MLS-Game-Guide_031712_RSL-NY.pdf

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWRSL 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0NY 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

REAL SALT LAKE NEW YORK RED BULLS Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 9/17/2011 RSL 1, KC 0 (2) 10/20/2011 NY 1, PHI 0 (0)Road win 3/10/2012 RSL 3, LA 1 (0) 9/17/2011 NY 1, DAL 0 (3)Home loss 9/28/2011 RSL 0, CHI 3 (1) 9/21/2011 NY 1, RSL 3 (3)Road loss 10/06/2011 RSL 0, VAN 3 (2) 3/11/2012 NY 1, DAL 2 (0)Tie game 10/22/2011 RSL 1, POR 1 (1) 10/01/2011 NY 1, TOR 1 (4)Shutout for 10/14/2011 RSL 0, COL 0 (2) 10/20/2011 NY 1, PHI 0 (1)Shutout vs. 10/14/2011 RSL 0, COL 0 (2) 10/15/2011 NY 0, KC 2 (2)

Real Salt Lake WRed Bulls L

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGRSL 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.00NY 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.00

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGRSL 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.00NY 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.00

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90RSL 3 0 0 0 0 1 2NY 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90RSL 1 0 0 0 0 1 0NY 2 1 0 0 1 0 0

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

REALG: 1 Espindola/MoralesA: 1 SaborioSHT: 4 EspindolaSOG: 2 EspindolaFC: 3 BeckermanFS: 3 Beckerman/VelasquezOF: 3 Paulo JuniorC: 1 Beckerman/MoralesE: 0

RED BULLSG: 1 CooperA: 1 HenrySHT: 5 HenrySOG: 2 CooperFC: 3 TainioFS: 3 HenryOF: 1 Agudelo/HenryC: 1 3 players tiedE: 0

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Real 1 1-0-0 3 3 1at home 0 0-0-0 0 0 0

Red Bulls 1 0-1-0 0 1 2on road 1 0-1-0 0 1 2

2012 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (14 meetings): Red Bulls 4 wins, 20 goals … Real 3 wins, 19 goals … Ties 7

AT SALT LAKE (7 meetings): Real 3 wins, 13 goals … Red Bulls 0 wins, 7 goals … Ties 4

LAST YEAR (MLS):8/6: RSL 3, NY 0 (Borchers 13; Gil 44; Saborio 77)9/21: NY 1, RSL 3 (Lindpere 69 – Saborio 7; Espindola 11, 21)

18Meara

20Lindpere

5Holgersson

11McCarty

8Solli

14Henry

33Cooper

22Keel

7Miller

19Richards

6Tainio

23Paulo Jr

53Tanaka

5Beckerman

21Gil

26Velasquez

17Wingert

28Schuler

4Olave

20Grabavoy

18Rimando

7Espindola

REAL SALT LAKE1 Eduardo Fernandez (GK)2 Tony Beltran (DF)3 Diogo de Almeida (DF)4 Jamison Olave (DF)5 Kyle Beckerman (MF)6 Nat Borchers (DF)7 Fabian Espindola (FW)8 Will Johnson (MF)11 Javier Morales (MF)12 Emiliano Bonfigli (FW)14 Yordany Alvarez (MF)15 Alvaro Saborio (FW)16 Nico Muniz (MF)17 Chris Wingert (DF)18 Nick Rimando (GK)19 Enzo Martinez (MF)20 Ned Grabavoy (MF)21 Luis Gil (MF)22 Jonny Steele (MF)23 Paulo Araujo Jr. (FW)24 Kyle Reynish (GK)26 Sebastian Velasquez (MF)27 Cody Arnoux (FW)28 Chris Schuler (DF)44 Leone Cruz (DF)53 Terakazu Tanaka (DF)

N.Y. RED BULLS2 Wilman Conde (DF)3 Jonathan Borrajo (DF)4 Rafa Marquez (MF)5 Markus Holgersson (DF)6 Teemu Tainio (MF)7 Roy Miller (DF)8 Jan Gunnar Solli (MF)9 Luke Rodgers (FW)10 Mehdi Ballouchy (MF)11 Dax McCarty (MF)14 Thierry Henry (FW)15 Tyler Ruthven (DF)16 Connor Lade (DF)17 Juan Agudelo (FW)18 Ryan Meara (GK)19 Dane Richards (MF)20 Joel Lindpere (MF)21 Corey Hertzog (FW)22 Stephen Keel (DF)24 Jeremy Vuolo (GK)25 Brandon Barklage (MF)27 Jhonny Arteaga (FW)33 Kenny Cooper (FW)44 Victor Palsson (MF)99 Jose Angulo (FW)

ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS

REFEREE: Hilario Grajeda.SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Eric Proctor;

4th: Tyler Ploeger

REALSat. Mar. 24 Chivas USASat. Mar. 31 at PortlandWed. Apr. 4 MontrealSat. Apr. 7 Colorado

UPCOMING MATCHES

REAL SALT LAKE v NEW YORK RED BULLS(March 17, Rio Tinto Stadium, 8 p.m. MT)

INJURY REPORTS

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

SUSPENDED: NY: Rafael Marquez (through March 18)WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

NY: Juan Agudelo (USA U-23)

REAL SALT LAKE -- OUT: MF Will Johnson (R adductor strain); DOUBTFUL: DF Tony Beltran (R knee sprain); MF Javier Morales (R MCL sprain); QUESTIONABLE: FW Cody Arnoux (R knee sprain); DF Nat Borchers (L quadriceps strain); PROBABLE: FW Álvaro Saborío (R Condyle internal inju-ry); MF Jonny Steele (L knee internal injury) … NEW YORK RED BULLS -- OUT: DF Wilman Conde (R quadriceps strain)

RED BULLSSun. Mar. 25 ColoradoSat. Mar. 31 Montreal

Sat. Apr. 7 at ColumbusSat. Apr. 14 San Jose

GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL

RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS

OTHER

OPEN PLAYCROSS

CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES

DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)

OWN GOALS

INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA

OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

F A 1 2 90 45

1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 2 0 0

F A 3 1 30 90

1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0

2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 3 0 0 0

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

REAL RED BULLS

REAL SALT LAKE v NEW YORK RED BULLS(March 17, Rio Tinto Stadium, 8 p.m. MT - MLS Game 13)

2012 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 2 Wilman Conde DF 6-2 188 08/29/1982 Cali, Colombia 0 0 0 0 73 66 4 43 Jonathan Borrajo DF 5-9 165 06/02/1987 Clifton, NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 Rafa Marquez MF 6-0 166 02/13/1979 Zamora, Mexico 0 0 0 0 29 29 1 65 Markus Holgersson DF 6-2 174 04/16/1985 Helsingborg, Sweden 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 06 Teemu Tainio MF 5-9 157 11/27/1979 Tornio, Finland 1 1 0 0 29 29 0 27 Roy Miller DF 6-2 170 11/24/1984 San Jose, Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 56 52 0 58 Jan Gunnar Solli DF 6-0 185 04/19/1981 Arendal, Norway 1 1 0 0 32 32 0 79 Luke Rodgers FW 5-8 157 01/01/1982 Birmingham, England 0 0 0 0 23 20 9 310 Mehdi Ballouchy MF 6-0 166 04/06/1983 Casablanca, Morocco 1 0 0 0 159 125 12 2211 Dax McCarty MF 5-9 150 04/30/1987 Winter Park, FL 1 1 0 0 123 97 5 2314 Thierry Henry FW 6-2 183 08/17/1977 Les Ulis, France 1 1 0 1 38 38 16 815 Tyler Ruthven DF 6-2 180 07/18/1988 Alpharetta, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 016 Connor Lade DF 5-6 145 11/16/1989 Livingston, NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 017 Juan Agudelo FW 6-1 183 11/23/1992 Manizales, Colombia 1 1 0 0 30 13 6 218 Ryan Meara GK 6-4 185 11/15/1990 Yonkers, NY 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 019 Dane Richards MF 5-7 153 12/14/1983 Montego Bay, Jamaica 1 1 0 0 131 116 20 2420 Joel Lindpere MF 5-10 165 10/05/1981 Tallinn, Estonia, USSR 1 1 0 0 64 64 10 1321 Corey Hertzog FW 6-0 172 08/01/1990 Reading, PA 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 022 Stephen Keel DF 6-0 175 04/11/1983 Littleton, CO 1 1 0 0 27 21 0 224 Jeremy Vuolo GK 6-3 196 09/05/1987 Philadelphia, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 025 Brandon Barklage MF 5-11 165 11/02/1986 St. Louis, MO 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 027 Jhonny Arteaga FW 5-11 170 11/24/1986 Cali, Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 033 Kenny Cooper FW 6-3 207 10/21/1984 Baltimore, MD 1 0 1 0 125 115 49 1244 Victor Palsson MF 6-1 170 04/30/1991 Reykjavik, Iceland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 099 Jose Angulo FW 5-11 185 01/13/1988 Cali, Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HEAD COACH : Hans Backe 02/14/1952 W25 L18 T22

NEW YORK RED BULLS

2012 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Eduardo Fernandez GK 6-3 170 12/16/1992 Guadalajara, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 Tony Beltran DF 5-8 150 10/11/1987 Claremont, CA 1 1 0 0 79 68 0 33 Diogo de Almeida DF 6-0 175 01/02/1989 Piricicaba, Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 Jamison Olave DF 6-3 210 04/21/1981 Medellin, Colombia 1 1 0 0 100 99 10 15 Kyle Beckerman MF 5-11 165 04/23/1982 Crofton, MD 1 1 0 0 270 242 24 336 Nat Borchers DF 6-2 175 04/13/1981 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 202 201 8 47 Fabian Espindola FW 5-9 160 05/04/1985 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1 1 1 0 96 78 27 108 Will Johnson MF 5-10 155 01/21/1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 94 82 7 511 Javier Morales MF 5-9 165 01/10/1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1 0 1 0 99 92 18 3412 Emiliano Bonfigli FW 5-10 148 02/23/1989 Bahia Blanca, Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 014 Yordany Alvarez MF 5-10 165 05/24/1985 Cienfuegos, Cuba 1 0 0 0 6 4 0 015 Alvaro Saborio FW 6-0 170 03/25/1982 San Carlos, Costa Rica 1 0 0 1 51 45 23 716 Nico Muniz MF 5-10 155 10/18/1992 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 017 Chris Wingert DF 5-10 170 06/16/1982 Babylon, NY 1 1 0 0 188 157 1 1118 Nick Rimando GF 5-9 184 06/17/1979 Montclair, CA 1 1 0 0 289 289 0 619 Enzo Martinez MF 5-7 160 09/29/1990 Montevideo, Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 Ned Grabavoy MF 5-7 150 07/01/1983 Joliet, IL 1 1 0 0 163 118 8 1721 Luis Gil MF 5-8 150 11/14/1993 Garden Grove, CA 1 1 0 0 26 15 2 022 Jonny Steele MF 6-0 180 02/07/1986 Larne, Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 023 Paulo Junior FW 5-7 158 01/23/1989 Teresina, Brazil 1 1 0 0 15 6 2 424 Kyle Reynish GK 6-3 193 11/03/1983 Valencia, CA 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 026 Sebastian Velasquez MF 5-11 155 02/11/1991 Medillin, Colombia 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 027 Cody Arnoux FW 5-10 170 04/13/1988 Stony Brook, NY 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 028 Chris Schuler DF 6-4 185 09/09/1987 St. Louis, MO 1 1 0 0 22 18 2 044 Leone Cruz DF 6-0 172 06/13/1987 Round Rock, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 053 Terakazu Tanaka DF 5-8 150 07/14/1985 Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HEAD COACH : Jason Kreis 12/29/1972 W58 L50 T43

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS GAME INFORMATION

REAL SALT LAKE vs NEW YORK RED BULLS RIO TINTO STADIUM, Sandy, Utah

March 17, 2012 (WEEK 2, MLS Game #13) 8:15 p.m. MT (KTVX-ABC4; MSG)

Fresh of a stirring victory, Real Salt Lake make their 2012 Rio Tinto Stadium bow when they play host to the New York Red Bulls on Saturday evening. Real are coming off a come-from-behind 3-1 win against the defending MLS champion LA Galaxy in Carson last weekend. The Red Bulls are playing a second consecutive road match to begin the new season, falling to a 2-1 defeat by FC Dallas last Sunday. REFEREE: Hilario Grajeda. SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Eric Proctor; 4th: Tyler Ploeger MLS Career: 58 games; FC/gm: 24.4; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 12; pens: 9 INJURY REPORT: REAL SALT LAKE -- OUT: MF Will Johnson (R adductor strain); DOUBTFUL: DF Tony Beltran (R knee sprain); MF Javier Morales (R MCL sprain); QUESTIONABLE: FW Cody Arnoux (R knee sprain); DF Nat Borchers (L quadriceps strain); PROBABLE: FW Álvaro Saborío (R Condyle internal injury); MF Jonny Steele (L knee internal injury) … NEW YORK RED BULLS -- OUT: DF Wilman Conde (R quadriceps strain) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: NY: Juan Agudelo (USA U-23) SUSPENDED: NY: Rafael Marquez (through March 18) HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (14 meetings): Red Bulls 4 wins, 20 goals … Real 3 wins, 19 goals … Ties 7 AT SALT LAKE (7 meetings): Real 3 wins, 13 goals … Red Bulls 0 wins, 7 goals … Ties 4 LAST YEAR (MLS): 8/6: RSL 3, NY 0 (Borchers 13; Gil 44; Saborio 77) 9/21: NY 1, RSL 3 (Lindpere 69 – Saborio 7; Espindola 11, 21)

This is the only league meeting between the teams this season. Real Salt Lake have a five-game unbeaten streak alive against New York. Since a 2-0 Red Bulls win at Giants

Stadium in 2009, RSL has won four times – including both meetings a year ago. In league play, the Red Bulls have never won in Utah. Real have won three of the seven regular-season

meetings all-time, with four draws. But New York did win the Western Conference Championship, 1-0 in 2008 at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Coaches record: Jason Kreis vs. NY: P10 W4 L2 D4 … Hans Backe vs. RSL: P4 W0 L3 D1 REAL SALT LAKE Real Salt Lake kicked off their 2012 season in impressive fashion, going to The Home Depot Center and scoring three goals in the final 18 minutes for a 3-1 win against the defending champion LA Galaxy. LAST MATCH

The Galaxy opened the scoring through a triumphant return by Edson Buddle in the 71st minute. David Beckham swung a cross in from the right flank and Buddle coolly headed the ball into the corner of the net.

But the LA lead was short-lived as the Galaxy gifted the equalizer two minutes later. Sebastian Velasquez knocked a speculative cross in from the right flank. The ball took a bounce inside the box just as Sean Franklin tried to clear it, and it skipped off his shin and into the back of the net.

Javier Morales punched in the go-ahead goal in the 80th minute. The Argentinean was at the right place at the right time as a deflected ball fell to him inside the penalty area. Morales knocked the ball on frame, and Galaxy goalkeeper Josh Saunders got a piece of it but was unable to keep it out.

Fabian Espindola put an exclamation mark on the victory when he buried a goal in the 85th minute on a breakaway after he was freed for a long run down the left flank.

Rookie Sebastian Velasquez was given the start by Jason Kreis in the RSL midfield, while Luis Gil and Paulo Junior also started in an injury-hit side.

REAL SALT LAKE (4-3-1-2): Nick Rimando - Tony Beltran, Chris Schuler, Jamison Olave, Chris Wingert – Ned Grabavoy, Kyle Beckerman, Sebastian Velasquez (Yordany Alvarez 89) - Luis Gil (Javier Morales 67) - Paulo Junior (Alvaro Saborio 67), Fabian Espindola.

TEAM NEWS Real Salt Lake became the first team to defeat the defending MLS champion Galaxy on their Home Depot

Center field since Oct. 16, 2010. "I felt like we were the team that was really controlling the tempo of the match," RSL coach Jason Kreis said. "I

know that L.A. had some fantastic chances to score ... but really I felt like we were the team that was controlling


the tempo so I am very pleased with everybody's contribution not just the guys that came on in the last 30 to win the game for us."

With both Javier Morales (quadriceps) and Alvaro Saborio (knee) held out of the first team, Sebastian Velasquez was given the start in midfield.

“The first time I’d seen him was in preseason,” Kreis said to Salt Lake ABC affiliate KTVX. “He’s done well enough to earn a starting position tonight. I think it might be the first time any rookie under me has started the first match of the year, but he’s earned it.”

Velasquez was the first rookie to start for RSL since Mehdi Ballouchy did vs. Chivas USA on April 2, 2006, also at The Home Depot Center. Velasquez was a surprise selection with the 36th overall selection in this year’s SuperDraft, out of Spartanburg Methodist College – just the second junior college player to be taken in the SuperDraft (along with Yura Movsisyan, out of Pasadena City College).

“I was very excited,” Velasquez said. “It was an amazing feeling. It’s something that I’ll never forget. When we were looking at the lineup, [I realized that] Landon Donovan was going to be on my side.”

Javier Morales scored his first goal since returning to the RSL lineup following a devastating ankle injury suffered last May. Morales was able to come back for the final five league games in 2011 – his last goal also came vs. LA, a 2-goal performance in a 4-1 in RSL win in the second game of the season last year.

“It was a great feeling to score,” Morales said. “Because it’s in the first game of the season and it helped to win the game against the Galaxy. The MLS champions. I’m very happy for scoring my goal.”

Striker Paulo Junior was given the start ahead of Saborio, partnering Fabian Espindola – who netted his first goal of the year to put the match away. Espindola scored 10 goals in 2011 for RSL, one off Saborio’s team lead.

“I think it was a game that had some great soccer like always when we play against the Galaxy,” Espindola said. “We started the game trying to control the ball and them trying to get us on the counterattack and playing long balls, which is how they got their goal. We tied with an unfortunate play, but I think we played better throughout the course of the game.”

Tony Beltran suffered a knee injury in the LA game and is expected to miss out this weekend. If he cannot, newcomer Terukazu Tanaka is the likely stand-in.

“He’s got some bruising and some bleeding on the back of his knee,” GM Garth Lagerwey said to ESPN700 Sports Radio. “It’s real sore and painful right now. Our medical advice is that there’s no structural damage. There’s no ligament damage. There’s no cartilage damage. So he’s not risking himself by playing, but it’s a painful injury.”

NEW YORK RED BULLS The New York Red Bulls began their 2012 campaign with a 2-1 loss against FC Dallas at FC Dallas Stadium in the first game broadcast on the NBC Sports Network. LAST MATCH

FC Dallas opened their 2012 account after 11 minutes. Brek Shea whipped in a cross from the left flank that the Red Bulls struggled to clear, and Blas Pérez laid off a drop pass to Zach Loyd for a calm left-footed finish inside the back post.

The home side doubled the lead in the 61st minute after another Red Bulls miscue near midfield. New York defender Roy Miller made an errant pass that Pérez picked off and ran with before dropping it off to Ricardo Villar surging in from the right flank, setting up an easy finish.

The Red Bulls closed the gap 12 minutes from the end. Thierry Henry sailed a perfect through ball over the FCD backline and substitute Kenny Cooper beat onrushing FCD goalkeeper Kevin Hartman to the ball and nodded it home, marking the second goal against the team that gave him his start in 2006.

Juan Agudelo was given the start up top alongside Thierry Henry by head coach Hans Backe. Stephen Keel and Markus Holgersson formed the central defense partnership with Wilman Conde injured and Rafa Marquez suspended.

NEW YORK RED BULLS (4-4-2): Ryan Meara - Jan Gunnar Solli, Stephen Keel, Markus Holgersson, Roy Miller - Dane Richards (Kenny Cooper 63), Teemu Tainio, Dax McCarty (Mehdi Ballouchy 86), Joel Lindpere (Victor Palsson 77) - Juan Agudelo, Thierry Henry.

TEAM NEWS There was a bit of a surprise in the Red Bulls lineup with Juan Agudelo selected to partner Thierry Henry in

attack ahead of Kenny Cooper. “Kenny has played most of the games in the preseason, so it was a quite tough decision to put him on the

bench for this game,” Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe said. “Now, with Agudelo for the Olympics, of course Kenny will be in.”

But Cooper did make his Red Bulls debut, coming on in the 63rd minute, and scored his first New York goal against the club where he made his professional start.

“He’s more of a striker that runs the channels, quite mobile,” Backe said. “He can come short but he is not a typical target player. With his size, he has decent pace, too, so it can be a little bit of a different game with him


starting because I think he can stretch the back fours a little bit more than Thierry and Agudelo does. But it probably helps us a little bit to stretch them to get even better possession the last third.”

Agudelo will not be with the Red Bulls this week or next, after having been called into the U.S. U-23 national team for the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

“I feel it’s tough being by myself at times because Henry likes to check in the middle,” Agudelo said. “I felt like it was great when there were actually two forwards and Henry was able to check in the middle. I really enjoy having Henry as a sort of a midfield playmaker. That’s what he enjoys and I think that’s his best qualities. But when I have somebody next to me like [Kenny] Cooper, I think it helps us stretch the back line.”

Rookie Ryan Meara, out of Fordham University in The Bronx, made his professional debut in goal. A year ago, five different goalkeepers played for the Red Bulls, tying an MLS record.

“He was great. He was quite nervous before the game,” Backe said. “I could see it on his face, and it’s understandable. He had one cross he missed in the first half, otherwise he made two or three very good saves, so I’m happy for Ryan.”

Rafa Marquez will complete his suspension received in last year’s MLS Cup Playoffs in missing out on the RSL match.

