[MLS AWARDS] Nick Rimando‘s selection as the winner of the MLS Save of the Year was all but a forgone conclusion. TheReal Salt Lake goalkeeper finished with three of the top four saves of the year. On April 14, Rimando kept RSL in the game against Sporting Kansas City. Forward Kei Kamara tried to head […]
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RSL makes Grossman only selection
[MLS TRANSACTIONS: Waiver Draft] MLS clubs placed 42 players on waivers, only one player — 23-year-old ColeGrossman — was selected in Monday’s Waiver Draft. The former Duke star is headed to Real Salt Lake from the Columbus Crew. Grossman played in two league games during his rookieyear and 10 – including five starts – in […]
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Understated Rimando: 'I did my part …'
[MLS PLAYOFFS: Seattle-Real Salt Lake] Four times the Seattle Sounders have faced Real Salt Lake this season, and four times they have been shut out. The teamsplayed their third scoreless draw in a game that saw both keepers come up big, especially RSL’s Rick Rimando, who had what RSL coach Jason Kreis called “one of […]
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Real Salt Lake short-handed for must-win game
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Week 6] The Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake can clinch berths in the semifinal round of the Concacaf Champions League on Tuesday.The Dynamo will win its group with a win or tie against Olimpia of Honduras. RSL’s path is a little more complicated. It needs to beat Costa Rican champ Herediano […]
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Real Salt Lake relieves some pressure
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] For the past month or so, among the more intriguing aspects of MLS 2012 is whether Real Salt Lake’s perceived problems are real orimagined. Heading into a Concacaf Champions League match against Tauro FC of Panama Tuesday night at Rio Tinto Stadium, RSL had lost four in a row, including a crushing […]
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Real Salt Lake up against the wall
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Regional play continues with Day 2 of the Concacaf Champions League group stage. Loser of four games in a row, Real Salt Lakealready finds itself in a must-win situation Tuesday after falling at Herediano on Day 1. RSL coach Jason Kreis says only one result will be acceptable againstTauro FC of Panama. […]
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Short-handed RSL falls in opener
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Real Salt Lake has its work cut out for it if it expects to return to the knockout stage of the Concacaf Champions League in whichit finished second in 2011. It fell at Costa Rica’s Herediano, 1-0, in Tuesday’s opener. The MLS club finished with 10 men after Nat Borchers was sent […]
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Real Salt Lake kicks off regional play
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Real Salt Lake, the 2011 runner-up in the Concacaf Champions League, returns to action in the regional club competition Tuesday whenit plays at Herediano of Costa Rica at San Jose’s Estadio Nacional (TV: Fox Soccer, live, 10 p.m. ET). The Herediano-RSL game and the match pitting two-time defending champion Monterrey of Mexicoagainst […]
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U-17/18 Development Academy all-conference teams
[AWARDS] The Development Academy announced conference awards for the 2011-12 U-17/18 season. They include a Best XI, Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.The Chicago Fire, FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake AZ led all teams with three players each named to their conference Best XI. East ConferenceU-17/18: Goalkeeper: Alex Bono, Empire United […]
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Kreis rips players after Real routed
What was supposed to be a Western Conference showdown turned into a beatdown Saturday night at Buck Shaw Stadium when San Jose routed Real Salt Lake, 5-0. The result pushed leader SanJose (12-4-4) four points ahead of runner-up RSL (11-7-3) in a matchup of the league’s top two teams. There were mitigating circumstances that empowered […]