Grande Sports Academy, Casa Grande, Arizona – Real Salt Lake – Arizona has sent members from their soccer academy to Seattle to attack the pitch in the annual MLS Generation adidas Cup. Tournament play of the 2012 GA Cup showcases the best youth soccer talent from the nation.
Generation addidas Cup annual tournament is a collaboration of Major League Soccer, US Soccer, and sponsor adidas to raise the level of soccer talent in the United States. This year, the tournament is playing host to 14 U17 and 12 U15 teams from each of the US Soccer Development Academies sponsored by a MLS team.
RSL-AZ members participating for the RSL GA Cup U17 team are Andrew Brody, Jason Eng, Cesar Cobos, Isaias Juarez, Benjamin Lopez, Jose Navarro, Corey Nemeth, and Jonathan Zabasajja.
The following is the roster for the Real Salt Lake teams competing in the MLS GA Cup.
RSL GA Cup U17 Roster |
RSL GA Cup U15 Roster |
| Renato Alburquerque | Martin Fernando Belmonte |
| Luis Vargas | Jesus Antonio Perez |
| Andrew Brody | Joshua Doughty |
| Luis Gerado Chavez | Jorge Luis Garcia |
| Cesar Cobos | Jake Sanders Gelnovatch |
| Jason Eng | Daniel Giraldo |
| Jose Hernandez | Justen Glad |
| Isaias Alejandro Juarez | Aaron Herrera |
| Guiherme Leme | Christain Herrera |
| Kayd Marquez | Alexander John Knox |
| Antonio Murrillo | Brooks Lennon |
| Jose Navarro | Daniel Moreno |
| Corey Nemeth | Adolfo Ovalle |
| Elias Rieland | Sebastian Saucedo |
| Elliot Rubio | Diego Silva |
| Bayley Scholz | David Jesse Villegas |
| Jonathan Zabasajja | Evan Waldrep |
| Thomas Ziemmer | Toshiki Yasuda |
| Benjamin Lopez |