"I know, when Rafa is playing in central midfield, nine out of 10 times, Thierry is also more of a high striker," Backe said to ESPN.com. "Rafa can then take over the final passes, and he's very precise in that. He definitely will be a key to Henry playing as a higher striker."

2012 REAL SALT LAKE STATISTICS (1-0-0, 3 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 7 F Fabian Espindola 1 1 90 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 M Javier Morales 1 0 24 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 F Alvaro Saborio 1 0 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 M Yordany Alvarez 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 M Kyle Beckerman 1 1 90 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 2 D Tony Beltran 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 M Luis Gil 1 1 66 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 M Ned Grabavoy 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 D Jamison Olave 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 23 F Paulo Junior 1 1 66 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 G Nick Rimando 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 28 D Chris Schuler 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 M Sebastian Velasquez 1 1 88 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 17 D Chris Wingert 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 F Cody Arnoux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 F Emiliano Bonfigli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 D Nat Borchers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 D Leone Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 D Diogo de Almeida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 G Eduardo Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 M Will Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 M Enzo Martinez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 M Nico Muniz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 G Kyle Reynish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 M Jonny Steele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 D Terakazu Tanaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Own-goals received 1 Team totals 1 1 90 3 1 13 4 10 14 4 2 2 0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 1 1 16 4 14 10 3 5 0 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Javier Morales 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 18 G Nick Rimando 1 1 90 4 3 1 1.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 Team totals 1 1 90 4 3 1 1.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 4 2 3 3.00 0 0 0 1 0 0

2012 NEW YORK RED BULLS STATISTICS (0-1-0, 0 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 33 F Kenny Cooper 1 0 26 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 F Thierry Henry 1 1 90 0 1 5 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 17 F Juan Agudelo 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 M Mehdi Ballouchy 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 D Markus Holgersson 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 22 D Stephen Keel 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 M Joel Lindpere 1 1 78 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 11 M Dax McCarty 1 1 87 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 18 G Ryan Meara 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 D Roy Miller 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 44 M Victor Palsson 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 M Dane Richards 1 1 64 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 D Jan Gunnar Solli 1 1 90 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 M Teemu Tainio 1 1 90 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 99 F Jose Angulo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 F Jhonny Arteaga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 M Brandon Barklage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 D Jonathan Borrajo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 D Wilman Conde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 F Corey Hertzog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 D Connor Lade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 M Rafa Marquez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 F Luke Rodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 D Tyler Ruthven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 G Jeremy Vuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team totals 1 1 90 1 1 13 2 11 13 2 9 3 0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 2 2 11 6 13 11 1 2 1 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None NEW YORK RED BULLS INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 18 G Ryan Meara 1 1 90 6 4 2 2.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 Team totals 1 1 90 6 4 2 2.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 2 1 1 1.00 0 0 1 0 0 0

REAL SALT LAKE 2012 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: Sat. Mar. 10 at Los Angeles W 3-1 27,000 1-0-0 T1 3 RSL: own goal (72) Morales (79) Espindola (84); LA: Buddle (70) Sat. Mar. 17 New York Sat. Mar. 24 Chivas USA Sat. Mar. 31 at Portland Wed. Apr. 4 Montreal Sat. Apr. 7 Colorado Sat. Apr. 14 at Sporting KC Sat. Apr. 21 at San Jose Wed. Apr. 25 at FC Dallas Sat. Apr. 28 Toronto FC Sat. May 5 New England Wed. May 9 at Chicago Sat. May 12 at Seattle Sat. May 26 FC Dallas Sat. June 16 at Chivas USA Wed. June 20 Los Angeles Sat. June 23 San Jose Sat. June 30 at Columbus Wed. July 4 Seattle Sat. July 7 Portland Sat. July 14 at San Jose Wed. July 18 at Seattle Sat. July 21 Colorado Fri. July 27 Vancouver Sat. Aug. 4 at Colorado Sat. Aug. 11 at Vancouver Sat. Aug. 18 FC Dallas Fri. Aug. 24 at Philadelphia Sat. Sept. 1 D.C. United Thu. Sept. 6 at Houston Sat. Sept. 22 Portland Sat. Sept. 29 at Chivas USA Sat. Oct. 6 at Los Angeles Sat. Oct. 27 Vancouver NEW YORK RED BULLS 2012 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: Sun. Mar. 11 at FC Dallas L 1-2 20,906 0-1-0 T3 0 NY: Cooper (77); DAL: Loyd (10) Villar (60) Sat. Mar. 17 at Real Salt Lake Sun. Mar. 25 Colorado Sat. Mar. 31 Montreal Sat. Apr. 7 at Columbus Sat. Apr. 14 San Jose Sun. Apr. 22 at D.C. United Sat. Apr. 28 New England Sat. May 5 at Los Angeles Wed. May 9 Houston Sun. May 13 at Philadelphia Sat. May 19 at Montreal Wed. May 23 Chivas USA Sun. June 17 at Chicago Wed. June 20 at Vancouver Sun. June 24 D.C. United Sat. June 30 at Toronto FC Sun. July 8 at New England Sun. July 15 Seattle Wed. July 18 Chicago Sat. July 21 Philadelphia Sat. July 28 at Montreal Fri. Aug. 3 at Houston Fri. Aug. 10 Houston Sun. Aug. 19 Portland Sun. Aug. 26 at Sporting KC Wed. Aug. 29 at D.C. United Sat. Sept. 15 Columbus Wed. Sept. 19 Sporting KC Sat. Sept. 22 at New England Sat. Sept. 29 Toronto FC Sat. Oct. 6 Chicago Sat. Oct. 20 Sporting KC Sat. Oct. 27 at Philadelphia

REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 1 Fabian Espindola 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 1 Javier Morales 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Assists 1 Alvaro Saborio 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Shots 4 Fabian Espindola 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Shots on Goal 2 Fabian Espindola 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Fouls Committed 3 Kyle Beckerman 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Fouls Suffered 3 Kyle Beckerman 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 3 Sebastian Velasquez 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Offside 3 Paulo Junior 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Saves 3 Nick Rimando 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Shots Faced 4 Nick Rimando 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Goals Allowed 1 Nick Rimando 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 3 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Assists 1 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Shots 13 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Shots on Goal 4 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Fouls Committed 10 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Fouls Suffered 14 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Corner Kicks 2 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Offside 4 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Saves 3 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Shots Faced 4 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Goals Allowed 1 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012) Shots 13 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Shots on Goal 4 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Fouls Committed 10 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Fouls Suffered 14 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Corner Kicks 2 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Offside 4 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Saves 3 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Shots Faced 4 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1

NEW YORK RED BULLS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 1 Kenny Cooper 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Assists 1 Thierry Henry 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Shots 5 Thierry Henry 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Shots on Goal 2 Kenny Cooper 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Fouls Committed 3 Teemu Tainio 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Fouls Suffered 3 Thierry Henry 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Offside 1 Juan Agudelo 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 1 Thierry Henry 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Saves 4 Ryan Meara 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Shots Faced 6 Ryan Meara 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Goals Allowed 2 Ryan Meara 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 1 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Assists 1 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Shots 13 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Shots on Goal 2 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Fouls Committed 11 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Fouls Suffered 13 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Corner Kicks 9 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Offside 2 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Saves 4 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Shots Faced 6 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Goals Allowed 2 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012) Shots 13 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Shots on Goal 2 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Fouls Committed 11 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Fouls Suffered 13 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Corner Kicks 9 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Offside 2 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Saves 4 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2 Shots Faced 6 03/11/2012 at DAL L 1-2

2011 REAL SALT LAKE VS. NEW YORK RED BULLS (2-0-0) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP 7 FWD Fabian Espindola 2 2 180 2 0 2 2 5 3 4 0 0 0 0 15 FWD Alvaro Saborio 2 2 173 2 0 4 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 DEF Nat Borchers 2 2 180 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 MID Luis Gil 2 1 80 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 MID Kyle Beckerman 1 1 90 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 26 MID Collen Warner 2 1 100 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 77 MID Andy Williams 2 2 150 0 1 3 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 12 MID Jean Alexandre 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 MID Arturo Alvarez 2 0 30 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 MID Yordany Alvarez 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 MID Will Johnson 2 2 177 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 DEF Jamison Olave 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 GK Nick Rimando 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 DEF Robbie Russell 2 2 180 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 28 DEF Chris Schuler 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 DEF Chris Wingert 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------- Team totals 2 2 180 6 4 17 9 22 22 6 9 1 0 0 Opponent totals 2 2 180 1 1 19 5 22 22 6 14 2 0 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Fabian Espindola 1, Nat Borchers 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Kyle Beckerman 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alvaro Saborio 1-1 UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME 18 GK Nick Rimando 2 2 180 5 4 1 0.50 0 0 2 0 0 1 0-0-0 ----------- Team totals 2 2 180 5 4 1 0.50 0 0 2 0 0 1 0-0-0 Opponent totals 2 2 180 9 3 6 3.00 1 1 0 2 0 0 0-0-0

2011 NEW YORK RED BULLS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (0-2-0) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP 20 MID Joel Lindpere 2 2 180 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 10 0 0 0 4 MID Rafael Marquez 2 2 180 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 17 FWD Juan Agudelo 2 1 126 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 DEF Chris Albright 2 2 105 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 MID Mehdi Ballouchy 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 GK Bouna Coundoul 1 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 FWD Thierry Henry 2 2 180 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 DEF Stephen Keel 1 0 45 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 MID*Dax McCarty 2 2 135 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 44 DEF Carlos Mendes 1 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 DEF Roy Miller 1 1 90 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 MID Brian Nielsen 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 DEF Tim Ream 2 2 180 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 MID Dane Richards 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 FWD Luke Rodgers 1 1 54 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 16 MID John Rooney 1 0 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 GK Frank Rost 2 2 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 MID Jan Gunnar Solli 2 2 159 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 MID Teemu Tainio 1 1 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------- Team totals 2 2 180 1 1 19 5 22 22 6 14 2 0 0 Opponent totals 2 2 180 6 4 17 9 22 22 6 9 1 0 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME 18 GK Bouna Coundoul 1 0 45 2 1 1 2.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 1 GK Frank Rost 2 2 135 7 2 5 3.33 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0-0 ----------- Team totals 2 2 180 9 3 6 3.00 1 1 0 2 0 0 0-0-0 Opponent totals 2 2 180 5 4 1 0.50 0 0 2 0 0 1 0-0-0

NEW YORK RED BULLS VS. REAL SALT LAKE ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Red Bulls 4 wins, 20 goals Real 3 wins, 19 goals Ties 7 04/02/2005 MET 0 vs RSL 0 (ER) 07/04/2005 RSL 2 vs MET 2 (RE) 04/15/2006 RSL 1 vs NY 1 (RE) 08/26/2006 NY 6 vs RSL 0 (ER) 05/05/2007 RSL 3 vs NY 3 (RE) 09/29/2007 NY 2 vs RSL 2 (ER) 09/13/2008 NY 2 vs RSL 1 (ER) 10/09/2008 RSL 1 vs NY 1 (RT) 04/18/2009 NY 2 vs RSL 0 (ER) 10/14/2009 RSL 2 vs NY 0 (RT) 09/04/2010 RSL 1 vs NY 0 (RT) 10/09/2010 NY 0 vs RSL 0 (BA) 08/06/2011 RSL 3 vs NY 0 (RT) 09/21/2011 RSL 3 at NY 1 (BA) MLS CUP PLAYOFFS 11/15/2008 NY 1 at RSL 0 (RT)

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Real Salt Lake Red Bulls Category 1 2 OT Tot. 1 2 OT Tot. Goals 9 10 0 19 5 15 0 20 Shots 65 110 0 175 88 84 0 172 Shots on Goal 35 43 0 78 36 42 0 78 Fouls 76 78 0 154 88 109 0 197 Offsides 30 23 0 53 30 18 0 48 Corner Kicks 24 46 0 70 36 29 0 65 GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total RSL 4 2 3 0 2 8 0 19 NY 2 1 2 5 4 6 0 20 CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Jason Kreis vs. NY 4-2-4 (1.60 pts./game) Hans Backe vs. RSL 0-3-1 (0.25 pts./game) ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Real Salt Lake Red Bulls Goals 4 Fabian Espindola 3 Angel/Buddle Assists 3 Beckerman/Findley 2 3 players tied Shots 22 Andy Williams 26 Juan Pablo Angel Shots on Goal 11 Yura Movsisyan 14 Juan Pablo Angel Fouls Committed 11 Javier Morales 11 Kandji/Mendes Fouls Suffered 27 Andy Williams 12 Dane Richards Wins 4 Nick Rimando 2 Jon Conway Losses 2 Nick Rimando 2 Frank Rost Shutouts 4 Nick Rimando 1 4 players tied Saves 28 Nick Rimando 17 Jon Conway Goals Allowed 8 Nick Rimando 5 Frank Rost ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Real Salt Lake Red Bulls Goals 2 Fabian Espindola (9/21/11) 3 Edson Buddle (8/26/06) Assists 2 Findley/Beckerman 2 3 players tied Shots 10 Yura Movsisyan (9/13/08) 8 Juan Pablo Angel (9/29/07) Shots on Goal 5 Yura Movsisyan (9/13/08) 5 Juan Pablo Angel (9/29/07) Fouls Committed 7 Yura Movsisyan (9/29/07) 6 Jozy Altidore (5/5/07) Fouls Suffered 7 Javier Morales (4/18/09) 4 3 players tied Saves 7 Nolly/Rimando 8 Conway/Cepero Goals Allowed 6 Jay Nolly (8/26/06) 3 Frank Rost (9/21/11) 2012 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS: REAL SALT LAKE NEW YORK RED BULLS W-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started) At Halftime: Leading 0-0-0 1 Ts (10/22/2011 0-0-0 4 Ws (9/17/2011) Tied 1-0-0 1 Ws (3/10/2012) 0-0-0 1 Ls (10/15/2011 Trailing 0-0-0 5 Ls (7/30/2011) 0-1-0 2 Ls (9/21/2011) First Goal: Scored 0-0-0 1 Ts (10/22/2011 0-0-0 4 Ws (9/17/2011) Allowed 1-0-0 1 Ws (3/10/2012) 0-1-0 2 Ls (10/15/2011 Goals Scored: 0 goals 0-0-0 1 Ts (10/14/2011 0-0-0 2 Ls (8/6/2011) 1 goals 0-0-0 1 Ts (10/22/2011 0-1-0 1 Ls (3/11/2012) 2 goals 0-0-0 2 Ws (9/3/2011) 0-0-0 2 Ws (9/24/2011) 3 goals 1-0-0 3 Ws (8/6/2011) 0-0-0 1 Ts (6/19/2011) 4 or more 0-0-0 10 Ws (8/9/2006) 0-0-0 5 Ws (5/8/2009) Goals Allowed: 0 goals 0-0-0 1 Ts (10/14/2011 0-0-0 4 Ws (9/17/2011) 1 goals 1-0-0 1 Ws (3/10/2012) 0-0-0 2 Ts (9/10/2011) 2 goals 0-0-0 5 Ls (5/28/2011) 0-1-0 2 Ls (10/15/2011 3 goals 0-0-0 3 Ls (8/20/2011) 0-0-0 2 Ls (8/6/2011) 4 goals 0-0-0 10 Ls (7/9/2005) 0-0-0 10 Ls (5/25/2008)

REAL SALT LAKE CAREER STATISTICS VS. NEW YORK RED BULLS (4-3-7) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Fabian Espindola 5 4 349 4 1 12 Chris Brown 4 3 214 2 0 3 Jason Kreis 4 3 296 2 0 8 Alvaro Saborio 3 3 263 2 0 4 Kyle Beckerman 8 8 720 1 3 10 Andy Williams 12 10 849 1 2 22 Chris Klein 3 3 258 1 1 4 Nat Borchers 8 8 720 1 0 4 Jeff Cunningham 3 3 270 1 0 5 Luis Gil 2 1 80 1 0 3 Yura Movsisyan 5 5 420 1 0 21 Jamison Olave 6 6 540 1 0 2 Seth Trembly 1 0 14 1 0 1 Robbie Findley 7 4 374 0 3 8 Freddy Adu 1 1 90 0 1 1 Alecko Eskandarian 1 1 90 0 1 3 Leslie Fitzpatrick 1 0 45 0 1 0 Will Johnson 7 7 627 0 1 9 Javier Morales 6 6 532 0 1 15 Collen Warner 2 1 100 0 1 1 Chris Wingert 7 7 630 0 1 4 Nelson Akwari 4 2 269 0 0 2 Jean-Marc Alexandre 2 0 10 0 0 0 Arturo Alvarez 2 0 30 0 0 2 Yordany Alvarez 1 1 90 0 0 0 Paulo Junior 1 0 22 0 0 1 Mehdi Ballouchy 3 3 174 0 0 0 Matt Behncke 1 1 90 0 0 1 Tony Beltran 2 2 180 0 0 0 Pablo Campos 1 0 40 0 0 0 D.J. Countess 2 2 180 0 0 0 Kenny Cutler 2 2 180 0 0 0 Kenny Deuchar 2 0 13 0 0 1 Brian Dunseth 1 1 45 0 0 0 Luis Miguel Escalada 1 0 25 0 0 1 Willis Forko 3 3 270 0 0 0 Scott Garlick 1 1 90 0 0 0 Nelson Gonzalez 1 0 15 0 0 1 Ned Grabavoy 4 1 119 0 0 0 Atiba Harris 2 1 106 0 0 1 David Horst 1 1 65 0 0 0 Ryan Johnson 1 0 9 0 0 0 Ian Joy 2 1 95 0 0 0 Brian Kamler 2 2 166 0 0 0 Cameron Knowles 1 0 76 0 0 0 Dema Kovalenko 1 0 6 0 0 0 Luke Kreamalmeyer 1 0 18 0 0 0 Matias Mantilla 1 1 90 0 0 0 Clint Mathis 6 5 440 0 0 11 Jay Nolly 1 1 90 0 0 0 Kevin Novak 1 1 64 0 0 0 Rusty Pierce 2 2 104 0 0 1 Eddie Pope 5 5 450 0 0 1 Nick Rimando 9 9 810 0 0 0 Marlon Rojas 1 1 72 0 0 0 Robbie Russell 7 7 579 0 0 4 Chris Schuler 2 2 180 0 0 0 Chris Seitz 1 1 90 0 0 0 Dipsy Selolwane 1 1 90 0 0 2 Douglas Sequeira 2 1 116 0 0 2 Jafet Soto 1 0 12 0 0 0 Jack Stewart 2 2 71 0 0 0 Carey Talley 4 4 341 0 0 3 Daniel Torres 2 2 180 0 0 1 Jamie Watson 1 1 90 0 0 0 Team totals 14 14 1260 19 17 175 Opponent totals 14 14 1260 20 15 172 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Nick Rimando 9 810 43 28 0.89 1 D.J. Countess 2 180 9 7 1.00 0 Scott Garlick 1 90 7 6 1.00 0 Chris Seitz 1 90 6 3 3.00 0 Jay Nolly 1 90 13 7 6.00 0 ----------- Team totals 14 1260 78 51 1.43 1 Opponent totals 14 1260 78 55 1.36 3

CURRENT REAL SALT LAKE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. NEW YORK RED BULLS (4-3-7) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Fabian Espindola 5 4 349 4 1 12 Nat Borchers 13 13 1170 2 1 12 Alvaro Saborio 3 3 263 2 0 4 Kyle Beckerman 19 17 1500 1 5 20 Luis Gil 2 1 80 1 0 3 Jamison Olave 6 6 540 1 0 2 Chris Wingert 15 14 1245 0 2 9 Will Johnson 8 7 644 0 1 9 Javier Morales 6 6 532 0 1 15 Yordany Alvarez 1 1 90 0 0 0 Paulo Junior 1 0 22 0 0 1 Tony Beltran 2 2 180 0 0 0 Ned Grabavoy 12 8 663 0 0 9 Nick Rimando 28 28 2517 0 0 0 Chris Schuler 2 2 180 0 0 0 Team totals 14 14 1260 19 17 175 Opponent totals 14 14 1260 20 15 172 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Nick Rimando 28 2517 147 91 1.29 5 ----------- Team totals 14 1260 78 51 1.43 1 Opponent totals 14 1260 78 55 1.36 3

