Real Salt Lake has officially inked right back Aaron Herrera to a first-team contract, confirming speculation that the player was imminently moving to RSL from the University of New Mexico.

Herrera, 20, signs with Real Salt Lake after three years with UNM; despite playing in college, he continued to receive call-ups to the United States U-20 national team, featuring internationally in the U-20 World Cup.

In a club-issued press release, RSL general manager Craig Waibel said Herrera’s signing is the fruit of the club’s developmental labor.