SALT LAKE CITY - Real Salt Lake (0-2-1, 1 pt., 6th West) heads on the road to face the Houston Dynamo (1-2-0, 3 pts., T-3rd West) at Robertson Stadium in Houston, Texas for the first time on Saturday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. MT, live on KSL 5 TV. RSL returns home the following week for its first game of the 2006 season against the defending MLS Cup & U.S. Open Cup Champion Los Angeles Galaxy (1-1-1, 4 pts., T-2nd West) at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m. MT, live on ESPN2.
RSL TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF APRIL 16, 2006:
**All practices are open to media members. All times and locations are subject to change.
DAY/DATE SITE TIME (MT)
Tuesday, April 18 The Waterford School 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, April 19 The Waterford School 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, April 20 The Waterford School 10:00 a.m.
Friday, April 21 The Waterford School 9:00 a.m.
Saturday, April 22 GAME @ Houston Dynamo 6:30 p.m.
@ Robertson Stadium
VOTE FOR KREIS IN THE SIERRA MIST GOAL OF THE WEEK:
RSL invites fans to vote for FW Jason Kreis whose MLS all-time career leading 101st goal on Saturday against the New York Red Bulls was nominated for this week's MLS Sierra Mist Goal of the Week. In the 89th-minute, Kreis headed in a powerful shot off a free kick from the corner by MF Chris Klein to ensure RSL its first point of the 2006 MLS season. Vote for Kreis' goal by logging onto www.RealSaltLake.com.
BESAGNO CALLED INTO U.S. U-20 NATIONAL TEAM CAMP: RSL DF Nikolas Besagno has been called into the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team camp for its Argentina tour from Tuesday, April 18 to Thursday, April 27. The U-20s will face three Argentine teams including Arsenal de Sarandi (Saturday, April 22), River Plate (Monday, April 24) and the Argentina U-20 Men's National Team (Wednesday, April 26). Besagno was selected first overall in the first round of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft and made his RSL debut in a reserve game friendly against Brigham Young University on April 27, 2005. He started and played 68 minutes in his MLS regular-season debut, a 2-0 loss on June 4 to FC Dallas where he became the second-youngest player to appear in a league contest in MLS history (Freddy Adu).
JERRY SEINER / RSL COACHES SHOW ON KALL 700 AM: 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.
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 home season and the 2006 X-BOX FIFA Challenge begins Saturday, April 15 when RSL takes on the New York Red Bulls 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.
