ReAL Kicks

A New MLS Team!!

2009-03-18T11:51:00.003-06:00

A big welcome to our Vancouver Soccer Brethern!! MLS has awarded the city the newest team with entrance and play begining for the 2011 season!! We are excited to see the league grow. With a team in Vancouver, and Seattle, is the bid for a team in Portland dead in the water?

Excitement is in the Rio Tinto air.

2009-03-18T10:53:00.004-06:00

The cover is off the grass and the mower has given the stadium that freshly cut smell! The Season Tickets are in hand and are just itching to be used, tempting us and tormenting us as they sit on the dressers, kitchen counters, and everwhere else boys put their things. Our eldest brother lives in the same neighborhood as Marcos Rivera, one of the head honchos over consessions at Rio Tinto Stadium who moved here from Jacksonville, Florida to be a part of Rio Tinto, and he assures us the grills are primed, the cheese dispensors ready, and the ice cream chilled. To that end, we are very much looking forward to the "friendly" with Austin Aztecs this Saturday at 1pm and Rio Tinto Stadium. Highs near 70, and everything free on Saturday sounds just about right after spending life savings on season tickets!

Congrats to the guys for their preseason tournament championship back east!! The team is starting to set like our Mom's fabulous jello salad. It's a Utah tradition! We are expecting great things from our boys and know they will make Rio Tinto the iron clad fortress Rice Eccles was last year. And with a few more road wins and ties this year, we smell the Supporters Shield just around the corner.

AAHHHH...can you smell that?? Spring time in Utah. There is nothing better in all the world! Especially when it involves our boys! Go get em!!

Seattle takes Sturgis

2008-11-26T13:25:00.002-07:00

Seattle took Nathan Strugis from RSL today as they continue to build their roster...other players selected in today's expansion draft include:

1. Nate Jaqua (Houston Dynamo)
2. Nathan Sturgis
3. Jeff Parke (New York Red Bulls)
4. Jarrod Smith (Toronto FC)
5. Khano Smith (New England Revolution)
6. Peter Vagenas (Los Angeles Galaxy)
7. Tyson Wahl (Kansas City Wizards)
8. James Riley (San Jose Earthquakes)
9. Stephen King (Chicago Fire)
10. Brad Evans (Columbus Crew)

Expansion draft today!!

2008-11-25T09:35:00.004-07:00

In news leading up to tomorrow's MLS Expansion Draft for Seattle, we learned the following:

The Earthquakes send forward Kirovski to the LA Galaxy in return for a conditional pick in the MLS supplemental draft in 2010. Does this move signal an end to the playing days of Landon Donovan in MLS and the Galaxy? Will he indeed be in Germany at the start of next season with Bayern?

Also, the Wizards have aquired the services of Adam Cristman from New England. The Revs will receive allocation money and KC's 3rd round selection in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft.

The expansion draft for the Seattle Sounders will begin in about 24 hours as Seattle begins to build its team around goalkeeper Kasey Keller. RSL and other teams in the league released the following with regards to who they are and are not protecting!

ReAL Salt Lake
Protecting: Morales, Olave, Espindola, Borchers, Beckerman, Johnson, Russell, Wingert, Findley, Movsisyan, Sturgis

Not Protecting: Besagno, Cutler, Deucher, Horst, Joy, Kirby, Kovalenko, Mathis, Nunez, Reiman, Reynish, Rimando, Tennelle, Williams

What are your thoughts on who RSL is and is not protecting??

Other teams:

Chivas is NOT protecting: Jorge Flores, Daniel Paladini, Ante Razov, Claudio Suarez, Carey Talley, Zach Thornton, Lawson Vaughn, Sasha Victorine, Raphael Wicky, and Alex Zotinca, are the most interesting names.

Chicago Fire not protecting: Calen Carr, Tomasz Frankowski, Andy Herron, and Brandon Prideaux are among names most intriguing.

Colorado is not protecting: Jose Burciaga Jr, Preston Burpo, Terry Cooke, Facundo Erpen, Stephen Keel, Tom Mcmanus, and Mike Petke (linked to a move to Europe), are among names most interesting from Colorado for availablilty to Seattle.

MLS Cup Champions Columbus: Brad Evans, Jason Garey, Eddie Gaven, Andy Gruenebaum, Stefani Miglioranzi, Adam Moffet, Pat Noonan, and Brian Plotkin are among those most recognizable.

FC Dallas is not protecting: Duillio Davino, David Wagenfuhr, Jamie Watson (ex=RSLer), are among those most interesting.

D.C. United is not protecting: Jeff Carroll, Francis Doe, Rod Dyachenko, Marcelo Gallardo, Quavas Kirk, Ben Olsen, and Zach Wells are among those being offered.

Houston Dynamo is not protecting: Corey Ashe, Wade Barrett, Patrick Ianni, Nate Jaqua, Richard Mulrooney, Pat Onstad, and Craig Waibel.

The KC Wizards: Kevin Hartman, Ryan Pore, Abe Thompson, Ivan Trujillo, and Tyson Wahl are names most interesting on the "not protecting" list coming from the Wizards.

Galaxy not protecting: Steve Cronin, Joe Franchino, Jovan Kirovski, Chris Klein, Michael Rudolph, and Peter Vagenas are those who found us intrigued.

The Rev from New England is not protecting: Khano Smith, and Wells Thompson are the two qwe found most interesting

New York is not protecting: Oscar Echeverry, Chris Leitch, Mike Magee, Andongcho Mbuta, Carlos Mendez, Jeff Parke, Juan Pietravallo, and John Wolyniec are those most interesting.

San Jose is not protecting: John Cunliffe, Eric Denton, Gavin Glinton, Ned Grabavoy, Kelly Gray, Ronnie O'Brien, and James Riley.

Torfonto FC is not protecting: Hunter Freeman, Rohan Ricketts, Carlos Ruiz, Greg Sutton, and Marco Velez.

RSL signs Olave

2008-11-25T09:32:00.002-07:00

RSL bought Olave from Deportivo Cali and have signed him thru the 2012 season!! This is great news for our backline and its stability. What does Olave mean to RSL? Give us your thoughts...

Great Season

2008-11-18T15:01:00.003-07:00

Seven brothers are often never in agreement all at the same time on virtually any topic. However, we all agree that RSL had a better than expected season, and for that, we congratulate and thank them for the effort and enjoyment they provided us this year!

So, what's next for RSL in the offseason? Well, the expansion draft for Seattle FC is quickly approaching. Who will RSL keep protected? Who will they risk losing? Who is likely to go, if left unprotected?

And what of Olave? He comes to us via a one year loan deal. Will he be back? Or with his highly successful season will his old team want to bring him back? I know I would want him on my team!

Stay tuned as we seven brothers discuss and post our thoughts and comments on the not so dull offseason!