Preseason or not, Malcolm Fry scored his first goal with the New England Revolution in Saturday's friendly against CF Montreal.

The play started with Fry taking down the ball before connecting with Eric Klein. The next pass is to Javaun Mussenden, who plays a heel flick to an unrushing Fry.

The 20-year-old attacker finishes the opportunity while advice from head coach Marko Mitrovic replayed in his head.

"I’m obviously super happy to get my first goal, be it preseason or not," Fry said. "In that moment, all I was thinking of was a specific drill we did in training this week of just keeping it low.

"All Marko said is you can miss a million times, but if the ball doesn’t leave the ground, it’s okay. I looked up, I saw where the keeper was, and I tried to keep it down. It wasn’t a perfect shot, but it went in."

Fry also had an assist during preseason, megging a Sarasota Paradise player en route to Dor Turgeman scoring.

Fry, who had five goals and six assists in 17 appearances for Revs II last year, says he's thriving under the new coaching staff.

"I think the style of play not only suits me really well, but suits the group well," Mitrovic said. "I think we’ve seen in the performances in training and in the games, there is 100 percent buy-in from everyone.

"I’m just trying to really enjoy it. Being a professional athlete is awesome, especially when you have someone who believes in you and gives you the confidence and the leeway to make mistakes and have freedom, but also freedom with discipline. I’m having a great time.”

Signed as the 13th Homegrown Player in Revolution history in October 2023, Fry has only made two MLS appearances. He's hoping for more this year.

"Being in my first year with the first team [in 2024], I maybe focused too much on being happy to be here," Fry said. "Not that being focused on being a good teammate is bad, but I’m trying to put more focus this year on not just being a good guy in the locker room and being a good influence around the club but also being someone that everyone can trust. That means being someone that the older guys and the more experienced guys can respect on the field.

"Hopefully, I’ve done that with a goal today and I’ll ty to keep doing that in training. I know it’s a fun story, but [I don’t want to] just be the [former] academy player, but be a first-team player and a real player for this club.”