Ed. note: The following is a guest column from former Real Salt Lake Vice President of Communications Trey Fitz-Gerald. He has since moved on to a role at FC Pinzgau Saalfelden in Austria. He was at the club from the very beginning, and he’s sorely missed since his absence.
It is incredibly difficult to put into words just how to say goodbye - even if it probably isn’t forever - to Salt Lake, to Utah, to all the incredible people I’ve encountered there.
Nearly 15 years ago, Dave Checketts asked me to relocate from New York City to Utah - a place I had never before been, despite growing up in the Southwest and being very familiar with New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona.