Royal Roundup: RSL adds players

Real Salt Lake traded their 1st round Superdraft pick to Columbus Crew for $50,000 in allocation money, however in the 2nd and 3rd rounds they picked up two new players. They also officially signed free agent Scott Caldwell (as was rumored last week), as well as bringing Justin Meram back for two more years. Three academy players were also added to the roster (so far).

The two players drafted are Pedro Fonseca, a 24 year old forward out of University of Louisville. The second pick was Jasper Loeffelsend, also age 24; he played right back at University of Pittsburgh. Given RSL’s history with draft picks, it seems likely that these two are destined for the Monarchs; however we will be watching…