A Real Salt Lake blog, 2011–2013
429 posts, June 2011 to March 2013
It took him only a few minutes to score his first goal for Real Salt Lake. Emiliano Bonfigli, a 23-year-old Argentine with an unbelievable amount of pace, took the first chance he got and slotted it into the back of the net, rescuing a…
We'll be ringing in the changes tonight when we go hunting for a win in Texas — not too many, mind, but we know we'll see at least two changes following the standard post-red-card single-game suspensions handed to Fabian Espindola and…
Hello, Salt Lake Valley — and everyone everywhere else (Utah Valley, southern Utah, Idaho — I'm looking squarely at you)! I hope you've not burned alive with this unseasonably (or is it seasonably? I don't know anymore.) warm weather,…
While the headline would seem to indicate that I'm interested in showing you what a loss in general looks like, I 'm not so sure that's in the scope of the season so far. Perhaps at the end of the season I will compile stats and offer a…
Oh, RSL Nation, I hope you slept well after that tumultuous night. Matches like that are the equivalent of the horribly timed midnight snack, and it's sure to cause indigestion, nightmares, and more. Speaking of nightmares, I momentarily…
Ah, match day! It's been a long week after that loss to Sporting KC, and the tedium, it would seem, is about to end. Nothing, you know, earthshaking, but a solid performance would put that loss to bed in a meaningful way. It's not a match…
What a long week it's been. Thankfully, it's Friday, and we can turn our attention quite genuinely toward our next opponent. We're not exactly shaking in our boots (heh) but we are facing the second-placed team in the West: San Jose…
After yesterday's debate and my subsequent not-posting (of the usual blog, I mean), I thought it would be good to tackle (probably a standing tackle and not two-footed, studs-up — wouldn't want a retroactive ban now, would I?) something a…
At the start of the MLS season, Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer announced the Professional Referee Organization to manage referees as an effort to improve the quality of refereeing. Additionally, the league has stepped up its…
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,…