Tony Beltran, the veteran defender for Real Salt Lake, will retire at the end of the season, he announced on a full-page ad taken out in Sunday’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune.
“The end brings peace and understanding,” the ad reads in part. “All those nights chasing shadows in the dark, they were leading me, to where I was meant to be. To the most beautiful place on earth, home.”
At the end of the 2019 season, which is just five games away, Beltran will have played 12 seasons — all with RSL. After missing all of last year due to a knee injury, he returned this season after a long recovery from two offseason knee surgeries.