A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
21 posts
I've been talking for a couple days about who we might see on Wednesday, but let's go one step further. If we were out our seven midfielders with the most minutes, what would we do? Could we survive? Let's read on, shall we? Our seven…
Much like the titular character in the modern indie classic Super Meat Boy , our midfield has been left exposed and vulnerable. Thankfully, it's not literally that they have no skin (and figuratively, they're generally thick-skinned and…
Editor's Note: Hello, again! Kreg Asay is back with his weekly power rankings overview. Do take a look and remark on it, won't you? Isn't it fascinating how we've improved after a good week? It's funny, we almost switched spots with the…
Let's take a look at the reserves match against Houston Dynamo from yesterday and figure out exactly what happened. In a 5-5 draw, so many things happen, it's difficult to really separate all those concerns. Alas, a try shall be given,…
A couple days off from rambling to you and I'm itching to set things right. I've got a bit of a rant on my hands, so let's have at it. International Breaks. Chelsea FC. Seattle Sounders. Those three things have caused us a bit of pain…
How good is he? How good are we? Down 1-0 and scrambling, we could've fallen. Hard. In the first 25 minutes, we weren't good enough. LA Galaxy, obviously quite good, were shooting from distance and getting the time and space they needed.…
Last week, I started the pre-match preview nonsense with a swathe of links, and whether you like it or not, I'm going to start it that way again. None of it is exactly required reading — not by a long shot — but why repeat myself too much?…
Ahoy-hoy! It's been a day and a half, hasn't it? I've got some training notes and some reading for you lot, so gobble it up. Consume! (Have you seen that film They Live directed by John Carpenter and starring Rowdy Roddy Piper? Yeah,…
Editor's note: Once again, a Power Rankings overview from Kreg Asay. The man's a machine. Not like a Terminator sort of machine, mind — just a machine. A good, friendly, power-rankings-compiling machine. Power Rankings are a funny thing.…
September was a strange month — we only lost the once, but we never looked particularly enthralling on the pitch for any extended period until we hit Chivas USA for four. At times, we looked a little lost; despite any promise we showed, we…