Reports: Real Salt Lake GM Garth Lagerwey to leave club, join Seattle
Garth Lagerwey will indeed be leaving Real Salt Lake this winter, but contrary to initial reports, he won't be heading to Toronto FC.
Multiple sources say that Lagerwey, one of the most coveted offseason prizes in Major League Soccer this winter, will leave the club to join the reigning Supporters' Shield winners, the Seattle Sounders.
Hearing at the start of the 2015 @MLS season, Garth Lagerwey will not be with @RealSaltLake....instead he will be with @SoundersFC.
— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) December 16, 2014
SI has confirmed @TaylorTwellman's report of Lagerwey leaving RSL for Seattle (not that we don't trust TT. In TT we trust). More to come....
— Brian Straus (@BrianStraus) December 16, 2014
Lagerwey has been with Real Salt Lake since 2007, orchestrating a turnaround that saw the club go from a struggling expansion side to one that has now made seven consecutive post-season appearances.
Under the leadership of Lagerwey and former head coach Jason Kreis, Real Salt Lake captured the 2009 MLS Cup, reached the final in 2013 and also made an appearance in the championship match of the CONCACAF Champions League in 2010-11.
Despite the reports referenced above, a Real Salt Lake spokesperson told MLSsoccer.com on Monday nigh that "Garth Lagerwey is currently our general manager, and it is premature to speculate on what 2015 will bring."
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