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Five Academy Products Give RSL More Youth in the Pipeline

They haven’t “made it” just yet, but for five Real Salt Lake Academy products, the past few weeks have been lifelong fantasies come to life. After signing their first professional contracts, goalkeeper David Ochoa, defender Erik Holt and attacking players Luis Arriaga, Julian Vazquez and Tate Schmitt have been in their first full preseason training camps with RSL and each has already made a mark in their own way, although they all have a long distance to travel and many players to overtake on the roster before they see significant minutes with the first team.

Although Ochoa has been away with the U.