RSL U18 Elite were eliminated in Arizona State Cup play when they were defeated, 4-1, by Fusion FC in the final group game. Lone goal was score by Tyler Buckley.
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RSL U18 Elite were eliminated in Arizona State Cup play when they were defeated, 4-1, by Fusion FC in the final group game. Lone goal was score by Tyler Buckley.
Full Game Recap Here
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At Tuesday’s training, the U18’s spent the entire practice working on their shooting skills. Enjoy the gallery.
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Last Wednesday fifteen of our seniors signed a Letter of Intent to play college soccer. Before the players could sign, each one of them addressed their families, teammates and friends by giving a “thank you speech”.
Picture gallery from the dinner here.
Quotes from each player about the college they are going to.
Video 1 – Players in order of appearance: Tigran Tiraturyan (CSUSB), Brandon Marquez (Seattle), Danny Gavin (Washington), Jon Zabasajja (SMU), Brandon Johnston (Gardner Webb), Amer Sasivarevic (GCU), Jonathan Stadler (Oregon State), Coco Navarro (Marquette), Tony Murillo (High Point) & Kostas Kotselas (UWM).
Video 2 – Players in order of appearance: Isaias “Junior” Juarez (UWM), Ive Burnett (South Carolina), Andrew Brody (Louisville), AJ Esparza (Air Force), Trevor Hyman (Stanford)
Video 2 –
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Sacrifice, commitment and hard work are words that are tossed around quite frequently at the Grande Sports Academy and fifteen seniors saw their efforts rewarded by signing their National Letter of Intent on Thursday night.
The seniors spoke about the experience of signing below.
Andrew Brody, University of Louisville – What is it like to sign “It feels great. I have been committed for a year now and just to have this day to officially become a Louisville Cardinal is special. I can’t wait to join them.”
AJ Esparza, Air Force Academy – Thank you speech “I just want to thank my family as you have done so much for me. Thank you coaches and staff and I’m exited to serve for my country and protecting all of you guys.”
Trevor Hyman, Stanford University – What is it like to sign “This is probably the biggest day of my life. I’m super excited and I’m just really happy I could do it with my whole family here and all my friends. I’m just really excited to be a part of the Cardinal.”
Brandon Marquez, University of Seattle – Thank you speech “I want to thank all the staff here, my teammates and all my coaches especially Freddy who has been there from the beginning helping me out and supporting me. I want to say thank you to my family for always supporting me and making all the sacrifices for me to be here.”
Ive Burnett, University of South Carolina – What is it like to sign “It’s amazing and truly a blessing to see my dreams become a reality. I just want to take my talents to South Carolina and hopefully I will have success there that I have had here.”
Jon Zabassajja, Southern Methodist University – Thank you speech “I have been a part of Real Salt Lake for three years and I want to thank Freddy who has been here all three years. Tim who just recently got here and Tony who got here last year. I want to thank my mentor Mike Rabasca who has helped me though the college decision as well as the coaches here. I want to thank Martin who is a great coach who I admire very much. I want to thank my mom and dad and everyone who is here today.”
Tigran Tiraturyan, California State University, San Bernardino – What is it like to sign “Honestly it’s an amazing feeling. I didn’t think I would have the chance to sign. Seeing my teammates signing with all their families and all the coaches here makes this a special day. It’s an amazing feeling to sign.”
Brandon Johnston, Gardner Webb University – Thank you speech “I want to say thank you to my parents for pushing me and getting me to this level. I’m really excited to go back home to North Carolina and I want to thank the coaching staff and all the staff at the Academy. Thank you for all the memories and I want to thank all my friends. If it wasn’t for you guys I wouldn’t be here right now.
Danny Gavin, University of Washington – What is it like to sign “Unbelievable to know that all the work I have put in over the past 10 years playing club, getting up in the morning and working out pays off. Now I get to play for a Division I college program.
Isaias “Junior” Juarez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – What is it like to sign “It’s a really good feeling after all the years of putting in hard work. This is everything that I’ve worked for and it’s especially special to here with all my teammates who are as lucky as me.”
Amer Sasivarevic, Grand Canyon University – What is it like to sign “It feels great to get a lot of pressure off my back. I’m just grateful to live in such a good environment with great coaches, great teammates and all the staff around. I just feel blessed to be here.”
Antonio “Tony” Murillo, High Pointe University – Thank you speech “I want to thank my coaches for making me a better player and always pushing me everyday and I want to thank my teammates and my family.”
Jose “Coco” Navarro, Marquette University – What is it like to sign “It feels great. I’m happy I was able to sign and I’m looking forward to it. I’m pretty pumped.”
