A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
429 posts, June 2011 to March 2013
When you do something particularly well, it's only natural that others will see that and become one of two things: envious or inspired. The former is perhaps the low end of the spectrum, and it's always a bit discouraging when people act…
Some victories are hollow: A 1-0 win at the end of a losing season, a 3-1 win over the worst team in the nation, anything involving a severely injured player. Some, however, are robust, full of life, vibrant for days and weeks after the…
It's never good to be away from home for too long. Our home, our house: We returned last night with a sound and fury — signifying, unusually, something. We were as loud as we've been, as jubilant as we've been, and triumphant as we've…
Let's be honest. At times during the off-season, the inevitability of March 17 seemed less so. It was a distant date that couldn't come soon enough, but a distant date all the same. Never mind that, though. March 17, as you'd expect in a…
Today's post is a bit late as I was at the open training at the Riot. What follows, as a result, is a collection of thoughts, musings and the like derived from the short experience there. Tony Beltran, Will Johnson, Javier Morales, Jonny…
Kara sent in these photos of her and her husband, Jeremy, with Jamison Olave and Kyle Reynish, Jeremy and his megaphone (you can find him running along north goal during R-S-L chants), and Jeremy with the Rocky Mountain Cup. Kara and…
There's not a lot of noise coming from camp today, really. In fact, the club seems rather calm. Much like, I believe, the calm before a storm or some such. Of course, there's plenty of non-calm elsewhere, isn't there? Seattle fans just saw…
Let's begin with a news roundup today, because there are a few items of note — nothing earth-shattering, mind, but what I'll call the Andy Williams Quest to Get Everyone on Twitter is continuing forward, and there are a few squad health…
Not much in the way of news today, but let's briefly go over a few things, following which, I'll address a topical concern of some sort. Today, we'll briefly touch on the anthem and some of the exciting things surrounding it. This may be a…
We're all still buzzing on that win, aren't we? What a comeback that was! It was made even more exciting when, after the fact, I learned that it was the first time in far too long that we'd won after going behind 1-0 — the feeling that…