Real Salt Lake has made an announcement: They’ve hired a technical director. It’s Kurt Schmid, who has been in the same role at Inter Miami for the past two years.
What exactly does a technical director do? The press release gives some details, which is helpful, since that can be highly variable from organization to organization.
- Leading scouting department
- Development and supervision of player progression plans
- Developing club’s soccer curriculum
- Managing player movement between Real Salt Lake, Real Monarchs and the RSL Academy
Schmid has been in and around MLS since 2009, when he joined Seattle Sounders.