After opening on Thursday, the U-16 and U-18 players of the Zions Bank Real Academy were honored at halftime of Real Salt Lake’s match against Rocky Mountain rival Colorado Rapids.
Academy Technical Director Martín Vásquez spoke at halftime of RSL’s match against the Rapids about the importance of the academy developing players as students and as players, as well as his vision for the academy.
“We want to one day have 8-10 players with the Monarchs and 6-7 players starting for the first team,” Vásquez said. “Four years ago we had Justen [Glad], Brooks [Lennon], Sebastian [Saucedo] and Danilo [Acosta] on the field.