Real Salt Lake was unable to fill their bench for tonight’s match on the road against FC Dallas, with only five players meeting the call for substitutes.
If that doesn’t tell you a lot about the state of things for RSL, then perhaps looking at the causes for absences would be efficacious.
Starting lineup
Matt VanOekel; Chris Wingert, Aaron Maund, Chris Schuler; Tony Beltran; Omar Holness, Kyle Beckerman, Luke Mulholland, Joao Plata; Albert Rusnák; Yura Movsisyan
Substitutes: Lalo Fernandez, Justin Schmidt, Reagan Dunk, Jose Hernandez, Ricardo Velazco
Absences: 12
For international duty: 6 (senior: 2)
- Nick Rimando - International duty, United States
- Jefferson Savarino - International duty, Venezuela
- Brooks Lennon - International duty, U.