We’re 10 matches into the season, and at Real Nation, we’re counting down 10 things we know about the team. Click here if you missed our first five points. We conclude with these five. A 3rd Outside Back is Desperately Needed: After Terakazu Tanaka started against Montreal and proved he isn’t ready for first-team action, [...]
RSL leaves Texas with one point and are happy for it. Almost perfect weather for tonight’s match between old rivals Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas. Game started with RSL dominating possession for the first fifteen and getting a very good shot on goal. Paulo managed a back pass to Saborio who put a shot [...]
Tony Beltran made an unlikely start Saturday during Real Salt Lake’s win over the New York Red Bulls. Salt Lake’s first-choice right back has been dealing with a knee injury picked up at the start of the season opener at the Los Angeles Galaxy. “Sunday and Monday after the game last week I could barely [...]
Nearly an hour after the final whistle blew Saturday night, most coaches, media members and players had cleaned out of the Real Salt Lake locker room. As the last two players in the room, Chris Wingert and Tony Beltran quietly changed and talked about the need to finish matches better. Their feelings, and ideas, seemed [...]
Real Salt Lake survived a wild match to win their 3rd consecutive match 2-1 in Seattle Saturday. “We’ve come to expect the unexpected,” midfielder Will Johnson said. “Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you see something that you haven’t seen.” The win brings Salt Lake within three points of Seattle (2nd in West) [...]
Real Salt Lake defeated FC Dallas 2-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium Saturday. The match was a close and chippy affair, with Salt Lake holding a 1-0 lead until the last touch of the match. “We stated before the game that this was a huge, huge match for us,” coach Jason Kreis said. “To get all [...]
In this edition of the Real Nation Podcast, the guys discuss Real Salt Lake’s two victories in the last week. They also discuss: Whether US Soccer should fire Bob Bradley The Women’s World Cup Problems for Colorado, LA, and San Jose Salt Lake’s upcoming schedule You won’t want to miss the latest edition of the [...]
Real Salt Lake defeated the Wilmington Hammerheads 2-0 Tuesday in the third round of the US Open Cup. “We got the job done,” coach Jason Kreis said. “We’re in the business of winning trophies. It doesn’t matter which kind. We’re three games away from winning a championship and being back in CONCACAF.” Salt Lake controlled [...]
Real Salt Lake drew the Columbus Crew 0-0 in a wild, three-ejection match at Columbus Tuesday. The freezing cold (25 F at kickoff) temperature clearly impacted play as neither side was able to get a major chance at the opposing goal. Opportunities were consistently squandered by poorly struck passes and shots that were not on [...]
Real Salt Lake won in New England against the Revolution 2-1 Saturday. The win marks the end of a brutal 56-day stretch in which Salt Lake played 14 matches and traveled to three different countries. Despite the brutal schedule, Salt Lake finished 7-1-6 in all competitions during the stretch. “If you’d have told me we’d [...]
