A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
36 posts
Ah, match day! It's been a long week after that loss to Sporting KC, and the tedium, it would seem, is about to end. Nothing, you know, earthshaking, but a solid performance would put that loss to bed in a meaningful way. It's not a match…
What a long week it's been. Thankfully, it's Friday, and we can turn our attention quite genuinely toward our next opponent. We're not exactly shaking in our boots (heh) but we are facing the second-placed team in the West: San Jose…
After yesterday's debate and my subsequent not-posting (of the usual blog, I mean), I thought it would be good to tackle (probably a standing tackle and not two-footed, studs-up — wouldn't want a retroactive ban now, would I?) something a…
At the start of the MLS season, Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer announced the Professional Referee Organization to manage referees as an effort to improve the quality of refereeing. Additionally, the league has stepped up its…
When we came into this season, we knew we were going to be without some of our valuable players from the previous campaign. Key among them was Andy Williams, who had stepped into the right-sided midfield diamond spot, and when he retired,…
There's a certain problematic aspect to declaring the winner of a single match the best of anything, let alone the best in the league. The very real danger of overhype comes crashing down when, after less than a quarter of the season, the…
It had to happen that way, didn't it? After a week of pure hype around the league, the game was won on a single mistake on a corner. We put up a solid defensive fight, but while the game may have been won on a set piece, we lost it in the…
I feel a bit like we're stuck in some sort of pressurized chamber, and soon, the hatch will blow and we'll all be sucked out into the vacuum of space. The hype, perhaps understandably, has only grown around us, and it's a bit of an unusual…
A good thing to start the day: The one and only Alvaro Saborio was handed the Goal of the Week award for his stunning strike to open the scoring against Colorado. That strike — and what a strike it was — required so much skill it wasn't…
After getting our first bit of mid-season transfer news yesterday, I've once again been forced to wonder about the efficacy of the MLS squad limitations. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not a "reform it all now!" sort of guy. I've got my…