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Salt Lake releases Melvin Tarley !
Real Salt Lake releases six players
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Real Salt Lake announced that the team has waived
senior roster players midfielder Leslie "Tiger" Fitzpatrick and
forward Melvin Tarley. In addition, RSL has also released non-roster
invitees Jake Besagno, Michael Lookingland, Sergio Flores and Luke
Kreamalmeyer to reduce its 38-man roster to 32 heading into the fourth
week of preseason training camp. RSL has 12 days remaining to pare
four more players from its roster in order to meet Major League
Soccer's 28-man roster requirement by Wednesday, March 1, 2006.
Fitzpatrick was acquired from the United Soccer League First
Division's Atlanta Silverbacks on April 15, 2005. The Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad native was featured in 18 games, with six starts, and added
two assists for RSL during its 2005 inaugural season campaign.
Tarley was obtained by RSL on August 29 from the USL First Division
Minnesota Thunder, and notched his first and only goal for RSL in the
5-1 loss against D.C. United at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. on
August 31. Prior to joining Real, the Liberian-born Tarley saw great
success in the 2005 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against MLS teams,
finding the back of the net twice in the Thunder's 6-4 win over RSL on
July 13 and tallying all four Thunder goals in the team's 4-1 win over
the Colorado Rapids on August 3.
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