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Sports Blog -
Nov
20

Motown Comes to Mo-Town

Gianni

It only comes once a year. Kind of like Christmas or a really good night of drunken debauchery with my boy Titus...

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Sports Blog -
Nov
19

Real's in the cup final Sunday night

Stephen Dark

So here they come.

Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis’ scrappers will take on the glamour boys of American soccer, LA Galaxy, in the Major League Soccer final this Sunday night at 6 p.m in Seattle.

Ask Kreis if he’s in seventh heaven, he admits, “Yes, a little bit.”

So how did they get here? Two months ago they were written off, local hacks all but ready to pronounce RIP over Kreis’ tenure in Sandy.

“Three things have made the difference,” he says. Players taking responsibility for their performance, hard work, and changing the system they play from a “stagnant” 4-3-3 to “a very dynamic” 4-4-2.

Midfielder Andy Williams, Will Johnson and captain Kyle Beckerman all made key contributions in recent games, helping to lift the team to the level they’re playing at now, Kreis acknowledges. Beckerman, he says, “needed to be a stronger leader, to take more responsibility,” and came to the forefront. But then, he adds, all 11 players stepped up to the plate.

But then, as Real’s long-suffering fans know all too well, their players work best when the odds can’t be worse.

Which surely makes Sunday night’s match one for the ages.

“I did believe that we could,” Kreis says about making it to the cup final. “I just didn’t expect that we would.” Next year was when he anticipated he’d being demonstrating his wife’s dapper taste in sartorial elegance on the sidelines before the nation’s soccer lovers.

So now Kreis can hang up the bull whip. He doesn’t have to motivate his players anymore, after a season that often saw him all but tearing out his hair in frustration at his players’ seeming lack of interest in playing at the level he knew they were capable of.

Real’s front office is not doing a watch party this time round. They’re all in Seattle as of tomorrow. But you can probably find a good crowd at the Republican bar on State Street cheering on the Claret-and-Cobalt.

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Sports Blog -
Nov
19

The Really Slim Shady

Gianni

Which Steve Smith will show up tonight?

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Sports Blog -
Nov
18

Eric Maynor:So, how was your weekend?

Amanda Hart
Early Friday morning it looked like the Jazz’s weekend would be pretty disappointing, and extremely difficult for coaches and players.

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Sports Blog -
Nov
17

Worth Watching

Gianni

Here's a link to a video that I think is worth watching...

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Sports Blog -
Nov
16

Why You Should Watch Monday Night Football part 10

Gianni

Not really any good reason to, so ...

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Sports Blog -
Nov
16

Big Ups, Big Sky Champs

Gianni

It's time to go outside the box here...

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Sports Blog -
Nov
16

Genius Shmenius

Gianni

Excuse me waiter...? Can I have an Idiot Combo with a side order of arrogant stupidity?

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Sports Blog -
Nov
13

The Definition of Posterized

Gianni

I rarely give a crap about a dunk. However...

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Sports Blog -
Nov
12

Here Come the Judge

Gianni

Former Bears linebacker Mike Singletary plays host to his old team

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