Oct. 1
It is time for the wake to end. RSL lost the last two matches (horribly) but time to stop dwelling on what happened. Good teams win but great teams learn to find a way to win no matter what comes. RSL is like Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.…
Rimando, Beckerman called up; post-match positives
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…
Sept 30
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…
Sept. 29
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…
Disheartening performance from RSL brightened only by Javi's return
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…
Notes on a Javi, or The Playmaker Strikes Back
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…
Choices: Who are RSL's best positional options?
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…
Loss asks questions about Alvarez, Warner and Alexandre
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…
Experiment backfires as RSL drops 4-1 to DC
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:…
RSL set out to extend streak to six with D.C. United visit
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…