{"id":12224,"date":"2014-03-06T18:40:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T23:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/?p=12224"},"modified":"2014-03-06T18:40:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T23:40:17","slug":"fito-ovalle-commits-university-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/fito-ovalle-commits-university-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Fito Ovalle commits to University of Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-12226\" alt=\"Fito Ovalle\" src=\"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Fito-Ovalle.png\" width=\"356\" height=\"357\" \/>CASA GRANDE, Ariz. \u2013<\/strong> The Grande Sports Academy home of the Real Salt Lake Academy is pleased to announce the verbal commitment of junior midfielder Adolfo &#8220;Fito&#8221; Ovalle to the University of Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Regarded as one of the nation\u2019s elite programs, Ovalle couldn&#8217;t pass up on the opportunity to play for the Terrapins who won the NCAA Tournament in 2005 and 2008.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maryland has always been a top school soccer wise and academically,&#8221; Ovalle said. &#8220;I feel like Maryland is a school that is a kid\u2019s dream to get to the next level and I&#8217;m excited to join a competitive environment so I can become a better player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ovalle is currently in his second season at the Real Salt Lake Academy and has developed into a formidable defensive midfielder inside the Academies diamond-shaped midfield. Last year, Ovalle played for the U-15\/16 Academy team and became one of the key players during the Claret-and-Cobalt\u2019s postseason run, starting in all seven matches including the USSDA National Championship win over Solar Chelsea on July 20th, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland has built a reputation as a hotbed for professional talent. In recent years, over 20 players have made the jump to the professional level, which includes four players who have featured for the United States men&#8217;s national team. Ovalle&#8217;s ultimate goal is to become a professional player, and he felt that Maryland is the best place to further his game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Talking to the coaches made me feel really comfortable knowing that is such a high intensity team. They made me feel like I would fit perfectly in the style of play and help me get to the next level.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASA GRANDE, Ariz. \u2013 The Grande Sports Academy home of the Real Salt Lake Academy is pleased to announce the verbal commitment of junior midfielder Adolfo &#8220;Fito&#8221; Ovalle to the University of Maryland. Regarded as one of the nation\u2019s elite programs, Ovalle couldn&#8217;t pass up on the opportunity to play for the Terrapins who won [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,220],"tags":[20,881,123,2,7,882],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"grandesacademy","author_link":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/author\/grandesacademy\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}