After an uncharacteristically busy off-season, Real Salt Lake are finding defensive depth from within, announcing on Saturday the signing of defender Phanuel Kavita as a Homegrown player.
"Phanny is a real success story of our Academy. He has excelled on the field for Clemson, but also in the classroom where he graduated early with a degree in psychology," said RSL technical director Craig Waibel in a press release. "That sort of character is exactly the kind of person we want associated with Real Salt Lake and we are excited to have him join the club."
Kavita, 22, is a product of the RSL-Arizona Academy and was a standout at Highland High School in Salt Lake City's Sugarhouse neighborhood. He spent the last four years at Clemson University, where he started all four years and was the team's captain during his junior and senior seasons.
Per league and club policy, the financial terms of the contracts will not be disclosed.
