Real Salt Lake gets snake bit early against the LA Galaxy
Last year it was RSL that scored a couple of early goals against the LA Galaxy at Rio Tinto, but were unable to hold on, this year it was the Galaxy who were able to get two early goals but despite an...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake goes to the Wookiees
Yeah I know that headline is a bit hairy. In order to ensure a proper celebration of the next RSL home match on May 4th against the Vancouver Whitecaps, the team like a couple others around MLS are...
View ArticleCould there be a silver lining to RSL’s injury issues?
Sometimes out of a crisis comes something good and unexpected, this could be the case for Real Salt Lake and their injury issues. I would never wish for a player to be injured but as we have seen that...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake vs. Vancouver Whitecaps – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly –...
Well RSL will be celebrating Star Wars day (May the 4th (fourth) be with you) on Saturday as they take on the evil Whitecaps from Canada. I say evil for their tactics of diving like they are going for...
View ArticleTen down and Twenty Four to go for Real Salt Lake
Saturday was an interesting day for Real Salt Lake, the last match of a three match homestand that saw the team upset by a makeshift LA Galaxy squad last weekend, and preparing for a 3 match road trip....
View ArticleReal Salt Lake at New England Revolution – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly –...
Well for the first time this season RSL is in one of those stretches that can really test a team’s depth, and it really couldn’t come at a worse time as the forward corps is riddled with injuries....
View ArticleEleven Down and Twenty Three to go for Real Salt Lake
If there was a road match that RSL could go into with confidence given their past it would be at New England, but without Alvaro Saborio, without Robbie Findley, and without Nat Borchers things are...
View ArticleMajor League Soccer attendance is down to start the 2013 season
So today in the Sports Business Daily they did a look at MLS attendance numbers so far this season and compared them to last year, the overall trend is down 8%. However a closer look at a couple of...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake at Montreal Impact – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Match...
Well Real Salt Lake heads to Canada, where they have never won a match, where they will take on the Impact who started the season as one of the surprises, but have cooled off a bit lately. Both sides...
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Actual vs. Perceived – What really was the impact of David Beckham on MLS?
I have started writing this blog post a couple of times since David Beckham left the LA Galaxy, and with his announced retirement from football, a lot of people are calming a lot of things, and I just...
View ArticleThirteen down and Twenty one to go for Real Salt Lake
Well that has to be one of the most interesting road trips in recent memory for RSL fans, only the late Montreal melt-down kept the side from picking up all 9 points, but if you had said that you would...
View ArticleThe reality and perception of MLS’s inferiority complex
Around the world, soccer is king, well football is king, with billions of fans who follow leagues, clubs and national teams, they attend matches in huge numbers, they buy merchandise worth billions of...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake vs. Chicago Fire – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Match...
If there is a match this season that RSL should be a no questions asked win, it would be hosting the Chicago Fire at home. Think about this, the Fire have scored just 6 goals so far this season, while...
View ArticleRSL swallows a bitter pill, but looks to rebound in US Open Cup
Well a four match home stand provided RSL with a perfect chance to gain ground on their Western Conference opponents but a late goal given up to the Chicago Fire leaves RSL with just a 1-1 draw to show...
View ArticleFor Real Salt Lake, June could hold the key to the season
Starting on Saturday, June 1st Real Salt Lake will face the San Jose Earthquakes, the 2013 Supporter’s Shield winner, at Rio Tinto Stadium it is the first of 4 MLS matches they will play in June....
View ArticleReal Salt Lake vs. San Jose Earthquakes – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly –...
Well the RSL season started out at San Jose and in that match “The Goonies” were silenced as RSL picked up the 2-0 win, and after a 2012 season that saw the Quakes lose just 6 matches all season while...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake’s best half of the season in 3-0 win over San Jose
For the first time at home this season, RSL scored 3 goals in a match, heck what makes it even more impressive is they did it all in the first half and against San Jose. Perhaps a bit of revenge for...
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LA Galaxy: Why the Hate?
One thing is clear to me as a fan of Real Salt Lake, as much as RSL fans hate the Colorado Rapids I think more hat the LA Galaxy. It also seems that it isn’t just RSL fans that hate the Galaxy, it...
View ArticleReal Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 2 – Match Preview
It was just over a month ago that RSL hosted the LA Galaxy and while the roster for LA featured some names you wouldn’t have expected, the most surprising fact of the night was that LA was able to get...
View ArticleTwo down for Real Salt Lake, four more to go in June?
Well I said it several weeks ago that June could be the most important month of the season for Real Salt Lake. With three huge Western Conference league matches at home, all against 2012 playoff teams...
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