Apr

25

This Week’s Retroactive Suspension Winner Is…


FC Dallas forward Blas Perez. Yes, this news came down yesterday afternoon and honestly many here in Dallas were stunned by the news.  Perez was given a one game suspension for  an elbow on Whitecaps defender Jordan Harvey in the first half of Saturday’s game with Vancouver. Harvey was not injured on the play and even…[continue reading]

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Apr

04

Wednesday Quick Picks: Impact at RSL


I’m gonna be super quick on this one, today is another day where the day job has me swamped. One MLS game tonight (yes there is a CCL game with Toronto and Santos too), as the Montreal Impact play at Real Salt Lake for the first time. Jesse Marsch’s club is going through all the…[continue reading]

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Feb

03

Grading The Offseason: Western Conference


Yesterday I took a look at the 10 clubs from the Eastern Conference in how they’ve done so far this winter. Naturally right after the post was put up one of those clubs went out and signed a DP. Today, we’ll look at the nine clubs from the Western Conference to see how they’ve been…[continue reading]

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Nov

07

2011 Expansion Draft List: Real Salt Lake


Expectations were high going into 2011 for Real Salt Lake. The club was closing in on a historic CONCACAF Champions League win and everyone in the league was supporting their efforts. But injuries, suspensions and the gutting loss in the CCL final to Monterrey changed the course of the season for RSL. But they got…[continue reading]

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Nov

04

2011 MLS Cup Playoffs, Conference Finals: Picks


So I went three for four in the semifinals with my picks. Real Salt Lake knocked out Seattle in what was a very entertaining series. The other three were good as well, but the conference finals should be very good to watch. We’re down to three more games this season – the Conference finals on…[continue reading]

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Sep
29

Kyle Beckerman Faces Long Suspension

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We’ve seen this before, at least somewhere. A player goes a little bat-sh*t crazy on someone. It happened again last night with Real Salt Lake’s Kyle Beckerman on Chicago Fire midfielder Daniel Paladini. Beckerman, who was enjoying a very strong MVP-like season until his head butt on Paladini last night. The foul itself was clearly…[continue reading]

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Sep

07

Searching For A Wild Card


It seems as each season goes in Major League Soccer, the wild card positions in the playoffs seem to be the ones with the most to gain and the least to lose. Just taking a gander at the teams who have won a MLS Cup over the last couple of seasons and it was easy…[continue reading]

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Sep

02

MLS Week 25: Picks


This was suppose to be an off weekend in Major League Soccer. One of those rare weekends that the league decided to take off so players could be with their countries for important FIFA-related games or friendlies. But it also meant that having a weekend open in the schedule would allow clubs to have postponed…[continue reading]

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Aug
30

Javier Morales On His Road To Recovery


I really hope Javier gets back soon, Real Salt Lake is always more fun to watch them with him in the lineup. I wish him, Steve Zakuani and David Ferreira nothing but the best on their long roads to recovery here.

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Aug

26

Possible Points Remaining: Western Conference


Wednesday we looked at where each Eastern Conference club stands at reaching the post season. Today, we head out to the Western Conference. So I won’t waste any more time here with introductions. Here is what each Western Conference team has left and how many points I think each has left in them. Chivas USA…[continue reading]

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