Major League Soccer is known to be a physical and athletic league. Those aspects would seem to work against young players in the center back role, but at just 19 years old, Real Salt Lake defender Justen Glad has stood his own against some of the best in the league.
Buoyed in the early stages of his career with some players and coaches with vast resumes, his steady rise took a dramatic turn this season as he has grasped the opportunity to play a starting role with RSL and for that he was rated No. 15 on the annual “24 Under 24” presented by EA Sports.