A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
429 posts, June 2011 to March 2013
And so it was that our heroes of the day engaged in the most daring of escapes, finding themselves backed against the wall by the irritation of Blas Perez and the flank play of those stripy Texan villains. When it seemed like they simply…
And just like that, our long arduous wait was over, and so it was that we returned back to our fortress of relative solitude — er, dominance — after a long haul of time spent away and at rest. Our opponents, the speedsters FC Dallas, are…
After taking in an hour or so of training this morning, I'm feeling quietly confident about our chances tomorrow. Injuries might have taken their toll in some respects, but there are some encouraging signs out of the Real Salt Lake camp.…
With a match coming in just a couple days — and another not long after — it's time to look at the squad and see what we can derive. We've got some folks out, and this may mean we see some new faces in the 18 — if not the 11. Certainly out…
If you were to ask me today how crow tastes, I'd be a little wary of answering, as I discovered it last night. Before today, I'd probably have said something rather nonsensical: "It tastes a bit like satisfaction and a lot like defeat."…
Now that we've gone through this bye-week nonsense and the standings are starting to level out a bit more, we're still top of the table — on both sides. Not in points-per-match, mind, but that's not what the table looks like, and I'm not…
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…