PHOENIX – Real Salt Lake-Arizona Elite U-15 and U-16 kicked off their first Arizona tournament of the season in spectacular fashion, with both teams winning the 2015 Tuzos Challenge Championship to bring two trophies home to Grande Sports World early in the year. Check out highlights from this year’s tournament, featuring RSL-AZ Elite U-16’s 3-1...Read More
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – In their first official game together as a team, Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy U-15/16 were forced to settle for a single point in a 1-1 draw with Pateadores Soccer Club at Grande Sports World. Camilo Rodriguez opened the scoring in the second half after a bad giveaway in the back for...Read More
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – In the opening weekend of the 2015-16 U.S. Soccer Development season, Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy U-17/18 played host to Pateadores for a doubleheader at Grande Sports World. In the first of two games, Elijah Rice’s debut hat trick proved the difference in a 3-0 RSL-AZ U-17/18 win (see highlights from Saturday’s...Read More
IRVINE, Calif. – In the first action of the 2015/16 Season, Real Salt Lake-Arizona Elite U-18 and U-16 took part in the 37th Annual NHB Cup, hoping to become the second RSL-AZ team to win the tournament after the 18s took the trophy home back in 2012. Both teams showed expected growing pains in their...Read More
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – After a ten-month long season that culminated just one win shy of a national championship, Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy embark on a new journey in hopes of a championship that begins Saturday with a weekend doubleheader against Pateadores. RSL-AZ U-17/18 gets the season underway first against Pateadores, looking to repeat last...Read More
IRVINE, Calif. – The 2015-16 season at Grande Sports Academy kicks off this weekend as it always does, with Real Salt Lake-Arizona Elite competing in the North Huntington Beach Cup. This year, RSL-AZ Elite U-16 and U-18 look to get the season started on a high note at the 37th Annual NHB Cup. RSL-AZ Elite...Read More
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Grande Sports Academy is pleased to announce the addition of Victor Fernandez and Claine Plummer to the soccer coaching staff for the 2015-16 season. Victor Fernandez joins Grande Sports Academy after serving as an assistant coach for the Chicago Fire Academy, where his son Collin played before signing a Homegrown contract...Read More
SANDY, Utah – Grande Sports Academy and Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy forward/midfielder Edgar Duran has signed a contract with Real Monarchs, becoming the 24th alumni to sign a professional contract and the sixth to sign with the Monarchs. Duran scored 24 goals in 42 games in his lone U.S. Soccer Development Academy season with Real...Read More
LIVERPOOL, England – Grande Sports Academy and Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy forward Brooks Lennon has officially signed a contract with 18-time English champions and five-time European champions Liverpool FC. Lennon scored 51 goals in 68 games over the course of three U.S. Soccer Development Academy seasons in Casa Grande, playing for Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy...Read More
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – After a historic season that culminated in a trip to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy championship game and four single-season records being broken, Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy U-17/18 players were disappointed and reflective after a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Fire in the national championship game. “Of course the game that...Read More