As we move away from the SuperDraft and into preseason let's take a look into the crystal ball and make some predictions about the RSL players we would like to see have more than 1000 minutes on the field for RSL in the 2017 season. To give you all an idea of what a 1000 minute season seems like, consider Jordan Allen who made 24 appearances for a total of 1116 minutes and Olmes Garcia who made 25 appearances for a total of 1054 minutes in 2016.
During the 2016 season, which the coaches and staff have admitted did not see enough rotation of players, RSL had a total of 16 players with at least 1000 minutes across all competitions (arranged in order of minutes played)
- Nick Rimando (2790 minutes)
- Juan Martinez (2579 minutes)
- João Plata (2568 minutes)
- Justen Glad (2514 minutes)
- Tony Beltran (2468 minutes)
- Kyle Beckerman (2457 minutes)
- Demar Phillips (2268 minutes)
- Javier Morales (2249 minutes)
- Yura Movsisyan (2197 minutes)
- Luke Mulholland (2048 minutes)
- Aaron Maund (1746 minutes)
- Jámison Olave (1482 minutes)
- Chris Wingert (1587 minutes)
- Stephen Sunday (1205 minutes)
- Jordan Allen (1116 minutes)
- Olmes Garcia (1054 minutes)
Barring injury, and additional signings yet unknown, here are my bold predictions.