Real Salt Lake trims roster to 26

by denz on Mar 3, 2010 4:01 PM MST Comment 0 comments

So it was made public yesterday that RSL parted ways with: Thompson, Davis, Banghart, and El Khaifi but that hasn't solved all their issues as they still have 26 players on their roster as of today:

#	Player		Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Birthdate	Hometown		College	Status
12	Jean	Alexandre	MF	5-11	185	8/24/1986	Delray Beach	FL	Lynn
5	Kyle	Beckerman	MF	5-11	165	4/23/1982	Crofton,	MD	--
2	Tony	Beltran	DF	5-8	150	10/11/1987	Claremont,	CA	UCLA
6	Nat	Borchers	DF	6-2	175	4/13/1981	Pueblo,	CO	Denver
19	Pablo	Campos	FW	6-3	200	11/29/1983	Sao Paulo	Brazil	FP
23	Raphael	Cox	MF	5-6	140	7/7/1986	Tacoma,	WA	Washington
16	Fabían	Espíndola	FW	5-9	160	5/4/1985	Buenos Aires	Argentina		Int'l
10	Robbie	Findley	FW	5-9	165	8/4/1985	Phoenix,	AZ	Oregon State
21	Luis	Gil	MF	5-8	150	11/14/1993	Garden	Grove,	CA	--
22	Nelson	González	MF	5-6	156	9/22/1988	Buenos Aires	Argentina		Int'l
20	Ned	Grabavoy	MF	5-7	150	7/1/1983	New Lenox	IL	Indiana
33	David	Horst	DF	6-4	200	10/25/1985	Pine Grove	PA	Old Dominion
8	Will	Johnson	MF	5-10	155	1/21/1987	Woodridge,	IL	--
30	Rauwshan	McKenzie	DF	6-1	185	11/19/1986	Hoffman Estates	IL	Michigan State
1	Tim	Melia	GK	6-1	195	5/15/1986	East Islip	NY	Lynn (Fl)
11	Javier	Morales	MF	5-9	165	1/10/1980	Buenos Aires	Argentina		Int'l
7	Alex	Nimo	MF	5-5	135	3/21/1990	Portland,	OR	--
25	Tino	Nuñez	FW	5-8	185	8/22/1984	Long Beach	CA	UCSB
4	Jamison	Olave	DF	6-3	210	4/21/1981	Medellin,	Colombia	--	Int'l
24	Kyle	Reynish	GK	6-3	190	11/3/1983	Valencia,	CA	UCSB
18	Nick	Rimando	GK	5-9	185	6/17/1979	Montclair,	CA	UCLA
3	Robbie	Russell	DF	6-1	200	7/16/1979	Amherst,	MA	Duke
28	Chris	Schuler	DF	6-4	185	9/6/1987	Aurora,	IL	Creighton
26	Collen	Warner	MF	5-10	170	6/24/1988	Denver,	CO	Portland
77	Andy	Williams	MF	5-8	170	9/23/1977	Herriman,	UT	Rhode Island
17	Chris	Wingert	DF	5-11	170	6/16/1982	Babylon,	NY	St. John's

So the question remains will RSL find a way to loan a couple young players, if they should find another striker to add where to they clear some room if MLS stays with a 24 man roster? I have to believe one move will be going to 2 GK's, which can be a risky move but most teams are wanting more field players and with 7 additional matches in 2010 RSL might be forced to make the same move.

The loan of Alex Nimo last year cleared a roster spot for the team, could he, Tino Nunez, Chris Schuler, or others be offered up to 2nd division teams for loans? It is clear in looking at the 26 names on the roster, that losing anyone will be tough on the club.

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