A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
429 posts, June 2011 to March 2013
A couple days off from rambling to you and I'm itching to set things right. I've got a bit of a rant on my hands, so let's have at it. International Breaks. Chelsea FC. Seattle Sounders. Those three things have caused us a bit of pain…
How good is he? How good are we? Down 1-0 and scrambling, we could've fallen. Hard. In the first 25 minutes, we weren't good enough. LA Galaxy, obviously quite good, were shooting from distance and getting the time and space they needed.…
Last week, I started the pre-match preview nonsense with a swathe of links, and whether you like it or not, I'm going to start it that way again. None of it is exactly required reading — not by a long shot — but why repeat myself too much?…
Ahoy-hoy! It's been a day and a half, hasn't it? I've got some training notes and some reading for you lot, so gobble it up. Consume! (Have you seen that film They Live directed by John Carpenter and starring Rowdy Roddy Piper? Yeah,…
Editor's note: Once again, a Power Rankings overview from Kreg Asay. The man's a machine. Not like a Terminator sort of machine, mind — just a machine. A good, friendly, power-rankings-compiling machine. Power Rankings are a funny thing.…
September was a strange month — we only lost the once, but we never looked particularly enthralling on the pitch for any extended period until we hit Chivas USA for four. At times, we looked a little lost; despite any promise we showed, we…
Monday, Monday, Monday! Or, you know, something like that. It's not a hugely news-packed one, although we do know that Luis Gil will be departing for the US U-20s camp in Marbella, Spain at some point after the match on the weekend. Hey,…
Some wins are better than others. I don't know that this one is, but it certainly felt right, and if we're talking pure, unadulterated scoreline, this was the best we've had this season. There were too many positives to count. Actually, I…
With match day creeping up on us once again — as the weekend so often does, before it leaps out the window for good and we're left with a new week — I thought it prudent to do as I usually do. You know — a match preview, all that. But you…
Some training notes and quotes for you today, as with most Fridays. It was a focused but light-hearted (is that a contradiction in terms?) session over at America's First Field, which, if you've not been, is rather stunning. The pitch —…