Cassar says pubitis kept Burrito Martinez from full form

In an interview with ESPN 700, Real Salt Lake coach Jeff Cassar attributed Juan Manuel Martinez’s lack of form in the second half of the season to two things: pubitis and problems finding him in good positions.

Pubitis? That’s what Jeff Cassar described as “arthritis in the pubis area,” but it’s medically known as osteitis pubis.

Juan was dealing with — in essence — pubitis, which is arthritis in the pubis area, which is extremely painful. It’s a pain that’s debilitating. Some days it felt fine, other days it felt bad — some days it felt great until it felt bad. It was very difficult for Juan to be operating at full capacity through an entire match. Again, we saw flashes of it, but it was…