TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Signing
Real Salt Lake have signed 15-year-old midfielder Jude Wellings as a homegrown player through the 2025 MLS season with an option for 2026, the club announced Monday.
Wellings is the first member of RSLâs 2021 U15 MLS NEXT Cup Championship squad to ink a professional contract.
âIn his time with our academy, Jude has shown himself to be both an elite prospect on the pitch, as well as an incredibly mature young man off of it,â RSL general manager Elliot Fall said in a release. "He has established himself as one of the top prospects in the country at his age. We couldnât be more excited to have Jude and his family committed to beginning his professional career at RSL.â
Wellings has captained RSL at the U15 and U17 levels, earning Player of the Tournament honors at MLS NEXT Fest in December. He also featured twice for Real Monarchs in the USL Championship.
Last November, Wellings was called into US U-17 menâs national team camp.
âExtremely grateful to have been given this opportunity by the club,â Wellings said. âItâs been a dream since I was a little kid to sign a professional contract and I couldnât be more pleased that itâs with RSL. Every person at this club has been extremely helpful since I arrived and Iâm looking forward to more great things to come.â