Real Salt Lake’s players and fans are gearing up for the postseason run, which begins this Saturday vs. the Portland Timbers. The team’s attorneys are ramping up for a battle all their own against the team’s ousted coach.
Legal filings have shot back and forth in recent days, giving a sense of how this fight may play out and what it might mean for the club.
RSL believes it had the right to fire Mike Petke and is asking the judge to dismiss the former coach’s lawsuit, moving the dispute into arbitration, a process that is not likely to be public.