The good points of mlssoccer.com are seldom mentioned in the blizzard of excoriating - and justified - criticism that has nearly smothered the site since it launched two months ago, but they do exist.

Real Salt Lake has been through this before: the impending loss of a goalscorer who wants to test the waters overseas.

Replacing a head coach, overhauling a roster, or both, are really the only ways a team can improve, but change in and of itself is no guarantee, as several struggling teams are proving this season.