Yura Movsisyan

Well, there is the oft-used saying 'forwards just need to get goals'. Most of the time, fans will not care if their beloved scorer does not do anything productive towards possession or team-work, as long as they score goals. So, I decided to see the difference between the average ratings when a forward scores at least one goal compared to not scoring a goal in a game.

Soccer life comes to an end in Salt Lake as the post keeps several chances out for RSL to book a spot in Carson, CA for the MLS Cup. Instead, the New York Red Bulls cling to their lead from one mistake by RSL in the back. Although the result of the game was heart-wrenching, the potential of our fan-base is great. From the south-end jumping and banging away their passion to the rest of the fans taking this loss standing and chanting to their extent, I am proud of what heart our team had on the field and the support we gave them for that performance.

Real Salt Lake comes out stagnant in the first half, with minimal possession in the middle and over-the-top balls finding no one. Colorado capitalized as Jordan Harvey sent a lofted ball from the middle line over Jamison Olave to an on-rushing Conor Casey. Casey settled himself and looped the ball over Nick Rimando for the 1-0 lead.

Real Salt Lake has split up the season into three different trends (2 negative 1 positive).

The first 9 games of the season saw a slow starting team trying to gel. The first full off-season for Kreis and Lagerway featured more than half of the players not from the previous off-season roster. So, the slugglish start can be attributable to the team getting used of playing with one-another.

8 Points in 9 Games

Movsisyan gets two, Darren Huckerby gets two. However, Javier Morales gets the game-winning goal off a free kick to give Real Salt Lake the crucial win. RSL moves ahead of DC United for the final wild card spot in the playoffs with this win, and the DC loss.