In his inaugural MLS season, Albert Rusnak won the club’s Golden Boot award. Technically there was a four way tie between Rusnak, Joao Plata, Luis Silva, and of course fan — and Petke — favorite Yura Movsisyan, but Rusnak took home the honors and thus, Real Salt Lake’s leading scorer in 2017 was a midfielder.
While it’s impressive how balanced the RSL attack is, one of the more pressing needs this offseason is finding a center forward who can reliably bang home goals, while also involving the fearsome trio of Rusnak, Plata, and (hopefully) Jefferson Savarino in the attack.