Real Salt Lake lost 1-0 to Sporting Kansas City in a very physical game at LiveStrong Sporting Park Saturday. Both teams fought for the ball and were able to maintain possession equally throughout. Salt Lake’s defense had to stay focused on their defensive position because Kei Kamara and CJ Sapong took every single open field [...]
The Portland Timbers have put together one of the best environments in Major League Soccer. It is a fantastic stadium with great traditions and a rowdy crowd. When Real Salt Lake ventures into Portland on Saturday, they’ll be playing in one of the few stadiums in the league in which they’ve never won. To be [...]
Real Salt Lake has started with the exact same lineup in each of their three matches this season. That’s likely to change next week as Javier Morales, Alvaro Saborio and Nat Borchers will all likely be match fit and read to start. Given Jason Kreis’ ‘Team is the Star’ philosophy, very few players are automatic [...]
Real Salt Lake lost a hard-fought match at the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1 Sunday. The loss ends a tumultuous season for Salt Lake that saw very high highs and extremely low lows. From nearly winning the CONCACAF Champion’s League to the devastating injury of Javier Morales, Salt Lake saw a wild season. “I think it [...]
Real Salt Lake won a 3-0 blowout victory over the Seattle Sounders Saturday in the first leg of the Conference Semifinal. “We’re very, very pleased with the result,” coach Jason Kreis said. “For me, that was a complete match.” The victory gives Salt Lake a commanding lead going into next Wendesday’s second leg at Seattle; [...]
Real Salt Lake ground out its fourth consecutive victory Saturday 1-0 against Sporting Kansas City. “That’s four games in a row now where we’ve really battled… and results come,” coach Jason Kreis said. “I can tell you one stat. There were a lot of fouls.” The match was dominated by fouls, with 34 called. As [...]
Real Salt Lake fans saw about 23 minutes of the team they admired during the side’s 1-0 win at Chivas USA Saturday. Then the match changed completely with a 24th minute red card to Nat Borchers. Still, the visitors’ defense was able to overcome a one man disadvantage and only 35% of possession to secure [...]
Nat Borchers and Luis Gil pulled Real Salt Lake back from the precipice in a 3-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls Saturday. Gil started in the #10 role and made quite a few good plays, including a beautiful strike from distance that was Salt Lake’s second goal of the match. The 17-year-old made [...]
Real Salt Lake earned a hard-fought 3-3 draw at Rio Tinto Stadium Saturday. The home side went down to 10 men in the 3rd minute when a controversial red card was issued to Nat Borchers for pulling down Benny Feilhaber in the box. Replay showed Borchers did not touch Feilhaber. “I have zero comment about [...]
Real Salt Lake defeated Toronto FC 3-1 Saturday in a match that was never in doubt. For the first time in weeks, Salt Lake looked like the side that came within a goal of winning the continental championship. “Don’t take anything away from what the guys wearing the red shirts [Real Salt Lake] did tonight,” [...]
