November 27, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release
HERRIMAN, Utah – Real Salt Lake Chief Soccer Officer Kurt Schmid today announced various end-of-season roster moves, returning 29 players – including 10 from the Club’s Academy/Monarchs homegrown pipeline – from the record-setting 2024 squad, which set new all-time Club highs in points (59) and goals (65), finishing third overall in the MLS Western Conference and sixth out of 29 teams in the MLS Supporters Shield race.
RSL posted an overall 17-9-13 (W-L-T) record across multiple competitions, also earning a berth in the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup, the Claret-and-Cobalt’s first foray in continental competition since the 2015/16 CCL run to the quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Liga MX power Tigres. RSL’s 2025 CCC opponent and dates/times for its mid-February international fixtures will be determined in the December 10 draw (see key offseason dates below).
Today’s announcements arrive 18 days after Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni’s team saw its fourth consecutive MLS Cup Playoff run end in Minnesota on penalty kicks, despite an eight-game unbeaten streak, as RSL advanced to the postseason for the sixth time in the last seven years, and the 14th occasion in the last 17 years overall.
2024 RSL Roster Decisions
Out of Contract – MF Maikel Chang, GK Tomas Gomez, DF Marcelo Silva
Options Declined – DF Kevin Bonilla, DF Erik Holt, FW Bertin Jacquesson, FW Benji Michel, DF Jaziel Orozco, FW Ilijah Paul, DF Delentz Pierre, FW Rubio Rubin
Options Exercised – GK Gavin Beavers, DF Javain Brown, MF Noel Caliskan, FW Anderson Julio, DF Philip Quinton, DF Tommy Silva
Guaranteed for 2025 – FW Chicho Arango, MF Matthew Bell, DF Andrew Brody, FW Lachlan Brook, MF Matt Crooks, MF Emeka Eneli, DF Justen Glad, MF Diogo Gonçalves, DF Bode Hidalgo, DF Alex Katranis, FW Axel Kei, DF Kevon Lambert, MF Diego Luna, GK Zac MacMath, FW Dominik Marczuk, MF Braian Ojeda, MF Nelson Palacio, DF Luis Rivera, MF Pablo Ruiz, DF Brayan Vera, MF Jude Wellings
Ongoing discussions TBD – DF Zach Farnsworth
Several acquisitions from the past year – including DF Alex Katranis, MF Matt Crooks, FW Dominik Marczuk, FW Lachlan Brook and MF Diogo Gonçalves – remain under contract for the 2025 season, which sees preseason kick off on January 11. Recent college SuperDraft pick Matthew Bell remains guaranteed, while two RSL Homegrowns – GKs Gavin Beavers and DF Tommy Silva – join four others to see 2025 options exercised (FW Anderson…
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