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Real Salt Lake Forward Jefferson Savarino Selected as MLS Player of the Week

SANDY, UTAH (Monday, July 15, 2019) – Real Salt Lake FW Jefferson Savarino was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Week for the 19th week of the 2019 MLS season, a first for the Venezuelan international since joining the league in 2017.

Savarino has previously been selected to the MLS Team of the Week on five separate occasions during the 2017 and 2018 seasons combined, his selection as the MLS Player of the Week and subsequent selection to the Team of the Week is a first for the forward this season.

Real Salt Lake defeated the Philadelphia Union 4-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday behind a dominant performance from Savarino who contributed two goals and an assist to help lift the team over the leaders in the East.