{"id":928125,"date":"2026-08-19T07:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/zavier-gozo-joins-crystal-palace-in-permanent-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T07:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:16:13","slug":"zavier-gozo-joins-crystal-palace-in-permanent-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/zavier-gozo-joins-crystal-palace-in-permanent-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Zavier Gozo joins Crystal Palace in permanent deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n\t\t<main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-753486\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Zavier Gozo\u2019s rapid rise in Major League Soccer has led to a new, exciting move to the English Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Gozo has officially joined South London side Crystal Palace from Real Salt Lake, both clubs announced Tuesday. Real Salt Lake is set to receive close to $15 million for Gozo and the talented attacker has signed a five-year contract with his new club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is great to welcome such an exciting young talent to Crystal Palace Football Club,\u201d club chairman Steve Parish said. \u201cI am looking forward to seeing what Zavier can achieve with us during his time in South London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gozo made his MLS debut back in 2023 and has since been a key player for RSL over the past two years. The dynamic attacker has contributed six goals and five assists in 16 appearances under Pablo Mastroeni this season. <\/p>\n<p>His stellar play in 2026 earned him a nod to the MLS All-Star Game in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to playing in the Premier League with Crystal Palace,\u201d Gozo said. \u201cIt\u2019s the dream of any footballer. I\u2019m excited by the people and the project they have going on here. I\u2019ve seen a lot of it, and that\u2019s what excites me about this club as well: the success that they\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gozo has continued to work his way up through the U.S. youth national team ranks and is a top prospect for Mauricio Pochettino this fall. He\u2019s earned 27 caps to date between multiple youth national teams, with three of those coming for the USMNT U-23\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>A move to Crystal Palace teams Gozo up with USMNT defender Chris Richards, who looks to remain a key starter under new manager Pierre Sage.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles begin their EPL campaign on Saturday at Everton. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbisoccer.com\/2026\/08\/zavier-gozo-joins-crystal-palace-in-permanent-deal\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Larry Henry Jr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Zavier Gozo\u2019s rapid rise in Major League Soccer has led to a new, exciting move to the English Premier League. Gozo has officially joined South London side Crystal Palace from Real Salt Lake, both clubs announced Tuesday. Real Salt Lake is set to receive close to $15 million for Gozo and the talented attacker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":928126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,2005,33826],"tags":[5460,148664],"class_list":["post-928125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-joins","category-soccer","category-zavier","tag-joins","tag-zavier"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}