Last month, eight past and present Real Salt Lake Academy members took the pitch for the Real Monarchs in their USL Championship match against LA Galaxy II. Among them was 16-year-old defender Jaziel Orozco.
As the season has progressed, the number has only continued to grow as additional academy alumni and present academy players have taken the pitch, including Homegrown Milan Iloski, who scored his first professional goal and ended the game with a brace this past week with the Real Monarchs.
Since the second-division Club’s inception in 2015, Real Salt Lake organization has utilized the Real Monarchs as a mechanism for growth and development.