CRANSTON EAST SOCCER

East plays Mt. Pleasant at 5:00

today at the Stadium!

Thunderbolt: Practice & Game Schedule

Varsity & J.V. Schedule (Updated 9/8)

Bolts - 2017

The Thunderbolt started their 2018 season with a 3-1 Injury Fund win over Scituate. Here, Angel Lopez takes a perfect pass from Kerin Murillo and heads it by the Spartan Goalie for a goal.

Varsity - 2018

Bolts give Northmen their first lost, 2-1!

After giving North Smithfield their first loss of the year, Cranston East takes on the Kilties of Mt. Pleasant at Cranston Stadium for their fourth win in a row.

West Warwick at Cranston East

After scoring 27 goals and recording 33 assists in Division III competition over the past two years, Junior All-Stater Kerin Murillo has already scored 3 goals and recorded 2 assists in 2018.

Kerin Murillo scores one of his team-leading 18 goals against Davies in a 6-3 victory for Cranston East in the fall of 2017.

Richmond Miamen scores the most important goal of his career in an overtime win over Burrillville in the 2017 Quarter-finals.

Varsity Head Coach

Head Coach Richard Grenier is in his 6th year at the helm of the Thunderbolt Soccer Program. In 25 years as a Soccer Coach in the RIIL, he has recorded over 250 RISCA victories and a career record of 280-124-79. He has directed his teams to 24 playoff appearances, 9 sportsmanship awards, 6 state final appearances, 3 state championships, 15 semi-final appearances and 10 Cranston "City Cup" Championships out of 14 games played. He has the distinction of being the only RISCA coach in the history of Rhode Island Boys' Soccer to have three different teams (Cranston West Falcons in 1996, West Warwick Wizards in 2007 & Cranston East Thunderbolt in 2014) awarded the RISOA (soccer officials) Team Sportsmanship Award, as well as three different schools win State Championships (Cranston West in 1996, West Warwick in 2004 & Cranston East in 2017).

Assistant Coaches

Matt Grenier, who holds career records at WWHS with 376 saves, 38 wins & 20 shutouts, continues as the Bolts Assistant Coach & Junior Varsity Head Coach. In his first year, he posted a 9-1-6 record.

Jake Leander is playing for CCRI this fall. The former All-Division defender, will continue as a volunteer coach for his third year.

Pat Finucane, who anchored one of the best Bolt defenses in 2015 , earned All-Division honors in 2014 & 2015. He joins the Thunderbolt staff as a volunteer coach in 2018.

Rich Grenier Jr., who has been coaching on the sidelines of East since 2013, will continue as a volunteer coach on a limited basis this fall. The former All-Stater, who led the state with 224 saves as a senior in 2012, graduated from Bryant University in 2017.

Scituate at Cranston East

JV - 2018

Cranston East 4 West Warwick 0:
The Cranston East JV squad moved to 2-1-0 on the year with a 4-0 win over West Warwick. Goalkeepers, Mustafa Abbas and Luis Samayoa-Illescas, combined for their first shutout of the year.

Defensively, the Green and White received solid efforts from Josue Molina, Louis Reyes, Joe Lenk and Carter Wolf.

Offensively, they were led by Mario Meletz (two goals), Carlos Andrade (one goal), Jonathan Soberanis (one goal and one assist) and Albert Lopez (one assist).

Cranston East 5 Wheeler 1:
The Thunderbolt Junior Varsity team evened their record at 1-1-0 with a resounding 5-1 victory over Wheeler.

While receiving solid efforts in goal by Mustafa Abbas and Luis Samayoa-Illescas, the Bolt struck for five goals by Albert Lopez (2), Carlos Andrade, Noah Sylva and Louis Reyes. Garnering assists were Josue Molina, Mario Meletz and Noah Sylva.

The Thunderbolts of Cranston East, who had a 31 game streak without a card spanning from 2013-2015, have received only 16 cards over the past six seasons (99 games played).

Giovanni "Gio" Canales, who earned First Team All-Division honors for the Bolt Soccer team in 2016 and 2017, will focus on baseball full time this fall. He ended his soccer career with 330 saves, 11 shutouts and 25 wins. Recently, Canales confirmed that he will take his baseball talents to Coppin State University in the Fall of 2019.