Under the Crossbar

A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013

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  • July 20, 2011 · Matt

    Agorsor pens RSL contract, will wear No. 13 kit

    American youth product Chris Agorsor, a 20-year-old forward who dazzled spectators in his early days as a competitor, signed a contract with Real Salt Lake after several weeks on trial. Speaking to ESPN 700, Real Salt Lake general manager…

  • July 20, 2011 · Matt

    MLS, drunk on English ale, continues to pimp clubs

    A bit of non-RSL news today as we bear the long break left by Vancouver’s terrible sense of timing. The MLS is still pushing these international friendlies ever so hard — going so far as using the headline of “ Five head-to-head matches to…

  • July 19, 2011 · Matt

    Necessary break boosts RSL title claims, Vancouver pitch falls apart

    Did we all see what happened when Vancouver went up against Manchester City last night? No? Let me recap a few things: 1. Vancouver looked like they actually cared about the match. When you miss a league match, perhaps that is bound to…

  • July 18, 2011 · Matt

    Vancouver karma, All-Star picks, and not much else

    So are we all calmed down after the postponed Vancouver match? No, neither am I. But there may be some vague sense of justice: Rain is threatening the Manchester City friendly they sought so hard to protect, and that would be some sense of…

  • July 17, 2011 · Matt

    Trophies, not friendlies, should be league goal

    It’s been no secret recently that I despise these silly friendlies played against the “big clubs” that get in the way of the MLS season. But yesterday, Real Salt Lake should have been thumping the Vancouver Whitecaps, but concerns about…

  • July 16, 2011 · Matt

    MLS, Vancouver play Stupid Card as RSL match cancelled

    I thought we went to Vancouver holding all the cards, ready for three points. It turns out we'd forgotten one: Stupidity. No, the Whitecaps and the MLS had that card firmly in hand, and that's why we now have no clue (until later this…

  • July 16, 2011 · Matt

    Vancouver visit presents distinctly winnable three points

    Morning all. A brief preview and not much more, and a match report coming later today. Early kickoff, and I’m up a bit earlier than usual (read: much earlier) and so am a bit out of sorts. Not that I think my thoughts will be less coherent…

  • July 15, 2011 · Matt

    Half gone, the season's had meteoric highs — and lows

    So, only days after I’ve written about how nearly any player on this squad could make the starting XI or the bench for any other side in the league, the MLS site has come out with their midseason XI. While I’m well aware that our side has…

  • July 14, 2011 · Matt

    Mid-season friendlies only provide monetary benefit

    A short one today, because frankly, there’s not much to be said about Real Salt Lake that’s not been said — at least, nothing that comes to mind so immediately. I do believe the club is conspiring to send us on a bit of a rollercoaster…

  • July 13, 2011 · Matt

    Dallas dominant as Claret and Cobalt crumble

    Nobody particularly enjoys losing, and our boys are no exception. But on the measure of last night’s performance — one which saw them without much in the way swagger, style, skill — you wouldn’t have known it. It was a capitulation of the…

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