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Real Salt Lake: Seattle selects Sturgis
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But I'm glad we still have Deuchar.
While I think Sturgis has potential, he sure didn't provide RSL with much due to the injuries.
Every see people wandering around the grocery store wearing rsl gear on game day? Ever hear the news report one of their games as a "holy war" or "the biggest rivalry in Utah history"?
Answer: nope.
That's your clue that soccer doesn't matter in utah. It's nothing. Nil. Nobody except a few of you care.
Quit obsessing about it. It's going to be over before you know it, and RSL's going to get sold to another city dumb enough to think people care.
As for the stadium--I bet it'll make a great swap-meet site/flea market for years to come.
Now, go argue with all the other Mensa candidates in one of the BYU-Utah threads. You guys are getting close to a consensus.
This is going to be a competitive year this next year, but with all of the teams from the east playing in champions league or superliga (minus toronto) we should be able to make the playoffs again next year.
What will you do if soccer *does* become a "mainstream" sport? What new obscure pasttime will you take up to remind yourself of your superiority over the unwashed masses?
Get a life kid, if you dont like it leave it. We could all start talking about how we hate baseball, football, or basketball but we dont cuz we have this thing called maturity... you should look into it
I'm pretty sure that all expansion teams look pretty good on paper with a bunch of good-but-not-great players from around the league, but they always end up at the bottom of the table (ignoring the aberration that is Chicago's first year).
Seattle has the advantage with Ljundberg and Keller, but I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that SSFC will be competitive this next year.
Let me ask you something (since "lemme" is not a word). Do you know that the only reason American football is so popular in this country is because TV networks can play ten minutes of commercials for every three minutes of play? Your "fanaticism" is a product of corporate greed. But I can tell that thinking makes your brain hurt, so I will leave you alone.
I think that if Nate can stay healthy he will be a great pick for Seattle, but it is a bit of a gamble. I am glad they did not take Joy or Williams, and with Russell and Beckerman able to play D-mid I think we will be fine.
Fail to make the playoffs is my prediction (but finish above LA)
Playing on Turf = He isnt going to be happy.
Being older and slower = He isnt going to be happy.
I'd say he's in for a long season.
Mathis is good. He has good games and bad games just like everyone else on the team. I think he does get too much time though, when Findley, Deuchar, and Espindola could all use more time. Kreis will require everyone to train hard during the long break and Mathis will be better than ever for us when he is in shape.
With Williams, Morales, Johnson, Espindola, and Mathis we have a lot of creative players in the middle.
I'm sad i never really got to see Sturgis play, uts unfortunate he couldn't get healthy. Next year looks promising for RSL, we have what it takes! Mathis is good for about 45 but then becomes lethargic and almost invisible during the second half, really i hope Kreis can see that, with a bench as deep as ours considering strikers.
Off season sucks!
All things considered I think losing Sturgis will prove to be less of a lose than if we had lost Kenny, Dema, or Andy.
Unlike some of the posts above I really don't see Mathis as a very valuable part of this team, he is old, has a big mouth and if we are waiting until he gets into shape that may be a long long long wait. I have followed his career and yes he is very talented but he has never been a hard worker, he has always been a slacker, and that probably will not change. He is getting all this playing time in
Salt Lake because of his relationship with his coach not because of his on field performance.
We are going to be a great team next year
Although the match was more a flashpoint than the direct cause of the conflict this is still the only recorded instance of sports match leading to a dispute on this scale.
Utes-BYU have nothing - nada, zilch - on real football! Real football is true passion; real football is pure politics!
Go back and look at Maradona's first dozen games with Napoli and you'll see that, like Clint, he didn't rack up a single goal or assist, yet the team started to win as soon as he began to start. It's a valid comparison. Clint, as has been pointed out, scored the greatest goal in our nation's history, just as Maradona did for his country. And when Clint gets back to full fitness next year, even the Clint bashers will have to admit he's as good running at players with the ball as Maradona ever was.
Those of us who've studied the game for years can see instantly what Clint brings--something that might not be so obvious if you didn't know soccer was an adult sport until RSL came along.
Just bought RSL jerseys for my boys for Christmas. The lady at the store thought I wanted Sounders Shirts. They'll be popular up here.
Only 2 and a half months until training starts for the 09 season when RSL pulls off the double, claiming the Supporters Shield and the MLS Cup.
Go RSL!
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I hope he can find a way to stay healthy up in seattle... though playin on turf is not going to help his injury at all.
Best of luck to Nate, sad to see you go. Wish it would have been Dema instead of you.
Now, please RSL, lets find a good wing player and/or a true striker