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Real Salt Lake falls 1-0 to the Crew

February 13, 2006 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release


SALT LAKE CITY (Monday, February 13, 2006) - Real Salt Lake played its third preseason match yesterday eventually falling 1-0 to the Columbus Crew in the Tom Fitzgerald Memorial Festival at Pepin Stadium on the University of Tampa campus in Tampa, Fla. Crew DF Chad Marshall tallied the lone goal of the match in the 55th minute.

"We were pleased with what we did offensively and defensively during the first half of the game. We created a few chances in beginning, middle and end of the first half. Defensively we played well in the first half," said RSL Head Coach John Ellinger. "In the second half we substituted our whole lineup and this provided us with a good opportunity to evaluate the performance of some our players against a starting unit."

RSL started the attack early as former Columbus Crew striker Jeff Cunningham made a run at Crew goalkeeper Jon Busch at the 10-minute mark, the offside flag was raised and the play was whistled dead. Five minutes later, Crew FW Jamal Sutton had a good look at the RSL goal, firing high from the top of the box.

Real ran right back down the field shortly thereafter and nearly scored off a header by MF Seth Trembly. He got on the end of a good cross and put his attempt on goal, but Busch made a diving save to his left to tip the ball away from the goal. In the 27th minute, MF Andy Williams earned a free kick just outside the top of the penalty area. Williams took the set piece, firing the shot straight into the defensive wall.

At the 39-minute mark, Williams picked up the ball from MF Kevin Novak down the right flank, but his right-footed shot was blocked before it could get anywhere near the goal. MF Chris Brown had a shot blocked out for a corner with about a minute to play in the first half with the half ending 0-0.

Real began the second half with a complete lineup change. Second half substitute and No. 2 overall selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft Mehdi Ballouchy had an opportunity within the first five minutes when he launched a shot from the top of the box, but Busch was able make an easy save.

In the 55th minute, the Columbus Crew tallied the games lone goal. Marshall came up out of the defense for a free kick. MF Jose Retiz took the free kick from the right flank and played the ball to the back post where it met Marshall who powered a header past RSL ‘keeper Noah Palmer. RSL had an opportunity in the final minutes, but the Crew defense cleared the ball from the line ending the game 1-0.

Scoring Summary:

CLB - Chad Marshall (Robert Scarlett) ‘55

Real Salt Lake - Jay Nolly (Noah Palmer, 60), Gustavo Cabrera (Robert Scarlett, 46), Nelson Akwari (Daniel Torres, 46), Carey Talley (Nik Besagno, 46), Chris Brown (Adolfo Gregorio, 46), Kenny Cutler (Tiger Fitzpatrick, 46), Seth Trembly (Christian Jiminez, 46), Kevin Novak (Luke Kreamalmeyer, 46), Andy Williams (Mehdi Ballouchy, 46), Diego Walsh (Melvin Tarley, 46), Jeff Cunningham (Jamie Watson, 46).

2006 RSL PRESEASON SCHEDULE (Dates/times subject to change)

DAY/DATE OPPONENT/EVENT SITE RESULT/TIME (MT) RECORD

Wednesday, Feb. 1 Training Camp Begins IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL until Friday, Feb. 17

Tuesday, Feb. 7 U.S. Amateur Team IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL W 4-2 1-0-0

Wednesday, Feb. 8 MetroStars IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL W 2-1 2-0-0

Sunday, Feb. 12 Columbus Crew* Pepin Stadium - Tampa, FL L 0-1 2-1-0

Wednesday, Feb. 15 Kansas City Wizards IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL 8:00 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 17 D.C. United IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL 8:00 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 17 Training Camp Continues Ft. Lauderdale, FL until Thursday, March 2

Saturday, Feb. 25 Houston 1836 RRISD Athletic Complex - Austin, TX 5:00 p.m.

Monday, March 6 Training Camp Continues Salt Lake City, UT until Sunday, March 12

Saturday, March 11 Columbus Crew Lafayette, LA 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 16 Final Leg of Training Camp Univ. of Redlands, Redlands, CA until Friday, March 24

Friday, March 17 Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves Home Depot Center - Carson, CA 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, March 19 Chivas USA Univ. of Redlands, Redlands, CA TBD

Saturday, March 25 University of Portland Portland, OR 8:30 p.m.

*Second Annual Tom Fitzgerald Memorial Soccer Festival in Tampa, Fla.

POPE ADDS SECOND GOAL & KLEIN GETS FIRST 2006 START IN U.S. MNT WIN: RSL DF Eddie Pope and MF Chris Klein each played substantial minutes in the in the U.S. Men's National Team 3-2 win over Japan at SBC Park in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, February 10. Pope added his 76th career cap and notched his eighth career goal for the U.S. MNT while playing a full 90 minutes. The goal marked the first time Pope has ever scored in back-to-back games with the national team with his last goal coming in a 5-0 victory against Norway at the Home Depot Center on January 29.

