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Real Salt Lake Selects MF Omar Holness in 2016 MLS SuperDraft

Baltimore, Maryland (Thursday, January 14, 2016) - Real Salt Lake added two players to its roster on Thursday at the 2016 MLS SuperDraft at the Baltimore Convention Center. The Claret-and-Cobalt selected MF Omar Holness (North Carolina) with the fifth overall pick and followed that up by picking DF Max Lachowecki (Notre Dame) with the 25th overall pick in the second round.

"We're really happy. Any club has a need for young talent and positionally these guys work really well," RSL General Manager Craig Waibel said. "We're really happy with how this worked out. They've been on our board for a long time and both of them come to Utah.