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Real Salt Lake Academy Training Schedules

Published on October 31, 2017 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release


SANDY, Utah (Monday, October 30, 2017) - Both Real Salt Lake U-17 and U-19 Academy sides return to training this week after both squads earned emphatic shutout victories over San Diego Surf Saturday, with the U-17s winning 3-0 at America First Field in Sandy, followed by the U-19s delivering another dominant victory, winning 8-0.

In Saturday's opener for the U-17s, Orem, UT native and former LaRoca FC FWBen Ortiz scored two goals - one each in the 35th and 60th minutes - before adding an 89th-minute assist on Julian Vazquez' goal to complete his side's 3-0 victory.

The U-19 side walked away 8-0 victors as FW Sebastian Soto notched four goals in the win, with MFs Glademir Mendoza, Diran Bebekian, Luis Arriaga andZahir Vasquez all earning goals in the win. GK David Ochoa earned another shutout in goal.

With the performances this weekend, the U-17s remain unbeaten in U.S. Soccer Development Academy action, owning an overall 5-0-1 record this season, outscoring opponents 19-3 on the season. The U-19s won its fifth consecutive match for Head Coach Martin Vasquez, moving to 5-1-0 on the year, dominating opponents by a 33-1 scoreline with four shutouts in the five-game win streak.

After last weekend's matches against Surf, Ortiz now boasts eight goals this season for the U-17s, sitting in fourth place among West U-17 "Golden Boot" leaders (Ortiz also scored twice in three games as the 17s went 2-1-0 in MLS Generation adidas Cup qualifying). For the RSL U-19s, FW Sebastian Soto leads the entire country in goals scored (13) and goals per game (2.16), after scoring four goals against the Surf Saturday.

With no matches the next two weekends, the Academy sides now prepare for back-to-back games in Southern California the weekend of Nov. 18/19, first facing Real So. Cal on Sat., Nov. 18 before a Sun., Nov. 19 matchup with Arsenal FC. Both U-17 matches will kick off at 11:00a MT with the U-19s following shortly after at 1:30p and 1:00p MT on the 18th and 19th respectively.

Below is the training schedule for the RSL Academy teams for the remainder of the week. With this week's training schedule, media members are strongly encouraged to attend trainings at the Zions Bank Real Academy in Herriman to become acquainted and familiar with the development of RSL's young talent as the club strives to produce successful young players on the national stage

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