Galaxy II signs academy product Jaime Villarreal

• by Soccer America , Jul 24, 2014

[USL PRO] Jaime Villarreal, younger brother of Jose Villarreal, signed with LA Galaxy II, becoming the first Galaxy academy player to sign a pro contract the Galaxy's reserve team program.

Villarreal scored 10 goals to help lead the Galaxy's under-17/18 team to a 19-3-5 record and the Southwest Division Championship and two goals to secure a 4-1 win over Chicago Magic PSG U-18 in the U.S. Soccer Development Playoffs. He also scored three goals in the Galaxy U-18s' 4-1 victory over Mexico’s Chivas Guadalajara at the Dallas Cup.

“Jaime is an exciting young player who has already shown his quality in our Academy,” LA Galaxy II head coach Curt Onalfo said. “He will give our squad another attacking option and we are excited to keep him in the LA Galaxy family as he moves to the professional level.”

Jose Villarreal played for Galaxy in 2012 and 2013 and was loaned to Mexico's Cruz Azul earlier this year but has yet to play for the first team. The Galaxy has five other Homegrown players on its first-team roster. Many of them, along with current academy players, play regularly with Los Dos in USL PRO.

USL PRO WEEK 19, Results:
Tuesday, July 22
Charleston 1 Richmond 1
Wednesday, July 23
Harrisburg 3 OKC Energy FC 3

USL PRO, Standings:
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
46 Orlando City 14-0-4 35/11
39 Richmond 10-1-9 41/178
34 LA Galaxy II 10-5-4 37/25
33 Sacramento 10-6-3 27/22
27 Rochester 7-7-6 18/16
25 Wilmington 6-2-7 21/16
24 Orange County 8-11-0 25/35
23 OKC Energy 6-8-5 25/28
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21 Charlotte 6-11-3 21/27
21 Harrisburg 5-7-6 25/27
20 (-2) Arizona Utd. 6-9-4 20/32
18 Charleston 4-8-6 17/22
17 Pittsburgh 4-10-5 20/31
17 Dayton 5-13-2 22/402

USL PRO, Leading Scorers:
G PLAYER, TEAM
13 Matthew Delicate, Richmond
12 Aaron Schoenfeld, Dayton
11 Kevin Molino, Orlando City
8 Chandler Hoffman, LA Galaxy II
8 George Davis, Richmond

USL PRO WEEK 19, Schedule:
Friday, July 25
7:00 PM
Real Salt Lake Reserves vs. Pittsburgh
7:30 PM
Wilmington vs. Arizona United
Saturday, July 26
7:00 PM
Charlotte vs. Wilmington
Dayton vs. OKC Energy FC
Richmond vs. Harrisburg
7:30 PM
Charleston vs. Arizona United
10:00 PM
Orange County vs. LA Galaxy II
Sunday, July 27
4:05 PM
Rochester vs. Orlando City
8:30 PM
Sacramento vs. Pittsburgh