What is RSL’s transfer strategy for the summer window?

The summer transfer window is creeping to a close — August 4, if you’re curious, which is now just eight days away — and Real Salt Lake has yet to make a deal in the window.

Before we get pedantic: Yes, RSL did add Diego Luna after the close of the primary transfer window. He’s only played 63 minutes for the first team in nearly two months since his acquisition. Now, a lot of that time was spent with the U.S. youth national team setup, and I don’t want to begrudge him that.

Now that we’re through that, let’s get to the meat and potatoes. RSL has moved out three players inside the span of this window (Everton Luiz, Jonathan Menendez, and short-term-loanee Chris Kablan,) and it appears that…