FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – As the first two Homegrown signings in New England Revolution history, Diego Fagundez and Scott Caldwell took very different paths to the pros.
Fagundez was a teenage wunderkind, signed at 15 years old while he was a freshman in high school. He made a memorable debut at 16 – drawing a penalty kick two minutes after stepping onto the field and later scoring a goal – and by the time he was 18 he’d put together a 13-goal season.
Caldwell, meanwhile, was the Revolution’s first-ever Academy captain, leading the Under-18 side in 2008.