A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
33 posts
A day on and it's still a bit hard to take that loss against Chicago Fire, but it's essential to remember that there were some great things that came from that match. I'd like to touch on a few of those briefly, but first, a spot of news…
Running onto the field to attack the refs should never be condoned. The problem is not just with the individual Wednesday at the RioT; security has to answer some questions. The Brian Wilson (the pitcher, not the Beach Boy) look alike…
Watching The Orphanage is what I felt like on the night of September 28: an emotional yo-yo covering happiness (player introductions), denial (the “he was provoked” Beckerman red card), anger (the “Hang Toledo” chants), bargaining (the…
Back-to-back losses by three goals, two games in which we allowed a player to score a hattrick, another bump in the season road: Call it what you will, but last night’s 3-0 loss against the Chicago Fire came on the back of an abject…
Are we all excited for tonight? I think the answer is a resounding "yes." If you're not planning to be at the Rio Tinto, I hope you're planning to watch this on the television box, listen on the radio, or watch online — this is going to be…
With the match against the Fire impending (and with it the glorious return of one Javier Morales), I thought it might be apt to discuss a bit what our strongest lineup might look like — particularly as we may be playing something very…
Having had some time to stew over that regrettable 4-1 loss to D.C. United by the hand of De Rosario, it doesn’t seem quite so bad. That is, the loss was bad, but it was hardly world-ending, and it doesn’t necessitate that the entirety of…
Well, that backfired, didn’t it? Of course, I’m talking about Jason Kreis’s opting to experiment with the lineup against a D.C. side we would have been able to beat easily with a full-strength lineup. I understand the reasoning, though:…
We’re sitting on five consecutive wins and threatening to make it six: While I haven’t been surprised to see that we’re good enough — we all knew that was the case — to near the top of the league, I’d imagine the rest of the league is…
If, by this point, you've not seen Rafa Marquez's quotes regarding his teammates, I'd implore you to do so: http://www.empireofsoccer.com/?p=3618. Marquez quite effectively illustrates a few things about the state of the MLS and about the…