Wisconsin Soccer Central

Bayley Scholz (Kimberly) and his Real Salt Lake-Arizona teammates celebrated a national title Saturday night.

RSL-Arizona, the residency program of the Major League Soccer team, snapped a tie in the 75th minute and added an insurance goal in the 78th to double up Texas' Solar Chelsea SC 4-2 in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Under-15/16 championship game at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston.

Scholz was on the bench for the first match at Finals Week, a 3-1 win over New York's Albertson SC last Sunday, but didn't make the game-day roster for the final three games. The center back, who turned 17 on July 15, made six appearances for RSL-Arizona (22-7-6) this season, including two starts.

UNDER-17/18

Defender Valdis Upmalis and midfielder Eddosa Muhammed – both UW-Green Bay recruits – got the start for Shattuck-St. Mary's in Saturday night's national final at BBVA Compass Stadium, but the Minnesota side lost to the New York Red Bulls 2-1 after extra time.

Muhammed set up Lesley Nchanji's 10th-minute opener for Shattuck (23-8-3). The Red Bulls equalized in the 30th, went ahead in the 115th minute and held on for the final 5 minutes of the second 15-minute period of extra time to secure the title. Upmalis logged 117 minutes for Shattuck, while Muhammed was subbed out at halftime in his final match before joining the Phoenix.

• Incoming University of Wisconsin freshman midfielder Skyler Felt played the first 31 minutes as California's De Anza Force (18-9-7) lost to Albertson SC 4-2 in the third-place match.
• St. Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri claimed fifth place with a 1-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps. Lineups and statistics aren't available for that match, but UW recruits Brian Hail and Nick Jones and UW-Green Bay recruit Conner Sendobry all played in each of the first three Finals Week games for Scott Gallagher (17-11-6).

LOOKING AHEAD

The Under-17/18 and Under-15/16 teams from Wisconsin's only club in the Development Academy, the newly renamed FC Wisconsin Nationals, will start their 2013-14 seasons at home Sept. 7 and 8 against the Minnesota Thunder Academy and Shattuck-St. Mary's.

The teams have 10 matches scheduled for the fall portion of the season and the final 14 in the spring. The Nationals' entry in the new Under-13/14 division will make its debut Sept. 14 at Chicago Magic PSG, with their first home matches Oct. 5 and 6 against the Chicago Fire and Indiana Fire.