tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36188531734670847282012-02-16T22:25:40.741-06:00Soccer, Real Salt Lake, Soccer blog, MLS, RSL, Major League Soccer, US Soccer, USSoccer, Representing Iowa ReAL styleScadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302600950969924974noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618853173467084728.post-14683319753407669402010-01-02T09:11:00.004-06:002010-01-02T09:52:11.930-06:00

I've read various mock drafts leading up to this year's MLS SuperDraft and one thing is very clear concerning RSL...nobody really has any idea what direction we will take this year. Interestingly enough that is no different from any other year for the 'claret and cobalt' (I still feel a little dirty using that phrase). Some mock drafts consider us stacked claiming we will go after a young

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My last post mentioned my crossroads and it was answered with an opportunity.My first post for MLS-Rumors.net was yesterday and I will be trying that route for a while...what I post there I will also be linking here. Yesterday's MLSR post: Landon Donovan - A Guilty PleasureYou can also always follow MoS @ twitter.com/themindofscads where I will include updates of my posts independent of where

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While the event happened a while ago it would be wrong not to offer any sort of post congratulating the team I've followed through thick and at times very thin.RSL 2009 MLS Cup Champions!!!!It was a fun season and very fun post-season.As for the Mind of Scads I'm currently trying to consider the future for the site. While I'll likely never let go of the domain I am not sure what I will be doing

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One thing that is consistent with Real Salt Lake signings is the lack of buzz surrounding the players that come and play of us. That does not mean we don't have quality players on the pitch, but our pickups tend to either be 'diamonds hiding in coal' or youth projects. Outside of our inaugural year with Eddie Pope and Clint Mathis I would argue that Kyle Beckerman has been the biggest 'name' we

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Many of you have already taken a look at the Don Garber interview that threatens the relocation of DC United. There have been similar articles, though not by nearly as credible of sources, about the possible relocation of the Columbus Crew to Las Vegas in the past few weeks.I view both of these threats as deeply troubling to the league. I believe the Don is likely using the threat as a

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So did I over react after game one or is there still cause for concern as an RSL fan?Watching my team destroy Columbus was some of the most fun I have had watching RSL on television. It was great to see Findley with the hat-trick and it is rare to feel that comfortable in the last 30 minutes of a RSL game.But, Coach J.K. said something interesting in the postgame interviews that I think bears a

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There has been one question that all RSL fans having been asking this off season."Why aren't we adding anybody to the roster that can score?"We have been fearing that keeping a team exactly the same that had a good playoff run, but still only managed a 10-10-10 record would bite us in the butt. We bent over...Seattle chomped down.There has been so much talk about "the core" this offseason as an

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Before the season starts it is a time of "Preseason rankings" and deciding which final record or playoff run would warrant contentment among fans. As RSL fans we always just wanted a playoff run and now that it has been achieved we are looking to the next step. But the problem is we really can never know how a team will perform season to season. Too many variables factor into the equation;

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I was hoping to get this sucker of the ground earlier in the preseason, but it was not happening.There are quite a few plans for MoS2009, but things will likely take off slowly and ease into anticipated plans as the season goes on. There are a series of weekly installments and other ideas that I hope will give the Mind of Scads a unique niche in the MLS blogosphere and be of entertainment value

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Coming soon...

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Things have been very busy at the Scads' household as of late which is why this site has been painfully neglected, but it would be sacrilege not to post after the monumental result vs. Columbus on Saturday night.While I am in the same mindset as Kyle Beckerman who said "It is great that we got there, but the main thing is getting three points tonight. Right now is not the most important time to

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Despite a weakened opponent it was fun to watch RSL play some decent footy on Saturday. I was ready to give up on the team all together after Javi’s botched free kick attempt, mostly because of the play after the miss, but the team really responded in the second half. A few things… I don’t know what to think about the Good Doctor. Yes, he gets his chances, but those chances aren’t

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...that is all.

