A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
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I thought it might be in some interest to examine the decisions of our players and the referees that led to our goals against New England and how we can correct some of those problems. I suppose, then, I will do just that. Goal 1: Borchers…
For half the match against New England Revolution on Monday, Ned Grabavoy slotted in where Kyle Beckerman would have served, playing in the deep playmaker role, an essential one in our system. A look at the chalkboards from Monday’s…
I hate blaming the referee for ruining matches. I really, really do. Honestly, genuinely hate it. But that’s the problem: The US Soccer Federation is leaving me little choice. The quality of refereeing has been far surpassed by the quality…
The blog’s a bit late today, so I ought apologize. Oh well. The US women tore apart Colombia with a not-flattering 3-0 scoreline, and that took up a portion of my morning after finally waking up. Nice having football on weekend mornings…
As we approach these coming weeks, we should see the return of some vital players in our side, most playing in the front line. But their absences have meant we’ve played a few out of position and a few we’d generally keep in our reserves.…
So on we go with the US Open Cup, having won in the third round and moving to the quarterfinals against league foes F.C. Dallas, who I hear dealt with quite a scare tonight. Our 2-0 win might not have been the domination I’d hoped for, but…
But for a cold (or perhaps allergies) I’m still buzzing about having three points in the bag and looking again like a team that can put matches away with the best of them. Even after Toronto pegged one back, we didn’t find ourselves caught…
Never mind that it was against a Toronto side that looked, well, weak. Our performance was not only worthy of the three points we earned, but it was representative of a Real Salt Lake side that’s starting to look like we understand what…
There are times to worry, and there are times to accept things: When half your squad’s out with knocks, it’s probably the latter. Thankfully, we’re not quite to half yet — for Saturday, we know the following will be missing: Paulo Jr.,…
When Javier Morales laid crumpled in a heap, writhing in agony, against Chivas USA, Jason Kreis knew he was going to need to shift his midfield around drastically to compensate for a likely season-long loss of our central playmaker. He’s…