Nuts. It was just nuts. Real Salt Lake beat the Seattle Sounders 2–1 on Saturday, a fairly average-looking score for an extraordinary match. Should have seen it coming. It was weird from the beginning, played on artificial turf at 1:00 p.m. local time. First was a wacky own goal by Seattle in the 13th minute. Fabian […]

Since they followed up their 2009 MLS Cup with a run to the CONCACAF final in 2010-2011, Real Salt Lake haven’t often played the underdog. Even against Mexican powerhouse Monterrey, the eventual CONCACAF champions, RSL matched them goal for goal on the road and only lost the second leg of the final by the slimmest […]

Philadelphia was slated to enter Rio Tinto stadium in the spring, but they were courteous enough to postpone when Real Salt Lake was looking to lighten their April schedule, heavy with CONCACAF Champions League playoff matches. The June fixture between the two teams happened according to schedule, with Fabian Espíndola’s 53rd minute equalizer sneaking Real Salt […]

A stoppage time goal from Houston Dynamo’s Alex Dixon gave the home side the victory over a shocked Real Salt Lake team. RSL held the lead twice in this match but a resilient Houston team fought back. This was a difficult result to accept because the RSL team deserved a better outcome for the performance […]

Real Salt Lake will look to rebound on the road against the Houston Dynamo in Saturday’s match at Robertson Stadium. After starting the Major League Soccer campaign in fine fashion, RSL has slowed down in terms of attaining points. RSL has struggled on the road throughout the season and has eight road games remaining on […]

Real Salt Lake’s road struggles continued Saturday evening at BMO Field as the club lost to Toronto FC 1-0. In a match where RSL should have attained at minimum a point, the team left Canada with a bad taste. The road loss puts RSL at 2-4-3 on the season away from Rio Tinto Stadium, where […]

In soccer, great teams find ways to win when the going gets tough. Real Salt Lake managed to do just that against the New York Red Bulls at Rio Tinto Stadium Saturday evening in front of a lively home crowd. The 3-0 victory for RSL was convincing and needed after a pair of disappointing results. […]

Real Salt Lake must put aside their bad recent form and bounce back at home against the New York Red Bulls. Tonight’s match at Rio Tinto Stadium will offer RSL a great opportunity to get back to winning form after suffering back-to-back league losses. New York comes back to league play following their action overseas […]

Real Salt Lake was defeated by Sporting Kansas City in front of a sold out LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on a warm and muggy evening. The defeat resulted in Real Salt Lake’s first back-to-back losses in over a season-and-a-half, while the victory improved Sporting KC’s unbeaten streak to 14 games. The 2-0 victory for Sporting was […]

Real Salt Lake will attempt to bounce back from a disastrous home defeat at the hands of Columbus Crew, as the club makes their first visit to Livestrong Sporting Park to take on Sporting Kansas City tonight. Sporting Kansas City comes into this match with a club-record 13 game unbeaten streak. Debuts in new stadiums […]

Real Salt Lake makes the trip to Pizza Hut Park tonight to face off against FC Dallas for the first time since their playoff series against the Hoops last fall (a series won by FCD). Here are some talking points for this rare Sunday affair for the Royals: 1- It really is rare for RSL […]

After the horrendous injury to Javier Morales last weekend (warning: click on the link for photos of the injury only if you really want to see them… Pretty graphic) RSL will attempt to find out exactly where their season is going against former Western Conference foe Houston Dynamo. This match will be interesting for a […]

Real Salt Lake get back into action tonight against the upstart Portland Timbers in Portland after their gut wrenching defeat at the hands of Monterrey of Mexico in the CONCACAF Champion’s League Final earlier this week.   Here are some talking points for the match tonight: 1. The team’s response tonight could be very telling […]

Frankly with the coverage that Real Salt Lake has received lately, it is difficult for me to write a thorough X’s and O’s preview of the match tomorrow night. The amount of publicity that the Royals are getting is astonishing to this fan and you’ve probably already read and analyzed it all this week (if […]

Real worked and worked the counter attack all night long in their CONCACAF Champion’s League Final 1st Leg against Monterrey of Mexico. In the end it produced 2 road goals and a draw in the match. Here are a few quick post-game thoughts: 1. I have always loved the Mexican style of up-and-down soccer, it’s […]