Real Salt Lake AZ and the Chicago Fire won their semifinals on Thursday in Carson, Calif., to reach Saturday’s 2015 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Championships final.
Real Salt Lake downedSan Jose Earthquakes as goals by Aaron Herrera and Amar Sejdic turned RSL’s midfield dominance into a 2-0 victory.
The Chicago Fire twice gave upone-goal leads twice against the Montreal Impact, whose 79th minute goal sent their semifinal into overtime with the score tied, 2-2. Michael Jimenez scored two minutes into overtimeand Djordje Mihailovic scored his goal of the game nine minutes late to give Chicago a 4-2 victory.
U-17/18 Development AcademyChampionships
July 16 in Carson, Calif.
Semifinals
Real Salt Lake AZ 2 San Jose Earthquakes 0
Goals: Aaron Herrera43, Amar Sejdic 61.
Chicago Fire 4 Montreal Impact 2
Goals: Cameron Lindley 61, Djordje Mihailovic 79, 101, Michael Jimenez 92; Jimmy Shammer Sanon 66, Thomas MeilleurGiguere 87
July 18
Final in Carson, Calif.
Real Salt Lake AZ-Chicago Fire
(10:30 p.m. ET, livingstreaming at USSoccer.com)
Third Place
Montreal Impact vs. San Jose Earthquakes
The Chicago Fire’s 2-1 goal by Djordje Mihailovic vs. Montreal.