A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
When we came into this season, we knew we were going to be without some of our valuable players from the previous campaign. Key among them was Andy Williams, who had stepped into the right-sided midfield diamond spot, and when he retired,…
There's a certain problematic aspect to declaring the winner of a single match the best of anything, let alone the best in the league. The very real danger of overhype comes crashing down when, after less than a quarter of the season, the…
It had to happen that way, didn't it? After a week of pure hype around the league, the game was won on a single mistake on a corner. We put up a solid defensive fight, but while the game may have been won on a set piece, we lost it in the…
I feel a bit like we're stuck in some sort of pressurized chamber, and soon, the hatch will blow and we'll all be sucked out into the vacuum of space. The hype, perhaps understandably, has only grown around us, and it's a bit of an unusual…
A good thing to start the day: The one and only Alvaro Saborio was handed the Goal of the Week award for his stunning strike to open the scoring against Colorado. That strike — and what a strike it was — required so much skill it wasn't…
After getting our first bit of mid-season transfer news yesterday, I've once again been forced to wonder about the efficacy of the MLS squad limitations. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not a "reform it all now!" sort of guy. I've got my…
Full back Chris Estridge, after having been on trial essentially since his draft-and-release by Vancouver, has signed with the club. Estridge, an attack-minded full back, was drafted as the second of Vancouver's two SuperDraft picks. The…
The midweek bump has come a bit more quickly than I'd originally envisaged: Not more than four days until we play — who is it we play again? Oh, right. Sporting Kansas City, the side we're all supposed to be scared of, shaking in our boots…
When taking my daily stroll through the Opta chalkboards — something I've become quite prone to doing, really — I noticed something all-too-interesting about the win over Colorado. The player leading our side in tackles won wasn't Kyle…
If, when the season kicked off, you told me we'd have 15 points from our first 6 matches — tying our best-ever MLS start in 2010 — I don't think I'd have complained. Indeed, despite that loss against Chivas, there's not too much that's got…