NEW YORK RED BULLS CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (3-4-7) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Juan Pablo Angel 6 6 511 3 0 26 Edson Buddle 2 1 135 3 0 8 Dave van den Bergh 4 4 359 2 2 4 Clint Mathis 2 1 134 2 0 7 Amado Guevara 3 3 270 1 2 7 John Wolyniec 5 3 278 1 2 6 Todd Dunivant 2 2 170 1 1 1 Macoumba Kandji 4 4 334 1 1 4 Ante Razov 1 1 90 1 1 6 Dane Richards 6 6 526 1 1 10 Jordan Cila 1 0 14 1 0 1 Francis Doe 1 1 64 1 0 3 Joel Lindpere 4 4 360 1 0 4 Mike Magee 4 3 242 1 0 6 Eddie Gaven 2 2 180 0 1 3 Dema Kovalenko 3 2 190 0 1 4 Rafa Marquez 3 3 270 0 1 5 Claudio Reyna 2 2 148 0 1 2 Marvell Wynne 2 2 180 0 1 2 Jeff Agoos 2 2 180 0 0 2 Juan Agudelo 3 1 128 0 0 3 Chris Albright 4 4 281 0 0 3 Jozy Altidore 2 1 112 0 0 4 Mehdi Ballouchy 2 2 180 0 0 3 Danleigh Borman 3 2 191 0 0 2 Andrew Boyens 2 1 91 0 0 0 Michael Bradley 2 2 180 0 0 1 Peter Canero 1 1 90 0 0 0 Albert Celades 1 1 90 0 0 1 Danny Cepero 1 1 90 0 0 0 Gabriel Cichero 1 1 90 0 0 0 Jon Conway 4 3 288 0 0 0 Bouna Coundoul 1 0 45 0 0 0 Youri Djorkaeff 2 2 155 0 0 8 Hunter Freeman 1 1 90 0 0 0 Sergio Galvan Rey 2 2 157 0 0 3 Kevin Goldthwaite 3 3 270 0 0 0 Taylor Graham 1 1 90 0 0 0 Jeremy Hall 2 2 148 0 0 0 Chris Henderson 2 2 114 0 0 0 Thierry Henry 4 4 360 0 0 4 Salou Ibrahim 1 0 4 0 0 0 Diego Jimenez 1 1 90 0 0 0 Carlos Johnson 1 1 90 0 0 2 Steve Jolley 1 0 10 0 0 0 Stephen Keel 1 0 45 0 0 0 Chris Leitch 5 4 397 0 0 1 Mark Lisi 2 2 180 0 0 1 Thiago Martins 1 0 11 0 0 1 Matthew Mbuta 1 0 8 0 0 0 Dax McCarty 2 2 135 0 0 1 Carlos Mendes 11 8 850 0 0 0 Tony Meola 2 2 180 0 0 0 Roy Miller 2 2 180 0 0 2 Brian Nielsen 1 0 4 0 0 0 Danny O'Rourke 2 2 180 0 0 1 Ernst Oebster 1 0 3 0 0 0 Alfredo Pacheco 1 1 90 0 0 0 Jeff Parke 8 8 683 0 0 0 Mike Petke 1 1 90 0 0 0 Juan Pietravallo 2 2 173 0 0 2 Tim Ream 4 4 360 0 0 1 Tim Regan 1 0 3 0 0 0 Luke Rodgers 1 1 54 0 0 1 Jorge Rojas 2 2 180 0 0 1 John Rooney 1 0 21 0 0 1 Frank Rost 2 2 135 0 0 0 Luke Sassano 2 0 41 0 0 0 Khano Smith 1 1 76 0 0 1 Jan Gunnar Solli 2 2 159 0 0 2 Seth Stammler 7 6 561 0 0 6 Greg Sutton 2 2 180 0 0 0 Teemu Tainio 1 1 86 0 0 0 Tony Tchani 2 2 178 0 0 3 Sinisa Ubiparipovic 3 1 129 0 0 1 Joe Vide 1 1 46 0 0 1 Ronald Waterreus 2 2 162 0 0 0 Zach Wells 2 2 180 0 0 0 Team totals 14 14 1260 20 15 172 Opponent totals 14 14 1260 19 17 175 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG

Tony Meola 2 180 10 9 0.50 0 Greg Sutton 2 180 9 8 0.50 0 Zach Wells 2 180 9 6 1.00 1 Jon Conway 4 288 24 17 1.25 1 Ronald Waterreus 2 162 7 4 1.67 0 Danny Cepero 1 90 10 8 2.00 0 Bouna Coundoul 1 45 2 1 2.00 1 Frank Rost 2 135 7 2 3.33 0 ----------- Team totals 14 1260 78 55 1.36 3 Opponent totals 14 1260 78 51 1.43 1 CURRENT NEW YORK RED BULLS PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (3-4-7) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Kenny Cooper 11 10 887 5 1 31 Dane Richards 6 6 526 1 1 10 Joel Lindpere 4 4 360 1 0 4 Mehdi Ballouchy 8 6 519 0 1 6 Rafa Marquez 3 3 270 0 1 5 Dax McCarty 10 7 565 0 1 5 Juan Agudelo 3 1 128 0 0 3 Brandon Barklage 1 0 9 0 0 0 Wilman Conde 4 4 315 0 0 1 Thierry Henry 4 4 360 0 0 4 Stephen Keel 2 1 135 0 0 0 Roy Miller 2 2 180 0 0 2 Luke Rodgers 1 1 54 0 0 1 Jan Gunnar Solli 2 2 159 0 0 2 Teemu Tainio 1 1 86 0 0 0 Team totals 14 14 1260 20 15 172 Opponent totals 14 14 1260 19 17 175 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG ----------- Team totals 14 1260 78 55 1.36 3 Opponent totals 14 1260 78 51 1.43 1

REAL SALT LAKE vs NEW YORK RED BULLSSATURDAY MARCH 17 2012 8:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT


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TV: ABC4 w/ Bill Riley & Brian Dunseth

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OUT: MF Will Johnson (R adductor strain),

DOUBTFUL: DF Tony Beltran (R knee contusion)

QUESTIONABLE: MF Jonny Steele (L knee internal injury), DF Nat Borchers (L quadriceps strain)

PROBABLE: MF Javier Morales (R quadriceps strain), FW Álvaro Saborío (R knee internal injury)

RSL’S HOME OPENER HISTORY: Saturday’s 2012 Home-opening “First Kick” for RSL - the earliest in team history - will be organization’s eighth, the team never losing, posting a 3-0-4 mark in all previous years ... This weekend’s tilt vs NY will be the Utah side’s fourth at Rio Tinto Stadium, Jason Kreis’ team posting identical 4-1 wins against defending MLS Cup / Supporters Shield holders in 2009 (Columbus) and 2011 (Los Angeles) around a 2-2 draw with Seattle in 2010 ... The all-time list:

RSL All-Time Record in Home Openers: 4/16/05 Colorado W 1-0 RSL: Dunseth (81)

4/15/06 New York T 1-1 RSL: Kreis (89)

4/07/07 FC Dallas T 2-2 RSL: Cunningham (29,51)

3/29/08 Chicago T 1-1 RSL: own goal (71)

4/02/09 Columbus W 4-1 RSL: Findley (2,29,62) Beckerman (67)

4/10/10 Seattle T 2-2 RSL: Johnson (53) Saborio (90)

3/26/11 Los Angeles W 4-1 RSL: Williams(2) Morales(10,41) Paulo Jr.(68)

3/17/12 New York ???

REVENGE BEST SERVED ... LATE?:RSL kicked off 2012 with a come-from-behind, 3-1 win last week at the very same venue, against the very same opponent that ended the club’s 2011 campaign - defending MLS Cup and Supporters Shield holders LA ...

The victory gives RSL an all-time high of seven wins all-time at The HDC (four against LA with three vs Chivas), the Galaxy home is the venue in which RSL has posted the most road wins in its 8-year history ... RSL has also won a trio of away games at NE and SJ ...

RSL PROBABLE STARTERS v NY

BENCH PRODUCTION STRONG IN OPENER:Just minutes after MF Javier Morales and FW Alvaro Saborio came on field in the 67th minute, RSL surrenderedan Edson Buddle header to go down 0-1 on the road at LA last week ... However, it was the rookie - surprise MF starter Sebastian Velasquez, a Colombian-born 21-year old from Spartanburg Methodist Junior College (So. Carolina) whose service from the wing was deflected into the Galaxy net by Sean Franklin for the equalizing own goal ...

In the span of 12 minutes, that OG was followed up by Morales’ first goal of the year, slamming home a ball served into the box by MF Ned Grabavoy, along with a back-breaking goal by FW Fabian Espindola, who opened his 2012 account after Saborio headed a Nick Rimando goal kick into space, juking LA defender AJ de la Garza and going in alone on Galaxy ‘keeper Josh Saunders ...

COMEBACK / MULTI-GOAL ROAD HISTORY:The dramatics described above led RSL to only its 20th MLS regular-season road win in its now 8-season history, along with the franchise’s first-ever comeback road win by multiple goals ...

In eight of the 20 road wins, RSL has won by multiple goals, including 3x at LA against the Galaxy:

ALL-TIME RSL REG-SEASON ROAD WINS by MULTIPLE GOALS5/13/06 @ LA W 3-07/14/06 @ NE W 3-18/09/06 @ COL W 4-16/13/09 @ LA W 2-03/27/10 @ SJ W 3-04/09/11 @ NE W 2-09/21/11 @ NY W 3-13/10/12 @ LA W 3-1

In only four of those 20 road wins has RSL conceded the first goal and come back for victory:

8/16/06 @ CLB W 2-1 RSL: Klein (75) Talley (90)9/01/07 @ LA W 2-1 RSL: Findley (67) Pope (71)9/27/08 @ SJ W 3-2 RSL: Movsisyan(3,49) Morales (59)3/10/12 @ LA W 3-1 RSL:OG(72)Morales(79) Espindola (84)

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RSL v NY BROADCAST INFO


HISTORIC WIN LAST YEAR at NEW YORK: Real Salt Lake’s previous record for three-goal outbursts came in a 3-1 victory last September 21 at Red Bull Arena against this week’s opponent, NY ... That win - paced by a seventh-minute Saborio goal followed by an Espindola brace in the next 15 minutes - allowed RSL to equal its all-time high for wins in a season (15), matching its 2010 total; it also gave RSL a new standard for road wins (5) in a season, surpassing the four away victories claimed in 2010 and 2006 … The three goals in the first 21 minutes marked the fastest start to a 3-0 lead, surpassing the trio of first-half goals scored in 30 minutes on July 23, 2005 (v DAL) and in 41 minutes on March 26, 2011 (v LA) … That particular match also marked the first time EVER that RSL scored three goals in a half on the road … For 48 glorious minutes on that day, prior to the 69’ consolation score by the Red Bulls Joel Lindpere, RSL saw its all-time club goal differential stand at EVEN … An amazing accomplishment, considering the seven-year old club was -39 its first two seasons and -45 prior to the Jason Kreis coaching era …

In 219 all-time MLS regular-season matches, RSL has now scored 281 goals, while allowing 290 …

ALL-TIME HISTORY v NEW YORK: The RSL / NY all-time regular-season series had never seen a road team win until the 17th try, with RSL gaining the W to give the visitors a 1-6-10 mark … However, NY dealt RSL its first-ever Rio Tinto Stadium loss, 1-0, in the 2008 Western Conference Final – the teams’ lone postseason meeting – in a result that still stings …

On August 6 last year in New York’s last trip to Utah, RSL won 3-0 thanks to goals by Nat Borchers, Luis Gil and Alvaro Saborio … Jason Kreis’ side has never lost a regular-season game on Utah soil to NY, posting a 3-0-4 mark and outscoring the “Metro-Bulls” 13-7 … All-time results: Real Salt Lake record: 4-4-7 in all competitions Home games: 3-0-4 (13 GF, 7 GA) Road games: 1-3-3 (6 GF, 13 GA) Postseason: 0-1-0 (0 GF, 1 GA)* 4/02/2005 RSL 0 at NY 0 T Giants Stadium7/04/2005 RSL 2 vs NY 2 T Rice-Eccles4/15/2006 RSL 1 vs NY 1 T Rice-Eccles8/26/2006 RSL 0 at NY 6 L Giants Stadium5/05/2007 RSL 3 vs NY 3 T Rice-Eccles9/29/2007 RSL 2 at NY 2 T Giants Stadium9/13/2008 RSL 1 at NY 2 L Giants Stadium10/09/2008 RSL 1 vs NY 1 T Rio Tinto Stadium11/15/2008 RSL 0 vs NY 1 L* Rio Tinto Stadium4/18/2009 RSL 0 at NY 2 L Giants Stadium10/14/2009 RSL 2 vs NY 0 W Rio Tinto Stadium9/04/2010 RSL 1 vs NY 0 W Rio Tinto Stadium10/09/2010 RSL 0 at NY 0 T Red Bull Arena8/03/2011 RSL 3 vs NY 0 W Rio Tinto Stadium9/21/2011 RSL 3 at NY 1 W Red Bull Arena

NEW YORK, RSL HISTORIES INTERTWINE: Real Salt Lake and New York’s MLS club have shared a fascinating history since RSL’s addition to the league in 2005, with the Claret-and-Cobalt – founded by New York-based sports entrepreneur Dave Checketts – playing its first-ever game in April 2005 against the former MetroStars at Giants Stadium … That 0-0 road result was one of many firsts for RSL, as was the stoppage-time PK later that inaugural season by then-captain Jason Kreis to salvage a point at Rice-Eccles Stadium … A year later, in the midst of RSL’s best month during its first two MLS seasons – a 4-1-0 August – RSL suffered the worst loss in franchise history, losing 0-6 at New York after an 8th-minute red card to DF Jack Stewart, conceding all six goals after halftime … In 2007, just three days after a shakeup that saw Checketts fire GM Steve Pastorino and replace John Ellinger with Jason Kreis, RSL scored two goals in the 90th minute or later against New York to draw 3-3 in Kreis’ first-ever MLS game as coach … In October 2008, RSL was re-born with its move to Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, a sold-out crowd of 20,008 in the house and a live ESPN2 audience watching as Red Bulls MF Dave van den Bergh scored the first goal in Utah’s premier sports and entertainment venue … RSL DF Jamison Olave scored 11 minutes later to salvage a draw on an otherwise spectacular night … 2008 was also the year the Red Bulls and RSL shocked the MLS Cup Playoff system, New York flipping to the West and upsetting Houston in the first-round series, while RSL handled expansion brethren Chivas to suddenly host the Western Conference Final … Red Bulls GK Danny Cepero stood on his head (with some help from the woodwork on several occasions) as RSL out-shot NY, 24-11, but could not overcome another van den Bergh goal … In October of 2009, it was a 2-0 home win over New York on the heels of a bizarre 18-day break in the MLS schedule that catapulted RSL to a red-hot late-season run, culminating in an MLS Cup victory, the state of Utah’s first major-league professional championship in nearly 40 years … In 2010, RSL won the series between the teams with a hard-fought 1-0 win at home and a scoreless draw in the team’s first-ever visit to Red Bull Arena...

Last year, RSL dominated the series, posting the 3-0 and 3-1 wins ...

RSL has gone 4-0-1 in the last 5 games v NY, outscoring Red Bulls 9-1 and posting 4 clean sheets ... RSL FW Fabian Espindola has 4 goals in 5 games all-time against NY, including 2 game-winners ...

FOR MORE RSL HISTORY v NEW YORK: Click below to access the RSL / NY “infographic” for a unique look at the series: http://www.RealSaltLake.com/infographic_RSLvNYRB


RSL, NY CONNECTIONS: RSL “Original” Andy Williams - now the club’s Head Scout - called the Meadowlands home for 19 games during the 2002 season after arriving via trade from NE, scoring twice and adding 13 assists in the “Red-and-Black” …

As Williams’ Jamaican National Team career was winding down, that of NY FW Dane Richards was trending up … RSL FW Alvaro Saborio and Red Bulls left back Roy Miller have each appeared dozens of times together with the Costa Rican National Team …

RSL GK Nick Rimando spent the 2007 preseason with the Red Bulls following a trade with RSL, who (fortunately) were forced to re-acquire Rimando following the sudden retirement of Scott Garlick just 20 days prior to the season …

Red Bull playmaker Medhi Ballouchy was RSL’s top overall pick in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft, playing in 46 games (2 goals, 2 assists) before being traded to Colorado for Kyle Beckerman …

Beckerman and RSL DF Chris Wingert were teammates on the 2006-07 Colorado Rapids teams with current NY GK Bouna Coundoul …

RSL assistant coach Miles Joseph appeared in 96 MLS reg. season & playoff games for the former MetroStars from 1996-2000, scoring 10 goals …

RSL BACK IN CONCACAF, THANKS TO LA: With Los Angeles’ 2011 MLS Western Conference Semifinal win over NY, RSL Nation was disappointed to not be able to host the West Final … However, the Los Angeles victory did benefit RSL by allowing Jason Kreis’ club to secure passage to the 2012/13 CONCACAF Champions League tourney, by virtue of the Galaxy’s “duplicate” spots between the 2011 Supporters’ Shield berth and its trip - and eventual win - in MLS Cup ...

Duplicate berths fall to the next best regular-season finisher, and with Seattle – last year’s #2 overall seed – already owning a 2012/13 spot thanks to its U.S. Open Cup title, RSL is next in line as the overall MLS #3 seed …

This Fall’s CCL tourney will be played under a new format, as all 24 teams go directly into group play, with only the 8 winners who emerge from a 3-team, 4-game group stage advancing to the Championship round ...

Despite Wednesday night’s disappointments in the current CCL iterations, fellow Western powers Los Angeles and Seattle will be joined this fall in the next CONCACAF tourney by RSL and Houston, which qualified as a 2011 MLS Cup participant ...


LONGEST-TENURED CORE IN MLS HISTORY: The Kreis/Lagerwey “Team is the Star” mantra has long been lauded for its simple, unselfish approach that has redefined the culture of an organization and enabled a small-market club to compete annually with DP-laden payrolls ... The philosophy that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts is perfectly epitomized by the fact that TEN players return this year, with the 2012 MLS season marking the group’s fifth or sixth campaign in Claret & Cobalt ... The list:

Player Acquisition Date RSL GPGK Kyle Reynish Jan., 2007 5GK Nick Rimando Feb. 2007 144DF Chris Wingert June, 2007 123MF Kyle Beckerman July, 2007 122MF Javier Morales August, 2007 99FW Fabian Espindola August, 2007 96DF Tony Beltran Jan., 2008 57DF Nat Borchers Feb., 2008 119DF Jamison Olave March, 2008 100MF Will Johnson July, 2008 88

This group last Saturday marked 5+ seasons together and set a new MLS record, breaking the current one held by New England, which saw 8 players compete together from the 2003-07 seasons ... That group was: Joe Franchino, Jay Heaps, Shalrie Joseph, Marshall Leonard, Pat Noonan, Steve Ralston, Matt Reis & Taylor Twellman ...

UNPRECEDENTED TURNOVER FOR KREIS:The price of keeping that group together, however, came in the form of a massive offseason overhaul of the team’s depth, Kreis, Lagerwey and the RSL technical staff introducing 8 new faces to the 2012, the most since the 2007/08 offseason, the duo’s first in charge of the club ...

Gone are GK Tim Melia (0 RSL games played), FW Chris Agorsor (1 gp), DF Blake Wagner (2 gp), DF Rauwshan McKenzie (11 gp, now signed with Chivas), MF Collen Warner (37 gp, selected by Montreal in expansion draft), MF Jean Alexandre (38 gp, traded to SJ) and DF Robbie Russell (78 gp, traded to D.C. United) ...

The most notable absence from RSL’s locker room on Saturday will be that of MF Andy Williams, whose seven-year tenure as an “RSL Original” came to end with his retirement in December, 2011 ... Williams played 14 years in MLS, bouncing from Columbus, to New England, to New York, to Miami and finally to Chicago in his first 7 seasons, the 1998 Jamaica World Cup veteran coming to RSL in November, 2004 as the club’s top selection in the expansion draft ...

Williams went on to play a club-record 189 games for RSL (122 starts, second only to GK Nick Rimando), with 14 goals, 29 assists and one MLS Cup ring marking his time on the Wasatch Front ...


IDENTIFYING NEW BLOOD, THE RSL WAY:The RSL time for “Bomma” is not over, however, as Williams immediately accepted a position as the club’s Head Scout, working with Lagerwey, Kreis and the technical staff to identify players of all ages for RSL’s senior, academy and youth teams, including many of the new faces beginning their MLS and/or professional careers now ...

Those players include:

GK Lalo Fernandez (signed as Home Grown)DF Terukazu Tanaka (Discovery - Jan. 2012)DF Leone Cruz (via trade from SEA 1/17/12)DF Diogo de Almeida (MLS SuperDraft 2012)MF Jonny Steele (Discovery - Feb. 2012)MF Sebastian Velasquez (MLS SuperDraft 2012)MF Enzo Martinez (MLS SuperDraft 2012)FW Emiliano Bonfigli (MLS Supplemental Draft 2012)

VELASQUEZ A FIRST DURING KREIS ERA:When rookie MF Sebastian Velasquez took the field for the starting whistle Saturday in LA, he became the only first-year player to receive a starting nod on Opening Day during Jason Kreis’ five full seasons as the RSL boss ... The last RSL rookie to start a season opener was current NY MF Medhi Ballouchy, who started in RSL’s 0-3 L at Chivas in 2006 ...

Velasquez acquitted himself well in his “baptism-by-fire” moment against the defending champs in LA last week, starting and playing 89 minutes on the left side of Kreis’ midfield diamond, his searching cross for FW Alvaro Saborio near post being knocked home for the equalizing own goal by LA DF Franklin to spark the RSL comeback ...

SCHULER STEPS UP ONCE AGAIN, TOO:Third-year RSL DF Chris Schuler joined Velasquez in the starting lineup at LA, the tall, athletic and tactically-solid center-back moving once again into prime candidacy to see significant minutes when RSL’s 2010 Best XI duo and perennial MLS DF of the Year center-backs Nat Borchers and Jamison Olave cannot play … Schuler’s first-ever MLS start came in September, 2010, at Qwest Field, with RSL earning a 0-0 draw before 36,000+ … That venue was also the site of his first-ever post-season start last year …

Throughout the 2011 campaign, Schuler started 20 games and appeared in 25 in all competitions, scoring two goals – both game-winners – at New England and vs Philadelphia … As a rookie in 2010, Schuler also appeared in the team’s 1-2 aet Open Cup loss at D.C. United and started RSL’s 3-2 victory in CCL play at Panamanian club Arabe Unido … RSL has understandably struggled since RSL’s Cup-winning 2009 campaign, across all competitions, without the vaunted Borchers/Olave combo, affectionately known as “Bor-Lave” ... The team’s record, with goals and goals against average:

RSL CBs 2009-12 2011 only “Bor-Lave” 40-21-27 (80 / 0.92) 10-4-8 (22, 1.00)Other combos: 12-15-6 (51 / 1.56) 6-9-0 (19, 1.27)

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE:Another third-year player, MF Luis Gil, was the third “young gun” to start last week, playing 67 minutes in the attacking midfield role before giving way to Argentine sensation Javier Morales ...

