A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
29 posts
It was only a friendly, I keep telling myself. It was only a friendly. 89 minutes in, it was still only a friendly. 90 minutes gone, it was still only a friendly. But that last-gasp goal from BYU — 89 gone, stoppage to play — hurt. It…
For the first time in some time, we've not got a true, competitive match to deal with today, and I must confess, my nerves are thanking me quite heartily. Ah, the excitement of seeing the squad and some football today is there, but I'm not…
Right, I took yesterday a bit off, but I'm back on track with posts in the morning (is that a cheer or a jeer? I can't quite tell). Today, I thought it might be particularly interesting to go over some league-wide statistics, some Real…
Another late one. Ho hum. Nothing new. Let's dive into something, shall we? One reader, Kreg, has done a tremendous thing by keeping track of the average power rankings across the league and across various media outlets, so let's take a…
Right, another late one from me, so you've got my apologies on that. But there's some news to go through, so let's not dally around apologizing and the like, shall we? First, and perhaps foremost, is the news that Kyle Beckerman and Nick…
I don't often post in the afternoon, but after getting caught up in work all day and not writing in the morning, it sort of became a necessity. So, alas, my apologies, all. Let's go through some stats, shall we? We've got a long…
And so it was that Real Salt Lake did fell the mighty Sounders, the plucky underdog quite certainly snatching the points against a rather hapless Seattle side. The match, teetering on a knife point for 50 minutes, was finely poised to…
There's something interesting about our playing style: Sometimes, it doesn't work. Not entirely, at least. It's not a systemic issue, but a personnel issue — which makes it sound a bit like I'm having a whinge about the players. I'm not.…
Ah, hello! A good and productive Friday to you all, and welcome back to the blog for the last post before tomorrow's match preview, unless something particularly interesting happens that I feel compelled to write about. You know, news and…
There are two kinds of draws: There's the exciting draw — you know the sort! The ones where you come from behind, you battle, you fight, and you end up snatching a point when it looked like you were destined for an ominous zero. Those, I…