RSL Soapbox · Mar 20, 2017
RSL fired Jeff Cassar: What just happened?
Real Salt Lake management has fired coach Jeff Cassar after a truly bad run of form for the club, and it’s the first time the club has fired a head coach since dismissing John Ellinger in early 2007.
Cassar, 43, joined Real Salt Lake as a goalkeeper coach in 2007 under then-coach Jason Kreis. He served in that role until Kreis, now at Orlando City SC as coach, left for big-money side New York City FC following the 2013 campaign.
In his first and third years at the club, 2014 and 2016, respectively, Cassar and RSL made the playoffs. Both times, the club lost in devastating fashion to LA Galaxy, who walked all over the Utah side. It wasn’t ever close.