A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
I think we're still collectively reeling from defeat, but if there's one thing that's encouraging from our fans, it's that we're not panicking. There aren't calls to completely upheave the team and start again, there aren't calls to fire…
In what can only be described as a result typical of our season, we fell last night to the media favorites for the MLS Cup in a hard-fought battle of wits — but, as you’d expect this season, the match was marred by controversy. It’s far…
Cameron Brinkerhoff, who earlier wrote a piece on traveling to Colorado as our side won the Rocky Mountain Cup, joins Under the Crossbar with this post on the Western Conference Final. Sunday, match day. It’s finally here; as RSL and LA…
Right, are we ready for this all-important match tonight? If the departure from that time mode where daylight is by some means saved (perhaps we can release it sometime on a particularly dim day) hasn't got you in a strange, awful loop, at…
For such a long and grueling season we just experienced, these playoffs are going by awfully quick, aren't they? It seems like just yesterday when we experienced a dramatic match against New England at the Rio Tinto; look outside today,…
Well, our wish for one last home match this season didn't come true, even though for one glorious half of football, it looked like me just might be treated to that. Never mind, though: We're going to face the LA Galaxy on their home soil,…
Scott sends these photos from the CLink, where our Claret and Cobalt advanced to the Western Conference Finals. Photos from Scott, @desertcrown
We're through! That's really what matters right now, isn't it? We took a beating from Seattle, we stood back up; we took a punch or two or three, we stood back up. We wobbled, we leaned, and we looked as woozy as we have, but the great…
Chris Jones sends in this shot of a crowd at one of the Bout Time Pub locations of RSL fans gathering to watch the second leg of the MLS Cup Conference Semifinals. Photo by Chris, @cwinfordjones
The doubters have made their voices known, and the enemy has made its plans known: We have a battle on our hands, and our biggest enemy is our own self-doubt. After a shattered season like the one we had, a lesser side might be excused for…