A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
429 posts, June 2011 to March 2013
Well, well, well! What a match that one was. Four goals, one San Jose team that looked very poor, and one dodgy penalty that will inevitably dominate the headlines. I’ll address that in time, but I’ll lead with a bit of hedging: It was…
With a bit more time to consider the lineup, I do think we could see one change from what I proposed yesterday. Rather than dropping Arturo Alvarez in, we might instead see Andy Williams in the tip of the diamond. Alvarez should be fit,…
After nearly two weeks of waiting, we can continue our search for the title tomorrow when the San Jose Earthquakes will find themselves in the middle of a rip-roaring crowd at the Rio Tinto. They’ll be out for blood (not literally, I hope)…
Attendance across the MLS’s various stadiums has its definite peaks and valleys — Seattle, with upwards of 35,000 a match, and Columbus, at under 11,000 being the extremes — but for large swathes of the nation, attendance has been…
American youth product Chris Agorsor, a 20-year-old forward who dazzled spectators in his early days as a competitor, signed a contract with Real Salt Lake after several weeks on trial. Speaking to ESPN 700, Real Salt Lake general manager…
A bit of non-RSL news today as we bear the long break left by Vancouver’s terrible sense of timing. The MLS is still pushing these international friendlies ever so hard — going so far as using the headline of “ Five head-to-head matches to…
Did we all see what happened when Vancouver went up against Manchester City last night? No? Let me recap a few things: 1. Vancouver looked like they actually cared about the match. When you miss a league match, perhaps that is bound to…
So are we all calmed down after the postponed Vancouver match? No, neither am I. But there may be some vague sense of justice: Rain is threatening the Manchester City friendly they sought so hard to protect, and that would be some sense of…
It’s been no secret recently that I despise these silly friendlies played against the “big clubs” that get in the way of the MLS season. But yesterday, Real Salt Lake should have been thumping the Vancouver Whitecaps, but concerns about…
I thought we went to Vancouver holding all the cards, ready for three points. It turns out we'd forgotten one: Stupidity. No, the Whitecaps and the MLS had that card firmly in hand, and that's why we now have no clue (until later this…