SALT LAKE CITY - Real Salt Lake (0-5-1, 1 pt., 6th West) takes to the road looking to snap the MLS record 18-game winless streak and 19-game all-time road winless streak in a rematch with the Los Angeles Galaxy (2-3-1, 7 pts., T-3rd West) on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 8:30 p.m. MT live on Fox Sports Net Utah from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The following week, RSL begins a three-game homestand against the Eastern Division leading Kansas City Wizards (4-1-1, 13 pts., 1st East) at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m. MT.
RSL TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF MAY 8, 2006:
**All practices are open to media members. All times and locations are subject to change.
DAY/DATE SITE TIME (MT)
Tuesday, May 9 Rice-Eccles Stadium 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, May 10 Rice-Eccles Stadium 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, May 11 Rice-Eccles Stadium 10:00 a.m.
Friday, May 12 Rice-Eccles Stadium 9:00 a.m.
Travel to Los Angeles
Saturday, May 13 GAME @ Los Angeles Galaxy 8:30 p.m.
The Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif.
ROOKIE DF FORKO AND GEN. ADIDAS MF JIMENEZ SEE FIRST MLS ACTION IN CAREERS:
Liberia native and rookie DF Willis Forko saw the first action in his MLS career starting and playing 72 minutes in the 0-2 loss to the Columbus Crew on May 6, 2006 as a game-time replacement for the injured Costa Rican DF Danny Torres. Prior to the Columbus match, Torres had started and played every minute of the 2006 MLS season at the left fullback position for RSL. Generation adidas MF Christian Jimenez also played in the first MLS game of his career as a late offensive substitution in the 84th minute for DF Carey Talley.
RSL RESERVES NOTCH THIRD CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUT WITH 2-0 WIN OVER CREW:
The Real Salt Lake reserves (3-0-1, 10 pts.) continued their pacesetting form in the MLS Reserve Division, logging their 3rd consecutive shutout in a 2-0 victory over the Columbus Crew reserves (0-3-0, 0 pts.). MF Andy Williams scored in the first half, while FW Jamie Watson scored in the second half to extend the RSL reserves unbeaten streak in 2006 to four.
Real Salt Lake once again raced to an early lead in the 6th minute when DF Nik Besagno began the sequence by playing a ball over the Crew midfield wide right to DF Chris Brown, who then drove a long cross to MF Joey Worthen on the left edge of the box who controlled the pass one-touch to Williams who finished the opportunity for the early 1-0 advantage. In the 37th minute, DF Kevin Novak came close to doubling the lead with a driven shot that caught the goalkeeper standing, but bounced off the crossbar and out of bounds.
Just five minutes in to the second half, Novak played a ball in to substitute Jamie Watson at the top of the box. Watson controlled the ball, spun to his left to evade the Crew defender and bent a shot with the outside portion of his right foot off the underside of the crossbar and into the Crew net for the 2-0 lead in the 50th minute, one which would hold for the remainder of the game.
RSL PLAYERS AND COACHES ON LOCAL RADIO: Real Salt Lake's weekly 15-minute block on 1280 The Zone continues tomorrow Tuesday, May 9 at 8:30 a.m. MT, as Manly Morning Show hosts David James and Patrick Kinahan welcome RSL Head Coach John Ellinger. RSL MF Chris Klein will be featured live on the Bill Riley Show on KALL 700 AM tomorrow Tuesday, May 9 at 5:30 p.m. MT. Klein was recently selected as an alternate to the US Men's National World Cup Team. RSL GK Scott Garlick continues his weekly show with Ryan Hatch and David Fox on "Hatch and Hollywood" at 2:30 p.m. MT on Wednesday, May 10. Garlick joined RSL, along with MF Carey Talley, on November 22, 2005 in exchange for a portion of an allocation with FC Dallas.
JERRY SEINER / RSL COACHES SHOW ON KALL 700 AM - LA BONITA 1600AM: RSL invites fans to join RSL players, coaches and front office staff at the Jerry Seiner Salt Lake dealership's Iceberg Café located at 1530 South 500 West every Thursday for the weekly "Jerry Seiner/RSL Coaches Show" at 6:00 p.m. MT. The KALL 700 Bill Riley Show will broadcast LIVE each week at Jerry Seiner Salt Lake from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. MT, with Coach Ellinger and RSL personalities featured during the final hour. This Thursday's "Jerry Seiner / RSL Coaches Show" will also feature the LIVE broadcast of "Hablando de Deportes" from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. MT with RSL Spanish language flagship station La Bonita 1600 AM with RSL play-by play announcer Luis Rivas and color analyst Nelson Moran.
Each week, fans can compete against players, coaches and each other in the X-BOX FIFA 2006 Challenge. Supporters will compete to qualify to play in the Carnival Real X-BOX competition at every home game, where an X-BOX will be given away to the most outstanding player. RSL's next 2006 X-BOX FIFA Challenge will be Saturday, May 20 at Carnival Real when RSL takes on the Kansas City Wizards at Rice-Eccles Stadium at 7:00 p.m. MT. Carnival Real opens at 6:00 p.m.
2006 RSL TICKET PACKAGES ON SALE: RSL 2006 ticket packages are on sale and fans can now purchase full season, half season, the "High-Five" pack and flex season by visiting the RSL Ticket Office at 515 South 700 East, #2R, SLC, UT 84102, by logging onto www.RealSaltLake.com or by contacting the Real Salt Lake Ticket Office at (866) 9-SOCCER. Fans can also purchase single-game tickets by visiting the Utah Ticket Office at 451 South 1400 East, by logging onto www.UtahTickets.com or by contacting the Ticket Office at (801) 581-UTIX. Finally, fans can purchase The KFC Colonel's Corner $12 ticket voucher, the club's most affordable single-game ticket, by visiting any of the 36 KFC® restaurants in Utah.
REAL ELITE TRAINING PROGRAM: The Real Elite Training Program is a progressive summer training program for boys and girls ages 8-16 with previous playing experience and a strong desire to reach their maximum potential. There are a total of 18 sessions, three days a week, and two and a half hours per day. The benefits of the program include: exposure to the highest level of training; specializing in technique, tactic, fitness and teamwork; training from RSL soccer players and coaches; and two training shirts and ticket voucher to a select game. For more information, contact Teresa Nelson by phone at (801) 924-8565, by email at tnelson@RealSaltLake.com or by logging onto http://real.saltlake.mlsnet.com/MLS/rsl/player_development/.
MLS CAMPS: The Official Camp and Clinic of Major League Soccer is NOW the Official Camp & Clinic of Real Salt Lake! NEW for 2006, Fantasy Camp and focused Team Training experiences. To find out more about all of RSL's Youth Development Programs, call Scott Reynolds at (801) 924-8575 or by email at SReynolds@RealSaltLake.com. To partner with RSL to host MLS Camps in your community, call us today.
ACCESS REAL: Real fans can now receive up-to-date information on the team by signing up for the RSL Weekly Newsletter at the fans section of RealSaltLake.com.
