Real Salt Lake signs Monarchs captain Nick Besler

Real Salt Lake has signed Monarchs captain Nick Besler, the team announced Thursday.“I’m very excited,” Besler said in a team release. “It was a goal when I signed with the Monarchs to make it to the first team. I knew I had to consistently perform with that goal in mind of making it to the first team. It provided me extra motivation to keep improving.”The 23-year-old midfielder has scored three goals and made an assist in 22 matches for the first-place Monarchs (16