Gil displayed speed, athleticism, vision and attacking prowess, belying his 18-year old age and increasing professional experience in a year during which much is expected ... Gil will assume many of the minutes vacated by Wiliams’ retirement, as well as available time due to injuries suffered by Morales and MF Will Johnson ...

GRABAVOY GETS IT - FOR 4 MORE YEARS:Another beneficiary of the changing midfield guard for RSL is actually a versatile veteran, one who has won two MLS Cups, joined Johnson as one of only two players to see action in all 12 of RSL’s 2010/11 CONCACAF matches and ended up being one of the heroes of last year’s dramatic postseason series vs Seattle ...

Of course we are referencing MF Ned Grabavoy, who clinched the Sounders series thanks to his 88th-minute dagger in Leg One that proved to be the series-winning goal ... Grabavoy signed a new 4-year deal in the offseason that will keep the former Galaxy Cup ‘05 champion in the Claret-and-Cobalt …

The former Indiana University champion was drafted by the Galaxy in 2004 and appeared in 33 MLS Playoff or reg. season games during his first two seasons with the club, including four consecutive starts on the road to winning MLS Cup 2005 with LA …

Grabavoy’s goal at Rio Tinto Stadium against Seattle came on the six-year anniversary of his only other postseason goal, 10/29/05 for LA in a 1-1, series-clinching draw against San Jose …

Grabavoy was claimed off waivers by RSL from San Jose prior to the 2009 campaign, and since then has been a critical component to RSL’s three seasons of success, appearing in 90 reg. season, Playoff and CONCACAF matches – starting 54 – and coming up huge in all phases of the game …

OTHERS MAKE RSL DEBUTS IN DALLAS: Several other new RSL faces made their official Claret/Cobalt debuts Tuesday in Frisco, losing a 1-3 reserve game decision a FC Dallas Stadium ...

Argentine FW Emiliano Bonfigli - selected with a supplemental pick this season - was set up by FW Cody Arnoux for the only RSL goal, while Japanese DF Terakazu Tanaka, former SMU teammates DF Leone Cruz and DF Diogo de Almeida and first-round RSL SuperDraft pick Enzo Martinez each started the match, all playing a full 90, save Martinez (66’) ...



SABORIO SPECIAL FOR RSL STRIKE FORCE: RSL’s predatory striker Álvaro Saborío provided the late 1st-half game-winner in the highlight-reel 2011 playoff win at home vs. Seattle, marking the 12th GWG for Saborio in his now 66 RSL games in all competitions over the last two-plus seasons …

When Saborío – the first DP in RSL’s seven-season history – finds the back of the net, Jason Kreis’ team is a dominating 20-3-5 in all competitions (the last loss coming in the 2011 West Final at LA, and the only loss prior to 9/24 at DC was the rain-soaked 4-5 loss at Cruz Azul), compared to the 12-14-14 mark when he plays and does not score, as well as RSL’s 7-3-4 record when Sabo is unavailable …

ESPINDOLA MOVES UP TO NEW LEVEL: RSL’s “other” FW, Fabian Espindola, scored his 27th career regular-season goal last week in LA, providing the dagger in the 3-1 road win against the Galaxy ... That strike leaves Fabi - recipient of a new 4-year contract this offseason - just two goals shy of matching former RSL FW Robbie Findley’s 29 career goals for the club’s all-time lead ...

Saborio is not far behind, with 23 career goals in 51 games, nearly half as many all-time games played as Findley and Espindola (96 each) ...

With both Saborio and Espindola notching 10 goals last season, RSL boasted a pair of double-digit scorers for the first time in its seven-year history … RSL’s single-season double-digit scoring list:

SINGLE-SEASON GOALS – RSLYEAR PLAYER GP GOALS2011 Alvaro Saborio 23 11 Fabian Espindola 27 102010 Alvaro Saborio 27 122009 Robbie Findley 27 122006 Jeff Cunningham 31 16

KYLE & JAVI SHOW RETURN FOR YEAR 6: The longest and most devastating absence RSL saw last year involved MF Javier Morales, the team’s 2010 MVP and a 2010 MLS Best XI selection … Morales – out from May 7 to Sept. 28 due to the ankle fracture / dislocation suffered following a bad Marco Mondaini tackle against Chivas USA – made his sixth consecutive start and seventh consecutive appearance Wednesday at Seattle, playing 509 of RSL’s last 540 minutes, seeking to remove the rust from his form and get on the same page as his teammates during the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs …

When Morales and Beckerman – together for 96 games since arriving on the Wasatch Front in mid-2007 – saw the pitch together on Oct. 29 in the 3-0 home win vs SEA, it marked the first time in RSL’s last 29 games / 2745 minutes since Mondaini’s late first-half tackle shattered Morales’ ankle …

MORALES BACK IN THE SADDLE, (ALMOST): Argentine playmaker Javier Morales had played 116 games for RSL (93 MLS regular-season, 8 playoff, 3 Open Cup, 12 CCL) prior to his return last Sept. 28 vs. Chicago in a 30-minute substitute appearance …

His first of what would become six consecutive starts to wrap up the 2011 season came just 3 days later on Oct. 1 at Los Angeles, where he tallied the first of three assists in the six games since returning from the gruesome May 7 ankle injury suffered at home vs. Chivas five months ago …

The maestro pulled the string with assists on each of RSL’s first two goals in its home playoff win last year against Seattle, with FW Alvaro Saborio finding the back of the net on both efforts in the 41’ and 56’ minutes in the eventual 3-0 win …

Throughout the Playoffs, however, it was apparent that Morales - despite the brave face and commitment to return to action - was unable to bear the physical burden brought by three games in seven days, including a game on artificial turf and the SLC - SEA - SLC - LA travel demands ...

Doctors went back into Morales’ ankle in December to remove bone spurs in a procedure unrelated to the fracture dislocation suffered in May ... Due to his six-month recovery last year along with the rehab this winter, Morales suffered muscle fatigue and atrophy that have hampered him this preseason ...

Last week at Los Angeles, Morales came on for the final 23 minutes and scored for the first time since coming back from the horrific injury, as he was absolutely buzzing around the field, signifying that he is close to finding the form that has made him a perennial MLS MVP candidate the last several years ...

Morales’ last three goals have come against LA, including the brace he had in the home-opening 4-1 win against the Galaxy last March 26 ...

ALL-TIME RESULTS, WITHOUT JAVIER: Since Javier Morales arrived on the Wasatch Front, RSL has played 51 MLS regular-season/playoff, CCL or Open Cup games without its playmaker, posting a 22-16-14 overall mark (only 7-12-5 away from home) … Head Coach Jason Kreis’ team has gone 17-14-12 in MLS reg. season play, 0-0-1 Playoff, 3-0-0 in CONCACAF and 1-2-1 in Open Cup sans Javi … Since 2009, that record is 18-13-11, scoring 2+ goals in only 20 of those 42 games ...


CAPTAIN KYLE, BACK IN ACTION:RSL was ecstatic to welcome back its Captain, Kyle Beckerman, to the lineup during last season’s three Playoff games, after missing “KB5” for the final four games of the regular season due to either U.S. Men’s National Team duty or the 3-game suspension as a result of his 10’ red card received on Sept. 28 at home vs. Chicago on Sept. 28 …

Playing a man down for 80 minutes after already conceding an 0-1 lead to the Fire, RSL suffered its worst home loss in the team’s seven-year history on that night, then proceeded to lose 10/1 @LA and 10/6 @VAN without Beckerman, before managing to secure one-point draws on 10/14 @COL – allowing Beckerman to become the only undefeated, 7-time Rocky Mountain Cup winner – and on 10/22 v POR …

All told, RSL managed a 2-3-3 mark across MLS, CCL and Open Cup games not started by its Captain, who was forced in heartbreaking fashion to miss the second (home) leg of the 2010/11 CONCACAF Champions League Final vs. Monterrey back in April due to yellow card accumulation as well …

ROAD WARRIORS SEEK 2012 TURNAROUND:The win at Los Angeles on 3/10 in the team’s last reg.-season road trip snapped RSL’s winless away streak at four games, following the team’s three-game road win streak from Aug. 27-Sept. 21, matching the franchise high set back in August, 2006 …

Once the worst road team in the history of MLS, Real Salt Lake has recently stepped up on the road when competition is fiercest, winning critical postseason matches (2-4-0, with two shootout wins) on the road and performing well away from home (1-2-3, with one loss at Saprissa still winning series) in hostile CONCACAF Champions League territory … A recent advent of road success places the squad’s all-time MLS regular season road mark at 20-63-27 (.298; 103 GF / 183 GA) following the 110th road contest in League play on March 10 at LA …

ADDITIONAL ROAD-WEARY NUMBERS: Since Kreis took over, RSL’s MLS road mark is 16-39-22, with the new team mark of five road wins last year exceeding the four achieved in 2010, and more than doubling the two earned in each of the 2007-09 seasons … Last year’s 5-8-4 road mark was good for 19 points, matching the 2010 team-record total (4-4-7 in 2010) … Starting back on Aug. 13 at Toronto, and factoring in the new Oct. 6 date north of the border, the Claret-and-Cobalt played 9 of its final 13 regular season contests – and 5 of the last 7 – away from the friendly confines of Rio Tinto Stadium … “RSL Nation” was unable to scratch Canada off the list of places its beloved Claret-and-Cobalt have never won (Texas, Canada, Philadelphia, Portland) …

FRANCHISE-HIGH 45 GAMES COULD PALE: Participation this year in a 34-game MLS regular-season, a 4-game newly-formatted CONCACAF Champions League group stage and what RSL hopes is (for the first time ever) a deep Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup run (4 or 5 games), Jason Kreis’ team enters 2012 with the mentality that depth will be tested en route to another 5 MLS Cup Playoff contests, the team could approach a new high of nearly 50 games played in a calendar year across multiple fronts ...

Last year’s 45 games (34 MLS, 3 Playoff, 6 CCL and 2 Open Cup) games set a new franchise-high, exceeding by three the 2010 season’s 42-game total (30 MLS, 6 CCL, 2 Open Cup, 2 exhibitions and 2 Playoff) …

During the 2009 MLS Cup-winning season, RSL played only 37 games (30 reg. season, 1 Open Cup, 2 exhibition and 4 Playoff) … A year earlier, when RSL emerged as the #3 West seed, defeated Chivas and saw wild-card NY bounce top-seeded Houston (allowing RSL to host the West Final), RSL played a total of 38 games …

YET ANOTHER FINAL DURING KREIS ERA:Since the 2008 campaign – the first full season under head coach Jason Kreis and GM Garth Lagerwey – Real Salt Lake has advanced to five so-called “finals” of either the conference, League or continental variety … They are:

Year Final Result 2008 West Final vs New York L, 0-12009 East Final @ Chicago T, 0-0 (5-4 PKs) MLS Cup vs Los Angeles T, 1-1 (5-4 PKs)2010 --2011 CCL Final v Monterrey T, 2-2 / L, 0-1 West Final @ Los Angeles L, 1-3

RSL has never won a “final” game in regulation, officially posting an 0-3-3 mark since each of the club’s PK shootout victories are recorded as ties … In both of the 0-1 losses (2008 v NY, 2011 v Monterrey), RSL dictated the pace and tempo of the game, out-shooting the opponent and testing the woodwork, but ultimately could not score to lift hardware before its home fans …


RSL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME)INCLUDES GAMES OF March 10, 2012(active players in claret)

GAMES PLAY / START GP GS Andy Williams 189 122Nick Rimando 144 144Chris Wingert 123 113Kyle Beckerman 122 118Nat Borchers 119 119Jamison Olave 100 99Javier Morales 99 92Fabian Espindola 96 78Robbie Findley 96 59Will Johnson 88 81

MINUTES PLAYED MIN Nick Rimando 12905Andy Williams 11536Kyle Beckerman 10549Nat Borchers 10509Chris Wingert 10155Jamison Olave 8676Javier Morales 7928Will Johnson 7358Fabian Espindola 6455Tony Beltran 6110

GOALS GP GOALS Robbie Findley 96 29Fabian Espindola 96 27Alvaro Saborio 51 23Jeff Cunningham 38 19Javier Morales 99 18Jason Kreis 58 17Yura Movsisyan 53 15Andy Williams 189 14Kyle Beckerman 122 13Jamison Olave 100 10

GAME-WINNING GOALS GP GWG Robbie Findley 96 9Javier Morales 99 9Alvaro Saborio 51 9Fabian Espindola 96 7Kyle Beckerman 122 4Jeff Cunningham 38 4Andy Williams 189 4Jason Kreis 58 36 players tied with 2

ASSISTS GP ASTS Javier Morales 99 34Andy Williams 189 29Kyle Beckerman 122 17Robbie Findley 96 13Jeff Cunningham 38 11Clint Mathis 66 11Fabian Espindola 96 10Chris Klein 43 9Jason Kreis 58 9Robbie Russell 78 9Carey Talley 60 9Chris Wingert 123 9

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS GP GWA Kyle Beckerman 122 10Javier Morales 99 7Robbie Findley 96 5Andy Williams 189 5Fabian Espindola 96 4Clint Mathis 66 4Robbie Russell 78 4Jeff Cunningham 38 35 players tied with 2

HAT TRICKS GP HATS Robbie Findley 96 1

MULTI-GOAL GAMES GP 2+ G GM Jeff Cunningham 38 5Alvaro Saborio 51 5Robbie Findley 96 4Javier Morales 99 3Fabian Espindola 96 2Yura Movsisyan 53 2Kyle Beckerman 122 1Chris Brown 60 1Atiba Harris 43 1Jason Kreis 58 1

PENALTY-KICK GOALS GP PKG Alvaro Saborio 51 5Jeff Cunningham 38 5Jason Kreis 58 4Robbie Findley 96 2Carey Talley 60 2Freddy Adu 11 1Alecko Eskandarian 17 1Fabian Espindola 96 1Will Johnson 88 1Dema Kovalenko 22 1Javier Morales 99 1Andy Williams 189 1

SHOTS / SOG GP SHT SOGAndy Williams 189 232 83Fabian Espindola 96 188 94Kyle Beckerman 122 169 67Robbie Findley 96 157 69Javier Morales 99 145 69Will Johnson 88 144 59Yura Movsisyan 53 143 65Jason Kreis 58 132 57Alvaro Saborio 51 117 46Jeff Cunningham 38 94 52


RSL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME)INCLUDES GAMES OF March 10, 2012(active players in claret)

FOULS COMMITTED GP FC Andy Williams 189 198Kyle Beckerman 122 164Javier Morales 99 132Chris Wingert 123 131Jamison Olave 100 128Fabian Espindola 96 122Carey Talley 60 95Atiba Harris 43 92Nat Borchers 119 86Mehdi Ballouchy 46 82

FOULS SUFFERED GP FS Andy Williams 189 269Javier Morales 99 221Kyle Beckerman 122 130Fabian Espindola 96 100Will Johnson 88 95Carey Talley 60 91Robbie Findley 96 85Ned Grabavoy 69 79Chris Wingert 123 76Mehdi Ballouchy 46 75

CAUTIONS (YELLOWS) GP CAUT Kyle Beckerman 122 30Jamison Olave 100 26Andy Williams 189 21Will Johnson 88 19Chris Wingert 123 19Fabian Espindola 96 18Javier Morales 99 17Nat Borchers 119 14Clint Mathis 66 14Carey Talley 60 14

EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) GP EJECT Jamison Olave 100 4Andy Williams 189 3Nat Borchers 119 2Fabian Espindola 96 2Clint Mathis 66 220 players tied with 1

CORNER KICKS GP CK Javier Morales 99 355Andy Williams 189 225Chris Klein 43 76Kyle Beckerman 122 59Clint Mathis 66 52

OFFSIDES GP OFF Fabian Espindola 96 97Robbie Findley 96 60Alvaro Saborio 51 59Jeff Cunningham 38 45Jason Kreis 58 44

GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL GP GS Nick Rimando 144 144Scott Garlick 31 31D.J. Countess 27 27Jay Nolly 7 6Chris Seitz 7 7Kyle Reynish 5 4Brian Kamler 1 0

MIN PLAYED IN GOAL MIN Nick Rimando 12905Scott Garlick 2745D.J. Countess 2422Chris Seitz 630Jay Nolly 585Kyle Reynish 415Brian Kamler 8

GOALS AGAINST AVG. PLAYER GP MIN SHTS SVS GA GAA W-L-T SHONick Rimando 144 12905 651 491 160 1.12 56-48-40 51

WINNING PCT GP WON LOST TIED PCTNick Rimando 144 56 48 40 .528

WINS GP WON Nick Rimando 144 56Scott Garlick 31 10D.J. Countess 27 4Kyle Reynish 5 1Jay Nolly 7 1Chris Seitz 7 1

LOSSES GP LOST Nick Rimando 144 48D.J. Countess 27 19Scott Garlick 31 12Jay Nolly 7 4Chris Seitz 7 4

SAVES GP SVS Nick Rimando 144 491D.J. Countess 27 112Scott Garlick 31 108Jay Nolly 7 41Chris Seitz 7 19Kyle Reynish 5 14

SHUTOUTS GP SHO Nick Rimando 144 51D.J. Countess 27 4Scott Garlick 31 4Kyle Reynish 5 2Chris Seitz 7 1

SAVES PERCENTAGE GP SAVES SOG PCTNick Rimando 144 491 677 72.5


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DIOGO DE ALMEIDA

TONY BELTRAN

JAMISON OLAVE

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HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 12/16/92HOMETOWN: El Paso, TXACQUIRED: Signed as Home Grown Player, 1/11/12LAST CLUB: C.A. Penarol (Uruguay)PRONOUNCIATION: LAW-loLAST GAME: yet to appear in an RSL league or reserve match

HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 175 DOB: 1/2/89HOMETOWN: Piricicaba, Brazil ACQUIRED: 2012 MLS SuperDraftPRONOUNCIATION: dee - OH -go DAY al - MAY - duhLAST SEASON: Played 22 games (all starts) in goal for D.C. United, registering five shutouts and a 1.68 goals-against averageLAST GAME: 03/13/12 - start/90’ in 1-3 L @ DAL (reserves)

HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 10/11/87HOMETOWN: Claremont, CA ACQUIRED: PRONOUNCIATION: BELL - trannLAST SEASON: Played 28 games (23 starts) in all competitions, scor-ing one goal, adding one assistLAST MLS GOAL: yet to score in 78 career MLS gamesLAST MLS ASSIST: 03/19/11 @ SJ (64’) - 21 games agoLAST GAME: 03/10/12 - start/90’ in 3-1 W @ LA; injured R knee

HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 210 DOB: 4/21/81HOMETOWN: Medellin, Colombia ACQUIRED: March, 2008PRONOUNCIATION: HAW-miss-son oh-LAW-vayLAST SEASON: Played 31 games (all starts) in all competitions, scor-ing 3 goals, adding 1 assist and named MLS Best XILAST MLS GOAL: 07/23/11 v SJ (83’) - 9 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 7/4/11 v NE (83’) - 11 games agoLAST MLS GAME: 03/10/12 - start/90’ in 3-1 W @ LA

Real Salt Lake’s eye towards the future was bolstered in February with the signing of promising goalkeeper Lalo Fernandez as the club’s third-ever Homegrown Player. The addition of Fernandez marks the second dip into the Homegrown Player well by Real Salt Lake in less than a year, following on the heels of fellow RSL-Arizona Academy product Nico Muñiz (Sept. 2011) and Donny Toia (May 2011).

The 19-year-old Fernandez has kept busy over the last year-and-a-half, helping the RSL-Arizona Under-18 squad begin its first season in U.S. Soccer Development Academy in October 2010 and going 5-3-3 (1.00 GAA, 4 shutouts) in 11 appearances through the spring of 2011. After initially agreeing to play collegiately at the University of Wisconsin, Fernandez tacked course and tested the international waters, first spending a training stint with Mexican first division side Atlas – based in his birthplace of Guadalajara – before signing with Uruguayan power C.A. Peñarol last August.

The 6-foot-3, 165-pound Fernandez has been involved in the Youth National Team set-ups of both the United States and Mexico, playing for the Mexican Under-17s and training with the U.S. Under-20s last November. The El Paso, Texas, native’s goalkeeping skills run in the family, as his father, enjoyed a career as a professional netminder in Mexico.

Real Salt Lake’s search for a naturally left-footed fit on its back line may very well have come to an end with its selection of SMU product Diogo de Almeida back in January. Other outside back options were on the board towards the start of the second round, RSL was enamored with the athletic de Almeida’s size and speed, not to mention his technical ability, which was no surprise after his progression from forward to midfielder to defender during his first three years with the Mustangs. While RSL will not expect the 23-year-old to fill in minutes right away, the Brazilian’s progress throughout the year will prove vital to the planned wing-back rotation system that could prove crucial to the Utah side’s late-season success.

After playing the second-most minutes of his career in 2011, Tony Beltran again showed why he belongs in the discussion with the best outside backs in Major League Soccer. For the second time in his career the 24-year-old made more than 20 starts and helped solidify a back line that was depleted by injuries all season long – until he unfortunately suffered one of his own, limiting his minutes in the final two months of the season.

