January 16, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Real Salt Lake News Release
HERRIMAN, UTAH – Real Salt Lake Sporting Director Kurt Schmid today unveiled the Club’s first-team Technical Staff – under the guidance of Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni, who returns for his fourth year with RSL and his third full season as field boss – with the Utah side kicking off its 2024 preseason Tuesday. Prior to RSL officially opening its 20th Major League Soccer campaign on Wed., Feb. 21 at Inter Miami CF against Lionel Messi & Co., the Utah side will see Mastroeni and new assistant coaches Nate Miller, Anthony Pulis and Jamison Olave, along with goalkeeper coach Mirza Hirambasic and performance coach Sean Buckley, direct 37 players for preseason – including 32 returning from last year – as RSL opens 2024 looking for a fourth consecutive MLS postseason berth, and its sixth in the last seven years.
“We are excited to welcome Nate, Anthony and Sean into our Club, and are also very pleased to bring Jamison and Mirza into the MLS environment,” said Schmid, who was named RSL’s interim Chief Soccer Officer and Sporting Director last month, after serving as the Club’s Technical Director since early in the 2021 season.
“A thorough and exhaustive process conducted by Pablo and myself in conjunction with Ownership, (Asst. GM) Tony Beltran, (Club President) John Kimball, (newly-arrived Director) Jason Kreis and myself allowed us to identify these people and ultimately land on assembling this group, whom we believe will enable our Club to embody our collective ethos of winning together through development.
“RSL’s main goals always revolve around securing hardware and rewarding our fans with a winning product each week, at every level, and ultimately, championships. An equally important mandate for us is to develop players, coaches, and staff in their journey, helping young adults become outstanding players and responsible citizens.
“Nate, Anthony, Jamison, and Mirza are excellent teachers who will challenge the locker room and each other, and we expect that they will help take us to new and higher levels. Along with Sean, we’re proud of this staff’s growth mindset, the positivity and focus they bring each day, and we look forward to their work with both individual players and the collective group.”
A glut of prior head coaching experience joins Mastroeni’s 2024 staff, as Miller (USL San Diego Loyal (2023), Pulis (USL Miami FC 2022/23, USL St. Louis 2018/19, and Olave (USL/MLS NEXT Pro…
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