With the announcement today that Real Salt Lake is bringing back veteran defender Chris Wingert, I have to admit — my head is still spinning a little bit from the move.
That's not because it's a bad move or anything, but it's one that feels like it's loaded with implications about the state of the club's efforts to bring in a top-level center back.
But let's be clear about this before we get too far along: My understanding, through RSL Communications, is that the club is still actively pursuing a center back, and that Chris Wingert isn't being brought in because moves fell through in that regard.