After taking Monday and Tuesday off, Real Salt Lake returned to training on Wednesday ahead of Sunday's MLS regular season opener at defending Supporters' Shield winners San Jose Earthquakes.
RSL trained on Wednesday at the Utah Sports Lodge, putting in about 90 minutes of work on a turf field at the indoor facility before heading back to Rio Tinto Stadium. Missing from Wednesday's training were injured players Javier Morales and Chris Wingert as well as midfielder Luis Gil, who is traveling back to Salt Lake City on Wednesday from the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Puebla, Mexico. Injured defender Nat Borchers was at the session, training individually on the sidelines throughout. Borchers is expected to be back in action in mid- to early-April.
RSL will train again in Utah on Thursday before departing for San Jose, where it will practice on Friday and Saturday. The Claret-and-Cobalt is hoping to train on Thursday at America First Field in Sandy, but may be forced indoors again due to weather conditions.
Sunday's season opener will kick off at 8 p.m. MT on CW30. The 30-minute Ford Pregame Show will begin at 7:30 p.m. MT on CW30.