While his staunch 1-v-1 defending continued to be rock solid, the cerebral and supremely fit Beltran has also provided more consistency when jumping into the attack, his flying runs up either flank ending with dangerous service into the area more often than during his previous two seasons of play. It can’t be long until Beltran sheds the status of one of the most underrated outside defenders in Major League Soccer, but, until then, the RSL braintrust will be more than happy to unleash the mature-beyond-his-years winger upon opponents that may underestimate the UCLA product’s considerable talent and tenacity.

It seemed to take a couple of years for MLS fans and pundits to fully appreciate the depth of talent that RSL center back Jamison Olave possessed. However, now that he’s a known commodity, the RSL center back can’t seem to stop the plaudits coming his way, the ultra-athletic center back garnering spots on the MLS Best XI and MLS All-Star teams for a second consecutive season in 2011. He began the year by not only displaying his usual defensive prowess, but also securing himself an even bigger spot in RSL lore courtesy of some offense, as it was his goal at Deportivo Saprissa that would swing the CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal series the Utah side’s way.

While RSL fans loved seeing “The Verb” represent the Claret-and-Cobalt against Manchester United in the All-Star Game once again, they were also left holding their collective breath after a sliding tackle sidelined him with an MCL sprain in his left knee. Success, it appeared, might come at a price. However, Olave would return after missing only a month, using his unique blend of size and closing speed – in addition to a growing sense of comfort with the ball at his feet – to keep opposing forwards on lockdown. Olave would again suffer from injury, this time a quadriceps strain, during the 2011 postseason, but the 2012 preseason sees the Colombian fit as a fiddle and ready to lead the RSL backline to more impressive and historic numbers – more specifically the ones in the “W” and “SO” columns. And, speaking of numbers, the 30-year-old Olave will hit a nice round one the next time he sees the field, as his next appearance on the fiels will mark his 100th in MLS regular season play.


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FABIAN ESPINDOLA

NAT BORCHERS

WILL JOHNSON

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HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 4/23/82HOMETOWN: Crofton, MDACQUIRED: Trade with Colorado for Mehdi Ballouchy on 6/17/07LAST SEASON: Played 36 games (34 starts) as Captain, scoring 3 goals & 9 assists (6 game-winners), earning USMNT call-ups and All-Star considerationLAST MLS GOAL: 09/3/11 v PHI (18’) - 4 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 09/17/11 v KC (54’) - 2 games agoLAST GAME: 03/10/12 - start/90’ in 3-1 W @ LA

HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 5/4/85HOMETOWN: Buenos Aires, Argentina ACQUIRED: 8/07 PRONOUNCIATION: fah - bee - AHN ess - PEEN - doh - lahLAST SEASON: Played 34 games (32 starts) in all competitions, scoring career-high 11 goals & 5 assistsLAST MLS GOAL: 3/10/12 @ LA (85’) - ACTIVELAST MLS ASSIST: 10/22/11 v. POR (46+’) LAST GAME: 3/10/12 - start/90’/GOAL in 3-1 W @ LA

HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 175 DOB: 4/13/81HOMETOWN: Pueblo, CO ACQUIRED: Feb. 2008PRONOUNCIATION: NATTLAST SEASON: Played team-high 37 games (all starts), scoring 4 goals & 1 assist as MLS DF of the Year FinalistLAST MLS GOAL: 9/17/11 v KC (54’) - 6 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 05/7/11 v CHV (87’) - 24 games agoLAST GAME: 03/10/12 - start/45’ in 1-3 L @ DAL (reserves)

HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 1/21/87HOMETOWN: Woodridge, IL ACQUIRED: July, 2008PRONOUNCIATION: LAST SEASON: Played 33 games (30 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goals & 2 assistsLAST MLS GOAL: 07/04/11 v NE (24’) - 14 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 07/9/11 v DAL (94+) - 13 games ago

Many players start to think about the next stage of their careers after a dozen seasons in the pros, the portion involving final contracts, farewell tours and the like. However, most players aren’t like Kyle Beckerman, whose 12th season only propelled him towards bigger heights both with his club and for his country, as 2011 saw the RSL captain go from a perennial MLS All-Star and part-time U.S. Men’s National Team performer to a legitimate league MVP candidate and First XI stalwart for Jurgen Klinsmann’s USA squad. Beckerman’s ability to step up his game in the absence of main playmaker Javier Morales showed both on and off the stat sheet, his increased leadership role on the field during an adversity-filled 2011 proving just as crucial as his career-best nine assists (including six game-winning helpers) across regular season play.

The 29-year-old Beckerman is hitting his peak as he enters 2012, a year in which he’ll likely leap into the league’s all-time top 20 in games played and started while also playing an integral role for the US Men’s National Team as it begins its qualifying journey for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals in Brazil. While an offseason adductor strain might have slowed RSL’s heart-and-soul down temporarily, Beckerman should be ready to set the tone for the Claret-and-Cobalt right out of the gates in what he hopes is a lucky 13th season in MLS.

Seemingly overshadowed by other forwards every since he joined Real Salt Lake five years ago, the attention turned Fabian Espíndola’s way in 2011 seemed to increase. Then again, everything involving Espíndola seemed to be ratcheted up a notch last season – his focus, an already-high energy-level and even his notoriety across the league all received noticeable bumps. However, the most important thing the fiery Argentine increased last year was his production, as Espíndola knocked home a career-best 10 goals in league play and added a goal and two assists during RSL’s CONCACAF Champions League run that allowed to Utahns to continue their historic path to the tourney’s finals.

It’s easy to forget that Espíndola was a part of the massive rebuilding process that Jason Kreis began midway through 2007; and yet, at the same time, it seems hard to think about RSL without the passion and grit of the 26-year-old forward. Re-signing Espíndola was priority #1 for Real Salt Lake this past offseason, and when two sides were able to agree to a four-year pact you could almost hear an audible sigh of relief from Claret-and-Cobalt fans near and far. With his regular up-top running mate, Álvaro Saborío, a question mark for the start of the campaign, the scoring burden will likely fall to Espíndola – then again, that’s something the confident striker will likely pick up as well.

Ever since he crashed the Colorado Rapids roster as an undrafted camp invitee back in 2003, Nat Borchers has been tough to take off the roster sheet … make that nearly impossible to take off. While missing four of 34 regular season games like Borchers did in 2011 wouldn’t be noteworthy for most players, for the “Ironman of MLS” it was more than a bit out of the ordinary. And even with that said, Borchers’ 30 starts last season allowed him to become the only player across Major League Soccer with at least 29 starts in each of the last four years. Death … Taxes … Borchers, indeed.

The big story for Real Salt Lake as it approaches its season opener in Los Angeles might just be if the three-time RSL Defender of the Year winner will be in Jason Kreis’ First XI. The right quadriceps strain the 30-year-old backline staple suffered in last October’s postseason opener against Seattle has forced a cautious approach during this year’s preseason camp, but Borchers vows to be ready to go for rematch of the Western Conference Championship … a game the ever-steady center back would have certainly been a difference-maker in had he been able to give it a go.

Will Johnson was a busy guy in 2011, but when you’re depended upon to be a stalwart for both your club and country, well, that just goes with the territory. But with Johnson possessing one of – if not the best – motors in all of Major League Soccer, the industrious 25-year-old not only has the stamina to handle the added workload, but the pride and character to relish it. He also has the history to prove he can handle the added miles as well, playing at least 2,000 minutes and in at least 25 regular season contests for the Claret-and-Cobalt in each of his first three full seasons … and that’s not counting the additional wear-and-tear (and pressure) endured during Cup competitions.

With another round of World Cup qualifying in store for his Canadian National Team and another run in the CONCACAF Champions League on the docket for Real Salt Lake, it’s going to be another chock full calendar in 2012 for Johnson, who will again be depended upon to man the left side of RSL’s midfield diamond. While a procedure to correct a sports hernia issue might slow Johnson down for the first few weeks of the season, the RSL faithful can rest assured his odometer will start spinning furiously sooner rather than later.


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YORDANY ALVAREZ

EMILIANO BONFIGLI

ALVARO SABORIO

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HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 1/10/80HOMETOWN: Buenos Aires, Argentina ACQUIRED: 8/07PRONOUNCIATION: HAW-vee-errLAST SEASON: Played 16 games (15 starts) in all competitions, scor-ing 5 goals & 4 assists in injury-shortened campaignLAST MLS GOAL: 3/10/12 @ LA (80’) - ACTIVELAST MLS ASSIST: 10/1/11 @ LA (45’) - 4 games agoLAST GAME: 3/10/12 - sub/final 23’/GOAL in 3-1 W @ LA

HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 5/24/85HOMETOWN: Cienfuegos, Cuba ACQUIRED: Sept. 2011PRONOUNCIATION: jor-DONN-eeLAST SEASON: Played 5 games (4 starts) on loan from Orlando City, where he was named 2011 USL PRO MVP as championship-winnerLAST MLS GOAL: yet to score in 6 gamesLAST MLS ASSIST: yet to assist in 6 gamesLAST GAME: 3/10/12 - sub/final 1’ in 3-1 W @ LA

HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 4/15/88HOMETOWN: Bahia Blanca, ArgentinaACQUIRED: 2012 MLS Supplemental DraftPRONOUNCIATION: bone-FIGG-leeLAST GAME: 3/13/12 - start/90’/GOAL in 1-3 L @ DAL (reserves)

HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 3/25/82HOMETOWN: San Carlos, Costa Rica ACQUIRED: March 2010PRONOUNCIATION: AL-vuh-ro sabb-oh-REE-ohLAST SEASON: Played 29 games (28 starts) in all competitions, scoring team-high 13 goals (incl. 5 game-winners) & 4 assistsLAST MLS GOAL: 10/22/11 v. POR (46+’) - 1 game agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 3/10/12 @ LA (85’) - ACTIVELAST GAME: 3/10/12 - sub/final 23’/ASSIST in 3-1 W @ LA

Perhaps no player in Major League Soccer was poised to have a better 2011 than Javier Morales. From the get-go, the Argentine midfield maestro was pulling the strings for a Real Salt Lake side on the cusp of international glory, his infectious attitude, quiet leadership and abundant skill helping a pioneering club earn plaudits from every corner of America’s soccer landscape. So while RSL’s disappointment at the end of its CONCACAF Champions League run in late April was a tough blow for the squad, it’s quite telling that the result’s effect on the team’s season paled in comparison to the loss of Morales to an ankle injury just 10 days after the stinging defeat.

It is also telling that, during a stretch of two weeks when clumsy challenges like the one Morales suffered from felled some of MLS’ other brightest attacking talents, RSL’s playmaker vowed to come back before season’s end. Anyone who saw the incident must have thought Morales’ thoughts were wishful thinking at best, but they also weren’t witness to the hard work he put in day after day. While the air was sucked out of the building that day, Morales knew it wasn’t sucked out of the season, and he wanted to make sure he could help the squad finish the challenge it had laid down at the start of the year – add hardware to the trophy case.

While that goal wouldn’t come to fruition, the comeback of Morales inspired not only his teammates, but the RSL faithful as well, who could not get enough updates on the status of “Javi” and when – not if – he would return to the field. While Morales was never back to 100% during the final six weeks of the season, he showed plenty enough to make it clear that he was closer than anyone, save himself, might have thought. But, perhaps more than anything, his comeback allowed everyone the opportunity to remember a different image of #11 at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2011 – the thunderous standing ovation he received upon entering the Sept. 28 match against Chicago in front of the largest crowd in the stadium’s history. 20,762 fans, all there to pay tribute to the heart-and-soul of RSL, to see the maestro pick up his baton once again.

The start of the 2012 campaign sees Morales continuing to overcome injury, an offseason procedure to clean out bone spurs in his left foot and a right quad strain suffered during the preseason limiting him during the squad’s preparations for the upcoming season. But if 2011 proved anything, it’s that Morales will be able to overcome any challenge thrown at him … and likely sooner than anyone could imagine.

When it came to taking advantage of an opportunity in 2011, nobody did it better than midfielder Yordany Alvarez, who parlayed his USL PRO League MVP performance for Orlando City S.C. into a quasi-starting gig last September shortly after joining Real Salt Lake on loan at the roster freeze deadline. The one-time Cuban international provided quality cover for Kyle Beckerman, whose suspensions and U.S. MNT call-ups across the last quarter of the season forced Alvarez onto the field for five contests.

The 26-year-old performed well enough during the impromptu “trial by fire” that RSL sought to secure his services on a more permanent basis, and the Utah side did just that in February by coming to buyout terms with Orlando and locking up the holding midfielder via a new three-year deal. With Beckerman again slated to pull double-duty for club and country during much of 2012, fans can expect to see Alvarez back in the Starting XI mix on many more occasions.

Five years ago, Real Salt Lake brought a young Argentinean striker into its side by the name of Fabian Espíndola … and now the Utah side is hoping it has unearthed a similar talent in his countryman, Emiliano Bonfigli. The lanky striker proved worth taking a flyer on in the MLS Supplemental Draft, the 23-year-old showing more than enough finishing prowess during RSL’s opening preseason camp to earn a spot on the team’s forward depth chart. With a congested schedule ahead, expect Bonfigli to be firmly in the mix for the “spot starter” role up top alongside fellow “young guns” Paulo Jr. and Cody Arnoux.

As a forward there’s always pressure to perform, and in 2011 the pressure seemed to be both a blessing and a curse for Álvaro Saborío, who began the year with a new contract that heaped on the added weight of becoming Real Salt Lake’s first-ever “Designated Player” (though the title was more a technicality thanks to the transfer fees involved in obtaining his full rights). The roller-coaster season saw Saborío bag goals in bunches and in some critical moments, but also included some droughts and mountains of adversity on the national team front for his native Costa Rica.

A part of that ebb-and-flow of output was due to injury, as Saborío rushed back from offseason knee surgery quickly in order to help keep his hot hand in the CONCACAF Champions League going from the prior fall. While he indeed helped carry the squad to the tournament’s finals, his production and availability would suffer in the months to follow, only to ratchet back up during a torrid stretch in mid-summer. When the dust settled, “Sabo” had collected 16 goals across 32 games in all competitions, keeping pace with the 18 tallies in 36 contests the season prior. The wear-and-tear resulted in another surgery on his right knee immediately after the season, making his return to the line-up at the start of 2012 a question mark. However, the “Tico Terror” won’t be sidelined for long, as he has progressed strongly during the club’s preseason camps and is expected to be on the field and creating havoc for the opposition by April at the very latest.


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NICK RIMANDO

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HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 10/18/92HOMETOWN: Albuquerque, NMACQUIRED: Signed as Home Grown player in Sept. 2011PRONOUNCIATION: MOON-yeesLAST GAME: 3/13/12 - start/90’ in 1-3 L @ DAL (reserves)

HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 185 DOB: 6/17/79HOMETOWN: Montclair, CAACQUIRED: Trade with NY, March, 2007LAST SEASON: Played 39 games (all starts) in all competitions in goal for RSL, with 16 wins and 15 shutouts and a 1.08 GAALAST MLS WIN: 3/10/12 @ LA - ACTIVELAST MLS SHUTOUT: 10/14/11 @ COL - 2 games agoLAST GAME: 3/10/12 - start/90’/ 3 saves in 3-1 W @ LA

HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 6/16/82HOMETOWN: Babylon, NYACQUIRED: Trade with COL, 6/14/07LAST SEASON: Played 29 games (28 starts) in all competitions, tallying one assistLAST MLS GOAL: 05/22/10 @ CHV - 41 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 08/26/09 v. CHV (85’) - 51 games agoLAST GAME: 3/10/12 - start/90’ in 3-1 W @ LA

HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 9/29/90HOMETOWN: Rock Hill, SCACQUIRED: 2011 MLS SuperDraft, 17th overall pick, 1/15/12PRONOUNCIATION: ENN-zohLAST GAME: 3/13/12 - start/66’ in 1-3 L @ DAL (reserves)

Real Salt Lake broke new ground last fall when it agreed to terms with Nico Muñiz, making the midfielder the first RSL-Arizona Academy member to jump straight to the “big club” from Casa Grande. While technically unable to perform for the MLS outfit until the new year, the now 19-year-old Muniz joined the first team in Utah upon the announcement in September, giving him a leg up on preparations for his first professional campaign with what amounted to a seven week “sneak peek.” Muñiz started three of his six appearances (346 min.) as a regular call-up for the RSL Reserves in 2011, and the Albuquerque native should expect to see his development continue largely through opportunities in MLS Reserve League fixtures during the 2012 campaign.

Nick Rimando would have been hard-pressed to duplicate the record-setting 2010 campaign he presided over between the posts for Real Salt Lake, but his 2011 season was not all that far behind. Once again finishing at or near the top of Major League Soccer in goals against average, shutouts and wins, Rimando’s 12th MLS season gave credence to the theory that the shelf life of the American goalkeeper is almost limitless … a good sign now that the 32-year-old Rimando is the elder statesman of the Claret-and-Cobalt after the offseason retirement of Andy Williams. That being said, it takes more than age to climb towards the top of MLS’ record books, which is exactly what Rimando has done by ranking second in all-time shutouts (87) and third in wins (121), games played in goal (288), starts in goal (also 288) and minutes in goal (26,073).

Much like teammate Kyle Beckerman, Rimando’s international career has also picked up steam once again, as the Southern California native has been a regular call-up under the new regime of Jurgen Klinsmann since his appointment as USMNT’s sideline boss last summer. If Rimando can continue to produce sparkling performances like the first half he turned in against Panama in January, it will be a busy year of shuffling between club and country for the RSL fanbase’s favorite “homeboy.”

The outside back position in RSL’s 4-4-2 system is perhaps one of the most challenging spots in Major League Soccer – to call them “defenders” is simply not doing them justice. The role requires players to have the physicality to defend one-on-one, the speed and stamina to make run after run up and down the flank to provide width in attack and the technical acumen to make things happen with the ball, be it by providing crosses into the area or quick combinations with the midfield. You have to be smart, disciplined and in ridiculously good shape … in other words, you almost have to be Chris Wingert.

The 29-year-old Wingert will enter the 2012 season as RSL’s longest-tenured field player, beating out his former ex-Colorado teammate Kyle Beckerman for the honor by three days courtesy of their back-to-back trades in mid-July 2007. That longevity has not only shot him up the RSL all-time rankings in numerous categories, but it’s also allowed him to master the abilities necessary to thrive on the island that can sometimes be the outside back position in Jason Kreis’ preferred line-up. To protect against the wear-and-tear that saw nagging injuries effect the three-man rotation of Wingert, Tony Beltran and the departed Robbie Russell last season, the Claret-and-Cobalt will hope Wingert can mentor whichever two players emerge in the back-up battle out wide during preseason to increase the rotation to four by midseason. If there’s anyone up for the task of mentoring it would be Wingert, a locker room leader who also has the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor from his Senior season at St. John’s in his back pocket.

Some things are just meant to be, and that seemed to be the general consensus when highly-touted midfielder Enzo Martinez fell right into the lap of Real Salt Lake late in the first round of January’s MLS SuperDraft in Kansas City. Why the key cog for North Carolina’s College Cup-winning side slid to the 17th overall pick will never be known, but what is for certain is that the motivated midfielder’s savvy on the ball, mature decision-making and industrious workrate will make the native Uruguayan a perfect fit in the diamond midfield RSL has perfected under Jason Kreis. While the RSL Technical Staff gushed about the Generation adidas product’s production and ability, it was even more impressed with his maturity off the field, forcing many of the pundits who questioned where the 21-year-old might fit on the field for many teams to also admit that the Claret-and-Cobalt might just have come away with the steal of draft day.


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JONNY STEELE

LUIS GIL

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HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 7/1/83HOMETOWN: New Lenox, ILACQUIRED: Waivers from SJ Earthquakes, 3/--/09LAST SEASON: Played 33 games (25 starts) in all competitions, scoring playoff-series-clinching goal vs SEA in West SemisLAST MLS GOAL: 10/16/10 v. DAL (59’) - 26 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 07/31/10 v. DC (13’) - 35 games agoLAST GAME: 3/10/12 - start/90’ in 3-1 W @ LA

HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 180 DOB: 2/7/86HOMETOWN: Larne, Northern IrelandACQUIRED: via discovery option in Jan., 2012PRONOUNCIATION: LAST GAME: 3/13/12 - start/90’ in 1-3 L @ DAL (reserves)

HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 11/14/93HOMETOWN: Garden Grove, CA ACQUIRED: Trade with KC, 3/10PRONOUNCIATION: GILLLAST SEASON: Played 27 games (16 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goalsLAST MLS GOAL: 8/20/11 @ HOU (60’) - 8 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: none in 23 career appearancesLAST GAME: 3/10/12 - start/67’ in 3-1 W @ LA

HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 1/23/89HOMETOWN: Teresina, BrazilACQUIRED: via loan in August, 2010 (purchased Jan., 2012)PRONOUNCIATION: PAUL-lowLAST SEASON: Played 13 games (5 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goals & 4 assistsLAST MLS GOAL: 4/9/11 @ NE (47’) - 10 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 9/24/11 @ DC (85’) - 3 games agoLAST GAME: 3/10/12 - start/67’ in 3-1 W @ LA

During his third season in Claret-and-Cobalt in 2011, Ned Grabavoy continued to find more minutes in the platoon system with Andy Williams on the right side of Real Salt Lake’s diamond midfield, but, due to injuries and national team call-ups, the veteran also found himself at other spots in the diamond through necessity. Despite suffering from a nagging hamstring injury of his own late in the campaign, the gritty Grabavoy was able to register the second most appearances, starts and minutes of his eight seasons in Major League Soccer.

With Williams retiring during the offseason, the versatile Grabavoy will be depended upon even more by Head Coach Jason Kreis to set the tone on the field and in the locker room as one of the team’s core members. The good news for Kreis and fans of RSL is that, thanks to a new offseason contract, the 28-year-old midfielder will put his masterful on-the-ball ability, vision and tenacity on display at Rio Tinto Stadium for at least the next three seasons.