Jonathan Stadler, Oregon State University – What is it like to sign “Back in middle school I was the type of student that was barely passing classes with C’s. But on an academic standpoint this has been such a maturing experience and figuring it out of your own is something I have always worked hard for. I think making the decision to come down to the academy was a personal decisions and it was a maturing one. I’m happy to finally commit to a school. It’s cool to look towards to future and see what the next 4 years are going to be like and I think I’m going to enjoy it.”
Kostas Kotselas, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Thank you speech “I have been here for 6 months and it has been fun with all the coaches here. A lot of people think going to Wisconsin was a big jump for me because of the weather but I loved everything about the city and the school. None of that would have been possible without the coaches here. I want to thank my parents for sacrificing a lot for me.”
Grande Sports Academy, Casa Grande, AZ – Two more members of the Real Salt Lake – Arizona soccer academy announce verbal commitments today. Forward Danny Gavin and Defender Rodrigo Uriarte plan to continue their academic and soccer careers at Division 1 colleges.
Danny Gavin has given his verbal commitment to attend the University of Washington Huskies squad in the fall of 2013. This past season Gavin scored 9 goals to assist the U17/18 team into the United States Soccer Development Academy’s national playoffs earlier this summer.
The UW Huskies 2011-12 men’s soccer team finished in second place in the North Conference of the PAC-12 with a 12-4-2 record. Disappointed from missing a selection to the NCAA last year, UW coach Jamie Clark is very optimistic for the 2012 season as the team hits the pitch last week.
Rodrigo Uriarte has given his verbal commitment to attend Stony Brook University Seawolves – The State University of New York. Uriarte played in 28 of the 30 games for the U15/16 team during the 2011-12 USSDA season. His leadership contributed to the team’s second place finish in the SoCal Division of the USSDA West Conference and a bid to the national soccer playoffs.
The Seawolves compete in the American East Conference in which it won the 2011-12 conference championship. The win gave the 10-6-4 Seawolves an automatic bid to the NCAA soccer tournament. During the 2012 spring soccer season, the Seawolves went undefeated at 4-0-0. Coach Ryan Anatol is confident the team will again play through a difficult schedule to defend its American East Conference championship.
The United States Soccer Development Academy has released the draw set for the 2011-12 Development Academy soccer playoffs. The draw set contains 32 teams from the U15/16 and 32 teams from the U17/18 USSDA soccer clubs around the United States.
In only its second year of competition, the Grande Sports Academy’s soccer team, Real Salt Lake – Arizona, has again qualified for both the U15/16 and U17/18 USSDA playoffs. RSL-AZ teams ramp up for the playoffs as they begin to focus on playing in the June 25th tournament in Frisco, Texas.
The first round of Academy Playoff play contains 8 Groups of four teams. The winner of each group advances to the Development Academy Finals Week from July 16 -23 in Houston Texas.
RSL-AZ U17/18 garnered a third seed in Group 5 along with FC Dallas from Frisco Texas, Sockers FC from Palatine Illinois, and McLean Youth Soccer from McLean Virginia.
RSL-AZ U15/16 secured a second seed in Group 4 along with the Chicago Fire from Bridgeview Illinois, Seattle Sounders FC from Tukwila Washington, and the Clearwater Chargers from Clearwater Florida.
The U17/18 soccer squad finished the season in third place in the SoCal Division of the West Conference with 31 points.The team scoring leader Maikon Orrellana ended the season with 13 goals. Joining Orrellana is Danny Gavin and Jordan Allen with 7 goals, Etiandro Tavares with 6 goals, and Dylan Kelly with 5 goals.
The U15/16 team finished the season in second place with 34 points. Jose Navarro lead the team in goals this season with 15 goals. Andrew Brody contributed 9 goals and Trevor Hyman kicked in 7 goals for the season.
U17/18 Team
June 25, 2012 – 8:00pm – Field 9 – Sockers FC (H) vs Real Salt Lake – AZ (A)
June 26, 2012 – 8:00pm – Field 11 – Real Salt Lake – AZ (H) vs FC Dallas (A)
June 28, 2012 – 11:00am – Field 7 – Real Salt Lake – AZ (H) vs McLean Youth Soccer (A)
U15/16 Team
June 26, 2012 – 4:00pm – Field 17 – Real Salt Lake – AZ (H) vs Seattle Sounders FC (A)
June 27, 2012 – 6:30pm – Field 14 – Clearwater Chargers (H) vs Real Salt Lake – AZ (A)
June 29, 2012 – 9:00am – Field 15 – Chicago Fire (H) vs Real Salt Lake – AZ (A)