2009-mls-cup Stories - RSL Soapbox
Colorado looking to break two Salt Lake streaks Friday
The Colorado Rapids may be the current reigning MLS Cup champions, but that still hasn't taken all the sting out of their recent run of terrible results against their arch rivals from Utah, Real Salt Lake. Not only has the Rocky Mountain Cup stayed out of Colorado for all but the first two years of...
Some interesting numbers about MLS and sports in the US
So Nielsen is the final word in who watches what on TV in the United States and they recently released their "Changing Face of Sports Media" report. Here are a couple of the highlights from the report: "The data reveal that we are living in an incredible time for sports consumption. There were over...
I wonder if MLS HQ wrote the spin for WSS?
So in my email today I got an ad from World Soccer Shop, it was titled "Our 2009 Year in Review" and while it was mostly dedicated to European teams, as it should be the did give a little love to the USMNT for their Confederations Cup run, but when it came to MLS, well it was Seattle and Beckham. ...
The 5 best and 5 worst things about Real Salt Lake in 2009
Now there is n, o doubt that I am going to make some people mad with this list, that isn't my intention. I can look back to where RSL was in 2005 and where they are today, and in every aspect of the organization they are better. That doesn't mean they are perfect, it doesn't mean that there isn't...
A look back at the 21st of November 2009, a busy day in Seattle
So just over a month ago I moved my blog over to rslsoapbox, it was a great event marked by the driving through Portland on my way up to Seattle for the MLS Cup. It was a fairly uneventful change, but the weekend would be anything but uneventful. The 21st of November, was a busy fun filled day in...
More honors for Real Salt Lake
There is a good write up from today's Deseret News about the resolution from a couple weeks ago that was presented to the US House of Representatives. Here is the actual text of the resolution CONGRATULATING REAL SALT LAKE ON THEIR MLS CHAMPIONSHIP HON. JASON CHAFFETZ ...
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