Freddy Juarez saw something in his Real Salt Lake team when they took the field for the first training session in Orlando on Monday that looked calmingly familiar. As RSL prepares for the opening match in the MLS Is Back Tournament, the players were beaming through the Florida heat and humidity as they strolled from the bus to Field 25.
A coach at the youth level in New Mexico before moving to the RSL Academy in Arizona in 2010, the current RSL Head Coach had seen his share of travel tournaments and knew that buzz in the air and first kick of the ball on uncharted grass.