Gio Villa Named To USA U15 Youth National Team For CONCACAF Championship

Mag Mile Sport's Gio Villa, a 15-year old defender/midfielder with the Real Salt Lake Academy, has been named to the final roster for the United States U15 Youth Men's National Team for the upcoming CONCACAF Championship. 

The tournament, which begins this Sunday, will be held in Curacao and the Dominican Republic from August 6-13. The competition is arranged into three leagues - A, B and C - with each league divided into groups. The USA will compete in League A with Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Trinidad and Tobago. 

All League A matches will be held in the Dominican Republic, with the USA playing against Qatar, Haiti and Cuba in the round-robin stage.

Gio has had a stellar 2022-2023 season with his Real Salt Lake U15 Academy team, which qualified for the MLS NEXT Cup playoffs with a perfect 3-0-0 record at the MLS NEXT Flex tournament. In the Cup playoffs, the RSL U15's advanced to the Quarterfinal stage, but fell to CF Montreal in a 13-round penalty shootout.  

In addition, Gio has made multiple appearances this season for the youth national teams of the USA and Mexico, and chose to represent the USA over Mexico for the CONCACAF Championship.

Mag Mile Sport wishes its best to this young superstar and to the entire U15 Youth National Team in the Dominican Republic!