Thursday, May 1, 2008

Daily Update: Friday May 2, 2008

Sandy on board with booze at RSL stadium -> Salt Lake Tribune/Rosemary Winters
Real Salt Lake has Sandy's OK to sell booze at its soccer stadium. But the team and its concessionaire Levy Restaurants will have to garner state approval to secure the four liquor licenses needed. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission meets once per month.

Your thoughts about Open Cup win -> DesNews Blog/James Edward
In the postgame press conference, Jason Kreis admitted that several players were essentially on trial for a spot in this Saturday’s line-up. He wouldn’t reveal who those players were, but what are your thoughts?

RSL defeats Quakes in Open Cup play-in, prepares to face Galaxy -> American Soccer News/Kali
However, RSL is also preparing for its first match of the season with the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, something which Kreis also addressed. “We had a very set idea of how we were going to handle this game and Saturday night’s game compared to each other and, yes, it was a bit of a trial for some of the guys,” he said.

High-scoring clubs meet in Utah -> MLSnet

Real Salt Lake: Seitz shows his stuff in goal for RSL -> Deseret News/James Edward
"I thought we got really pretty sloppy there (in the second half) but it was a good thing for Chris Seitz because he made quite a few very nice saves, clutch saves and showed he's a big goalkeeper," said RSL coach Jason Kreis