Real Salt Lake AZ Southern Arizona Soccer Club to hold placements this Saturday

Jon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Miguel Hernandez tries to bend it like Beckham on a corner kick during an all-star game in the Pima Soccer League. Real Salt Lake AZ Southern Arizona Soccer Club will hold placements for its Club teams this Saturday at EAC.

Staff Reports

THATCHER – Real Salt Lake AZ Southern Arizona Soccer Club will hold placements at Eastern Arizona College’s John T. Mickelson Field this Saturday, June 8, from 9 a.m. – noon.

Real Salt Lake is a soccer team with Major League Soccer. Real Salt Lake Arizona was established in January 2018 when RSL and Phoenix-based Sereno Soccer Club formed a partnership to continue the Club’s developmental foothold in Arizona. 

Club teams are mostly located in Tucson and Phoenix, but recently a team was brought in to the Gila Valley to increase the Club’s group of teams and create opportunities for local youth who love soccer. 

On Saturday, the Club will be placing youths in the following birth years: 

9 a.m. – Boys and girls born in 2008 – 2009

9:30 a.m. – Boys and girls born in 2006 – 2007

10 a.m. – Boys born in 2003 – 2005 

10:30 a.m. – Boys born in 2001 – 2002

11 a.m. – Girls born in 2001 – 2005