May 11, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Real Salt Lake News Release
HERRIMAN, Utah – Real Salt Lake has signed current Homegrown and former RSL Academy and Real Monarchs stalwart Andrew Brody to a contract extension, keeping him with the Claret & Cobalt at least through the 2024 Major League Soccer season, with a Club option for 2025.
“When I joined the RSL Academy in Casa Grande, Arizona at the age of 16 years old, the dream was always to find a way to play for the first team at Rio Tinto Stadium,” Brody says, incredulous at the 10-year old memory. “The last two seasons have seen that dream realized, so I simply couldn’t be happier to extend my career at Real Salt Lake.”
“I’m excited to be a part of what (Head Coach) Pablo Mastroeni, (General Manager) Elliot Fall and the new ownership is building here, I am always grateful to play in front of the most passionate fans in the League, and everyone’s goal is to reward this community – which has given us all so much – by winning trophies here in the near future.”
Brody, now 27 after celebrating his birthday last week, signed with Real Salt Lake in September of 2020 upon a pandemic-forced return from Austria, and in his first year in Major League Soccer he became an immediate stalwart for the team’s defense. During the 2021 RSL home opener, Brody was called upon early when right back and fellow homegrown Academy product Aaron Herrera went down with an injury in the 30th minute. Brody came on and made an instant impact, providing an assist for Damir Kreilach to score in the 35th minute, just minutes after entering the match.
This season, he has started 10 of the Club’s 11 matches, rotating between a left back and outside wingback based on Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni’s formational needs. He has contributed to four clean sheets, more than half of what the team recorded last season in just one-third of the time.
“Andrew is the epitome of what our Club’s development paradigm represents,” stated Fall, who has been with…
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