Klein started his first game of 2006 against Japan and played 79 minutes as a fill-in at right back for the U.S. The St. Louis, Mo. native has come on as a substitute twice in the MNT previous friendlies against Canada and Norway. Klein notched his fourth career goal for the U.S. in the 5-0 win over Norway.

The U.S. MNT's next friendly is against Guatemala at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas on Sunday, February 19 at 12:00 p.m. MT, live on ESPN2. The schedule for the U.S. MNT 2006 international friendlies leading up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany follows:

Day Date Matchup Time (MT) LOCATION

Sun. Feb. 19 Guatemala 12:00 p.m. Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas

Wed. March 1 Poland 12:00 p.m. Fritz-Water-Stadio, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Wed. March 22 Germany 12:25 p.m. Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany

All games televised live on ESPN2

SEQUEIRA COMES ON AS SECOND HALF SUBSTITUTE FOR THE TICOS: Head Coach Alexandre Guimaeres brought on RSL MF Douglas Sequeira as a second half substitute for MF Carlos Hernandez in the 70th minute to secure Costa Rica's 1-0 win over South Korea at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif. on February 11. Costa Rican FW Alvaro Saborio scored the game-winner from the penalty spot in the 39th minute of the first half after MF Victor Nunez was taken down after receiving a long ball and taking on two defenders in the penalty area.

PURCHASE THE NEW 2006 RSL "HIGH-FIVE" PACK: RSL latest ticket plan option, the "High-Five" pack, is now on sale. Fans can now purchase a premium level seat on the East side of Rice-Eccles stadium for five of the 2006 season games plus receive one RSL T-shirt and a full 3x5 ft. RSL Flag with the package ($30 value) for $125. The "High-Five" pack includes our Home Opener against the MetroStars on Saturday, April 15, both ESPN2 broadcast games against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, April 29 and Rocky Mountain rivals Colorado Rapids on Saturday, May 27, and RSL's two Fireworks Spectaculars against Chivas USA on Tuesday, July 4 (Independence Day) and FC Dallas on Saturday, July 22 (Pioneer Day). You can purchase the "High-Five" pack by visiting the RSL Ticket Office at 515 South 700 East, #2R, SLC, UT 84102, by logging onto www.RealSaltLake.com or by contacting the Real Salt Lake Ticket Office at (866) 9-SOCCER.

2006 RSL SEASON, HALF SEASON AND FLEX TICKET PACKAGES ON SALE: The RSL 2006 season ticket package features 20 games, including all 16 MLS regular season games and four special bonus games. Real Salt Lake's season ticket pricing remains level with the 2005 prices, and consists of Youth (15 and younger) and Adult in five price levels. Prices for the 2006 season ticket packages are $200 adult ($180 youth) for the North Goal, $300 adult ($240 youth) for the Corner Flag, $400 ($320 youth) for East Sideline, $500 ($400 youth) for VIP and $1,000 ($1,000 youth) Club seats.

The 2006 half season plan features 10 games (to be announced once the MLS 2006 schedule is announced), including nine MLS regular-season games and one special bonus game. Real Salt Lake's mini-plan ticket pricing consists of Youth (15 and younger) and Adult in four price levels. Prices for the 2005 mini-plan season ticket packages are $130 adult ($110 youth) for the North Goal, $180 adult ($150) for the Corner Flag, $220 adult ($180 youth) for East Sideline and $300 adult ($230 youth) for VIP seats.

To add more options for fans, RSL is also offering the flex season ticket package, which is comprised of twenty vouchers of the same price category (North Goal, Corner Flag, Premium and VIP) that allows the purchaser to determine which games they would like to see in the regular reason and how many tickets needed for that game. Prices for the 2005 Flex Package are $280 for the North Goal, $340 for the Corner Flag, $440 for the East Sideline and $560 for the VIP seats. Tickets can be redeemed in the following way: one could use all the vouchers and bring 20 people to one game or 4 people could attend five games. Flex vouchers are discounted from the day of game pricing making it an even greater value.

All tickets can be purchased by visiting the RSL Ticket Office at 515 South 700 East, #2R, SLC, UT 84102, by logging onto www.RealSaltLake.com or by contacting the Real Salt Lake Ticket Office at (866) 9-SOCCER.

MLS CAMPS: MLS Camps is the Official Camp & Clinic of Major League Soccer is the Official Camp & Clinic of Real Salt Lake! NEW for 2006, Fantasy Camp and focused Team Training experiences. To find out more about all of RSL's Youth Development Programs, call Scott Reynolds at (801) 924-8575 or by email at SReynolds@RealSaltLake.com. To partner with RSL to host MLS Camps in your community, call us today.

ACCESS REAL: Real fans can now receive up-to-date information on the team by signing up for the RSL Weekly Newsletter on our website at http://real.saltlake.mlsnet.com/MLS/rsl/fans/.

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