It wasn’t long ago that Jamison Olave was widely regarded as the best defender in Major League Soccer. The Real Salt Lake center back earned MLS Defender of the Year honors in 2010 and added another MLS Best XI season in 2011. Now back for his second stint with RSL after a brief two-year spell with the New York Red Bulls, a recent resurgence has him back in form and this week he was unveiled as the top center back in MLS, according to the statistical analysis provided by the Audi Player Index.
With an average score of 472, Olave outranked Walker Zimmerman (466) of FC Dallas and D.