Sandy • America First Field was nearly emptied around noon on Friday. Real Salt Lake had a plane to catch, a quick flight over the Rockies to Denver, Colo., where Saturday RSL will face rival Colorado Rapids for the first time in 2017.
One player stayed late.
And he listened to the instruction relayed by assistant coach Tyrone Marshall. When a ball hit Danilo Acosta's left foot, he'd take a breath and drive it into the box at RSL's training grounds in Sandy. Acosta, 19, hit crosses toward absolutely no one. The RSL homegrown product was just trying to whip in crosses that could — if he makes a return to the starting lineup after making his MLS debut last weekend — find the head of a teammate.