Grande Sports World

Coordinates: 32°52′50″N 111°50′41″W / 32.880539°N 111.844660°W / 32.880539; -111.844660

Grande Sports Academy

Full name

Grande Sports Academy

Founded

2010

Ground

Grande Sports World
Casa Grande, Arizona

Owners

Ron Burks & Michael Saunders

Head Coach

Martín Vásquez

League

U.S. Soccer Development Academy

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Grande Sports World, home of Grande Sports Academy and the Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy (RSL-AZ), is located in Casa Grande, Arizona, just 45 minutes from Phoenix International Airport. Grande Sports World serves as a training destination for youth, professional and national sports teams from around the globe. U.S. Soccer named Grande Sports World the West Conference’s Best Training Facility for the 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 Development Academy seasons.

Academy

Grande Sports Academy, home of the nationally recognized Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy, is the first full-time residential academy affiliated with a Major League Soccer (MLS) team. The academy concentrates on developing highly competitive soccer players to become outstanding young men both on and off the field. Grande Sports Academy built an organization that has achieved immediate success, winning the 2012-13 U.S. Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) U-15/16 National Championship and reaching the USSDA final in both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.

Facilities

Completed in 2010 at a cost of $20 million, Grande Sports World boasts eight professional-grade soccer fields (six lighted), a 58,000-square-foot (5,400 m²) training and conditioning performance center with top quality locker rooms, state-of-the-art training equipment for elite athletes and two therapy pools for recovery and rehabilitation. The historic Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort is adjacent to Grande Sports World and offers accommodations for guests.

The Francisco Grande Hotel & Golf Resort offers its guests luxury accommodations in the Tower with expansive views of the golf course and the mountains in the distance. This traditional 7,400 yard Arizona golf course is one of the most historic in the Southwest, is overseeded every winter and has over 1,500 mature trees and three lakes in a parkland setting. This golf resort in Arizona weaves a tapestry in Arizona tradition, playing host to celebrities, sports stars and accommodating visitors for more than 50 years.

Honors

Domestic

U.S. Soccer Development Academy

Winners: 2012-13 (U-15/16)
Runners Up (2): 2013-14 (U-15/16), 2014-15 (U-17/18)
Third Place: 2010-11 (U-15/16)

Generation adidas Cup

Runners Up: 2014

Minor Trophies

Grande Invitational Classic: 2015
North Huntington Beach Cup: 2012 (U-19)
SC del Sol Desert Classic (4): 2013 (U-16), 2014 (U-16), 2015 (U-16, U-18)
SC del Sol President's Day Tournament: 2014 (U-16)
Tucson Soccer Academy Striker's Cup: 2015 (U-16)
Tuzos Challenge (3): 2013 (U-16), 2015 (U-15, U-16)
Valparaiso United Invitational (2): 2014 (U-17), 2015 (U-15)

USSDA records

Most goals scored: 177^[1] (previous record 103, New York Red Bulls U-17/18 in 2012-13)
Goal difference: +139^[1] (previous record +73, New York Red Bulls U-15/16 in 2010-11)
Total points: 115^[1] (previous record 82, Carolina Rapids U-17/18 in 2013-14)
Most wins: 37^[1] (previous record 26, Carolina Rapids U-17/18 in 2013-14)

Team awards

Awards given by U.S. Soccer to Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy:

2012-13 USSDA U-15/16 West Conference Style of Play Award
2012-13 USSDA West Conference Best Training Facility
2013-14 USSDA U-15/16 West Conference Style of Play Award
2013-14 USSDA West Conference Best Training Facility
2014-15 USSDA U-17/18 West Conference Style of Play Award
2014-15 USSDA West Conference Best Regular Match Facility
2014-15 USSDA West Conference Best Training Facility

Individual awards

Awards given by U.S. Soccer to Real Salt Lake-Arizona Academy players and coaches:

2010-11 USSDA U-15/16 Academy Coach of the Year: Mike Muñoz
2010-11 USSDA U-15/16 West Conference Coach of the Year: Mike Muñoz
2011-12 USSDA U-15/16 Academy Player of the Year: Jordan Allen
2011-12 USSDA U-15/16 West Conference Player of the Year: Jordan Allen
2011-12 USSDA U-17/18 West Conference Player of the Year: Maikon Orellana
2013-14 USSDA U-15/16 West Conference Player of the Year: Sebastian Saucedo
2014-15 USSDA U-17/18 West Conference Coach of the Year: Martín Vásquez
2014-15 USSDA U-17/18 West Conference Player of the Year: Jose Hernandez

USSDA U-15/16 West Conference Starting XI:

2010-11 Julio Alarcon
2011-12 Jordan Allen, Jose Navarro
2012-13 Justen Glad, Jose Hernandez
2013-14 Justen Glad, Sebastian Saucedo
2014-15 Mckay Eves

USSDA U-17/18 West Conference Starting XI:

2010-11 Maikon Orellana
2011-12 Julio Alarcon, Maikon Orellana, Carlos Salcedo
2012-13 Ive Burnett, Jose Navarro
2013-14 Jose Hernandez
2014-15 Danilo Acosta, Jose Hernandez, Diego Silva

Notable alumni

The following list reflects players who have attended Grande Sports Academy and subsequently signed a professional contract.

Name	Year Signed	First Professional Club
Romain Gall	2011	FC Lorient
Nicolo Muñiz	2011	Real Salt Lake
Eduardo Fernández	2012	Real Salt Lake
Carlos Salcedo	2013	Real Salt Lake
Eriq Zavaleta	2013	Seattle Sounders FC
Ben Spencer	2013	Molde FK
Maikon Orellana	2013	Brøndby IF
Benjamin Lopez	2013	Real Salt Lake
Kainoa Bailey	2013	Bayer Leverkusen
Jordan Allen	2013	Real Salt Lake
Justen Glad	2014	Real Salt Lake
Tigran Tiraturyan	2014	FC Pyunik
Sebastian Saucedo	2014	Real Salt Lake
Jason Eng	2014	Hong Kong Rangers FC
Josh Doughty	2014	Manchester United
Phanuel Kavita	2015	Real Salt Lake
Adolfo Ovalle	2015	Real Salt Lake
Jose Navarro	2015	Real Monarchs
Etiandro Tavares	2015	Real Monarchs
Ricardo Velazco	2015	Real Monarchs
Tyler Feeley	2015	Orange County Blues FC
Christian Herrera	2015	Real Monarchs
Brooks Lennon	2015	Liverpool FC
Edgar Duran	2015	Real Monarchs

References

1 2 3 4 Record was set in the 2014-15 season.

External links

Official website

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