[GENERATION ADIDAS CUP] For the second time in a week, Real Salt Lake and Stoke City needed a shootout to break their stalemate, but this time the Potters edgedReal Salt Lake 3-2 on penalty kicks to get revenge for their earlier loss and capture the 2014 Generation adidas Cup in Frisco, Texas. The final of […]
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Saucedo magic leads RSL into final
[GENERATION ADIDAS CUP] Sebastian Saucedo scored on a lob from 35 yards — his second such goal in two games — and set upJosh Doughty for one of the Canadian youth international’s two goals as Real Salt Lake beat host FC Dallas, 3-0, to move into Sunday’s final of the Generationadidas Cup against Stoke City, […]
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Real Salt Lake hands Toronto a lesson
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Real Salt Lake fans let Toronto FC know what they thought of the high-priced Canadian team, chanting “overrated” as the clock ran down in athoroughly dominating performance by RSL, which stayed unbeaten after four games with a 3-0 win at Rio Tinto Stadium. Alvaro Saborio scored twiceand Luis Gil added the third goal […]
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Toronto FC rides into Real Salt Lake sleek and shiny
By Ridge Mahoney Things can change quickly in MLS, yet the contrasts between Toronto FC’s last visit to Utah and its Saturday encounter with Real Salt Lake arestark. When RSL pulled out a last-second victory, 3-2, in April 2012, sub Jonny Steele scored in stoppage time to justify the decision of head coach JasonKreis to […]
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Real Salt Lake goes to bench with effect
[MLS WEEK 3: Preview] No MLS team has shown more consistency in recent years than Real Salt Lake. Like Jason Kreis beforehim, Jeff Cassar has had to look far down RSL’s long bench for help, and he will need it again for its home opener Saturday against LA Galaxy. RealSalt Lake’s deep bench played a […]
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Soccer America Power Rankings
[MLS: Week 1] On a weekend marked by some spectacular goals and impressive debuts, goalie Nick Rimando, a 15-year veteran,landed Real Salt Lake in the No. 1 spot in the Soccer America Power Rankings. WEEK 1: Results Sunday, March 9(Report) Chivas USA 3 Chicago 2. Saturday, March8 (Report) LA Galaxy 0 Real Salt Lake 1. […]
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PREVIEW: Old faces welcome new boss at RSL
[MLS 2014: Western Conference] On Saturday, Real Salt Lake will take to the field in MLS action for the first time in three months since its heart-breaking loss atMLS Cup 2013, a match in which it led with 14 minutes left in regulation and had a chance to win in the shootout. Everyone is back […]
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New coaches have lots to sort out in Tucson
[MLS PRESEASON: Desert Diamond Cup] Three of the five MLS teams in the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup, Chicago, Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake, have new head coaches,and a fourth, Colorado, still hasn’t named a head coach for the 2014 season, so there’s a lot new about the teams in the Arizona tournament that […]
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Bofo gets first goal for Chivas USA
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Mexican forward Adolfo Bautista’s first goal on a free kick was enough for Chivas USA to beatWestern Conference champion Real Salt Lake, 1-0, and keep the Rojiblancos unbeaten through their first stage of preseason. Chivas USA has two wins and a tie heading on the road to LasVegas (Sunday’s ProSoccer Challenge) and […]
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Marco Pappa is back
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] After an unsuccessful stint at Dutch club Heerenveen, Marco Pappa is back in MLS. He’ll be allocatedon Friday morning to the highest club in the current allocation order that picks him. He played parts of five seasons with the Chicago Fire before being transferred to Heerenveen inAugust 2012. The transfer severed the […]