SANDY, Utah (Tuesday, December 29, 2015) – Real Salt Lake announced that it has signed RSL-Arizona Academy DF/MF Danilo Acosta as the club’s 10th Homegrown Player signing. Acosta is in his third season at the Casa Grande, Arizona-based Academy, helping the team reach the final of the 2015 USSDA U-18 Championship match after previously helping the U-16 team reach the final in 2014. He will join Real Salt Lake for training camp beginning on January 22.
An imposing center back at the Academy level who also plays as a holding midfielder, Acosta joined the RSL-Arizona Academy in 2013.