Archive for December, 2009

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Goin’ Camping

A trio of RSL players have parlayed their great club success into opportunity with the U.S. National Team. Midfielder Kyle Beckerman, forward Robbie Findley and goalkeeper Nick Rimando have all been invited to the USMNT’s annual January training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The RSL triumvirate will all be looking to [...]

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Merch Perch

We’re getting right down to the holiday wire and, as such, our 20 Days of Christmas merchandise promotion is nearing its conclusion (with tomorrow’s Official MLS Game Ball bringing the drawings to an end.) But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, today we’ve got more winners to announce. Congratulations to Carol Kidd for winning Saturday’s [...]

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Merch Perch

Let’s start with today’s “20 Days of Christmas” winner, so Rachel Sharpe come on down! Congratulations, you’ve won today’s RSL keeper jersey. If you haven’t already done so, please contact the Team Store at 801-727-2888 to arrange collection of your prize… That’s not it for the merch side today though. We’ve got a couple of inventory [...]

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Filling in the Schedule

We already knew that Real Salt Lake would kick off their MLS Cup title defense on Saturday, March 27, at Buck Shaw Stadium against the San Jose Earthquakes and we knew that the 2010 home schedule at Rio Tinto Stadium will get underway on Saturday, April 10 against Seattle Sounders FC. Well, today we found [...]

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Politics, Politics

UPDATE: Well not only did the House pass a piece of RSL legislation, but the Senate has now followed suit. Check out the official resolutions below… Senate & House of Representatives The U.S. House of Representatives passed a major piece of legislation yesterday… That’s right, they passed a resolution (with a 347-0 vote in favor [...]

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Smiles at Shriners

Behind the Shield and RSL would like to give a huge thanks to the folks at Shriners Hospitals for Children, who today welcomed RSL’s Raphael Cox into the building to visit with kids staying at the Salt Lake City facility. While the kids got a kick out of meeting Cox, the visit was certainly mutually [...]

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Merch Perch

Another week, another set of 20 Days of Christmas winners! It’s been a couple of days since we updated you on the names getting pulled, so below is the entire list of winners since Day 1 of the drawings… 11/30 – Monday Tom Bleifuss 12/01 – Tuesday Craig Peterson 12/02 – Wednesday Jesse Torres 12/03 [...]

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MLS Cup Heads to XanGo

Real Salt Lake began making the rounds to some of its sponsorship partners with the Philip F. Anschutz trophy in tow this week, and today’s stop was a special one, as some of the team’s brass and players Tony Beltran and Rafael Cox descended upon XanGo, where some of its founders and around 150 employees [...]

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The Merch Perch

It’s day 8 of the 20 Days of Christmas with our merch team and the winner of today’s $25 Team Store gift certificate is Melanie Walters. Look at that Melanie, now you can do a bit more Christmas shopping for your friends and family (or yourself, if you so choose). Remember, just call the Team Store [...]

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Votin’, Votin’, Votin’

We know that we regularly ask you to participate in online polls in support of RSL players, coaches, etc. Well we’ve got one more for you, and it may be the coolest one yet. Both Nick Rimando and Dave Checketts have been nominated by the Salt Lake Tribune for 2009′s “Utahn of the Year” award. [...]

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