Marcelo Silva is returning to Real Salt Lake for 2020 on a new multi-year contract, the club announced today in a press release.
The news started floating around in early December — right around the Freddy Juarez-as-coach announcement — but an official announcement hadn’t surfaced.
This likely means the club’s center back group will stay roughly the same, barring major injury, with Silva joined by Justen Glad, Nedum Onuoha and Erik Holt.
Quotes follow from a club-issued release.
RSL general manager Elliott Fall
“Marcelo has shown himself a standout center back at the MLS level.