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Mikey Orellana has accepted an invitation to join Real Salt Lake’s Arizona Youth Academy.  Mikey has been playing on Adolfo’s U-17 team and will be leaving with his family to move to Arizona for this opportunity.  “Mikey is a very talented player and has unlimited potential” said Coach Adolfo. 

Mikey will be playing for RSL Arizona in the US Soccer Development Academy league, which is the top boy’s league in the country and is made up of only the top youth clubs and professional youth academies.  Each USDA match played is scouted by US Youth National Team scouts as well as many collegiate scouts.

 

Good Luck Orellana’s we hope to see Mikey in the Real Salt Lakes 1^st team roster some day. 

 

Congratulations to Jamie Wilkinson, Taylor Sebring and Adolfo Ovalle for their achievements this past year.  Jamie Wilkinson who is a member of the U-17 Girls Premier team coached by Adolfo Ovalle was recognized as the TOSH Girls Athlete of the Year by UYSA.  This award was for both Athletics and Academics. 

 

Taylor Sebring won a 2010 Scholarship from UYSA.  She will be able to use it at the school of her choice and rumor has it that she may be playing back east next year.

 

Adolfo Ovalle was recognized as the Male Coach of the Year.  Adolfo exemplified extraordinary sportsmanship, leadership, and motivated his teams to learn and play tot eh best of their ability.

 

Great job all.  More can be found on the UYSA website here: http://www.utahyouthsoccer.net/archive_10_feb24c.html

 

For the first time ever the Spring semester of the U.S. Soccer's Residency Program has a La Roca player on the roster.  40 players live on campus at the IMG academy in Bradenton, Florida, and train daily under the guidance of Wilmer Cabrera the U.S. Under 17 Men's national coach.  They train in the morning and attend classes at Bradenton Preparatory Academy in the afternoon.  The team takes several foreign trips each year and also plays against top Development Academy sides in an exhibition setting, traveling across the country.

 

Since its inception, 170 players have been though the Residency Program including: Freddy Adu, DaMarcus Beasley, Kyle Beckerman, Michael Bradley, Landon Donovan, Bobby Convey, Eddie Gaven, Jonathan Spector, and Jose Altidore.

 

Matt is a member of the U-17 Premier team coached by Adolfo Ovalle and is a member of the Region 4 ODP team.  Great job Matt we all wish you the best in this awesome opportunity.

 

For more information follow this link. http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/Youth/US-Under17-Men/About-the-Team.aspx

Congratulations to Matt Gay, he was invited to train with the US Men's U-17 National Team in Brenton Florida. Matt is a member of the Region 4 ODP team and performed well at the ODP Championships. The National team coaches took notice and invited him to tryout for the team. Matt is also a member of the La Roca U-16 Premier team coached by Adolfo Ovalle. This is a first for La Roca and Utah Soccer as nobody else has been given this opportunity. Good Luck Matt! we wish you well.