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Real Salt Lake: Deja vu all over again

Nobody should care about soccer. It's a worthless sport, and should be left out of America.

I watched the entire game today and until Chicago scored I thought "RSL is systematically working this team."

If Chicago doesn't score, RSL had a near perfect game. Sure we could have and maybe should have scored more, but we are always going to miss some shots.

Chicago got lucky and they looked really bad. And I think they looked really bad not because they are a bad team but because RSL really just worked them the entire game.

RSL look very good this year and our bench is also looking very very nice this year. This will be a much different team this year. I am excited to see them play on grass and not bouncy field turf.

new season, new players, same coach, same result. why didn't kreis use one of his subs late in the match to bulster his defensive effort. same mental breakdown as many games over the last 3 years. draws for this team, particularly when ahead feel very much like defeats! change the coach for one with successful professional "coaching" experience!

Maybe the Legislature could use tax dollars to buy RSL some wins.

RSL is making it difficult to remain a fan when there is no TV or radio coverage. I am at least happy with the dominant performance even if they could not convert.

It's not really about the Blanco goal. It's about not scoring for the 91 minutes that let up to it (they GOT a goal, but Chicago's Bakary Soumare SCORED it). Dominating the run of play, you got to go for the kill in those games.

are you even an athlete or are you an armchair quarterback whose athleticism is limited to pushing buttons on your remote control?

Obviously YOU care otherwise you wouldn't have read the article and posted a comment. If you truly didn't care, you wouldn't have wasted any of your time on this.

I look forward to substantial progress out of this team. That needs to happen this year.

Bad management, poor coaching, poor players. Real has about 3 more years before they disappear. Why they have so little pride in Salt Lake, that you can't even find the words Salt Lake on their uniforms.

Why do they call this "Major League Soccer"? Everyone knows the world's best soccer players, play in Europe, not North America. North American Soccer League would be more appropriate.

The Fire are a great team. the Real franchise is still very young. for them to do as well as they did last night, means they have a great season ahead of them! and soccer is a game that takes true skill, and is more of a sport then any other!!!!!

It was a heart breaking tie, but what's even more heartbreaking is that Andy Williams is still starting for RSL, Its sad to he shouldn't even be playing for the reserve squad.

The match was a shoving match. Whenever REal couldn't steal the ball, they shoved or tripped the other guy to get it. Fire did it a bit too, but mainly when REal was in scoring position which is why REal's best scoring opportunities were stopped (should have been awarded penalty shots on two of them).

I don't know if the league tells the ref to let the non-injury fouls go uncalled or what.?.

REal needs to focus on playing the ball more and less on the shoving match, then maybe they'll get the calls when they're in scoring posistion.

Oh, also, CLEAR the ball way out when you are near your own goal; DON'T make short passes. That shouldn't have to be said!!!

Because like most of us, he doesn't like his tax dollars going to pork.

Loved the game. ReAL really dominated throughout. They just have to work on finishing!

20,000 fans! You're right, guess nobody cares!

Can't wait for the Stadium to be finished!

Go ReAL!

Give me a break; Andy Williams played an incredible game. He ran like a mad man and covered both ends of the field. It is obvious that he showed up in shape this year. I thought that our midfield played as a group and dominated the game. The defense also looked solid. Andy is a true starter and showed it Saturday. I am excited about this year. This is a new team and once our forward third finishes things are going to be a lot of fun.
As for the negative commentors. You remind me of the Governor of New York that just resigned. He pretended to be fighting prostitution ect while visiting them. All of you negative blogers it is O.K. to just come out of the closet and enjoy the sport in the open like the rest of the world.

How come so many soccer games end in a tie. Are they afraid of hurting each others feelings?

So many games end in a tie because the teams have scored the same number of goals at the end of the game.
(Simple answer for stupid people) Also, unlike baseball they decide to end games rather than playing on for 5 hours.

RSL looked great. I have never seen an RSL team play so well. Very unlucky not to get the result. However, it is a 30 game season. If they keep playing like this they will be in the playoffs. Next week will be tough. A tie at Chivas would be like getting a win.

Give me a freaking break. Kries made the right choice by putting in Deucher, Findley, and Dema. First off no one goal lead is safe, and when you are dominating every facet of the game it's wise to put in players with skill and speed to control the ball. Also besides the four players that play the back line, Talley, Beckerman, and Dema are all defensive minded players. He made the right subs and he had the right game plan, the problem was that players couldn't finish the chances that they had but I am confident that this will not happen again this season.

Actually, RSL hasn't scored yet since the Chicago player knocked it in his own goal. By the way Mr. Answer, all of the other sports play some form of OT to break a tie. Why can't they play an overtime period or go to a shootout?

Let all the soccer haters say what they want. Bottom line is that RSL led the league in attendance on Saturday by a long shot- 20,000! Isn't that what the Jazz usually average? So stop complaining about the stadium! The debate is over and only 13,000 (less than what RSL averages in attendance) signed your stupid pathetic petition. The team looked great, unlike last year the goal Chicago scored was earned and not due to any one player 'choking'.