LOS ANGELES, Cali. – The Real Salt Lake U-16 Academy team defeated Chivas USA 3-1 on Saturday morning in Los Angeles. Goals were scored by: (2) Tate Schmitt and Josh Doughty
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LOS ANGELES, Cali. – The Real Salt Lake U-16 Academy team defeated Chivas USA 3-1 on Saturday morning in Los Angeles. Goals were scored by: (2) Tate Schmitt and Josh Doughty
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CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Real Salt Lake coach Tony Bruce and players Niki Jackson, Aaron Herrera and Diego Silva sound off following the Academies wins over San Juan Soccer Club on Saturday.
Tony Bruce
(On his takeaway from the U-18s performance…)
BRUCE: “The field was a little small so it was a little difficult for us to play. Teams that would have an advantage on this field would be teams that put balls into the box from long throw-ins and stuff like that. A little bit of a battle to head balls out and defend long balls sent into the box. Difficult from that perspective and not a lot of finesse. Tough for us to impose ourselves upon them because it was physical game and our guys had to switch from what we have been trying to do at training to deal with the situation.”
(On Santi Carrillo’s game winning goal…)
BRUCE: “Well the last 5 minutes or so we were pressing and pressing. We must have had 4 corners in a row. On one of the last the corners, the ball popped out and Santi was going back to his own goal. At the edge of the 18 He did a bike and it went over the goalkeepers head.
(On the U-16s performance…)
BRUCE: “They came out knowing they had a target on their back as the current national champions. Their intensity from the minute we kicked off to the final whistle was incredible. Our speed of play was fantastic, our intensity was great, Overtime we lost a ball we won it back quickly. We know the quality is there and the hard work was there today big time.”
Niki Jackson, U-18
(On his performance…)
JACKSON: “I think I did pretty well, but it’s going to take more time to adjust to it. I feel like once I get about two or three games in I’ll get more adjusted to the RSL way of play and I’ll be better. But overall I did pretty well.”
(On adjustments the team needs to make…)
JACKSON: “We came in confident, but we need to play our game. Too much independent and that takes time because we have new players on the 18s. So it’s just going to take us time to get adjusted to each other.”
(On Santi’s Carrillo’s game winning goal…)
JACKSON: “Oh my. It was insane. Just a corner, they clear and I look up and Santi is doing a bike and I’m like, ‘what are you doing’. It floats to the back net and we all freaked out. It was a great goal.”
Diego “Diablo” Silva, U-16
(On how important it was to win the opening match…)
SILVA: “It was very important because we needed that win to show we still have it as defending champions and also important to show we are not going to let down that easy.”
(On his 5 goals in 8 matches. Dating back to last year’s playoffs…)
SILVA: “In my club team I would always go forward. I’m used to finding spaces to score a goal and I’m just really happy to get goals for the team.”
Aaron Herrera, U-16
(On the win…)
HERRERA: “Defensively we were just able to win the ball back every time we would lose it right away. After that we were able to posses and able to get runs in behind their defense to score quick goals.”
(On how the team can improve…)
HERRERA: “Defensively there were some times they were able to get behind us because we didn’t set the trap good enough and just keeping possession.”
(On the returning and new players meshing…)
HERRERA: “Since there are a lot of the old guys returning from last year, we just have the flow already and the new guys adapted a lot quicker than last year, which made it easy.”
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MATHER, Cali. – Not wanting to rest on their laurels, the Real Salt Lake U-16 & U-18 Academy teams opened up the U.S. Soccer Development season with a statement by outscoring the San Juan Soccer Club 10-0 on Saturday. The U-16s, with 9 returning players from last year’s championship winning team, wasted no time and scored early and often their 9-0 win, which set a new Academy high of most goals in a season opener and most goals in a match. Last season’s U-16 leader in goals scored, Sebastian Saucedo picked up a single goal while teammates Josh Doughty and Diego “Diablo” Silva recorded a brace. Newcomers: Grant Livingston, Tate Schmitt, Daniel Lee and Fahot Yogol notched their first Academy goals. U-16 Box Score Their older counterparts were not able to cruise to an easy victory as they were tested by a tough San Juan Soccer Club for 90 minutes. However, the U-18s, with 9 returning players from last year’s championship squad, got the better of San Juan, as senior Santi Carrillo scored the lone goal off of a corner with a bicycle kick in the 92nd minute. U-18 Box Score Both teams will be back in action against Chivas USA and LA Galaxy on October 4th and 5th in Los Angeles.
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CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – The Real Salt Lake U-16 & U-18 teams open the 2013-14 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season on the road against San Juan Soccer Club this Saturday when they travel to Sacramento, California. The U-16 squad is the defending U.S. Soccer Development Academy champions after they defeated Solar Chelsea 4-2 in the U-16 championship match in July 2013.
Saturday’s Academy matches will be held at Mather Soccer Complex – North Field. Kick off for the U-18 match is set for 11 a.m. PST. and the U-16 match will begin at 1:30 p.m. PST.
The Real Salt Lake U-16 Elite squad is also going to be on the road this weekend, as they are set to travel to Scottsdale, Arizona for their first match in the Arizona State League. The Claret-and-Cobalt will square off against SC del Sol 98 at Scottsdale Sports Complex; kickoff set for 9:25 a.m. PST.
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HOUSTON, Tex. – After Real Salt Lake Academy players were presented their medals and championship trophy, they sang “Believe” on the pitch.
Pictures from the game
Recap from the game
Post-match quotes
Medal presentation
Trophy presentation
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HOUSTON, Tex. – Real Salt Lake Arizona Academy players were presented the U.S. Soccer Development Championship Trophy after defeating Solar Chelsea 4-2 in the title game.
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Recap from the game
Post-match quotes
Medal presentation
Players sing “Believe”