New England Revolution
Oliveira, who was born in Cambridge and is a Somerville resident, is the sixteenth Homegrown Participant in Revolution membership historical past.
The Revolution introduced the signing of 17-year-old midfielder Cristiano Oliveira as a Homegrown Participant on Wednesday morning within the newest growth from the membership’s more and more prolific academy.
Oliveira, who was born in Cambridge and is a Somerville resident, signed a four-year MLS contract that additionally features a one-year membership possibility. He’s the sixteenth Homegrown Participant in New England’s membership historical past.
A midfielder with a watch for objective, Oliveira featured for Revolution II within the MLS Subsequent Professional league for the final two seasons. He made 34 common season appearances for Revolution II in that point, scoring 5 instances and including two assists.
He was New England’s consultant on the 2025 MLS Subsequent All-Star Recreation, scoring a objective (for which he gained a free steak from Revolution crew captain Carles Gil).
Oliveira additionally made his Revolution first crew debut in 2025, showing as an alternative within the 2-1 win over native foe Rhode Island FC throughout a Spherical of 32 matchup within the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Within the 88th minute, Oliveira scored the successful objective for the Revolution:
The son of Brazilian immigrants, Oliveira is the most recent in a line of latest native academy signings.
“Cristiano Oliveira is a hard-working younger man from an unbelievable household, and his story is a shining instance of what our Professional Participant Pathway is all about,” Revolution Sporting Director Curt Onalfo mentioned by way of the crew’s announcement. “Born in Cambridge and raised in Somerville, he has impressed at each stage of our pyramid, from the academy to the second crew, to his U.S. Open Cup expertise final season. If he continues to commit himself to his craft, he’s poised to have a vivid future with the Revolution.”
After Diego Fagundez grew to become the Revolution’s first Homegrown Participant signing in 2010 (an MLS-specific designation for each locally-developed and academy gamers), New England made six extra homegrown signings over the following decade. The event has grown extra quickly in the previous few years, nevertheless, as Oliveira is the eighth such signing since 2022.
The checklist of latest academy graduates consists of Esmir Bajraktarević (now with European powerhouse PSV), Peyton Miller (a present Revolution starter), and Noel Buck (now with the San Jose Earthquakes).
Precisely what Oliveira can add to the Revolution first crew within the quick time period stays to be seen, although the presence of latest head coach Marko Mitrović could possibly be a promising one. Mitrović, accountable for an MLS crew for the primary time in his profession, was most not too long ago the top coach of the U.S. U-20 males’s nationwide crew. His capability to combine younger gamers into the primary crew might present a path for Oliveira.
“It’s thrilling to have so many proficient younger gamers like Cristiano in in our squad, and it’s all the time additional particular when a participant has this chance to symbolize his hometown membership,” Mitrović mentioned, per the Revolution announcement. “We consider that he has a excessive ceiling and we’re prepared to take a position all our assets to assist him attain his full potential and turn out to be an impactful participant for our crew. We look ahead to working with Cristiano.”
The Revolution at the moment are immersed in 2026 preseason coaching in Florida, which started on Tuesday. The membership begins the 2026 MLS common season in Nashville on Feb. 21.
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