Real Salt Lake has signed highly-rated U.S. youth international midfielder Sean Petrie, sources involved in the deal tell The Athletic. The deal is for RSL’s second team, MLS Next Pro side Real Monarchs.
Petrie, 16, has spent the last few years at the Barca Residency Academy in Arizona. He has gone on a training stint at La Masia, the famed academy for FC Barcelona in Spain. Petrie featured for the United States U-16 squad at the beginning of the summer, scoring in his debut against Japan.
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The Barca AZ residency has produced a number of talented professionals in the last few years, including Julián Araujo (Barcelona), Caden Clark (RB Leipzig), Matthew Hoppe (Middlesbrough), Rokas Pukstas (Hajduk Split), Bryce Duke (CF Montreal), Brooklyn Raines (Houston Dynamo) and Petrie’s new teammate Diego Luna (RSL).
Real Salt Lake is in the midst of a busy transfer window. They set a new club-record deal to acquire forward Chicho Arango from Pachuca ($6 million) as well as acquiring midfielder Nelson Palacio from Atletico Nacional (around $2 million).
RSL is third in the Western Conference with 37 points after 24 matches.
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