WASHINGTON - Georgetown University men's soccer junior midfielder Arun Basuljevic (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac) signed a Homegrown Player Contract with the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer (MLS) yesterday in New York. Basuljevic will forgo his senior season and is officially a member of the Red Bulls.

The midfielder is a two-time All-BIG EAST honoree earning a nod to the first team as a sophomore and the second team as a junior. As a freshman, he was the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, and named to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team. Additionally, he was the 2014 Soccer America Freshman of the Year and earned a spot on the Men's All-Freshman First Team. That season, he was selected to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Freshman First Team, and named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team.

In Basuljevic's career, he appeared in 60 games with 52 starts. He scored 14 goals and managed six assists for 34 career points. Of his 14 goals, nine were game winners.

Basuljevic started all 17 games for the Hoyas in 2016. He scored two goals and had two assists for six points on the season. Basuljevic was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Oct. 3 after he scored goals in back-to-back games. He connected on a penalty kick in a 3-1 victory over American, and scored in a 4-2 loss to then-No. 7 Butler. Basuljevic was also named 2016 Preseason All-BIG EAST.

The Homegrown Player Rule is a program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. To place a player on its Homegrown List, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year, as well as meeting other unspecified league requirements.

Prior to Georgetown, Basuljevic captained the Red Bulls' U-18 squad and helped the Red Bulls to U-18 and U-16 Development Academy National Championships, as well as a Northeast Pre-Academy Championship and New York State Cup. He has represented the United States at Youth National Team levels through U-20.

This past summer, he was named to the PDL All-League squad after scoring eight goals and providing five assists during the season, leading the Red Bulls U-23's in both statistics.

Basuljevic is the third player in GU program history to sign a Homegrown Contract, joining Brandon Allen and Alex Muyl who signed with the Red Bulls last year. Georgetown Head Coach Brian Wiese has now had 17 players be drafted or sign with an MLS club in his tenure on the Hilltop.