Union U19s score 11 in rout of Seacoast United

Jeremy Rafanello, Tonny Temple and Issa Rayyan each connected with two goals and five others also found the back of the net for the Philadelphia Union U19 team in an 11-0 rout of Seacoast United last Saturday.

Brenden Aaronson, Daniel Bloyou, Seth Kuhn, Darius Lewis and Ramzi Qawasmy all got in on the goal party for the Union, which won their third straight game and ran their unbeaten streak to 10 games. It was the most goals for the team since they scored eight against Players Development Academy at home in November.

Tomas Romero played the first 60 minutes and Brady McSwain kept the clean sheet intact the final 30 minutes. Rafanello’s two goals brought his team-leading season total to 19 in 18 games, which is one shy of the 20 he had last year for Continental FC. He’s now fifth in the country in scoring. Temple is second on the team with 11 and Rayyan third with 7 goals. Bloyou and Kuhn both had their first goals of the season.

Qawasmy’s goal was his first for the Union since joining from Continental FC last summer.

Saturday’s win also marked the return of Carter Emack to the lineup as a substitute in the 62nd minute. The midfielder who is committed to SMU this fall has missed all of the season with an injury.

The Union remained in second place in the Atlantic Division with a 13-2-3 record, six points behind the New York Red Bulls, who have an unblemished 16-0-0 record and two games in hand.

Check out a photo gallery from the U19 game at the Union Youth website

In other academy action last weekend:

Matthew Ralph

Matthew Ralph is the managing editor of Philadelphia Soccer Now. He's covered soccer at all levels for a decade in the Philadelphia region and has also written for TheCup.us, NPSL, PrepSoccer and other publications. He lives with his wife and two young children in Broomall, Pa., but grew up in South Jersey and is originally from Kansas.

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