SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club has signed 16-year-old center back Casey Walls to a Homegrown Player contract. Walls becomes the seventh product of the Quakes Academy to sign with the first team, and sixth since December of 2016.
“Casey is a talented central defender that stood out at a young age in our academy for his technical skills and maturity,” said Earthquakes general manager Jesse Fioranelli. “As he has progressed in the U.S. Youth National Team system, we also wanted to provide a support system to allow him to develop in our first team environment.