RSL’s newest acquisition, Dominik Marczuk, is expected to arrive in Utah by the end of the month, currently awaiting his International Transfer Certificate and P-1 visa approval in order to hopefully be eligible for one of RSL’s two home matches in August – either Saturday the 24th with a 7:30p MT kickoff at America First Field against the visiting San Jose Earthquakes, or maybe one week later on Aug. 31 against the New England Revolution. Tickets are available at www.RSL.com/tickets for yet another expected pair of sellouts in Sandy, which would be the Club’s seventh and eighth consecutive standing-room only matches of 2024, and the ninth and 10th in 14 home matches this campaign.
Here's some things you should know about Dominik as we welcome him to Utah:
1) Dominik - now just 20 years old, turning 21 on November 1 later this year – signed his first professional contract at the age of 16 with his hometown club, Podlasie Biala Podlaska, a third division side for whom he played 19 games during the 2019 season.
2) Dominik is coming off four recent UEFA Champions League qualifiers for Jagiellonia Bialystok, who were eliminated Tuesday by Norweigan power Bodø/Glimt. In those four games, Dominik played 336 of a possible 360 minutes, registering one assist.
3) In his first-ever appearance with first division side Jagiellonia Bialystok, back in Sept., 2023, Dominik registered three assists and was named Player of the Matchday in Poland, helping Bialystok to a come-from-behind, 3-2 win over Radomiak Radom.
4) Dominik is the first-ever Polish player in RSL’s 20-year history, and the 21st from a UEFA country, joining Greek DF Alex Katranis and Portuguese MF Diogo Gonçalves as 2024 European additions. He is believed to be the 26th Polish player to sign with an MLS team in the North American league’s 29-year history, and the sixth active Polish player for MLS’ 2024 season, joining Mateusz Bogusz (LAFC), Mateusz Klich (DCU), Sebastian Kowalczyk (HOU), Bartosz Slisz (ATL) and Karol Swiderski (CLT).
5) Dominik arrives with Real Salt Lake as the Polish Ekstraklasa Young Player of the Year for the 2023/24 season, during which he was an integral part of Jagiellonia Bialystok’s first-ever Championship campaign, the first league title in the 100-year history of the club.
