A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
It's been a bit of a slow week, hasn't it? Or at least it's felt like that. I suspect it may be partly me, but sometimes, these midweek drawls are too much. As such, I turn to statistics to see me out of the matchless rut. A bit twisted,…
A bit late, this one, but you do know what they say about being a day late and a dollar short. Anyhow, given that I'm constantly talking in formations, I thought it may be nice to give my approach to written formations (of the 4-4-2 sort)…
How does that song about changes go? Ah, no matter. We saw plenty of them last night — including, surprisingly, a change to our formation in a 0-0 draw to the Philadelphia Union. We may have been perhaps a bit lucky — or skillful, maybe…
The matches are coming quick and fast, and there's not much we can do to stem the flow. Our next foes, the Philadelphia Union, are in a vein of form that sees them winless in their last three, while we've lost our last three in league play…
It's that time again: Power rankings overviews from Kreg Asay. This one's a bit disheartening: RSL averaged a position of 7.38 this week, which is certainly the worst we've been ranked this season. Of course, it's also the worst we've been…
Such were our dire straits in the last few weeks that a 1-0 win would have been a massive improvement in form. That our 2-0 win last night in the CONCACAF Champions League was celebrated as heavily as it was is no surprise. It was, barring…
The lights go up on the big stage tonight. The CONCACAF Champions League. The reason, ostensibly, we kept our group together. The reason we haven't restructured our squad. The prize for which we fight. It all comes to a head tonight. The…
I think we're all a bit sore from Saturday, but time marches on as it ever does, so let's go over some things in advance of the Tauro match. I'll frame all this in quotes from Kreis, Johnson and Beckerman, all of which are from interviews…
Do you know that feeling when you're trying to finish a puzzle and you've got a handful of pieces left, a handful of holes left, and you just can't make it all fit? That's last night. That's this season. Last night, we saw one of the most…
It's been a bit too long since we set foot in the Rio Tinto, but lucky us! Today is the day and all that. Also, that's a great track by Yo La Tengo, so perhaps check that out if you are bored or some such. On a relevant note, this may…