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Real Salt Lake: Omar Holness and RSL staff eager for rookie's second half of 2016

"We have very high hopes for him," said RSL coach Jeff Cassar, "and he did not let us down."

Ninety-one days after a seizure caused Holness to collapse to the pitch suddenly in his professional debut with the Real Monarchs, RSL's No. 5 overall pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft started at the point of the midfield attack against one of the league's best home teams.

A tough draw, no doubt, but sooner or later, the staff needed to see how the versatile midfielder would fare. After the 90-minute performance, Holness said there were several things to take out of his debut.