Real Salt Lake (RSL) is the professional soccer team of Salt Lake City. At the moment, RSL has an academy located in Arizona for young players striving to one day play professional soccer. However, the organization recently released their plans for a new training complex and high school that will be located in Herriman, Utah. The complex will include eight soccer fields in addition to the high school. Three of the eight fields will be turf, with two of them located indoors. The released plan will cost at least fifty million dollars.
The RSL owner has a very clear vision for the new development. He hopes to build a program that will give talented youth soccer players as much opportunity for a successful athletic career as they would have in Europe. In addition, the idea is that both RSL and the Real Monarchs (RSL’s minor league team) will be able to utilize the fields for their training sessions. The owner also stated that the organization hopes to develop a professional women’s soccer team in the future, as well as continue to expand their youth program.
In addition to the many fields, there will be a STEM charter high school on the property. The high school will only be open to 250 students. Although details have not been released about who will be invited to attend the school, qualified people are imagining the school will house talented soccer players who will be enrolled via tryout.
According to KSL, the complex is scheduled to open in July 2017.
Sources:
Cardenas, Xoel. "Real Salt Lake Announce Plans to Build $50 Million Training Complex in Herriman." KSL. KSL, 9 Apr. 2016. Web. 14 Apr. 2016.
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