Clear back in 2012, Justen Glad and Aaron Herrera met at the remote soccer fields at the RSL Academy in Casa Grande, Arizona. Together, they would compete until all hours of the night – whether it was on the soccer field or in any other aspect of their young lives. Barely into their teen years, they formed a bond that has carried into their professional careers with Real Salt Lake and now to Guadalajara, Mexico, where they join the U.S. U-23 National Team for the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
While they individually dreamed of reaching the professional ranks, they never could have imagined the globe-trotting they would do together playing with U.