Thursday, May 15, 2008

Daily Update: Thursday May 15, 2008

Salt Lake Real could be in 1st, believe it or not -> Deseret News/James Edward
Not once in Real Salt Lake's four-year history, not even for an hour in the first week of the season, has the club been able to call itself a first-place team.

Rocky Mountain foes resume rivalry -> ESPN Soccernet/Jeff Carlisle
it doesn't take much to stoke a rivalry whose megawatt intensity belies its brief existence.

First-Place in West on the Line in Thursday's 2008 Rocky Mountain Cup Opener at Colorado -> OurSports Central
The 2008 opener of the Rocky Mountain Cup series will have a little extra on the line this Thursday

RSL to defend Cups againts Colorado Rapids -> The Daily Utah Chronicle/Tim Haslam
The last time RSL and Colorado played, the Rocky Mountain Cup was at stake as the series was tied at four points apiece. In the last game of the 2007 season, RSL notched a 1-0 win to secure the Cup.

Rocky Mountain Cup rivalry renewed - Colorado Rapids and Real Salt Lake battle in Primetime for first place -> MLSnet
Real haven't lost in their last three league trips to Colorado.

Preview: Colorado vs. Real Salt Lake -> Fox Soccer
Salt Lake, which finished last in the West each of the last two years after a fifth-place finish in its inaugural 2005 season, can catapult into first place with a victory Thursday.

Real Salt Lake game day -> Deseret News