A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
29 posts
Right, well, nearly 48 hours later and we're still all hurting, but I must say, I'm in a markedly better mood than I was immediately following that final whistle. I mean, it's not like that's a mean feat, by any means, but I'm not…
As fans, we're quite allowed to be overconfident about our team's abilities on the pitch. This is especially true of times in which our team is facing lower league opponents. It is only natural that a side that is among the best in the…
It's here! The Open Cup is here! Thankfully, we're not being subjected to repeated story lines about "David and Goliath" and whatnot (old hat, I say) although we're certainly the bigger side in this thing. Minnesota represents a bit of an…
After basking in the warm glowing warming glow of that late winner, it's hard to look past it in any significant way. It was the sort of exciting finish we have come to almost expect from our side — which, to my mind, is a little dangerous…
And so it was that our heroes of the day engaged in the most daring of escapes, finding themselves backed against the wall by the irritation of Blas Perez and the flank play of those stripy Texan villains. When it seemed like they simply…
And just like that, our long arduous wait was over, and so it was that we returned back to our fortress of relative solitude — er, dominance — after a long haul of time spent away and at rest. Our opponents, the speedsters FC Dallas, are…
After taking in an hour or so of training this morning, I'm feeling quietly confident about our chances tomorrow. Injuries might have taken their toll in some respects, but there are some encouraging signs out of the Real Salt Lake camp.…
With a match coming in just a couple days — and another not long after — it's time to look at the squad and see what we can derive. We've got some folks out, and this may mean we see some new faces in the 18 — if not the 11. Certainly out…
If you were to ask me today how crow tastes, I'd be a little wary of answering, as I discovered it last night. Before today, I'd probably have said something rather nonsensical: "It tastes a bit like satisfaction and a lot like defeat."…
Now that we've gone through this bye-week nonsense and the standings are starting to level out a bit more, we're still top of the table — on both sides. Not in points-per-match, mind, but that's not what the table looks like, and I'm not…