The Athletic has learned new details involving Real Salt Lake’s decision to furlough full-time employees and received updates from multiple other MLS clubs regarding how they’re handling staffing during the ongoing COVID-19 suspension.



RSL announced on Tuesday that the club had furloughed a number of employees and cut pay for remaining staffers on both the soccer and business sides of the organization.



Multiple sources told The Athletic that the furloughs involved employees at all three pro teams owned by Dell Loy Hansen: RSL, the NWSL’s Utah Royals and the USL’s Real Monarchs. The club said in a statement released Tuesday that they “will re-staff accordingly” when play resumes. The sources clarified that a bit; they said that no promises were made to furloughed employees regarding future employment, but that, barring an extraordinary development such as a league folding, the club intends to bring back all of them if...