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RSL History: Club faced tampering charge in 2007 after Cassar hire

Major League Soccer tends to be among the more genial leagues in the team. Player rights are controlled by the league, and the league itself owns each team — that’s the single-entity way.

But every now and again, something flares up that makes you think that not everything is the rosy image put forward, and the start of Jeff Cassar’s Real Salt Lake career is one of those moments.

Real Salt Lake v New York Red Bulls
Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for New York Red Bulls

The year? 2007. Jeff Cassar was in his first year at FC Dallas as a goalkeeper coach.