Real Monarchs Running Thread

Discussion in 'Real Salt Lake' started by pate, Mar 21, 2018.

  1. pate

    pate Member+

    Jun 12, 2007
    Provo, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Since their 1st game is Saturday (@ Tulsa), it's probably time to open up a thread.
     
  2. 15 to 32

    15 to 32 Straw Hog

    Jul 1, 2008
    Salt Lake
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    can't wait to see the academy products being groomed for RSL show their worth.

    ... What was that?
     
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  3. El-ahrairah

    El-ahrairah Member+

    Sep 20, 2004
    Wanker County
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    When's their first game against Freddy Adu and his painted on uniform?
     
  4. Allez RSL

    Allez RSL Member+

    Jun 20, 2007
    Home
    4/30 and 5/19
     
  5. Todorojo

    Todorojo Member

    Oct 27, 2008
    South Weber, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Will Adu be the first former RSL player to face off against the Monarchs?
     
  6. irondeepbicycle

    irondeepbicycle Member+

    Real Salt Lake
    United States
    Jul 31, 2017
    I think Pecka actually holds that distinction. He plays for San Antonio now.
     
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  7. irondeepbicycle

    irondeepbicycle Member+

    Real Salt Lake
    United States
    Jul 31, 2017
    I've followed the Monarchs really closely for their entire existence, but I've lost interest at this point. I doubt I'll watch much this year. I don't understand why they've decided not to sign young players or academy players.

    If they make a couple signings from the academy I'll get re-interested quick.
     
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  8. 15 to 32

    15 to 32 Straw Hog

    Jul 1, 2008
    Salt Lake
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've never been involved with the Monarchs so I can't have as strong of a stance as you. I will say, though, that the more I watch this the more it feels like the Monarchs are being ran as their own club and not an area for RSL to pipe talent. It seems their only relationship with the first team is first player rehab. I think we'll be made to pay for this in the next few years. We saw it with NYRB this last weekend - if you invest in your young talent at that level, it grows them for the top level
     
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  9. irondeepbicycle

    irondeepbicycle Member+

    Real Salt Lake
    United States
    Jul 31, 2017
    I think this is exactly it. Which is weird, but it explains all of their moves.

    The weirdest Monarchs signing this offseason is Jake Leeker, a goalkeeper who spent last year at the University of Memphis. The reason it's weird is that he went undrafted in the Superdraft, and RSL had draft picks we passed on.

    If the Monarchs liked Leeker, why didn't we pick him? It would have cost us literally nothing. Why take the chance that someone else would take him?

    The best explanation I can come up with is that the Monarchs and RSL technical staffs are so distinct that Waibel had no idea the Monarchs liked Leeker. Mark Briggs wasn't even at the combine.
     
  10. DrownedElf

    DrownedElf Member+

    Jul 5, 2010
    Ogden
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The baffling thing to me, is that as a small market team, you'd think the go to would be to groom younger talent to try and get them onto the main RSL roster. We'll never have the pull of the bigger cities, but you can create a pull with the youth by having a setup that goes: academy, Monarchs, RSL. Also being able to sign youth that aren't quite ready for MLS, but have the potential to be, you're at least trying to give some of these kids a shot.
     
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  11. 15 to 32

    15 to 32 Straw Hog

    Jul 1, 2008
    Salt Lake
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Monarchs won over the weekend in a dramatic comeback. I can't link twitter at work, but Tulsa's tweet after the game was factual and such a jab that it made me laugh. It said something along the lines that Monarchs made a comeback and scored two late, their lineup consisted of 6 RSL players
     
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  12. pate

    pate Member+

    Jun 12, 2007
    Provo, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Academy Players -
    Acosta and Baird (Goal 7')started.
    Tavares and Riggs Lennon got minutes.

    non-Academy RSL Players -
    Nick Besler, Adam Henley, and Alex Horwath started
    Ricky Lopez-Espin got minutes.

    Result
    The Monarchs won 3-2.

     
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  13. irondeepbicycle

    irondeepbicycle Member+

    Real Salt Lake
    United States
    Jul 31, 2017
    Tavares and Riggs aren't on the Monarchs anymore.

    Also Jose Hernandez was an unused sub. Gotta get those Velasquez minutes I guess.

    On the bright side, it was the first look we've had at Pablo Ruiz, and in the 10-ish minutes I watched he was very good.
     
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  14. irondeepbicycle

    irondeepbicycle Member+

    Real Salt Lake
    United States
    Jul 31, 2017
    Realizing a little late you probably meant they played for the Roughnecks. I'd somehow missed that they signed there.
     
  15. pate

    pate Member+

    Jun 12, 2007
    Provo, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Tavares and Riggs - I was looking at a really poorly laid out summary, and caught the names, but missed that they were Roughnecks subs.

    Hernandez - Yeah, It's not like they're a development team or anything.

    Ruiz - I missed him completely in the lineup.

    Thanks for the corrections.
     
  16. pate

    pate Member+

    Jun 12, 2007
    Provo, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ruiz and Besler starting today, Lopez-Espin on the bench ... I don't see Acosta on the report.
     
  17. pate

    pate Member+

    Jun 12, 2007
    Provo, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #17 pate, Mar 31, 2018
    Last edited: Mar 31, 2018
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  18. pate

    pate Member+

    Jun 12, 2007
    Provo, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sparrow and Seba made the USL team of the week.

    Highlights from the game.
     
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  19. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
  20. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Agreed. I sent him one of my two-a-year (approximately) Tweets to compliment him for it.
     
  21. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Anyone been to a game at Zion's Bank Stadium yet? The highlights from last night's 4-1 win looked good. The setting looking east is pretty cool; I imagine night games with the city lights stretching off will be neat looking.
     
  22. 15 to 32

    15 to 32 Straw Hog

    Jul 1, 2008
    Salt Lake
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    looking west will be better given sunset and proximity to the west mountains
     
  23. Allez RSL

    Allez RSL Member+

    Jun 20, 2007
    Home
    Hard disagree. The view East from Herriman/South Jordan is fantastic because it's farther from the Wasatch (and higher in elevation) than Sandy.
     
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  24. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  25. El-ahrairah

    El-ahrairah Member+

    Sep 20, 2004
    Wanker County
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

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