With the season’s commencement just days away, pundits are giving their final thoughts for each team before the season kicks off. After a busy month-long preseason, new faces and excitement abound at Rio Tinto Stadium, Real Salt Lake looks to place themselves back among the elite of Major League Soccer in 2017. Here is where RSL ranks before the season starts on March 3:
MLSsoccer.com – 13
“Game 1 of the post-JaviMo era is this weekend. There are lots of variables, but we all know the biggest is this: Can Slovakian international DP Albert Rusnak be the man?” –Matt Doyle
SI.com – 17
“Slovakian international Albert Rusnak will be the new No. 10 in town after Morales’ departure, and he’ll have plenty of talent around him that is mostly quite young, including Joao Plata and Jordan Allen, who looked great for stretches of last season. That’s to say nothing of the team’s other youth products, including rising U.S. youth national team stars Sebastian Saucedo, Brooks Lennon, and Danilo Acosta. RSL didn’t look as cohesive last season as they normally do, but Rusnak is the only major addition, so chemistry should be less of an issue this time around. If the team’s youth products take a step up, the team will as well.”
ESPNFC.com – 12
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