Jonny Steele has squeezed a career’s worth of stops into his first eight professional seasons, but the preseason pact he signed with Real Salt Lake might just allow the 26-year-old midfielder to stop and settle down for awhile … besides, there’s precedence for this sort of thing with the Utah side (see Williams, Andy). After years of hopping between second divisions clubs and indoor teams, the native of Northern Ireland has finally earned the opportunity to display his talents on the North American continent’s top stage, eight years after his stateside journey began with a trial for FC Dallas. While Steele’s presence will ratchet up the amount of bite in the RSL midfield, thinking of him as simply a “hardman” would be a mistake, as the former Wolverhampton performer didn’t win the 2008 USL-1 MVP award for the Puerto Rico Islanders on hard tackles alone.

Real Salt Lake’s philosophy for the development of Luis Gil had always been “slow and steady,” but then Javier Morales’ devastating ankle injury and a slew of national team call-ups hit in the spring, and the acceleration of Gil’s learning curve soon followed. RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis originally took a committee approach to replacing Morales as the summer progressed, but the rotation would eventually include a heavy dose of the then-17-year-old Gil, who indeed proved capable of rising to the challenge while also doing plenty of “on-the-job” training. While inconsistent, as most teenagers growing up in a professional league tend to be, Gil more often than not showed glimpses as to why he was coveted by some of the world’s top sides prior to joining the Claret-and-Cobalt back in 2010.

The physicality of the opposition might not be as much of a problem in 2012, as Gil entered RSL’s preseason camp noticeably bigger and more confident, both on the ball and within the squad. With regular starters Morales and Will Johnson both dealing with injuries heading into the season, Gil may very well find himself a member of the starting XI when March rolls around

As explosive as the fall 2010 debut of Paulo Jr. onto the Real Salt Lake scene was, it appeared that the Brazilian’s 2011 was equally as disappointing … but one look at the limited sample size of stats might just prove otherwise. While the swashbuckling striker missed exactly half of the season due to lingering hamstring and hip flexor injuries over the summer, when he was on the field he was able to produce, notching a pair of goals and five assists in what amounted to just under 600 minutes across MLS and CONCACAF play.

The diminutive forward’s season got off to a sparkling start, as he recorded a goal, an assist or both during his first four overall appearances. However, the injury bug would strike soon afterwards, derailing a promising start and limiting him to substitute and spot-start duty across the last three months of the season. Despite the health concerns, Real Salt Lake recognized Paulo Jr.’s potential this past offseason and acquired the 23-year-old’s player rights from the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers in February. The Utah side hopes a new three-year contract will provide the stability and confidence the still-developing striker needs in order to perform, which would result in a dangerous complement to first-choice forwards Fabian Espíndola and Álvaro Saborío.


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CODY ARNOUX

SEBASTIAN VELASQUEZ

CHRIS SCHULER

GOALKEEPER

FORWARD

MIDFIELDER

DEFENDER

HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 190 DOB: 11/3/83HOMETOWN: Valencia, CAACQUIRED: 2007 MLS SuperDraftLAST SEASON: Played 3 games (all starts) in goal for RSL, register-ing 2 wins, 2 shutouts and a 0.67 GAALAST MLS WIN: 4/9/11 @ NE (1 career win)LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 4/9/11 @ NE – 2nd career clean sheetLAST GAME: 3/13/12 - start/90’ in 1-3 L @ DAL (reserves)

HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 4/13/88HOMETOWN: Wilmington, NCACQUIRED: via special MLS lottery in March, 2011PRONOUNCIATION: arr-KNOWLAST SEASON: Played 2 games (0 starts) in all competitions for RSL, totaling 69 minutesLAST MLS GOAL: yet to scoreLAST MLS ASSIST: yet to assistLAST GAME: 3/13/12 - start/90’/ASSIST in 1-3 L @ DAL (reserves)

HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 140 DOB: 2/11/91HOMETOWN: Greenville, SCACQUIRED: 2012 MLS SuperDraftLAST GAME: 3/10/12 - start/89’ in 3-1 W @ LA

HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 185 DOB: 9/6/87HOMETOWN: Aurora, IL ACQUIRED: 2010 MLS SuperDraft (37th)PRONOUNCIATION: SHOO-lerLAST SEASON: Played 23 games (18 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goalsLAST MLS GOAL: 9/3/11 v PHI (26’) - 7 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: yet to record assist in 21 career gamesLAST GAME: 3/10/12 - start/90’ in 3-1 W @ LA

With the retirement of Andy Williams this past offseason, goalkeeper Kyle Reynish becomes the recipient of the “current longest tenured RSL player” title, as the netminder drafted on Jan. 18, 2007 will begin his sixth full season with the squad in 2012. As the back-up to the 2nd-longest tenured player, Nick Rimando, the UC-Santa Barbara native hasn’t had many occasions to show his stuff in recent seasons, but when he was able to in 2011 he would deliver, notching two shutout wins in his three first-team appearances. The 27-year-old ‘keeper will not only continue to be perhaps the league’s most underrated understudy, but will also be looked at to help mentor young Lalo Fernandez, RSL’s latest Homegrown addition to the roster.

The 2012 season can almost be considered a fresh start for forward Cody Arnoux, who was injured upon joining Real Salt Lake last February and couldn’t return to the field from injuries until the season was mostly through. However, with a year of seasoning in RSL’s system under his belt, a completely clean bill of health and plenty of work ethic in tow, the former Wake Forest standout will be ready to make up for lost time and contribute major minutes off the bench during the Claret-and-Cobalt’s busy campaign.

If you were not aware of Sebastian Velasquez when Real Salt Lake selected him towards the end of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, well, you weren’t alone … the plucky playmaker was the first Junior College player to be selected on draft day since Kansas City took another member of the RSL family, Yura Movsisyan, six years earlier. The Wasatch Front is a long way from Spartanburg Methodist College in South Carolina, but when word from collegiate scouting contacts about the “diamond-in-the-Upstate” came across RSL’s attention, due diligence by assistant coach Miles Joseph paid off for the now-21-year-old midfielder via an invite to the club’s December combine in Arizona. Velasquez impressed enough there to earn the nod to the next level, where he will be allowed plenty of time to learn how pull the strings on the top of RSL’s midfield diamond behind Javier Morales and Luis Gil.

What a difference a year made for defender Chris Schuler. After showing a glimpse of promise that was cut short due to injury in 2010, the Chicagoland native returned to the field with a vengeance in 2011, playing in 27 matches across all competitions as injuries and suspensions wrecked havoc at times on the RSL backline. Five months after breaking his foot just the day after RSL clinched a spot in the CONCACAF Champions League knockout phase, it was perhaps fate that Schuler would be called upon to serve in place of the suspended Nat Borchers right off the bat against Columbus in the CCL Quarterfinals. The 24-year-old would pass that test with flying colors, and, as the RSL Technical Staff began to grow more and more comfortable with him, Schuler would also begin to draw assignments at outside back as situations dictated.

While some may think it unfortunate to sit behind one of the best center back tandems in league history on the depth chart, it is clear during the 2012 preseason that Schuler has been soaking up knowledge from Borchers and Jamison Olave over the course of his first two pro seasons. Learning the tricks of the trade from those pillars both technically and leadership-wise will certainly pay off with even better performances when called upon down the road, which may occur just as much this season with another congested schedule on the docket for the Claret-and-Cobalt.


44 53LEONE CRUZ TERAKAZU TANAKADEFENDER DEFENDER

HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 6/13/87HOMETOWN: Round Rock, TXACQUIRED: Trade with Seattle, 1/17/12PRONOUNCIATION: lee-OH-knee KRUZELAST GAME: 3/13/12 - start/90’ in 1-3 L @ DAL (reserves)

HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 7/14/85HOMETOWN: Ibaraki, JapanACQUIRED: via Discovery option in Jan., 2012PRONOUNCIATION: tuh-KNOCK-uhLAST GAME: 3/13/12 - start/90’ in 1-3 L @ DAL (reserves)

The path to the ranks of Major League Soccer for Leone Cruz was not a common one, but, in the end, the talented center back appears to have found a willing dance partner in Real Salt Lake the second time around. After failing to stick around with Seattle Sounders FC after being drafted by the Cascadia outfit in 2011, Cruz chose to finish up his studies at Southern Methodist University and stay soccer-sharp by playing in matches in the newly-resurrected Reserve League. Those stints included a pair of games in Claret-and-Cobalt last summer, when RSL reaffirmed its pre-draft assessments of Cruz’s skills and kept the Texas native on its radar through January, when it swung a deal with Seattle during the Supplemental Draft to bring the defender on board. After winning a spot on the roster during preseason, Cruz will be expected to form a solid bond with fellow reservist Chris Schuler – with the added benefit of being able to learn from two of the league’s best “middle men” in Jamison Olave and Nat Borchers.

As proof the RSL Technical Staff is committed to leaving no stone unturned in its search for talent, enter Terukazu Tanaka, an outside back prospect GM Garth Lagerwey spotted during a combine in Tokyo shortly after the end of the 2011 season. The 26-year-old right-sided defender brings five years of professional experience in the Japanese first and second divisions with him across the Pacific, a pedigree he hopes will earn him not only a spot on the RSL roster, but a regular slot in the outside back rotation alongside returning vets Chris Wingert and Tony Beltran.

HC ACJASON KREIS JEFF CASSARHEAD COACH ASST. COACH

ALL-TIME RECORD: 58-50-43 (MLS); 73-64-52 (all comps)COLLEGE: Duke ‘94HOMETOWN: Omaha, NE APPOINTED: May 3, 2007PRONOUNCIATION: KRYSELAST SEASON: 15-11-8 (MLS); CCL Finalist; lost in Open Cup QtrsAS A PLAYER: scored 108 career goals w/ Dallas (1996-2004) & RSL (2005-07)

COLLEGE: Florida International University ‘97HOMETOWN: Livonia, MIAPPOINTED: May 2007PRONOUNCIATION: cuss-SARRAS A PLAYER: Played 11 seasons as a goalkeeper for Dallas, Miami and New York from 1996-2006 ...

Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis traded in his record-setting boots and captain’s armband on May 3, 2007 to become the organization’s second head coach, overhauling a previously moribund locker room to become just two seasons later the youngest Cup-winning coach in MLS history, guiding RSL to the title in 2009. Under his watch, RSL has also advanced to three of the last four Conference Finals, become the first American side to win a CONCACAF Champions League group and the first U.S. team to advance to the CCL Finals. With back-to-back 15-win MLS seasons in 2010 and 2011, Kreis’ teams have earned points in two out of every three matches they play, as the intense, demanding leader now owns an all-time 73-64-52 mark as a head coach, breaking down as follows: MLS regular-season (58-50-43), CONCACAF Champions League (6-3-3), MLS Cup Playoff (4-4-4), Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2-5-1) and international friendlies (3-2-1).

At the time of his hire, Mr. Kreis became the youngest active head coach in MLS at 34 years and 127 days of age. Kreis works closely with former Blue Devil and Dallas Burn teammate and current RSL General Manager Garth Lagerwey regarding player acquisitions, scouting, the MLS Draft and all player personnel-related matters. The Kreis-Lagerwey partnership has resulted in the implementation of a culture where players, staff and fans work as one for the RSL shield, epitomizing a “Team is the Star” attitude. Kreis, Lagerwey and the team’s coaching staff – Jeff Cassar, Miles Joseph and C.J. Brown – compose the lone technical staff among MLS’ 18 teams comprised entirely of ex-MLS players. This distinction means that the RSL braintrust now boasts cumulative MLS experience of 74,811 total minutes, covering 923 games and including 128 goals and 22 shutouts (the equivalent of nearly 30 complete seasons of service). The RSL staff has the unparalleled ability to tap into personal experience as it guides, assists and develops RSL players.

AC MILES JOSEPH ASST. COACH

COLLEGE: Clemson ‘98HOMETOWN: Clifton Park, NYAPPOINTED: February, 2010PRONOUNCIATION:AS A PLAYER: Played in six MLS seasons from 1996-2001 for New York and Dallas, scoring 12 career goals in 125 games ...

AC C.J. BROWN ASST. COACH

COLLEGE: Cal-State Hayward ‘96HOMETOWN: Hayward, CAAPPOINTED: January, 2011PRONOUNCIATION: AS A PLAYER: Won 4 U.S. Open Cups and one MLS Cup during 13-year MLS career with Chicago Fire ... Will be inducted into Chicago’s “Ring of Fire” as part of RSL visit to Toyota Park on May 9 ...

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D A T E (T V ) O PPO N E N T H /A T im e (E T )/R es.

Sunday, M ar 11 (N B C SN ) FC D allas A w ay 1-2 L

Saturday, M ar 17 (M SG +) R eal Salt L ake A w ay 10:00

Sunday, M ar 25 (E SPN ) C olorado R apids H om e 4:00

Saturday, M ar 31 (M SG ) M ontreal Im pact H om e 4:00

Saturday, A pr 7 (M SG /G ala) C olum bus C rew A w ay 3:00

Saturday, A pr 14 (M SG ) San Jose E arthquakes H om e 7:00

Sunday, A pr 22 (E SPN 2) D .C . U nited A w ay 6:00

Saturday, A pr 28 (N B C SN ) N ew E ngland R evolution H om e 3:30

Saturday, M ay 5 (E SPN ) L os A ngeles G alaxy A w ay 8:00

W ednesday, M ay 9 (M SG +) H ouston D ynam o H om e 7:00

Sunday, M ay 13 (E SPN 2) Philadelphia U nion A w ay 1:30

Saturday, M ay 19 (M SG ) M ontreal Im pact A w ay 7:30

W ednesday, M ay 23 (M SG +/G ala) C hivas U SA H om e 7:00

Sunday, Jun 17 (N B C SN ) C hicago Fire A w ay 5:00

W ednesday, Jun 20 (M SG Plus) V ancouver W hitecaps FC A w ay 11:00

Sunday, Jun 24 (N B C /N B C SN ) D .C . U nited H om e 7:00

Saturday, Jun 30 (M SG /G ala) T oronto FC A w ay 7:00

Sunday, Jul 8 (M SG +/G ala) N ew E ngland R evolution A w ay 7:00

Sunday, Jul 15 (E SPN ) Seattle Sounders FC H om e 4:00

W ednesday, Jul 18 (M SG Plus) C hicago Fire H om e 1:00

Saturday, Jul 21 (E SPN ) Philadelphia U nion H om e 2:30

Saturday, Jul 28 (M SG ) M ontreal Im pact A w ay 7:00

Friday, A ug 3 (N B C SN ) H ouston D ynam o A w ay 8:00

Friday, A ug 10 (N B C SN ) H ouston D ynam o H om e 8:00

Sunday, A ug 19 (M SG +/G ala) Portland T im bers H om e 7:00

Sunday, A ug 26 (E SPN 2) Sporting K ansas C ity A w ay 9:00

W ednesday, A ug 29 (M SG +/G ala) D .C . U nited A w ay 8:00

Saturday, Sept 15 (M SG ) C olum bus C rew H om e 7:00

W ednesday, Sept 19 (M SG +) Sporting K ansas C ity H om e 7:00

Saturday, Sept 22 (M SG ) N ew E ngland R evolution A w ay 7:30

Saturday, Sep 29 (M SG ) T oronto FC H om e 7:00

Saturday, O ct 6 (N B C ) C hicago Fire H om e 3:30

Saturday, O ct 20 (M SG ) Sporting K ansas C ity H om e 7:00

Saturday, O ct 27 (N B C ) Philadelphia U nion A w ay 1:30

M A TC H IN FO R M A TIO N

D ate: M arch 17, 2012

L ocation: R io T into Stadium ; Sandy, U T

T im e: 10:00 PM E T

T V : M SG +

Play-by-play: Joe T olleson

A nalyst: Shep M essing

Producer: E ddie C aggianelli

T eam M edia C ontacts: Jurgen M ainka (o: 973.268.7247)

B rian T sao (o: 973.268.7246)

R SL M edia C ontacts: T rey Fitz-G erald (o: 801.727.2717)

John K oluder (o: 801.727.2716)

P R O B A B LE STA R TER S

G K – 18 R yan M eara

D – 7 R oy M iller

D – 22 Stephen K eel

D – 5 M arkus H olgersson

D – 8 Jan G unnar Solli

M – 20 Joel L indpere

M – 2 T eem u T ainio

M – 11 D ax M cC arty

M – 19 D ane R ichards

F – 14 T hierry H enry

F – 33 K enny C ooper

B EN C H

G K – 24 Jerem y V uolo

D – 2 W ilm an C onde

D – 3 Jonathan B orrajo

D – 15 T yler R uthven

D – 16 C onnor L ade

M – 10 M ehdi Ballouchy

M – 25 B randon B arklage

M – 44 V ictor Palsson

F – 6 C orey H ertzog

F – 9 L uke R odgers

F – 17 Juan A gudelo

F – 27 Jhonny A rteaga

F – 99 Jose A ngulo

H O SP ITA L FO R SP EC IA L SU R G ER Y IN JU R Y R EP O R T

O U T : W ilm an C onde (thigh strain)

IN TER N A TIO N A L D U TY

U .S. U nder-23 M en’s N ational T eam : Juan A gudelo

D ISC IP LIN A R Y SU M M A R Y

SU SPE N D E D : R afa M arquez (3rd gm . of 3 gm . suspension)

R ED B U LLS A T R EA L SA LT LA K E

- T he R ed B ulls finish up their tw o-gam e season-opening road sw ing on

Saturday w hen they visit R eal Salt L ake at R io T into Stadium , looking for

their first victory of the 2012 season.

- N ew Y ork dropped its season opener on Sunday, falling 2-1 to FC D allas.

K enny C ooper scored the lone goal for the R ed B ulls, his first for the club

and his 49th career M L S goal.

- R eal Salt L ake got its season off on the right foot, com pleting a late

com eback to knock off defending M L S C ham pion L os A ngeles G alaxy by

a 3-1 score.

- L ast season, R SL earned tw o victories over the R ed B ulls. N ew Y ork is

looking for its first w in over the U tah side since A pril 18, 2009.

Q U IC K FA C TS

R ed B ulls R eal Salt L ake

R ecord 0-1-0, 0 pts. (T -3rd, E ast) 1-0-0, 3 pts. (T -1

st, W est)

L eading Scorer K enny C ooper (1) M orales/E spindola (1)

A ssist L eaders T hierry H enry (1) N /A

H ead C oach H ans B acke Jason K reis

(3rd seas. in N Y : 25-18-22) (6

th seas. at R SL : 58-50-43)

L ast m atch betw een the team s:

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R E D B U L L S L O O K FO R FIR ST W IN O F 2012 SA T U R D A Y A T

R E A L SA L T L A K E

T rying to bounce back from a season-opening 2-1 loss at the hands of FC

D allas on Sunday, the N ew Y ork R ed B ulls return to the pitch on

Saturday evening w hen they face R eal Salt L ake at R io T into Stadium at

10:00 PM E T . T he m atch w ill be the first of 19 m atches the season to be

aired live on M SG N etw orks, as Saturday’s m atch can be seen on M SG +.

T he R ed B ulls enter Saturday’s tilt w ith a 0-1-0 record after dropping

their first gam e of the season at FC D allas on Sunday. O ne of the R ed

B ulls’ new additions for 2012, forw ard K enny C ooper, had a successful

debut, com ing off the bench to score the R ed B ulls’ lone goal of the

m atch against one of his form er clubs. R ookie goalkeeper and Fordham

U niversity product R yan M eara m ade his professional debut, and despite

surrendering tw o goals, m ade four im pressive saves to help keep N ew

Y ork in the m atch. D efender M arkus H olgersson and m idfielder V ictor

Palsson also m ade their M L S and club debuts in the m atch.

R eal Salt L ake got their 2012 cam paign off to a great start, defeating the

defending Supporters’ Shield and M L S C up C ham pion L os A ngeles

G alaxy on Saturday by a 3-1 score. T he G alaxy took the lead off E dson

B uddle’s first goal of the season, and w as ahead by a goal w ith 17 m inutes

rem aining. H ow ever, the U tah side cam e back thanks to a Sean Franklin

ow n goal and tallies by Javier M orales and Fabian E spindola to earn an

im pressive road result.

L ast season, N ew Y ork w ent 0-2-0 against R eal Salt L ake. O n A ug. 6,

2011, R SL shut out N ew Y ork 3-0 at R io T into Stadium , and earned a 3-1

victory over N ew Y ork on Sept. 21 at R ed B ull A rena. N ew Y ork is 3-4-7

all-tim e against R SL , w ith their last victory in the series com ing on A pril

18, 2009. T he team s played tw ice this preseason, w ith R SL taking both

m atches by a 1-0 score.

2012 SE A SO N B E G IN S W IT H 2-1 L O SS T O FC D A L L A S

D espite K enny C ooper’s first M L S goal for N ew Y ork and a strong

second half perform ance, the R ed B ulls (0-1-0, 0 pts.) fell to FC D allas, 2-

1, at FC D allas Stadium in front of a sellout crow d of 20,906 in the 2012

regular season opener for both team s Sunday afternoon.

FC D allas took the lead in the 11th m inute. A cross into the box w as

attem pted to be cleared first by N ew Y ork’s M arkus H olgersson and then

D ax M cC arty. T he ball bounced off B las Perez to Z ach L oyd, w ho struck

it w ith his left foot past goalkeeper R yan M eara for the first goal of the

m atch.

