I don’t know why I am surprised about Maikel Chang at this point, but he has been a game-changer for Real Salt Lake. He was at the center of everything that went well in the first half. If you came in from the cold and had no context for his rise to RSL, you might think he’s a top player and has been excelling in the league for a while.
No, he’s actually a player that came up through Real Monarchs and signed with RSL in 2019, and I didn’t expect this sort of year for him.