Real Salt Lake faces a brutal August, brutally important
Real Salt Lake has 12 MLS matches left in the regular season, half of those will be in August and 4 of them will be against 3 Western Conference opponents (at Colorado, at LA Galaxy, at Portland,...
View ArticleWho is going to win the Supporters’ Shield? What the numbers say
So one thing is clear in all sports including MLS, there is no place like home. In MLS the home team wins most of the matches, no team in the league this year has won more matches on the road than...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake find victory over the LA Galaxy and something more
Rio Tinto Stadium has always provided a good home for RSL, while not every match sells out the team draws a good crowd no matter the conditions or opponent being played. Since the team moved to their...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake advances to MLS Cup
So at the start of the season not many folks would have picked RSL to make it to MLS Cup, by the middle of the season it looked as if RSL was on track to sweep the trophies available to them this year,...
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MLS Cup now stained by “Ticketgate” for many fans (Updated)
Another Update: Orders are now being invalidated: This doesn’t deal with the hundreds or perhaps thousands of tickets that were printed yesterday by those who believe they bought valid tickets or may...
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MLS Cup #Ticketgate deepens as tickets invalidated and questions arise
I thought it was time for a new post with udpated info on what is turning out to be a real mess for MLS, SKC and the fans. So MLS just published the following information: Ed. note: The following is a...
View ArticleAnother day, another version of the truth for #TicketGate
You know that someone is lying or being less than truthful when their story keeps changing, and for Sporting KC that is exactly the case. First it was that someone hacked a code that hadn’t been...
View ArticleMLS Cup is a week away and Real Salt Lake is getting ready
Well as unlikely as it may have seemed back on March 3rd when RSL started the 2013 season that the team with a fairly complete overhaul of their forward corps and loss of several key players, the...
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It appears #TicketGate continues for MLS Cup (Updated)
So the only question remaining behind all of the #TicketGate issues is who does blame for bad policies, poor reactions, and overall the mess fall on. Is it TicketMaster, MLS or Sporting KC? I from the...
View ArticleBack to Practice for Real Salt Lake as MLS Cup looms
After a few days off to celebrate the holidays, RSL returned to practice on Sunday with a spirited 90 minute session that featured a variety of drills. It was good to see Alvaro Saborio back to what...
View ArticleRSL vs SKC – 2013 MLS Cup match preview part I
This is what it all comes down to, two teams battling for the right to be called the best team in MLS, the regular season is a grind of toughness but the playoffs are when you have to shine your best...
View ArticleRSL vs SKC – 2013 MLS Cup Match Preview part II
So if you missed part one of my MLS Cup Preview you can check it out here. To continue with my look at he matchups- Midfield – This one is tough as it depends on where Graham Zusi lines up, if he is...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake lose the 2013 MLS Cup, but all is not lost
So it breaks our hearts, as fans, as supporters, we know it breaks their hearts as players, coaches and staff to lose such a big match. It hurts even more to come so close only to have the fickle hand...
View ArticleThe top Real Salt Lake moments of 2013, the year of “almost”
So it is the time of year when most blogger/pundits/reporters put together their light of the highlights and lowlights of the past year, so it seemed only fitting that I take a look back at what was a...
View ArticleCan Real Salt Lake get to 15 wins? A lot on the line vs C-USA.
Yes I do realize it has been over 4 months since I last finished a blog post, part of the reason is a general “MEH” towards MLS and part of it has been the “MEH” that has been RSL the last 4 months....
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Real Salt Lake look to end Landon Donovan’s career on Sunday
There is little doubt that Landon Donovan is the best player in MLS history, he probably is the best American soccer player to date, and while many fans are torn about him, cheering him in the red,...
View ArticleAfter a stunning defeat, RSL is left with some very tough questions to face.
So I started writing this blog post on Sunday night, but I wasn’t sure why I was writing it, until today. I posted that I was pulling for New England to win MLS Cup, there are several reasons but the...
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Rimando snub angers RSL fans – some numbers
So today Major League Soccer announced the winner of Keeper of the Year, the vote went in favor of DC United’s Bill Hamid: 2014 Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year: Bill Hamid – D.C. United Bill Hamid had...
View ArticleFor RSL the first 6 matches of the MLS season will be telling
I know you can never read too much into how a team does at the start of the season but I think for RSL this year you can. First they will have two hugely important matches in CCL against a top level...
View ArticleRSL above the line and looking to stay there vs Seattle – Match Preview
Real Salt Lake sits above the red line and while their positioning there is based on tie breakers against teams with matches in hand, the reality is those teams Dallas and Houston have been struggling....
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