Sam Pulisic

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Real Salt Lake U18
28 Jan 2029
Sunday
Process

Marked for Sam Pulisic

65 Edition

The Real Salt Lake Post

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Andrew Privett keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Real Salt Lake may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Words exchanged at Real Salt Lake

Pablo Ruiz and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout

Rafael Cabral gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Rafael Cabral is on it.

The dugout

Sam Junqua gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Matheus Nascimento linked with a move away

The name of Matheus Nascimento keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Real Salt Lake say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Real Salt Lake put Victor Olatunji up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Victor Olatunji may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief