A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
429 posts, June 2011 to March 2013
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…
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,…