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Brad Rock: Real Salt Lake climbing a mountain with no end

Another game another disapointment. If I were Kries I would start by teaching the players that when you shoot, the net is located on the field not 50 yards up into the stands. How many shots and free kicks were 30 feet above the goal tonight. As fans again we have done our part, another sell out. The team needs to do there part now. We did look better tonight without Morales and Beckerman. I would not be sad to bench both of them for another week. the effort was better but the result the same. It is supposed to be fun going to a soccer game. Not the low point of each week.

I was there last night and I wouldn't say I'm an expert but I have been around soccer for 23 years. What's unforgivable to me is that Real is just sometimes lazy. I was happy to see them play tighter defense last night (in some games, I think my AYSO teams have played tighter defense) but one slip at this level and you lose 2 or 3 points. Those guys out there should not get lazy for one second! If for nothing else I blame Kries I'll blame him for allowing anyone on the team to get lazy. If so, they should be on the bench in 30 seconds.

I admit a modest at best MLS fan. More of A Galaxy Fan. Lots of material today. First of all, a great article by the "monsta".

Let me say this: I have rarely in recent years seen a team dominate so much posession and do so little with it. Findlay misses a couple wide open chances right in front, Yuri is a worse finisher than Nik Bentdner of Arsenal.

Sure the defense was tight. Who did Colorado have to hurt them as 2 of the better players out?

Then Yuri is a hero to all as he finally comes through. What a Joke. I said 2-0 win is the minimum requisite. Then one slip to the only real Rapids goal source and now you blew another chance at 3 points.

Rock thinks everything before the game was fine? I disagree. I paid hard-earned $$ to watch a soccer game. Instead, I was treated to a prayer service. Rio Tinto is a soccer stadium, not an LDS Temple. This is public land paid for with taxpayer fund. It was a mistake to force unsuspecting people to participate in an LDS prayer service before the game.

What happened during the pre-game besides the singing of our National Anthem?

I usually don't agree with Rock's take on Real, but he is spot on with this one.

Real is bad. Bad enough that changes should be taking place very soon. If I have to sit through this frustration for the the rest the season my tickets will be up for grabs.

I bought my tickets to watch a soccer team, not the gimmicks(Archie, fireworks, etc) Real's office uses to pull out a crowd. Imagine if the ownership invested as much in their team as they do the sideshows.

I disagree with some of these comments. My wife and I left right after the game, so I didn't have to watch the "gimmicks" that the front office used to draw in a sell-out crowd. While I may not care to watch Archie or fireworks after the game, more tickets sold = more money to bring in a DP or a proven striker. So bring on the gimmicks! I'll roll my eyes a lot, but if it brings a better team to the field, I'm all for it.
And regarding the dedication--I'm sorry if anyone was offended, since I'm sure that wasn't the intent. The owner's LDS--he can (and did) ask anyone he wants to dedicate the facility (which, if you paid attention, is what Elder Gonzalez did--not the land, the building, which is what Checketts owns). I'm pretty sure if he'd been Episcopalian, Bishop Irish would've been the invited clergy. (And no offense intended to Elder Gonzalez, but Bishop Irish might've offered a shorter prayer.) For the record, I'm glad Checketts found someone who appreciates the game. Viva Real!

At least you don't have to quote from Archie's "Desperate" yet! So there's still hope I guess. haha ;) Then again, seems like Real's players were pretty far from being light and swift on their feet like it's "Zero Gravity"! ;)

Thanks for entertaining recap! Sounds as if someone needs to wake up (REAL) and someone needs to give Archie a Grammy already or something. Kid deserves it, that's for sure.