National duty, injuries cut into RSL's depth

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Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis has repeatedly trumpeted the depth of his team. However, the combination of players on national duties and a few broken bones has sliced away layers of that depth.For a moment, Kreis even contemplated listing a third goalie as part of RSL's required 18 eligible players needed for Saturday's Major League Soccer game against visiting Philadelphia.Midfielder Kyle Beckerman will play, but Will Johnson (Canada), Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica), Jean Alexandre (Haiti) and Arturo Alvarez (El Salvador) will miss the Philly game at Rio Tinto Stadium because of national duty."That might not be the case now," he said. "Maybe there will be one player left off the 18, that would be the goal keeper."