Well the second half saw plenty of action, unfortunately it was more of the precipitous kind than goal scoring kind as Rice-Eccles Stadium was engulfed in snowy, windy mess. San Jose seemed to find their form in the early going as they capitalized in a few creases in the Salt Lake back line to earn [...]

Real Salt Lake has kicked off its 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup slate on a chilly but (currently) clear night at Rice-Eccles Stadium against expansion side San Jose Earthquakes. We’re all multi-tasking this evening so pardon the late blog entry as we’ve already played the first half. And an action packed half its been, [...]

A big congratulations is in order for Real Salt Lake rookie defender David Horst who was recently named the 2008 recipient of the Tom Scott Award as Old Dominion University’s top senior student athlete. The towering central defender led the Monarchs to 14 wins, a Colonial Athletic Association title and a second straight trip to [...]

With environmental issues gaining more and more attention around last week’s Earth Day celebration, Real Salt Lake has announced the club will host its first-ever “Green Awareness Game” during tomorrow’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup “Play-In” contest against the San Jose Earthquakes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Real Salt Lake is teaming up with four environmentally-conscience sponsors [...]

Due to the nature of this week’s schedule, with two games between now and Saturday, there will be no community appearances by players this week. We won’t let that stop you from catching up on important RSL news however, as tonight’s RSL Coach’s Corner on KALL 700 Sports will be taking place at the Real [...]

After a pair of road contests out east the last two weekends, RSL will return home to a full slate this week with a pair of contests against California-based sides. The team will prepare for Wednesday’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play-in contest against the San Jose Earthquakes with a Monday afternoon practice at XanGo [...]

It’s a busy Monday morning and the start of a hectic week, but we here at Behind the Shield would like to take the time to thank all of our dedicated fans for their incredible support. For the third time on the young season you came out in droves to watch your team at our [...]

Last night’s result was obviously not what we were all hoping for in D.C. but the guys will wast no time getting back in the groove as they prepare for a very busy week. Wednesday sees RSL open up Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play with a qualifying match against expansion side San Jose at [...]

Well the action is underway in the hostile confines of RFK Stadium and we’ll be here with you throughout the match. We’ll just get right to it with the RSL starting XI (identical to last week’s match with one exception): GK – Nick Rimando; DF – Chris Wingert, Nat Borchers, Jamison Olave (the one change, [...]

Well the team is in the nation’s capital getting set for tomorrow night’s clash with the reigning Supporter’s Shield winners, D.C. United. The home side is sure to be motivated for this one as their visit only two weeks ago to Rice-Eccles resulted in a 4-0 thumping at RSL’s hands. However the guys are not [...]