All last summer, as RSL fans, we collectively held our breath as we waited for Waibel and Co to announce a much awaited, and oft promised, BIG SIGNING. Late in August Juan Manuel "El Burrito" Martinez was announced as the club’s first truly marquee signing.
In his first season with RSL, coming into the season at the time he did, Burrito only played in 8 games, starting 7 of them (in MLS play). In that time he notched 1 goal and 1 assist, and was clearly finding his feet in a new city, with a new team, after no real pre-season, and in a system that the team itself was still trying to figure out.