When Salt Lake City was awarded an MLS club in 2004, just months before Real Salt Lake took the field for its inaugural season, Major League Soccer was a much different league than the one that exists today. It was before the days of Designated Players and Academies and the league had just 12 teams.
Now with expansion booming and the league growing in its depth and reach, Real Salt Lake remains at the forefront thanks in large part to the visionary practices of Owner Dell Loy Hansen.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber was in town this week for the Eighth Annual Utah Governor’s State of Sport Awards and had was complimentary of that vision.