CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Real Salt Lake U-16 Academy defender Justen Glad has been named to the U-17 MNT for the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, which determines the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup participants from the CONCACAF region.
The U-17 MNT will kickoff the CONCACAF U-17 Championship with group play on April 7th against Haiti. They wrap up group play on April 11th against Guatemala. Automatic berths are given to CONCACAF team, who finish the Championship in the top four. For the U-17 MNT to qualify for the 2013 U-17 World Cup, they would have to advance out of the group and defeat an opponent in the quarterfinals.
The fifteenth edition of the U17 World Cup will then take place between October 17th-November 8th in United Arab Emirates.
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