The Real Questions: June 5, 2019

Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports Real Salt Lake - Is it time to move on from Marcelo Silva?

At one time, Marcelo Silva was the guy we banked on. Real Salt Lake didn’t have that many options at center back, and he was there when we needed him. Now though, with Nedum Onuoha doing great work in that position, is it time to move on? Silva hasn’t been getting consistent minutes, and when he does, the results have been less than ideal.

In Silva’s five starts in 2019, RSL has a -13 goal differential and only one win. In addition to that, Silva often leads to disciplinary issues with two yellows and a red in his 7 appearances. In 2018 Silva had seven yellows in 18 appearances keeping up a similar rate…