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As the season moves on RSL's results are becoming all too familiar. Yes, there is improvement, but not enough to make us a playoff caliber team (unless the league lets us play all remaining games at RES).When I look at the standings there is one surprise that seems to stand out. The Columbus Crew. Is there anybody else that looks at their placement thinking..."Wait a minute", that was supposed to

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For the very first time I had the oppurtunity to watch RSL play in HD Thursday night against Colorado. It has never been more clear that we can't play on the road...or in the final third. While the first half wasn't horrible, it wasn't pretty either. The second half was all Colorado.- Mantilla was absolute garbage. His marking was off, he passing was lazy, and his handball sealed our fate. It'll

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GOOOAAAALLLLL! Beckerman!GOOOAAAALLLLL! Beckerman!GOOOAAAALLLLL! Yura!GOOOAAAALLLLL! Andy!Sporting the green 'earth day' kits (see kits here) Wednesday night RSL dismantled San Jose in the MLS 'play-in' game of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Final score was 4-0. RSL also had 10 shots on goal to SJ's 4.A few of the players not getting much time saw significant time on the pitch tonight. Most

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Salt Lake City is slowly (slowly?) becoming a place in which only the most apathetic of soccer fans can survive. Give your heart to Real Salt Lake and you will be 'Temple of Doomed' quickly.DCU Part 1 gave us all a false sense of hope. I mean after a game 'we should have won' against Chicago we 'played well' against Chivas in a 3-1 loss, but made up for all of it with a 4-0 beat down of United.

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Yesterday I looked at on-field changes that the team has experienced in 2008, but I don't think it'd be right not to take a closer look at the changes that RSL has made off of the field.Has 'off-field' RSL made improvements in 2008? Absolutely. In two ways. The off-field dealing to put together a real team (much credit to Garth and Jason) and RSL is slowly repairing its public image.The only

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2005: 1-2-12006: 0-3-12007: 0-2-22008: 1-2-1Looking at the first four games of the season compared to previous years doesn't exactly scream "We've turned a corner", though 2008 has tied our best four game start in franchise history. And a win on Saturday would give us our franchise best first five game record.Looking a little closer at the goal differential is a little nicer. We are actually at

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Well after running my mouth (fingers) last week about how the very worst that could happen to RSL would be a tie I am here to fulfill my promise of praising TFC for showing me that RSL still has a long way to go. Yes the second half was controlled by Salt Lake, but after the first half it is still an embarrassing game top to bottom.Why can't we decide how to go at a team on the road? Chivas and

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This Saturday's meeting between constant bottom-dwellers will have a feeling fairly unfamiliar to both clubs...they absolutely believe they are the better team. RSL is coming off of a club record 4-0 beating of DC United while TFC was able to sneak by Los Angeles for an ever important road win. Both teams finished at the very bottom of the league last season and have made some off-season changes

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Hey guys, there is a new(ish) group out there and as we know the more organized our fans...the merrier. I think the R - S - L chant against DCU was shining proof of that (SLE didn't start that chant, but I think its a good example of what can happen when fans unite). It sounded great even online.I asked the S.L.E. the same questions I've asked other supporter groups in the past and here are the

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So what does RSL do to fix its losing woes? It is so painful to see that better play + better players + better end game stats = same old results. I don't even know what to say, but as fans we can only hope that there is still something great to come with these guys...or we can do what a few RSL faithful did to cope and follow a zen like state called EmbraTSU or Embrace The Suckiness.On a happier

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...or so it would seem for just about any team that isn't based out of Salt Lake City. Despite a new look RSL, and even a better playing RSL, the opener finished with the exact some punch line (the joke isn't funny either).So is a jackass painted like a zebra still just a burro? Well, this match against the goats could be proving grounds for the boys in gold, blue, and red that this is really a

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While it would have been ideal to post frequently in the days leading up to the opener the oppurtunity wasn't afforded to me as I'm spending this week in Dallas, TX for some reasons outside of the world of soccer.But I did notice a few things while I'm here and wanted to share them quickly. Despite how frustrating the media can be in Salt Lake about our beloved RSL I have found once again, much

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