In 2015, the Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy’s U-18 team had perhaps the best season in the history of the USSDA. With a 37-4-4 overall record, RSL-AZ’s 1997-born team reached the national championship match for the third time in four years, scoring 177 goals in the process while allowing just 38.
Already there are high expectations on the Casa Grande, Arizona, campus, but that season raised the bar nationally for what type of season can truly be considered elite.
“We’re not making any comparisons or putting any pressure on them,” Technical Director Martin Vasquez said. “This is a different team, a different season, a different year.