A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
If you told me in March that 17-year-old Luis Gil would play 25 matches, would I have believed you? I'm not sure. Yeah, we knew he had talent and skill, but who expected him to play so much? The dramatic rise of Luis Gil is one of the…
The Montreal Impact selected Collen Warner from Real Salt Lake as their 6th pick in the MLS Expansion Draft today. Warner joined Real Salt Lake in 2010 after being selected in that year's SuperDraft. He made 37 league appearances in the…
Right, we know who we've left unprotected now, and it's certainly not because anybody will have wanted to. My list yesterday included Chris Wingert, who I thought might be protected — but I opted for Ned Grabavoy, personally. We see now,…
Right, just a short one today as the expansion draft hasn’t yet happened, but as our protected list comes out today, I thought, though, that it might be good to refresh our collective memories as to what our options are — and that includes…
It's been a week or so, hasn't it? Anyway, a bit of a break on my part for no reason in particular, but it's been refreshing. We've got the MLS Cup to watch tomorrow if you can bear it, and while I'd rather not watch it without our boys…
Right, then, it's time to name the Forward of the Year. I contemplated calling this the 'Striker of the Year' award, but I've opted for the more playing style-neutral term, as we've got an array of styles in here. While we didn't have a…
Rather that continue with my typical wild gesticulation in the form of the printed word, let's just get on with this, shall we? I'm naming my Midfielder of the Year, and I've got a lot to say about our boys in the middle of the park. When…
When I decided that I needed to name a defender of the year, only one name came to mind, and it's only sort of a name. With that, you can guess, but if you can't or refuse to for some reason, it's Borlave. But as that wouldn't really be…
In keeping with this end-of-season theme (we've got a bit of it to go through, folks), I've decided to name my Player of the Year for each section of the field. Starting at the back is, I think, appropriate, and that means we'll start with…
When I started thinking about who I would name my "Player of the Playoffs" for 2011, I ran into a bit of a stumbling block. We had, after all, only one match that was really, well, good, one that was terrifying, and one that was…