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Who Will Take The Lead After Beckerman's Retirement?

Real Salt Lake returned to the pitch at the Zions Bank Training Center on Monday after a week of voluntary training camp sessions. With the regular season opener fast approaching on April 17, Head Coach Freddy Juarez has a few tasks to complete ahead of his second season at the helm.

One thing on his checklist is determining a captain. After 14 seasons with Real Salt Lake, longtime captain Kyle Beckerman retired following the 2020 season, leaving a large gap in leadership with a club that hasn’t needed to question who the leader in the locker room has been since his arrival in 2007.