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Real Salt Lake's Williams is out for Rio Tinto Stadium opener

I had read in earlier articles that Dema would also be available for the RT opener. Is he still on line to come back?

It will be nice to have Sturgis and Beltran as options. I think the both of them (if healthy), have bright futures.

That's too bad Williams will miss the stadium opener. If there's anyone that deserves to play in this game, it's him. I haven't always been a huge Andy Williams fan, and there was a year or two I actually did not like him on the team, but this year his effort, determination, and dedication to the team has been great.

It'll be nice to have Beltran & Sturgis back, now I'm just hoping to hear Espindola will be healthy soon. It'd sure be nice to have him on the field during the playoffs.

Go RSL!

I had heard that Garth said Espindola would be able to go for maybe 15 mins in this match.
Hopefully RSL is up a goal or two so they feel comfortable putting in Espy, Sturgis, and Beltran.
Best of luck guys

I was hoping to see Andy score with another rocket like he did last week end...:( Atleast we might get to see Sturgis and hopefully he will be able to stay in and not leave with an injury (fingers crossed while knocking on wood).

I personally like the way we play with Dema on the bench. His touch was less than good ... okay it was awful .... for the last few games he played before he hit the pine. It will be interesting to see who Kreis plays on the wing (Russell, Sturgis, Mathis, etc.) and who he pairs up with Yura. I'm hoping to see Deuchar for the first 60 and then Findley as the super sub. New York's backline is slow and I think he could exploit that near the end of the game. Their wings could give us trouble, so I'm hoping for an athletic wing (Russell or Beltran, with Johnson on the opposite side) to help cover for Wingert's horrible defense and Joy's lack of speed.

Can't wait to see the stadium!!!

Go REal!!!

If RSL can squeeze into the playoffs they should have Espinolda, Kovelenko, and other players back uust in time. We could be peaking at the best possible time.
Andy Williams is my favorite RSL player. Only Eddie Pope was better but he's not with the team anymore. Andy always gives 100% and he knows how to fight. He does whatever the team needs him to do. It's sad he won't be able to play in the home opener but hopefully he'll have a lot more games at the RIO stadium.

Dema will not be back until playoffs. Sure does suck that Andy won't be playing. Red bulls are struggling and their best winger Dana Richards is out to International duty. RSL wins 3-0