Boston Bolts, the former youth club team of current Revolution first team players Chris Tierney and Mike Videira. Revs Assistant Coach Paul Mariner has also served as the Technical Director for the Bolts.

Devoy, who has previous national team experience with the U.S. U14 team, made two appearances with the Revolution U16s at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Winter Showcase in early December. He scored the Revolution U16s’ only goal of the competition in a 3-1 loss to Washington Premier FC.

All 36 players in attendance at the U.S. U15 team’s first training camp of 2009 were born in 1994, and are therefore eligible for both the 2009 and 2011 FIFA Under-17 World Cups. Almost half the players (17) currently play with clubs that are members of U.S. Soccer’s Development Academy, while four – including Devoy - are with Major League Soccer youth teams.

Both the Revs’ U18 and U16 teams open their Academy schedules this weekend with away matches against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, Feb. 14 and the Baltimore Bays on Sunday, Feb. 15.

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