In what was originally intended to be an intrasquad scrimmage, Real Salt Lake instead will meet NK Istra from Croatia on Saturday from Casa Grande, Arizona. It will be RSL’s first chance to implement some of the altered defensive principles that have been the focus of the first five days of training camp.
RSL and Istra will play three 30-minute periods as Head Coach Jeff Cassar looks to ease his team into game shape with the 2017 MLS regular season just around the corner on March 4 when RSL hosts Toronto FC at Rio Tinto Stadium.
“I just want to see that they’re beginning to grasp what we’ve been working on.