The smiles spoke volumes at Real Salt Lake’s first training session of the 2016 season at the remote fields of the SoCal Sports Complex in Oceanside, California, on Sunday.
From the coaches and the players glistened the gleeful grins of a group of people enthused at the dawning of a new season as RSL motored through the first day of preparation for its CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal Round matchup with UANL Tigres, just over four weeks away on February 24. It wasn’t just excitement at getting back together with a close-knit group of teammates that elicited that reaction from the Claret-and-Cobalt though.