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Real Salt Lake (RSL) is an American professional soccer club based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference . Founded in 2004, the club began play in 2005 as an expansion team .
The 2024 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 20th season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid. The team also competed in both the 2024 U.S. Open Cup and 2024 Leagues Cup .
The 2021 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 17th year of existence, and their 17th consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid. RSL entered the 2021 season looking to rebound from a tumultuous 2020 season , having finished near the bottom of the table and endured the challenges of the COVID-19 ...
Organized youth soccer affiliated with Major League Soccer began with various MLS academy teams playing in the Super Y-League at its foundation in 1999. In 2007, the United States Soccer Federation created an elite academy league called the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, which featured academy teams of MLS teams, along with several non-MLS academies across the United States and Canada.
On November 16, 2017, Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer announced that it had acquired a franchise in the National Women's Soccer League. [4] On November 20, 2017, the league announced that FC Kansas City of the National Women's Soccer League would fold their club, and the team's player contracts, draft picks, and other rights would be transferred to the new Salt Lake City club. [5]
Paul played soccer for a variety of clubs at youth level, spending time with local sides San Tan Legacy and Arizona Soccer Club, before joining Valparaiso United FC, helping the team to end a fifteen-year title drought for Arizona teams at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships. [2]
The Super Y League is one of the most competitive youth soccer leagues in American soccer along with the Development Academy. Many of the past and current clubs are affiliated with MLS and USL professional teams. Super Y was also hit hard by the creation of the Development Academy program in 2007.
Luna has received call-ups to camps with the United States under-14, under-17, and under-20 youth national teams. [ 4 ] In 2022, Luna featured prominently with the United States U-20 team that won the CONCACAF U-20 championship, securing berths for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2024 Olympics in the process.