RSL 2018 Game 12 Thread: Salt Lake at Seattle, Sat. 26 May 3:00 MDT

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  1. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We get to play a team that 1) is lower in the standings than us, 2) has as many or more injuries than us, and 3) has fewer points per game than us. Easy win!

    :unsure:
     
  2. andyslc

    andyslc No Longer a New Member

    Sep 27, 2009
    Fargo
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Seattle Sounders v Real Salt Lake
    CenturyLink Field (3PM MT)
    REF: BALDOMERO TOLEDO
    AR1: APOLINAR MARISCAL
    AR2: JEFF HOSKING
    4TH: MALIK BADAWI
    VAR: SILVIU PETRESCU
    I don't remember to good of a history with him as the center, but I also remember that Seattle fans don't think to much of him either. I would like to see a Dempsey flip out in person, That is where I have regulated my hopes for this game.
     
  3. 15 to 32

    15 to 32 Straw Hog

    Jul 1, 2008
    Salt Lake
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We lose by 3 or 4 goals?
    I say the latter. Seattle needs a good breakout game
     
  4. RoyalNonesuch

    RoyalNonesuch Member+

    May 10, 2009
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Future Headline

    Sounders Bounce Back against Woeful RSL. To add insult to injury Royals’ trainer tears hamstring while attending to his duties.
     
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  5. RSLer

    RSLer Member+

    Sep 24, 2008
    Stansbury Park, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Toledo has improved over the years. He still likes to make it all about himself though. If the Sounders fans start giving him a bad time it could be good for us. The potential is there for that PK or 11v10 occurance that we seem to need to garner a result.
     
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  6. 15 to 32

    15 to 32 Straw Hog

    Jul 1, 2008
    Salt Lake
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    maybe then they would rethink their approach
    but hey, don't bring it up with Trey...
     
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  7. pate

    pate Member+

    Jun 12, 2007
    Provo, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Probably. And after their easy win, Seattle will be close to RSL on PPG.
     
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  8. irondeepbicycle

    irondeepbicycle Member+

    Real Salt Lake
    United States
    Jul 31, 2017
    Matt Doyle's preview of the week includes this blurb:

    It's becoming more and more apparent by the week that Kyle Beckerman and Damir Kreilach can not play together without getting carved up because neither has any kind of footspeed. If this was circa 2013 RSL – a team that kept the game small and tight, that constantly used the ball to create angles and meaningful possession – they could probably pull it off.

    But that's not how they play. They're a "spread the field and run at 'em" team when they have the ball, which means any turnover is an existential crisis. And while it's undeniably true that RSL aren't 2013 RSL, it's undeniably-er true that MLS isn't 2013 MLS. Teams are better and smarter and even the bottom of the barrel can go HAM if you don't track through the midfield.

    So I'm thinking keep an eye on Magnus Wolff Eikrem or Cristian Roldan bursting out of midfield and into space for Seattle.

    So basically what we've all been saying - that it's baffling that Petke keeps starting these two every week, despite it very obviously not working.

    That said, I fully expect that they'll be starting again tomorrow.
     
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  9. RSLer

    RSLer Member+

    Sep 24, 2008
    Stansbury Park, UT
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Kreilach was brought in to support the attack, which he does, so Petke isn’t going to sit him. The real question is why not sit KB? There are only 2 feasible answers that I can think of: 1) Petke thinks no one else, including Sunny, can do better. 2) Petke has been strongly discouraged by someone high up to not bench KB.
     
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  10. goobx1

    goobx1 Member+

    Jul 9, 2007
    Salt Lake
    Until otherwise indicated by the team I expect nothing less than a proper beat down by the Sounders today. As much as I hate to say it and as much as I hate the Sounders expecting anything else is just crazy talk.
     
  11. GoRSL

    GoRSL Member+

    Jan 7, 2013
    47.615587, -122.200340
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    I'll be there to watch in-person, but I'd be surprised by a beat-down by the Flounders. They are about as pathetic as RSL and (sadly) Dempsey is over-the-hill like KB. Hopefully the match will be a better result than the Vancouver beat-down I sent to was...
     
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  12. georg

    georg Member+

    May 25, 2009
    Parowan, Utah
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I fear the worst. Another multi goal loss.
     
  13. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Holy crap, some lineup changes! Acosta, Sunny, and Saucedo into the XI in place of Ruiz, Kreilach, and the injured Plata.
     
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  14. goobx1

    goobx1 Member+

    Jul 9, 2007
    Salt Lake
    So we get to go from watching the UEFA final to this? Should be interesting.

    So what did we learn from watching the UEFA final? Have a player on your team, like say a Sergio Ramos, take out the best player on the other team "accidentally".

    Should work out just fine.
     
  15. Lizzie Bee

    Lizzie Bee Member+

    Jul 27, 2004
    Utah
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Just finished watching Champions League with a coworker, and hoping I'm buzzed enough to stomach the drop in quality.

    #embratsu
    #rsltid
     
  16. Lizzie Bee

    Lizzie Bee Member+

    Jul 27, 2004
    Utah
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Also: hope the other keeper is completely ineffective.
     
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  17. BalanceUT

    BalanceUT RSL and THFC!

    Oct 8, 2006
    Appalachia
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, about that analysis... :alien:
     
  18. georg

    georg Member+

    May 25, 2009
    Parowan, Utah
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Would not want to be Liverpool’s keeper after this afternoons performance.ouch!
     
  19. Lizzie Bee

    Lizzie Bee Member+

    Jul 27, 2004
    Utah
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I felt sorry for the dude after I stopped laughing.
     
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  20. goobx1

    goobx1 Member+

    Jul 9, 2007
    Salt Lake
    It is Seattle and their keeper has been known to throw one in the goal for us.
     
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  21. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That wasn't the first near-catastrophe of our passing in and around the back, as before Kyle's bad touch there was one from Sunny, both times with no cover at all.
     
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  22. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is pretty ugly from our guys.
     
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  23. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Several minutes against a ten-man Sounders team sees us (happily) under no pressure and (unhappily) unable to make any sort of approach into Seattle's half.
     
  24. BalanceUT

    BalanceUT RSL and THFC!

    Oct 8, 2006
    Appalachia
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This game feels so much like the last few in which the opponent keeps knocking on the door. Eventually, they will bust through.
     
  25. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is a clown show.
     

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