The Real Salt Lake Post
Market2 Apr 2029
Aaron Long puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Real Salt Lake, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market2 Apr 2029
Real Salt Lake say no — this time
The offer from FC Dallas for Santiago Pita was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets2 Apr 2029
Door shut on Pedro Soma
Real Salt Lake asked and San Diego Football Club said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market2 Apr 2029
Max Kerkvliet moves on
San Jose Earthquakes pay $540.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Words at Real Salt Lake training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stijn Spierings is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad2 Apr 2029
No place for Luther Mabunda in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Real Salt Lake are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Squad2 Apr 2029
A step back for Pablo Ruiz at Real Salt Lake
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Market2 Apr 2029
Real Salt Lake and Rafael Cabral are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad2 Apr 2029
George Wright out for 15 days
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for George Wright, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- The dugout Rafael Cabral is still paying for one afternoon at Real Salt Lake
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Isaac Walker
- Looking ahead John Nelson goes back to face LA Galaxy