M eara w as called upon in the 33rd m inute to keep the score 1-0, as

Stephen K eel’s long ball from the back w as deflected by R icardo V illar's

foot into the path of Perez. Perez rifled his point blank attem pt right into

the arm s of M eara.

N ew Y ork’s best scoring chance of the first half cam e w ith a m inute left

before the break. A fter FC D allas’ D aniel H ernandez fouled M cC arty

from 23-yards-out, T hierry H enry took a quick free kick that beat a flat-

footed K evin H artm an and dinged off the right post.

T he R ed B ulls looked for an equalizer in the second half and T eem u

T ainio had space seven m inutes in to shoot it w ide left off a quick N ew

Y ork throw -in. M om ents later, B rek Shea found an on-rushing V illar,

w hose attem pt w as pushed aw ay by M eara.

FC D allas m ade the score 2-0 in the 61st m inute. V illar intercepted a N ew

Y ork back pass and slid it to Perez. Perez gave it back to an on-rushing

V illar and the m idfielder chipped it over M eara and into the net.

N ew Y ork controlled possession for m uch of the final 30 m inutes and

brought the deficit to w ithin one in the 78th m inute. H enry had

possession in FC D allas’ defensive third and chipped it to C ooper, w ho

beat H artm an to the ball and lobbed it over the ‘keeper for his first goal

of the season. Four m inutes later, C ooper tested H artm an from an acute

angle and the FC D allas goalkeeper tipped it over the crossbar.

M A R Q U E Z T O SE R V E FIN A L G A M E O F T H R E E -G A M E

SU SPE N SIO N SA T U R D A Y

R ed B ulls defender/m idfielder R afa M arquez w ill serve the final m atch of

a three-m atch ban this Saturday w hen the R ed B ulls face R eal Salt L ake.

T he suspension stem s from a post-m atch altercation in the R ed B ulls’ 1-0

loss to the L os A ngeles G alaxy in the first leg of the team s’ W estern

C onference Sem ifinals series last postseason. M arquez served the first

gam e of the suspension in the second leg of the W estern C onference

Sem ifinals, a 2-1 victory for the G alaxy, and M arquez m issed the R ed

B ulls’ 2-1 loss to FC D allas last w eekend. M arquez w ill be available for

selection for the R ed B ulls’ hom e opener, on Sunday, M arch 25 against

the C olorado R apids.

A G U D E L O W IT H U .S. U N D E R -23 T E A M , W IL L M ISS A C T IO N

R ed B ulls forw ard Juan A gudelo w as recently called into the training

cam p by the U nited States U nder-23 N ational T eam as it begins the

process of qualification for the 2012 Sum m er O lym pic G am es in L ondon,

E ngland. A gudelo, w ho started and played all 90 m inutes in the R ed

B ulls’ season opening loss to FC D allas, w ill be unavailable for selection

for at least the R ed B ulls’ next tw o m atches, against R eal Salt L ake on

M arch 17 and the team ’s hom e opener on M arch 25 against the C olorado

R apids. A gudelo could m iss m ore tim e if the team advances in the

qualifying tournam ent, w hich begins on M arch 22 and concludes on A pril

2. A gudelo has m ade 30 career appearances w ith the R ed B ulls, scoring

six goals and adding tw o assists.

L IN D PE R E T H E IR O N M A N

Joel L indpere started his 56th consecutive gam e on M arch 11 at FC D allas.

L indpere ranks second in the league in consecutive starts, only behind

V ancouver W hitecaps FC forw ard Sebastien L e T oux.

C urrent M L S C onsecutive G am es Started

Player G am es Started From -T o

1. Sebastien L e T oux (V A N ) 59 5/15/2010-3/11/2012

2. Joel L indpere (N Y ) 56 5/29/2010-3/11/2012

3. Jeff L arentow icz (C O L ) 48 8/7/2010-3/10/2012

4. K osuke K im ura (C O L ) 45 8/28/2010-3/10/2012

5. M att Pickens (C O L ) 44 9/4/2010-3/10/2012

C O O PE R L O O K IN G FO R H A L F C E N T U R Y M A R K

R ed B ulls forw ard K enny C ooper scored the R ed B ulls’ lone goal in their

2-1 loss to FC D allas last w eek. T he goal w as C ooper’s 49th of his M ajor

L eague Soccer career, placing him 29th on the league’s all-tim e scoring list.

N ew Y ork acquired the form er FC D allas and Portland T im bers forw ard

on Jan. 12 for a 2013 first round M L S SuperD raft selection and allocation

m oney.

R IC H A R D S C O N T IN U E S T O C L IM B

W ith an appearance on Saturday vs. R eal Salt L ake, R ed B ulls m idfielder

D ane R ichards w ill m ove into a tie for fifth place w ith Jeff Parke on the

club’s all-tim e gam e played list w ith 132. R ichards also ranks sixth all-

tim e in starts (116) and m inutes played (10,281) eighth in goals (20) and

fourth in assists (24).

C L U B R E L E A SE S ST A T E M E N T O N L U K E R O D G E R S’ V ISA

ST A T U S


T he N ew Y ork R ed B ulls released the follow ing statem ent regarding

forw ard L uke R odgers on M arch 8:

“L uke m et w ith the U nited States C onsulate in L ondon earlier today

(M arch 8) and the outcom e w as positive, as he took a step forw ard in his

visa approval process to return to the country. T here are still issues to be

addressed. H ow ever, w e are hopeful and quietly confident that L uke w ill

be able to join the club soon. B ecause his case is still pending, w e cannot

elaborate any further.”

D E B U T B U L L S

Four R ed B ulls m ade their club debuts in the team ’s 2-1 loss to FC D allas

on Sunday. G oalkeeper R yan M eara, w ho the team drafted in the second

round of the 2012 M L S SuperD raft out of Fordham U niversity, earned

his first career start. D efender M arkus H olgersson, w ho m ost recently

played w ith H elsingborgs IF in his hom e country of Sw eden, also

debuted, starting and playing the full 90 m inutes in central defense.

Forw ard K enny C ooper m arked his club debut by com ing off the bench

and scoring the team ’s lone goal, his first w ith the club, w hile Icelandic

m idfielder V ictor Palsson also cam e off the bench in his first m atch for

N ew Y ork.

R E D B U L L S SIG N Q U A R T E T

T he R ed B ulls announced M arch 5 that the club has signed four new

players to its roster: defender T yler R uthven, m idfielder B randon

B arklage and forw ards Jose A ngulo and Jhonny A rteaga. Per league and

club rules, the term s of each deal w ere not disclosed.

B arklage, 25, has spent the past three seasons w ith D .C . U nited after the

club selected him in the third round of the 2009 M L S SuperD raft

(36th overall) out of Saint L ouis U niversity. T he St. L ouis, M O native has

logged 341 m inutes in 11 career M ajor L eague Soccer appearances.

B arklage spent tw o seasons each on the collegiate level at the U niversity

of N ew M exico and Saint L ouis U niversity. H e began his college career at

N ew M exico, earning First T eam A ll-M ountain Pacific Sports Federation

honors as a sophom ore at the school in 2006. D uring his senior year in

2008 w hile at Saint L ouis, B arklage w as a Second T eam A ll-A tlantic 10

selection.

R uthven spent the 2011 season w ith the A tlanta Silverbacks of the N A SL .

T he 23-year-old played in 27 gam es for A tlanta, scoring one goal, and

earned the league’s D efensive Player of the W eek honors on July 26. H e

turned professional in 2010, signing w ith U SL -2 side H arrisburg C ity

Islanders. T he A lpharetta, G A native played in eight gam es for the team ,

notching one goal. H e began his college soccer career at the U niversity of

San Francisco, but transferred to the U niversity of South C arolina in 2007

for his sophom ore season. A s a senior, he earned First T eam A ll-

C onference U SA accolades.

A rteaga, 25, m ost recently played for U SL Pro side FC N ew Y ork in

2011. A rteaga led U SL Pro this past season w ith 13 goals, and scored 16

in all com petitions. In 2010, he featured for Polish third division side L K S

L om za, for w hom he scored an im pressive eight goals in just 14

appearances. Prior to playing in Poland, A rteaga played for U SL PD L

side W estchester Flam es in 2009 and the W estern M ass Pioneers of the

U SL Second D ivision in 2008. A rteaga grew up in Stam ford, C T and

played on the collegiate level at D om inican C ollege, earning the C entral

A tlantic C ollege C onference Player of the Y ear in 2007 as a senior.

A ngulo, 24, played last season w ith the H arrisburg C ity Islanders of U SL

Pro, leading the club w ith nine goals. Prior to joining H arrisburg C ity,

A ngulo enjoyed a proficient season for the C entral Jersey Spartans in

2010, recording 10 goals in 11 appearances for the U SL PD L outfit.

A ngulo grew up in nearby C lifton, N J, and played on the high school

level at St. B enedict’s Preparatory School in N ew ark, N J w here he w as

nam ed a Parade M agazine A ll-A m erican.

R E D B U L L S, M SG N E T W O R K S R E V E A L 2012 T E L E V ISIO N

SC H E D U L E

T he N ew Y ork R ed B ulls and M SG N etw orks unveiled the official

television schedule for the upcom ing 2012 season. M SG and M SG + w ill

televise 19 M L S regular season of the team ’s 34 m atches.

T he first M L S regular season m atch that w ill be on the M SG netw orks is

the R ed B ulls’ clash against R eal Salt L ake on Saturday, M arch 17 at 10:00

PM E T w ith a 15-m inute pre-gam e show starting at 9:45 PM on M SG +.

M SG N etw orks w ill produce pre- and post-gam e show s for all R ed B ulls

hom e gam es and also select aw ay m atches. A ll gam e telecasts w ill be

produced in a high definition form at.

V eteran sports anchor and reporter Steve C angialosi returns for his fifth

season as the team ’s play-by-play announcer and 11th covering the R ed

B ulls, w hile form er N ew Y ork C osm os goalkeeper Shep M essing starts

his 12th season as an expert analyst. M SG N etw orks host and experienced

sideline reporter T ina C ervasio w ill be back for her fifth season covering

the R ed B ulls, w hile E ddie C aggianelli begins his 11th season producing

m atches.

N ew Y ork’s rem aining 15 regular season m atches w ill be exclusively

show n by M L S national partners E SPN N etw orks (seven tim es: four on

E SPN , three on E SPN 2) and the N B C Sports G roup (eight tim es: six on

N B C SN , tw o on N B C ). In addition, G alavision w ill telecast six R ed

B ulls m atches in Spanish (M SG N etw orks w ill telecast those gam es

sim ultaneously in E nglish).

T he full 2012 regular season television schedule can be seen at

w w w .new yorkredbulls.com /schedule.

T H IE R R Y H E N R Y R E T U R N S FR O M A R SE N A L L O A N

R ed B ulls forw ard and captain T hierry H enry spent part of the 2012

preseason on loan w ith his form er club, A rsenal. D uring the short-term

loan, w hich started on Jan. 9 and ended on Feb. 22, H enry scored an

im pressive three goals.

H enry returned to his form er club on M onday, Jan. 9 in a FA C up T hird

R ound m atch against L eeds U nited, com ing on as a 68th m inute

substitute. T he Frenchm an m ade his im pact felt just 10 m inutes after

com ing onto the pitch, controlling an A lex Song through ball and curling

it past goalkeeper A ndy L onergan, recording the gam e's only goal in a 1-0

victory.

H enry scored his second goal since re-joining A rsenal, netting the final

goal in the G unners’ 7-1 rout of B lackburn R overs on Feb. 4. H enry

entered the m atch for A lex O xlade-C ham berlain in the 68th m inute, and

finished off his chance in the 90th m inute.

T he Frenchm an m ade his final Prem ier L eague gam e of the season w ith

A rsenal a m em orable one, as he notched the gam e-w inning goal in

stoppage tim e to lift A rsenal to a 2-1 victory over Sunderland on Feb. 11.

It w as H enry’s club-leading 229th all-tim e goal for A rsenal.

H enry w as the R ed B ulls’ 2011 M ost V aluable Player, taking hom e the

club’s G olden B oot after scoring a team -high 14 goals in the regular

season. T he Frenchm an, w ho m ade the M L S A ll-Star T eam and w as part

of M L S’ season-ending B est X I, played in and started 26 gam es, logging

2,266 m inutes and registering four assists in his first full season in the

L eague. H e also notched his first career M L S C up Playoffs goal in N ew

Y ork’s 2-0 victory over FC D allas on O ct. 26 in the W ild C ard round.

H is 14 regular season goals ranked third-best in M L S this season.

H enry w as first w ith A rsenal from 1999-07, becom ing one of the side’s

all-tim e great players. T he French m arksm an w as the top scorer in the

E nglish Prem iership (2002, 2004-06) a record four tim es and helped

A rsenal w in the Prem iership cham pionship in 2002 and 2004. T he 32-

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year-old also helped lead his team to three E nglish FA C ups and claim ed

the E uropean G olden B oot in 2004 and 2005.

R E D B U L L S IN K IC E L A N D M ID FIE L D E R V IC T O R PA L SSO N

T he N ew Y ork R ed B ulls announced Feb. 10 that the club has signed

Icelandic m idfielder V ictor Palsson. H e w ill be added to the team ’s roster

pending receipt of his P-1 visa and International T ransfer C ertificate.

T he 20-year-old defensive m idfielder joins N ew Y ork after spending the

past year at Scottish Prem ier L eague side H ibernian. Palsson joined the

club in Jan. 2011 and appeared in 34 overall gam es, scoring one goal.

B efore m oving to Scotland, the R eykjavik, Iceland native w as at

renow ned E nglish club L iverpool in 2009, featuring for the club’s R eserve

T eam . In N ov. 2010, L iverpool loaned him out to L eague O ne side

D agenham and R edbridge, for w hom he m ade three appearances.

Palsson has featured internationally for Iceland on its various youth

team s, including the U nder-19 and U nder-21 levels. H e started his career

at Icelandic clubs Fjolnir and Fylkir before m oving to D anish club, A G F

A arhus in 2007.

R E D B U L L S PE N R O O K IE R Y A N M E A R A

T he N ew Y ork R ed B ulls announced Feb. 6 that they have signed new ly

acquired rookie goalkeeper R yan M eara.

T he R ed B ulls drafted M eara out of Fordham U niversity w ith the

31st overall pick in the 2012 M L S SuperD raft. T he C restw ood, N Y native

enjoyed an im pressive career at Fordham , registering 31 shutouts in 74

total appearances for the school. In 2011, M eara posted a .862 save

percentage w hich ranked sixth overall in the N C A A D ivision I and

surrendered just 0.65 goals per gam e on the w ay to being nam ed the

A tlantic 10 D efensive Player of the Y ear and A ll-A tlantic 10 C onference

First T eam . In 2010, M eara played for the N ew ark-based Jersey E xpress

S.C . of the Prem ier D evelopm ent L eague and w as voted the league’s

goalkeeper of the year. M eara w as born in Y onkers, N Y .

R E D B U L L S, M L S A G R E E T O T R A N SFE R FE E W IT H B O L T O N

W A N D E R E R S FC FO R T IM R E A M

O n Jan. 26, the R ed B ulls announced that M ajor L eague Soccer and

E nglish Prem iership side, B olton W anderers FC , agreed to a transfer fee

for R ed B ulls defender and U nited States N ational T eam international

T im R eam . R eam has agreed to personal contract term s w ith B olton,

earned U nited K ingdom visa approval and passed a physical. T he transfer

term s w ere not disclosed.

“W e are extrem ely happy for T im . H e has w orked very hard since he

joined M ajor L eague Soccer and becam e a R ed B ull and w e firm ly believe

that this opportunity w ill be beneficial to him and the R ed B ulls. T his w as

a difficult decision for us as a club, but at the end of the day, w e could not

turn dow n this opportunity to help T im ’s developm ent as a player. H e

has becom e a m ature professional during his tim e here and w e w ill fully

support him as he m oves to B olton. H e w ill alw ays be w elcom e at R ed

B ull A rena,” said R ed B ulls G eneral M anager and Sporting D irector E rik

Soler.

“W hile w e w ill m iss T im and his contributions both on and off the field,

this deal also presents us w ith a significant am ount of financial flexibility

heading into the 2012 M L S season. W e are confident that w e w ill be able

to add quality players that w ill strengthen the squad to help us tow ards

our goal of w inning M L S C up this year.”

“I w ant to thank the R ed B ulls and their fans for their trem endous

support over the past tw o years. T he club gave m e an unbelievable

opportunity to play in M ajor L eague Soccer and I w ould not have been in

this position w ithout the team and league’s backing. I w ill alw ays cherish

m y m em ories playing for N ew Y ork,” R eam said. “T his w as a hard

decision for m e considering the fact that I enjoyed playing for the R ed

B ulls and w as looking forw ard to the upcom ing M L S season. H ow ever,

after consulting w ith those closest to m e, I decided that this w as a once in

a lifetim e chance that I could not pass up.”

R eam recently com pleted his second season for the R ed B ulls. T he St.

L ouis, M O native started 28 gam es, only m issing tim e because of

international com m itm ents w ith the U .S. N ational T eam . H is play in

2011 w as recognized as he w as nam ed to the M L S A ll-Star T eam for the

first tim e in his career. H is sophom ore season in professional soccer

follow ed a terrific first year for the 24-year-old in 2010, as R eam w as a

finalist for M L S R ookie of the Y ear. R eam played every m inute of the

team ’s 30 regular season gam es, helping the club to a single-season

franchise record of 13 shutouts.

N ew Y ork acquired R eam after drafting him in the second round

(18th overall) in the 2010 M L S SuperD raft out of Saint L ouis U niversity.

H e played four seasons at Saint L ouis and w as nam ed the 2009 A tlantic

10 C onference D efensive Player of the Y ear. O n the international level,

R eam has earned seven caps for the U .S., m aking his senior team debut

w hen he started in a 1-0 w in over South A frica on N ov. 17, 2010 in C ape

T ow n.

D E FE N D E R W IL M A N C O N D E JO IN S T H E R E D B U L L S

T he N ew Y ork R ed B ulls announced Jan. 30 that they obtained the right

of first refusal for 2009 M L S B est X I defender W ilm an C onde from the

C hicago Fire in exchange for allocation m oney. N ew Y ork has agreed to

personal term s w ith the out-of-contract C onde and he w ill be added to

the team ’s roster pending receipt of his International T ransfer C ertificate.

C onde w as m ost recently w ith M exican First D ivision side, A tlas de

G uadalajara of the First D ivision, w here he m ade 13 appearances and

scored tw o goals. Prior to joining A tlas, C onde w as a m ajor contributor

to the C hicago Fire from 2007-10. O ver his three-plus seasons, C onde

played in 73 gam es, starting in 66 and tallied four goals and four assists.

C onde backstopped the Fire to three-straight postseason appearances

from 2007-09 and w as nam ed to the M L S A ll-Star T eam tw ice and earned

a spot in the 2009 M L S B est X I.

T he 29-year-old cam e to M L S from C olom bian club, M illonarios, w here

he appeared in 33 m atches from 2006-07. C onde started his career in 2000

w ith D eportes Q uindio and m oved onto C olom bia’s D eportivo C ali a

year later, w here he stayed from 2001-05. H e w as also w ith C olom bian

side C ortulua (2004) and E cuadorian club A ucas (2005) on loan stints.

R E D B U L L S SIG N G O A L K E E PE R JE R E M Y V U O L O

T he N ew Y ork R ed B ulls announced Jan. 25 that the club has signed

goalkeeper Jerem y V uolo. T he 25-year-old spent 2011 w ith Finnish side

A C O ulu after a standout career at Syracuse U niversity. V uolo w ill be

added to the team ’s roster pending receipt of his International T ransfer

C ertificate. Per league rules, term s of the deal w ere not disclosed.

T he D ow ningtow n, PA native began his professional career in 2011 w ith

then Finnish First D ivision (Y kkönen) side, A C O ulu. V uolo played in 24

m atches for the club, earning 11 clean sheets w hile helping the team to a

third place finish.

A t the collegiate level, V uolu spent his senior season of at Syracuse

U niversity after three successful years at H artw ick C ollege. A s a senior in

2010 for Syracuse, V uolo started 15 gam es and w as nam ed as a finalist for

the L O W E ’s Senior C lass A w ard for the nation’s m ost outstanding

student-athlete. H e w as nam ed the team ’s M ost V aluable Player after

ranking fourth in the B ig E ast C onference in saves and saves per gam e.

V uolo spent his first three college seasons at H artw ick C ollege, starting

53 of a possible 55 m atches. A s a junior in 2009, he had a breakout season

in w hich he com piled a 10-4-4 record and a 0.84 goals against average

w ith seven shutouts. H is excellent play in 2009 earned him the A ll-M id


A m erican G oalkeeper of the Y ear aw ard as w ell as First T eam A ll-M A C

honors, and he w as nam ed the team ’s M ost V aluable Player.

B efore college, V uolo w as a standout at D ow ningtow n W est H igh School

w hile also appearing at the club level for FC D elco, Spirit U nited C lub

and the R eading R age of the PD L .

R E D B U L L S A C Q U IR E FO R M E R B E ST X I FO R W A R D K E N N Y

C O O PE R

T he N ew Y ork R ed B ulls announced Jan. 12 the acquisition of 2008 M L S

B est X I forw ard K enny C ooper from the Portland T im bers in exchange

for N ew Y ork’s natural 2013 first round M L S SuperD raft pick and

allocation m oney.

C ooper spent the 2011 season w ith the expansion Portland T im bers and

featured in 34 gam es, starting 29. H e led the team w ith eight goals, 78

shots and 30 shots on goal w hile also adding tw o assists. From 2009 until

January 2011, C ooper w as a m em ber of G erm an second division side

1860 M unich. D uring his tim e there, he played in 13 gam es and scored

tw o goals. In 2010, he w as loaned to E nglish L eague C ham pionship club

Plym outh A rgyle, w hom he appeared for seven tim es.

