Jefferson Savarino will wear the number 7 on the back of his shirt, continuing a trend of wingers being given that number.
When he signed with Real Salt Lake in 2014, Jordan Allen was given that number. So, too, was Juan Manuel Martinez, who supplanted Allen’s wearing of that number. Allen moved to wearing number 70, which he still wears.
Before Allen, Lovel Palmer wore it; and before him, Fabian Espindola — who was neither a winger nor a forward explicitly during his RSL time — wore the number.
As you‘d expect, Joao Plata’s salary budget impact was bought down with targeted allocation money, which enabled Real Salt Lake to bring in Savarino as a young designated player.