Real Salt Lake’s draft record has, in a word, been awful. In the last 10 drafts, only five players have made at least 10 appearances for an MLS first team, with the bulk of those coming in 2013 and 2016.
So with today’s news that Aaron Herrera is likely headed to Montreal for a deal that includes a first-round draft pick, and with tomorrow’s MLS SuperDraft (ugh, that name), I thought it would be enlightening to review the draft and how it’s gone for RSL. Here’s a hint: not well.
Obviously a player like Jasper Löffelsend is going to color our expectations, but he was the first drafted player to see first-team minutes of any volume since 2017.