Kyle Beckerman became Real Salt Lake’s ninth player named to the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week this season when he earned the honor after stifling the D.C. United attack on Saturday and Sunday in a match split up by a weather delay that postponed the final 62 minutes until 24 hours after the match originally kicked off.
Head Coach Mike Petke didn’t mince words in praising Beckerman while the midfielder was being interviewed on Real Salt Lake’s postgame television broadcast. Walking past the broadcast site to the locker room, Petke shouted with a grin, “Greatest captain in MLS history!