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November 20, 2009 23:11 EST
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Battle in Seattle

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 10:11 PM EST


It is not just that Real Salt Lake's captain, Kyle Beckerman, has been working on his dreadlocks longer than the LA Galaxy's David Beckham has been coifed with an under-cut resembling a mullet with a racing-strip, that leads me to predict RSL as the 2009 MLS Cup winner. Rather, it is that RSL is peaking at the right time and relishes the underdog role.

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Real Salt Lake Sends Defending Champion Columbus Out of the Playoffs!

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 11:16 PM EST

Andy Williams Seals the Deal for Real in Win


Andy Williams seals the deal for RSL with a late goal in Real's 4-2 aggregate win to advance in the 2009 MLS Playoffs and move on to the Eastern Conference Final. Last week after Real Salt Lake beat Columbus at home in Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, Jason Kreis said something interesting after the game. Click to continue reading...

Real Salt Lake Gives Columbus Crew a Fright on Halloween – Takes Game One of the Eastern Conference Semifinals

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 12:15 AM EST

Robbie Findley, MLS's Player of the Week during the last week of the regular season slipped a late goal past the diving Columbus Keeper from a beautiful Yura Movsisyan pass, and delivers the victory to Real Salt Lake in the first leg of the Eastern Conference semis. The score came late in the game, and it became apparent early on that Columbus would have been happy to get out of Rio Tinto with a nil-nil draw, but RSL was just as determined to get a win at home.

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RSl Versus the Crew: The Power of the 12th Man in Rio Tinto

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 12:02 PM EST

I have been surfing the soccer blogs today and not many people are giving Real Salt lake much of a chance to get past defending MLS Champions, The Columbus Crew. I just want to remind people of three things:

1. Overall, RSL has scored 23 more goals than its opponents in home games this season.

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MLS Playoffs Begin Thursday Night in Seattle and then RSL Kicks Off Against Columbus Saturday

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 09:45 PM EST

Robbie Findley - MLS Player of the Week

Conference Semifinals Begin

Finally, after seven months of play the real contest for Major League Soccer bragging rights begins on Thursday night in Seattle. Who would have thought that Seattle, the newest team in the league, would be playing post-season?

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Why Does Everyone in Utah Have a Big Smile this Morning?

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 10:47 PM EST


Why does everyone in Utah have a big smile this morning? I will tell you why, because (imagine the Urkel happy dance) Real Salt Lake put the hurtin' on the Colorado Rapids with a 3-0 win and the stars aligned when the Red Bulls decided to see just how slackidaisical they could make Toronto FC look.

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P=RMC2… or Playoffs Equal Rocky Mountain Cup Final For Second Year in a Row!

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 06:50 PM EST

You Don't have to be Einstein to figure the MLS Playoff picture out, but it wouldn't hurt. Seriously, I have been mulling over the various scenarios that will still allow Real Salt Lake to make the playoffs and it makes my head hurt. As I write this there are several tiebreaker scenarios most involving the full-moon, crop-circles and the Mayan calendar predicting the end-of-the-world in 2012 but the simplest way for RSL to make the playoffs is for them to beat the Colorado Rapids in the final leg of the Rocky Mountain Cup on Saturday night and Toronto FC, New England, D.

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She may Not be Singing But She’s Warming Up The Pipes – RSL Goes Down to Toronto FC

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 09:53 AM EST


I'm not read to give up the dream of post-season play for Real Salt Lake yet, but things look pretty bleak. As Coach Jason Kreis lamented after the 1-0 loss in Toronto on Saturday, this has been a frustrating season for RSL where one can look back at missed opportunities at every turn.

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An-dy Will-iams!!! RSL over Red Bulls 2-0

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 11:17 AM EST

Yes We Can!!! Real Salt Lake was at the base of Mount Timpanogos last night and things looked bleak, but now RSL is half way up the mountain. When the game game began last night in Rio Tinto, RSL was four points out of a potential playoff spot with three games left. After Andy's winning goal, and then the cracking insurance goal by Fabian Espindola, RSL is now one point out of the playoffs with two games left.

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Climbing the Mountain – RSL Faces Red Bulls

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 07:33 PM EST

Tonight, in just about two hours, RSL goes up against the New York Red Bulls in a must win game. RSL is up against the wall after 18 days off from league play. RSL is currently sitting four points out of a playoff spot with three games left. Two of the games are home in Rio Tinto, tonight's match and the final match of the season at home against the Colorado Rapids.

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Only Two Things Come from Texas…

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 08:24 AM EST

Only Two Things Come from Texas...

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Now I may be going out on a limb, but after the past couple games, I'm a bit testy. I mean, if you think back to the way RSL started the season (except playing away of course), I was pretty darn optimistic.

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Why Would You Think I’m Worried?

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 01:22 PM EST

Now why would you think I am worried about RSL making the playoffs?

But sometimes, you have to face reality. Real looked awful out of the blocks in Houston. It was as if RSL was still working at fifty percent effort at the start of the game while the Houston Dynamo was playing at high tempo.

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Real Stays in Playoff Hunt with tie Against Fire

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 11:11 PM EST

Jamison Olave played his heart out on a beautiful Saturday night in Sandy Utah and although a win would have been better, at least Real walked away with a tie and a point. A win and full points would have placed RSL into a three-way tie with Chivas and Colorado for fourth place in the West, but it is what it is.

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Just in: Kansas - Not Just a Wheat-field!

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 04:18 PM EST

Real Salt Lake's Fabian Espindola is ecstatic about two things this week: 1) scoring a nice goal in Wednesday's match against Chivas-USA at home in Rio Tinto; and 2) probably getting the start in Kansas City today when RSL faces off against the Wizards. Even without Javier Morales or Yura Movsisyan in the lineup, RSL saw great play from Espindola, Robbie Findley , Kyle Beckerman, and of course Nick Rimando.

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No, I do not Hate Referees, Just Bad Refereeing…

The Offside - Real Salt Lake @ 03:08 PM EST

Tomorrow, RSL heads off to New England to play the Revolution and the game promises to be a cracker as most of the RSL games have been recently. Seriously, I am not sure that the game can reach the level of the cage-match against the Dynamo last week in Rio Tinto, but Real and the Revolution are sitting at similar places in their respective tables and both teams need points to have a chance at the playoffs.

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