Forward Kenny Deucher (Scotland), midfielder Matias Cordoba (Argentina) and defender Jamison Olave (Colombia) are RSL's three big foreign signings, while it also lured American defenders Nat Borchers and Ian Joy back to MLS.

Salt Lake kicks off its 30-game regular season schedule at home on Saturday, March 29, against Chicago. Other season highlights include David Beckham's lone visit on May 3 and Real Madrid returning to Salt Lake City this year for an Aug. 9 exhibition game at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

RSL will spend virtually the entire 2008 season playing at Rice-Eccles Stadium this year. Construction on the Sandy Stadium is about 60 percent complete, according to project manager Mike Steele, and the team is hopeful it can play two regular-season games in the new stadium in October.

If construction goes smoothly this spring and summer, those two games would be on Oct. 9 against New York and then Oct. 18 against FC Dallas.

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