Javier Morales coming back to Salt Lake City for the first time was always going to be just a little bit weird, and Saturday’s match promises to be every bit as weird as you’d expect.
For one, he’s been talking to local media — that’s fitting, given his importance here. But there’s a growing sense that there’s a lot more to this than just a former player coming back with an opponent.
It felt different when Nat Borchers came back with Portland Timbers, or when Will Johnson came back with ... Portland Timbers. Maybe that’s because we had that history with Portland, and maybe we just don’t have the same thing with Dallas.