Seven Philadelphia Union Academy grads will join several college soccer standouts this summer on the Reading United in Premier Development League play.
Joseph DeZart (Wake Forest), Jerren Nixon (Virginia) and Robert Campbell (Clemson) will join previously announced roster additions Zach Zandi (Villanova), Kevin Carvalho (Northeastern), Mo Conde (University of Mobile) and Will Campbell (North Carolina) on the squad.
Three players with local ties - former Continental FC captain CJ Smolyn (Saint Francis PA), Elizabethtown forward Gilbert Waso and Penn State midfielder Pierre Reedy (Kutztown, Pa.) - are also on the roster. Waso and Reedy, who spent time with the New York Red Bulls Academy prior to college, were both with the club last year.