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RSL seriously shorthanded this week due to national, international call-ups

Herriman • Real Salt Lake has had several players called up to national team duty before. But during the current international window, the number of players gone for Real are somewhat staggering.

A total of nine RSL players were called up to their respective national teams for various friendlies, World Cup qualifying matches and camps between Sept. 1 and 11. Sam Johnson is with Liberia; Albert Rusnák with Slovakia; Jefferson Savarino with Venezuela; Sebastian Saucedo, Brooks Lennon, Aaron Herrera and Justen Glad with the United States Men’s National Team Under-23 squad; Corey Baird with the USMNT senior team; and goalkeeper David Ochoa rounds out the list with the USMNT U-20 team.