Preseason training stints offer valuable link between first team and Academy

TUCSON, Ariz. – Diego Fagundez, Scott Caldwell and Zach Herivaux are the first three Homegrown players in New England Revolution history, but the trio’s shared past dates back to well before they were playing the game professionally.

All three players spent extensive time training with the Revolution first team while they were still youngsters in the club’s Academy. Fagundez spent a full year alternating between the Revs’ Under-16 squad and the pro team. Caldwell trained with the Revolution every summer during his time at Akron. Herivaux traveled on a pair of preseason trips to Tucson while he was still an Academy player.

Those experiences offered endless benefits to both the players and the…