Gameday: RSL -vs- Chicago

Real Salt Lake versus Chicago Fire

Saturday July 19, 2008 6:30 PM DK

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, ILL

INJURY REPORTS:

CHI - OUT: FW Andy Herron (concussion); DF Dasan Robinson (R ankle
sprain); FW Calen Carr (L knee sprain); DOUBTFUL: DF Gonzalo Segares (L
mid-foot sprain); PROBABLE: MF Brian Plotkin (SI dysfunction) …

RSL -OUT: FW Fabian Espíndola (L MCL sprain), MF Brennan Tennelle (L adductor
strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Nathan Sturgis (L hamstring strain); PROBABLE:
DF Tony Beltran (L adductor), DF Ian Joy (R hamstring), MF Alex Nimo
(R hip flexor strain), GK Kyle Reynish (R hamstring strain)

Real Salt Lake looking to earn respect, starting vs. Fire -> Chicago Sun Times, Nick Firchau

"We weren't just bad. We were spectacularly bad," Lagerwey said of Real Salt Lake, which won just 21 league games in the club's first three seasons (2005-07), worst in MLS. "There was a real sense of hopelessness there, even though the support was there from the community."

Real Salt Lake: Joy finds happiness on the field again -> Deseret News/James Edward

Real Salt Lake brought in the outspoken defender to shore up its left back position, and Joy was anxious to make a great first impression. It never worked out that way. His lofty aspirations were derailed by off-the-field family issues, and a month into the 2008 season he was being labeled a bust on the field while everything else around him unraveled.

RSL: RSL looks to get rolling on road -> Salt Lake Tribune/Michael C. Lewis

After tonight, it plays only one league game until Aug. 16, by which time it could have midfielder Nathan Sturgis, goalkeeper Chris Seitz and striker Robbie Findley back from the Beijing Olympics in China.

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Gameday! San Jose versus Real Salt Lake

INJURY REPORT

REAL SALT LAKE - OUT: FW Yura Movsisyan (R meniscus surgery), MF Nathan Sturgis (L hamstring strain); QUESTIONABLE: DF Ian Joy (L ankle bone spur); PROBABLE: FW Fabian Espindola (L hamstring strain), MF Javier Morales (R adductor strain), DF Jamison Olave (R MCL strain) …

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES - OUT: DF Jay Ayres (facial fracture); FW Gavin Glinton (sports hernia); FW Peguero Jean Philippe (R knee internal derangement)

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP

(projected starting lineup and injury report courtesy of RSL Communications)

Real Salt Lake: Team knows it's time to pick it up a notch -> Deseret News/James Edward

With six of its next eight games at home, including this evening's visit by the San Jose Earthquakes, if RSL expects to climb back into the Western Conference pack it must make a move now during this favorable stretch. "Pretty much that's probably going to be it," Wingert said. "We'll either know if we're in the hunt or not. It's pretty much the season for the most part."

Real Salt Lake game day - > Deseret News

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