{"id":692654,"date":"2026-03-30T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/692654\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:01:11","slug":"generation-adidas-cup-day-3-philadelphia-new-england-u16s-top-liga-mx-foes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/692654\/","title":{"rendered":"Generation adidas Cup Day 3: Philadelphia &#038; New England U16s top LIGA MX foes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final day of the weekend also marked the conclusion of group action at the 2026 Generation adidas Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Group winners were decided, with the first-place finishers securing spots in the Championship Bracket.<\/p>\n<p>Knockout games are scheduled to begin on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/d-c-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">D.C. United<\/a>&#8216;s U15s are marching on after securing one of the tournament\u2019s biggest upsets: a 1-0 victory over FC Barcelona, thanks to Marco Vita&#8217;s lone goal in the 45th minute. The win secured first place in Group D for the Black-and-Red.<\/p>\n<p>Cedar Stars Academy made it three wins from three games, topping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/new-england-revolution\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Revolution<\/a>, 2-1, on Christopher Fitanidis&#8217; 50th-minute strike. Dayson Ocampo and New England\u2019s Landon Ho Sang traded first-half goals.<\/p>\n<p>With the full points needed to secure progress in Group F, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/columbus-crew\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Crew<\/a> rallied to defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/houston-dynamo-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Dynamo FC<\/a>, 2-1. Dax Munson put Houston up in the 12th minute with a strike that Marcos Costa canceled out. Leonardo Woehl\u2019s 42nd-minute goal provided the margin of victory for Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>A barrage of goals powered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/los-angeles-football-club\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LAFC<\/a> past Mile Gully Football Team, 3-0, and into the Championship Bracket. Shane Jagtiani\u2019s 40th-minute breakthrough opened the floodgates, with Marlon Sanchez extending the lead in the 56th minute, and Jagtiani adding another to nab a brace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite a late rally by Seongnam FC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/fc-cincinnati\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FC Cincinnati<\/a> earned just enough points to top Group I after a 2-2 draw. First-half goals from Giovanni Garcia and Grant Choi gave FCC a 2-0 lead at the break. Gyubin Kwak\u2019s second-half brace flipped the script, but Cincinnati still advanced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/orlando-city-sc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando City<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/seattle-sounders-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Sounders FC<\/a> shared the points in a 2-2 draw, with Seattle earning the extra point in the ensuing penalty-kick shootout. Cristopher Batiz put the Sounders ahead before Jonas Alcala answered with two goals of his own. Aedan Suh sent the game to PKs with a late equalizer.<\/p>\n<p>As the six top second-place finishers all advanced, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/red-bull-new-york\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Bull New York<\/a> secured progression with a 3-1 win over RSC Anderlecht. Wells Kasserman staked RBNY to an early lead just a minute into the game, though the Belgian side answered four minutes later. However, Pietro Lolos responded with a brace to put Red Bull ahead for good.<\/p>\n<p>Winston Hoover, James Rodriguez and Giuliani Garcia scored to power <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/charlotte-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte FC<\/a> to a 3-0 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/colorado-rapids\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Rapids<\/a>. That boosted the Crown to seven points in Group H, only behind LAFC and into the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Also set to progress are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/cf-montreal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CF Montr\u00e9al<\/a> and Valencia CF of Spain. The two sides battled to a 1-1 draw, thanks to a late equalizer for CFMTL&#8217;s Cyrus He. Montr\u00e9al earned the additional point with a shootout win, and both sides moved on with seven points.<\/p>\n<p>Toulouse FC and FC Bayern advanced as group winners; the French side beat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/philadelphia-union\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Union<\/a>, 2-0, while the German team progressed despite a 1-0 setback against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/toronto-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto FC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a tussle between top MLS academy sides, Orlando City edged Seattle Sounders FC by a 3-2 scoreline. First-place in Group B was also on the line, and the win ensured Orlando had both teams progress to the Championship Bracket.<\/p>\n<p>Hector Aguirre scored a 45th-minute winner after a wild, back-and-forth match. Mateus Cabral&#8217;s opened the scoring for Orlando City before Wells Lear answered for Seattle. The Lions retook the lead via Matias Velazco, only for Daniel Buezo to answer for the Sounders just two minutes later. That, plus a late DOGSO red card for Seattle goalkeeper William Bischoff, set the table for Aguirre\u2019s decisive goal.<\/p>\n<p>Two MLS sides got the best of LIGA MX opponents on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>New England Revolution topped Club Am\u00e9rica, 2-1, to advance as group winners. Matthew Jean Baptiste\u2019s 37th-minute strike provided the winning margin after the Revolution overturned a one-goal deficit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia Union advanced with a 2-0 defeat of CF Monterrey. Miles Smith opened the scoring for the Union, with Olatimoni Gbalajobi adding another to secure the result.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/vancouver-whitecaps-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> sealed a perfect group stage with a 2-1 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/fc-dallas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FC Dallas<\/a>. Eli West put FCD out in front just four minutes into the match, but Simeon Cruickshank netted a brace for the Canadian side to complete the comeback victory.<\/p>\n<p>Easton Wilson scored a brace of his own to lead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/real-salt-lake\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Salt Lake<\/a> to a 2-1 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/nashville-sc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville SC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, several international sides advanced as group winners: SK Slavia Prague, Red Bull Bragantino, Boca Juniors, and FC Copenhagen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final day of the weekend also marked the conclusion of group action at the 2026 Generation adidas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":692655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,290067,290068,1448,2830,1311,37638,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-692654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-generation-adidas-cup","10":"tag-mls-next","11":"tag-pa","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-sendtonews","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116318732077822142","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}