Real Salt Lake » The flu, a broken rib and a virus have limited midfielder in first two months of season
Sandy • Javier Morales was confined to his bed a week ago, battling the accompanying effects of a stubborn virus that attacked his system.
The Real Salt Lake midfielder had just gotten through a six-week stretch of overcoming a rib fracture in the first game of the season on March 6 in Orlando, Fla., but then the virus symptoms leveled him.
"It wasn't good," he said. "I had to stay home, [didn't want to] get the guys sick.