Prior to his G erm an stint, C ooper played for FC D allas from 2006-09 and

w as a m ainstay in the club’s starting lineup. In 2006, his first year w ith the

club, C ooper scored 11 goals and four assists in 31 gam es and w as nam ed

the T eam ’s M ost V aluable Player. A fter playing just 14 gam es the

follow ing year due to injury, he bounced back w ith a breakthrough 2008

season w hich earned him a place in the M L S B est X I. C ooper led FC

D allas w ith 18 goals and w as rew arded w ith the league’s C om eback

Player of the Y ear aw ard. In all, C ooper appeared in 90 gam es for FC

D allas, scoring 40 goals and adding 10 assists.

C ooper began his professional career in E ngland w ith M anchester

U nited, but did not appear for the first team . H e enjoyed a loan stint w ith

E nglish club O ldham A thletic in 2005, scoring three goals in seven gam es

for the third division side. H e has m ade 11 appearances for the U .S. M en’s

N ational team , scoring five goals.

R E D B U L L S A D D D E FE N D E R S L A D E , H O L G E R SSO N ,

B O R R A JO

T his offseason, the R ed B ulls bolstered their backline by signing

defenders C onnor L ade, M arkus H olgersson and Jonathan B orrajo.

L ade becam e the R ed B ulls’ fifth hom egrow n signing out of their

A cadem y. In his senior year at St. John’s, the 22-year-old started in each

of the R ed Storm ’s 18 gam es, playing every m inute of every gam e for the

second straight season and backstopping it to a B IG E A ST T ournam ent

C ham pionship – a com petition in w hich he w as nam e the M ost

O utstanding D efensive Player. L ade earned Second T eam A ll-B IG E A ST

honors in 2011 after m aking the T hird T eam as a junior and helped the

defense record a scoreless streak of 647 m inutes and four seconds – the

third-longest in school history. H e m ade 60 consecutive starts and

am assed 81 appearances during his four years.

L ade attended M orristow n H igh School and w as a three-tim e First T eam

A ll-C onference, A ll-State and A ll-C ounty selection. H e becam e a

m em ber of the R ed B ulls A cadem y in D ec. 2007 and w as part of the

U nder-18 U .S. D evelopm ent A cadem y squad and the 2009 Super-Y

L eague cham pionship-w inning U nder-20 team w ith current R ed B ull

M att K assel. L ade joins K assel, Juan A gudelo, Sacir H ot and G iorgi

C hirgadze as form er A cadem y players w ho have graduated to the R ed

B ulls First T eam .

H olgersson w as m ost recently w ith Sw edish A llsvenskan side,

H elsingborg. From 2009, H olgersson m ade 80 appearances, scoring five

goals and helping H elsingborg becom e the first Sw edish club to w in the

L eague, Super C up and Sw edish C up titles in the sam e year in 2011.

H olgersson, a starter in central defense, also w as a part of the 2010 squad

that w on the Sw edish C up and finished second in the A llsvenskan.

T he 6-3 defender started his professional career in 2005 at A ngelholm s FF

of Sw eden’s Superettan – the country’s second highest league. T here,

H olgersson featured in 89 gam es and recorded six goals. T his m onth,

H olgersson earned his first international call-up for the Sw edish N ational

T eam .

B orrajo m ost recently played for H am arkam eratene of N orw ay.

O riginally starting w ith the team in the N orw ay’s Second D ivision,

B orrajo played every gam e of his first season since his A ug. 2010 debut

and helped his club earn prom otion to the First D ivision. O verall, the full

back m ade 36 appearances for H am arkam eratene.

Prior to joining H am arkam eratene, B orrajo featured for the R eal

M aryland M onarchs of the U SL Second D ivision in 2009, serving as team

captain and being the only player to feature in every m inute of each

m atch. H e earned a spot on the U SL Second D ivision A ll-L eague First

T eam for his efforts.

B orrajo attended G eorge M ason U niversity, being nam ed to the A ll-

C A A Second T eam and C A A A ll-T ournam ent T eam . D uring his four-

year career at G M U , B orrajo featured in 77 gam es, recording tw o goals

and four assists. T he 24-year-old w as a standout at C lifton H igh School,

being nam ed T eam M V P and B est D efender w hile earning spots on the

A ll-State and A ll-C ounty team s. H e has also featured in the R ed B ulls

A cadem y’s U nder-20 squad.


TH E TEA M

#17 JU A N A G U D ELO

Position: Forw ard

H ow A cquired: Signed on M arch 26, 2010 under M ajor L eague Soccer’s

H om e G row n Player rule.

Previous C lub/C ollege: R ed B ulls A cadem y

N Y D ebut: A pril 27, 2010 vs. Philadelphia (U SO C ). H is regular season debut

w as on O ct. 9, 2010 vs. R eal Salt L ake.

2012 Season Stats: G oals: 0 A ssists: 0 G P: 1 G S: 1

M L S C areer Stats: G oals: 6 A ssists: 2 G P: 30 G S: 13

2012 Season N otes: Started and played 90 m inutes on M arch 11 at FC D allas.

W ill m iss M arch 17 m atch at R eal Salt L ake and M arch 24 m atch vs. C olorado

R apids due to com m itm ents w ith the U nited States U nder-23 N ational T eam .

First M L S G oal: M arch 19, 2011

L ast M L S G oal: Septem ber 10, 2011

#99 JO SE A N G U LO

Position: Forw ard

H ow A cquired: Signed on M arch 5, 2012

Previous C lub: H arrisburg C ity Islanders (U SL -PR O )

N Y D ebut: N /A



2012 Season N otes:

First M L S G oal: N /A

L ast M L S G oal: N /A

#27 JH O N N Y A RTEA G A

Position: Forw ard


Previous C lub: FC N ew Y ork (U SL -PR O )

N Y D ebut: N /A



2012 Season N otes: M ade the 18-m an m atch day roster on M arch 11 at FC

D allas



#10 M EH D I BA LLO U C H Y

Position: M idfielder

H ow A cquired: A cquired by N ew Y ork on Sept. 14, 2010 from C olorado in

exchange for forw ard M acoum ba K andji

Previous C lub: C olorado R apids (M L S)

N Y D ebut: Septem ber 16, 2010 at FC D allas



2012 Season N otes: C am e off the bench and played four m inutes on M arch 11

at FC D allas.

First M L S G oal: M ay 20, 2006

L ast M L S G oal: June 4, 2011

#25 BRA N D O N BA RKLA G E



Previous C lub: D .C . U nited

N Y D ebut: N /A




D allas.



#3 JO N A TH A N BO RRA JO

Position: D efender

H ow A cquired: Signed on January 5, 2012

Previous C lub: H am arkam eratene (N orw ay)

N Y D ebut: N /A



2012 Season N otes:



#12 W ILM A N C O N D E

Position: D efender

H ow A cquired: Signed on Jan. 30, 2012 from C hicago Fire under M L S right of

first refusal rule in exchange for allocation m oney.

Previous C lub: A tlas de G uadalajara (M exico)

N Y D ebut: N /A



2012 Season N otes: Sustained thigh strain in preseason, w ill m iss 1-2 w eeks.

First M L S G oal: A ug. 9, 2008

L ast M L S G oal: A ug. 21, 2010

#33 KEN N Y C O O PER

Position: Forw ard

H ow A cquired: A cquired from Portland T im bers on January 12, 2012 in

exchange for 2013 first round selection in M L S SuperD raft and allocation

m oney.

Previous C lub: Portland T im bers (M L S)

N Y D ebut: M arch 11, 2012 at FC D allas



2012 Season N otes: Scored first goal of the season, first as a R ed B ull, off the

bench on M arch 11 at FC D allas.

First M L S G oal: A pril 1, 2006

L ast M L S G oal: M arch 11, 2012

#14 TH IERRY H EN RY

Position: Forw ard

H ow A cquired: Signed on July 14, 2010 as D esignated Player

Previous C lub: FC B arcelona (Spain)

N Y D ebut: July 31, 2010 at H ouston



2012 Season N otes: Scored three goals for A rsenal during short-term loan

from Jan. 6 to Feb. 17. E arned first assist of season on M arch 11 at FC D allas.

First M L S G oal: A ugust 28, 2010

L ast M L S G oal: O ctober 4, 2011

#6 C O REY H ERTZO G

Position: Forw ard

H ow A cquired: D rafted in the first round (13PthP overall) in the 2011 M L S

SuperD raft

Previous C lub/C ollege: Penn State U niversity

N Y D ebut: M arch 26, 2011 at C olum bus



2012 Season N otes:




#5 M A RKU S H O LG ERSSO N

Position: D efender


Previous C lub/C ollege: H elsingborg


2012 Season Stats: G oals: 0 A ssists: 0 G P. 1 G S: 1


2012 Season N otes: Started and played 90 m inutes, m aking team debut, on

M arch 11 at FC D allas.



#22 STEPH EN KEEL

Position: D efender


Previous C lub: Portland T im bers (U SL )

N Y D ebut: M arch 26, 2011 at C olum bus






#16 C O N N O R LA D E

Position: D efender

H ow A cquired: A cquired D ec. 5, 2011 under M L S H om e G row n Player rule.

Previous C lub/C ollege: St. John’s U niversity

N Y D ebut: N /A




D allas.



#20 JO EL LIN D PERE


H ow A cquired: Signed on M arch 5, 2010.

Previous C lub: T rom so IF (N orw ay)

N Y D ebut: M arch 27, 2010 vs. C hicago Fire



2012 Season N otes: Started 56th consecutive gam e on M arch 11 at FC D allas.

First M L S G oal: M arch 27, 2010

L ast M L S G oal: Septem ber 21, 2011

#4 RA FA M A RQ U EZ

Position: D efender/M idfielder

H ow A cquired: Signed on A ug. 2, 2010 as D esignated Player

Previous C lub: FC B arcelona (Spain)

N Y D ebut: A ugust 8, 2010 at C hicago Fire



2012 Season N otes: Suspended for first tw o m atches of regular season,

stem m ing from three gam e suspension follow ing first leg of 2011 W estern

C onference Sem ifinal series vs. L A G alaxy last postseason.

First M L S G oal: A ugust 21, 2010

L ast M L S G oal: A ugust 21, 2010

#11 D A X M C C A RTY


H ow A cquired: A cquired from D .C . U nited on June 27, 2011 in exchange for

m idfielder D w ayne D e R osario

Previous C lub: D .C . U nited (M L S)

N Y D ebut: July 2, 2011 at San Jose




First M L S G oal: Septem ber 23, 2007

L ast M L S G oal: A pril 17, 2010

# 18 RYA N M EA RA

Position: G oalkeeper

H ow A cquired: D rafted in the second round (31st overall) in the 2012 M L S

SuperD raft on Jan. 12, 2012. Signed on Feb. 1, 2012.

Previous C lub/C ollege: St. John’s U niversity


2012 Season Stats: G P: 1 G S: 1 R ec: 0-1-0 G A A : 2.00

M L S C areer Stats: G P: 1 G S: 1 R ec: 0-1-0 G A A : 2.00

2012 Season N otes: M ade professional and team debut on M arch 11 at FC

D allas, m aking four saves.

#7 RO Y M ILLER

Position: D efender


Previous C lub: R osenborg (N orw ay)

N Y D ebut: M arch 27, 2010 vs. C hicago






#44 VIC TO R PA LSSO N


H ow A cquired: Signed on February 9, 2012

Previous C lub: H ibernian (Scotland)




2012 Season N otes: C am e off the bench and played 13 m inutes on M arch 11 at

FC D allas.



#19 D A N E RIC H A RD S


H ow A cquired: D rafted in the second round (19th overall) in the 2007 M L S

SuperD raft.

Previous C lub/C ollege: C lem son U niversity

N Y D ebut: A pril 7, 2007 at C olum bus




First M L S G oal: M ay 5, 2007

L ast M L S G oal: O ctober 20, 2011

# 9 LU KE RO D G ERS

Position: Forw ard

H ow A cquired: Signed on Jan. 28, 2011

Previous C lub: N otts C ounty (E ngland)

N Y D ebut: M arch 26, 2011 at C olum bus C rew



2012 Season N otes:

First M L S G oal: A pril 16, 2011

L ast M L S G oal: N ovem ber 3, 2011

#15 TYLER RU TH VEN

Position: D efender


Previous C lub: A tlanta Silverbacks (N A SL )

N Y D ebut: N /A



2012 Season N otes:




#8 JA N G U N N A R SO LLI

Position: D efender/M idfielder

H ow A cquired: Signed on Jan. 24, 2011

Previous C lub: SK B rann (N orw ay)

N Y D ebut: M arch 19, 2011 vs. Seattle Sounders FC






#2 TEEM U TA IN IO


H ow A cquired: Signed on M arch 11, 2011.

Previous C lub: A jax (N etherlands)

N Y D ebut: M arch 19, 2011 vs. Seattle Sounders FC






# 24 JEREM Y VU O LO

Position: G oalkeeper


Previous C lub: A C O ulu (Finland)

N Y D ebut: N /A

2012 Season Stats: G P: 0 G S: 0 R ec: 0-0-0 G A A : 0.00

M L S C areer Stats: G P: 0 G S: 0 R ec: 0-0-0 G A A : 0.00

2012 Season N otes: W as on 18-m an roster for season opener at FC D allas

M arch 11.


2 0 1 2 R ed B u lls R eg u la r Sea so n O verview

R ed B u lls G o a ls Sco red In terva ls

T O T A L 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90+

R ed B ulls 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

O pponents 2 1 0 0 0 1 0

2 0 1 2 C a teg o rica l W in /Lo ss

H om e R oad O verall

O verall: 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

V s. E ast: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

V s. W est: 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

Scoring First: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

O pp. Scoring First: 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

L eading at H alf: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

T railing at H alf: 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

T ied at H alf: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

L eading at 75’ 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

T railing at 75’: 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

T ied at 75’: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

O utshooting O pp.: 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

O ut-Shot by O pp.: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Shots E ven: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

O ne-G oal G am es: 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

D ay G am es: 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

N ight G am es: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In W hite U niform s: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In B lue U niform s: 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

O n M SG N etw orks 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

O n E SPN N etw orks 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

O n N B C Sports 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

O n G alavision: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In M arch: 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

In A pril: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In M ay: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In June: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In July: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In A ugust: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In Septem ber: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

In O ctober: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

M iscella n eo u s Sta tistics

Q uickest G oal: C ooper 78’ (3/9 at FC D )

Q uickest G oal A gainst: L oyd 11’ (3/9 at FC D )

G am e-W inning G oals after 75’: N /A

G am e-T ying G oals after 75’: N /A

M ulti-G oal G am es: N /A

H at T ricks: N /A

H at T ricks A gainst: N /A

O w n G oals For: N /A

O w n G oals A gainst: N /A

R ed C ards: N /A

O pponent’s R ed C ards: N /A

Shutouts: N /A

UP en a lty K ick s Fo r (0 -fo r-0 )

P en a lty K ick s A g a in st (0 -fo r-0 )

R ed B u lls In d ivid u a l A w a rd s/H o n o rs


2 0 1 2 R ED B U LLS LIN EU P S

M a rch 1 1 a t FC D a lla s

L 1 -2 (2 0 ,9 0 6 )

G K M eara

D M iller

D Keel

D H olgersson

D Solli

M Lindpere (Palsson 77’)

M Tainio

M M cC arty (Ballouchy 86’)

M Richards (C ooper 63’ – 1)

F H enry

F A gudelo

SN U : Vuolo, Lade, A rteaga,

Barklage


2 0 1 2 N EW Y O R K R ED B U LLS R O STER (A LP H A B ETIC A L)

N o. Player Pos. H t. W t. D O B H om etow n C ollege

17 Juan A gudelo F 6-1 183 11/23/1992 B arnegat, N J

99 Jose A ngulo F 5-11 185 1/13/1988 C lifton, N J

27 Jhonny A rteaga F 5-11 170 11/24/1986 Stam ford, C T D om inican

10 M ehdi B allouchy M 5-11 169 4/6/1983 C asablanca, M orocco Santa C lara

25 B randon B arklage M 5-11 165 11/2/1986 St. L ouis, M O Saint L ouis

3 Jonathan B orrajo D 5-9 165 6/2/1987 C lifton, N J G eorge M ason

2 W ilm an C onde D 6-2 188 8/29/1982 C ali, C olom bia

33 K enny C ooper F 6-3 210 10/21/1984 B altim ore, M D

14 T hierry H enry F 6-2 183 8/17/1977 Paris, France

6 C orey H ertzog F 6-0 172 8/1/1990 R eading, PA Penn State

5 M arkus H olgersson D 6-3 174 4/16/1985 H elsingborg, Sw eden

22 Stephen K eel D 6-0 175 4/11/1983 L ittleton, C O W ake Forest

16 C onnor L ade D 5-6 145 11/16/1989 L ivingston, N J St. John’s

20 Joel L indpere M 5-10 165 10/5/1981 T allinn, E stonia

4 R afa M árquez M /D 6-0 166 2/13/1979 Z am ora, M exico

11 D ax M cC arty M 5-9 150 4/30/1987 W inter Park, FL N orth C arolina

18 R yan M eara G K 6-4 185 11/15/1990 C restw ood, N Y Fordham

7 R oy M iller D 6-2 166 11/24/1984 San Jose, C osta R ica

44 V ictor Palsson M 6-1 170 4/30/1991 R eykjavik, Iceland

19 D ane R ichards M 5-7 150 12/14/1983 M ontego B ay, Jam aica C lem son

9 L uke R odgers F 5-8 157 1/1/1982 B irm ingham , E ngland

15 T yler R uthven D 6-2 180 7/18/1988 A lpharetta, G A South C arolina

8 Jan G unnar Solli M 6-0 186 4/19/1981 A rendal, N orw ay

6 T eem u T ainio M 5-9 157 11/27/1979 T ornio, Finland

24 Jerem y V uolo G K 6-3 196 9/5/1987 D ow nington, PA Syracuse

P R O N U N C IA TIO N G U ID E (N U M ER IC A L)

N o. Player Pos. Pronunciation Place of B irth L ast T eam

2 W ilm an C onde D C O H N -day C ali, C olom bia C lub A tlas (M exico)

3 Jonathan B orrajo D B ohr-R A H -hoe C lifton, N J H am arkam eratene (N orw ay)

4 R afa M árquez M /D M A H R -kez Z am ora, M exico FC B arcelona (Spain)

5 M arkus H olgersson D H O H L -ger-son H elsingborg, Sw eden H elsingborgs IF (Sw eden)

6 T eem u T ainio M T E H -m oo T A IN -nee-oh T ornio, Finland A jax A m sterdam (N etherlands)

6 C orey H ertzog F R eading, PA Penn State U niversity

7 R oy M iller D San Jose, C osta R ica R osenborg (N orw ay)

8 Jan G unnar Solli D Y A H N SO H -lee A rendal, N orw ay SK B rann (N orw ay)

9 L uke R odgers F B irm ingham , E ngland N otts C ounty (E ngland)

10 M ehdi B allouchy M M E H -dee bah-L O O -chee C asablanca, M orocco C olorado R apids (M L S)

11 D ax M cC arty M W inter Park, FL FC D allas (M L S)

14 T hierry H enry F T Y A IR -ee ahn-R E E L es U lis, France FC B arcelona (Spain)

15 T yler R uthven D A lpharetta, G A A tlanta Silverbacks (N A SL )

16 C onnor L ade D L ivingston, N J St. John’s U niversity

17 Juan A gudelo F A gg-goo-D E L L -oh M anizales, C olom bia N ew Y ork R ed B ulls U -20

18 R yan M eara G K M A R E -uh C restw ood, N Y Fordham U niversity

19 D ane R ichards M M ontego B ay, Jam aica C lem son U niversity

20 Joel L indpere M JO L lind-PE A R T allinn, E stonia T rom so IL (N orw ay)

22 Stephen K eel D L ittleton, C O Portland T im bers (U SSF D -2)

24 Jerem y V uolo G K V O H -loh Philadelphia, PA A C O ulu (Finland)

25 B randon B arklage M St. L ouis, M O D .C . U nited(M L S)

27 Jhonny A rteaga F ar-tee-A H -gah C ali, C olom bia FC N ew Y ork (U SL -PR O )

33 K enny C ooper F B altim ore, M D Portland T im bers (M L S)

44 V ictor Palsson M PA H L -son R eykjavik, Iceland H ibernian (Scotland)

99 Jose A ngulo F ahn-G O O -loh C ali, C olom bia H arrisburg C ity (U SL -PR O )

UC oaching/T echnical Staff:

Sporting D irector/G M : E rik Soler

H ead C oach: H ans B acke

A ssistant C oaches: Jan H alvor H alvorsen, M ike Petke

G oalkeeper C oach: T odd H offard

T echnical D irector: R icardo C am pos

Perform ance D irector: Jam ie M urphy

Strength & C onditioning C oach: Jerem y H olsopple

A ssistant Strength & C onditioning C oach: C ristobal R odriguez

UT eam Staff:

H ead A thletic T rainer: D am ien Franolich

A ssistant A thletic T rainer: M elvyn Pam plona

Perform ance A nalyst: D avid A lvarez

Perform ance and V ideo A nalyst: D avid L ee

T eam A dm inistrator: Juan R om ero

E quipm ent M anager: Fernando R uiz

A ssistant E quipm ent M anager: Sean R uiz

M assage T herapist: T raci Snyder

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