Real Salt Lake’s newest addition Richard El Khalifi, who signed with the team earlier this week, will not accompany the team to Chicago for Saturday’s game against the Fire. Coming in during the middle of his offseason, the Dutch forward is not match fit.
“We’re kind of handling him as if he’s in a mini-preseason and he’s been asked to do quite a bit more than the rest of the group,” RSL head coach Jason Kreis said following Friday’s training session. “He’s had some double-days and that will continue over the weekend. It’s important to get him altitude-adjusted as well and in order to accomplish all these things we thought it best to leave him here.”
