A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
If you were to take our season, compress it into 90 minutes, shake it around a bit, and serve it up as a match, you'd have last night's snippy 1-1 draw with Portland on your hands. If ever I've seen a macrocosm of a season, this was it:…
In the immortal words of Yo La Tengo: "Today is the day!" Now, whether we're listening to that more indie rock-inspired jam or the slower, more culled out version found on Summer Sun, the point remains though the lyrics don't entirely…
Portland: Land of doughnuts, great food, forgotten tree stumps, roses, microbrews, the Trail Blazers, and of course the Timbers (who happens to be our final opponent of the regular season). I find many things interesting about Portland…
This photo, taken by my mother, shows the Timbers Army and their little flare-up during the 1-1 draw at the Rio Tinto. Photo by Janet, Mother of Under the Crossbar
It's approaching more quickly than we thought it would: The final match of the season — less, of course, the uncertainty of the post-season — and our chance to put this hellish campaign to bed before we set off in search of more…
The final season match approaches, and it looks like to fulfill our expectations, we're going to have to show a set of Portland supporters exactly who we are and why we're contending for the MLS Cup. See, Portland, managing only a draw…
As the league expands, we can hear the groans and aches from across the nation as managers are forced into picking players they want to keep — implying, of course, that there's plenty of dead wood all over — and picking which players they…
Fate is a cruel mistress, isn’t it? We’re winless in five, and in the process, we’ve dropped a grand total of 14 relatively easy points because of our inability to play our beautiful game. We’re sitting at 52 points and will need a win to…
First things first, I’d like to thank Cameron for his contribution yesterday about the traveling supporters. It really was great to see strong traveling supporters (who don’t happen to be from the Pacific Northwest), hear them, and have…
Today's post comes to you from Cameron Brinkerhoff, who traveled to Dick's Sporting Good Park to watch the boys in Claret and Cobalt seal the trophy for the fifth straight year. Memories of Friday night’s match in Denver are still putting…