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Real Salt Lake 2, Metrostars 1

February 8, 2006 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release


SALT LAKE CITY (Wednesday, February 8, 2006) - Real Salt Lake tallied its second win of the preseason today with a 2-1 victory over the MetroStars at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. RSL's two goals were scored by 2006 MLS SuperDraft second overall pick MF Medhi Ballouchy and FW Jamie Watson, while the lone goal for the MetroStars was scored by MF Mark Lisi.

"In the game we had more veteran players in the first half than in the second half," said RSL Head Coach John Ellinger. "Progress is going really good considering we have not spent a lot of time on shape issues or overall tactics. Primarily we are just trying to get the players back into some resemblance of fitness and comfortable with the ball. Overall I was pleased with the play in both halves by the two groups."

RSL captured the first goal in the game at the close of the first half. 2006 MLS SuperDraft first round pick MF Mehdi Ballouchy added his first goal in an RSL uniform when DF Chris Brown played a through ball from the defense to the Santa Clara University product. Ballouchy was standing just outside the box when he turned and rocketed a low shot. MF Seth Trembly made a play on the ball and at the last second stepped away allowing Ballouchy's shot to sail past GK Tony Meola in the 41st minute.

Real began the second half substituting its entire lineup minus ‘keeper Jay Nolly. Just three minutes into the half, RSL tallied its second goal of the match off a penalty kick after FW Jamie Watson was taken down in box in the 48th minute. The MetroStars notched its only goal of the game when MF Eddie Gaven deflected a ball off of Nolly. Lisi found the lose ball and fired a shot into the back of the net in the 60th minute.

Scoring Summary: Misconduct:

RSL - Medhdi Ballouchy (Chris Brown) '41 MET - Taylor Graham (Yellow) ‘31

RSL - Jamie Watson (penalty) '48 MET - Peter Canero (Yellow) ‘58

MET - Mark Lisi (unassisted) ‘60

Real Salt Lake Reserves - Jay Nolly, Gustavo Cabrera (Willis Forko), Nelson Akwari (Michael Lookingland), Carey Talley (Nikolas Besagno), Chris Brown (Adolfo Gregorio), Seth Trembly (Ryan Johnson), Douglas Sequeira (Kenny Cutler), Diego Walsh (Leslie Fitzpatrick), Mehdi Ballouchy (Kevin Novak), Atiba Harris (Jamie Watson), Jeff Cunningham (Jeff Rowland)

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

Thursday, Feb. 9 U.S. U-17 Men's National Team IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL CANCELLED

Sunday, Feb. 12 Columbus Crew* Spartan Stadium - Tampa, FL 4:30 p.m.

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

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.

PURCHASE THE NEW 2006 RSL "HIGH-FIVE" PACK: RSL today announced its newest ticket plan package, the "High-Five" pack. 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 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.

SINGLE GAME TICKETS TO HOME OPENER ON SALE TOMORROW: Real Salt Lake also announced today that single-game tickets for its 2006 MLS Home Opener against the MetroStars on Saturday, April 15 will officially go on sale at the University of Utah Ticket Office, located at the Stadium's south end, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 9.

RSL season ticket holders should call their RSL account representative to purchase single-game tickets for the Home Opener. RSL single-game tickets prices for Opening Day are $32 for VIP west, $27 for premier east, $20 for corner flag and $16 for north goal. Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Utah Ticket Office at 451 South 1400 East, by logging onto www.utahtickets.com or by contacting the Ticket Office at (801) 581-UTIX.

2006 RSL SEASON, MINI-PLAN 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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