SALT LAKE CITY - Following Saturday's season-opening 2-2 draw with Defending Western Conference regular-season champions FC Dallas before 18,678 fans at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Real Salt Lake (0-0-1, 1 pt., t-3 West) is off Sunday and Monday before resuming training in preparation for Saturday's 4:00 MT home game vs. the Columbus Crew.
RSL FW Jeff Cunningham, who provided both goals Saturday vs. Dallas to bring his #4 all-time career MLS goal total to 92, will appear on KSL SportsBeat Sunday with Tom Kirkland, along with RSL Head Coach John Ellinger. While the duo appears at 10:30 p.m. tonight, RSL GK Nick Rimando will appear as a guest on ABC4's Sunday night show, HotTicket Sports with Wesley Ruff, Kent Rupe and Dana Greene.
This week, the team will hold morning training sessions Tuesday and Wednesday on the grass at Lakeside Park in Orem, returning to Rice-Eccles Stadium on Thursday and Friday in advance of Saturday's game. All practice sessions begin at 10:00 a.m., with RSL players and coaches available to the media following each session. Following is the team's schedule for April 9-14:
RSL TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 9, 2007:
All practices are open to media members. All times and locations are subject to change. Please contact the RSL Communications Department to confirm times and venues.
DAY/DATE SITE TIME (MT)
Monday, April 9 OFF DAY
Tuesday, April 10 Lakeside Park, Orem, UT 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, April 11 Lakeside Park, Orem, UT 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, April 12 Rice-Eccles Stadium 10:00 a.m.
Friday, April 13 Rice-Eccles Stadium 10:00 a.m.
Saturday, April 14 Home Game vs. Columbus Crew 4:00 p.m.
(Carnival Real opens at 3:00 p.m.)
