A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
429 posts, June 2011 to March 2013
These strange lulls in the middle of the week have got to stop before I go mad. The season’s in its run-up period and we’re inching closer and closer toward an automatic playoff berth, but as we do, everything seems farther away and…
Ah, that ever-pestering international break is over and we can back to our real focus: club football! Don’t get me wrong, it was nice to see Kyle Beckerman come in at the half and leave the pitch looking like the best player for the stars…
After a Devo-infected post yesterday, I thought it would be good to take things a bit more seriously. Or, you know, something. I thought that, really, but I decided I’d continue on my same path. Not the Devo path, but … oh, never mind.…
There is only one thing to be done when the season finally looks to be picking up ... again ... and I’ve just done it. That’s right! I’m spinning some Devo ( New Traditionalists , if you must know) and enjoying a mantra that permeates the…
Much thanks again to Taylor Fugate (whom I met today!) and the RSL Show, who allowed me the use of the photograph you see above. Classy lads! What a match! That one had it all, didn’t it? Goals, assists, new players, injury returns,…
It seems that every match now is going to be one of those "do or die" matches, the outcome of the season apparently resting on our ability to grab three points at the expense of our opponents. That view is perhaps overly simplistic, but…
Whenever you pick a player of the month, it’s always possible that their head will explode.* For this reason, it took some pained thought and concentration to decide this month’s player: He’s a hot young prospect who can go far in this…
It’s a sunny Thursday and only two days until the match, and what am I doing? I’m inside, writing this post. No mind, it’s a bit hot anyway, and I was never likely to go out. I’ll address a few things today then leave you to it. The first,…
As I write this, hundreds of thousands of Europeans (and followers of European clubs) are going mad with transfer window rage. We really missed that in the recent transfer window — rumors did flit about wildly at times, but there wasn’t…
There's not exactly a slew of team news coming at the moment, though our first home match in some time is rapidly approaching — praise be on high! — though it'll be without a number of our first-choice players. In fact, that number,…