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February 27, 2006 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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SALT LAKE CITY (Monday, February 27, 2006) - Real Salt Lake is heading into its fifth week of preseason training camp in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. today and continues preparation for the 2006 season with games against the Faroe Islands on Tuesday, February 28 and against the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team on Friday, March 3 with both games being played at the Sunrise Hilton in Ft. Lauderdale.

The Faroe Islands has been a member of the UEFA confederation since 1990 and FIFA since 1988 and has participated in FIFA World Cup qualifying since 1994. With a population of just 50,000, they are one of the smallest nations to take part in European qualifiers and their most recent international result was a 2-1 loss to Israel on October 8, 2005 in their last match of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

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

Tuesday, Feb. 14 University of Central Florida IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL W 4-0 3-1-0

Wednesday, Feb. 15 Kansas City Wizards IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL W 2-1 4-1-0

Friday, Feb. 17 D.C. United IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL W 3-1 5-1-0

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

Wednesday, Feb. 22 Viborg FF (Danish Superliga) Sunrise Hilton - Ft. Lauderdale, FL L 2-1 5-2-0

Friday, Feb. 24 Florida International University Sunrise Hilton - Ft. Lauderdale, FL W 2-0 6-2-0

Saturday, Feb. 25 Houston 1836 RRISD Athletic Complex - Austin, TX W 2-1 7-2-0

Tuesday, Feb. 28 Faroe Islands Sunrise Hilton - Ft. Lauderdale, FL 8:00 a.m.

Friday, March 3 U.S. U-20 Men's National Team Sunrise Hilton - Ft. Lauderdale, FL 8:00 a.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# Clive Charles Complex - Portland, OR 8:30 p.m.

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

#Clive Charles Soccer Classic in Portland, Ore.

POPE JOINS RSL CAMP TODAY: RSL DF Eddie Pope joined training camp today in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. after spending the last two months with the U.S. Men's National Team participating in four international friendlies in preparation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The 11-year MLS veteran is expected to start in RSL's preseason game against the Faroe Islands tomorrow.

Pope anchored the U.S. defense, and helped shut down FW Carlos Ruiz and the rest of the Guatemalan attack for the entire match in his last game on February 19 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX. He played a full 90 minutes along with RSL teammate MF Chris Klein for the U.S. and added his 77th career cap. The North Carolina product notched his seventh U.S. career goal in the 5-0 rout of Norway on January 29. Pope started and played in 20 games during the 2005 season, and tallied one goal against the Los Angeles Galaxy on May 14.

KLEIN PREPARING WITH U.S. MNT FOR POLAND: Real Salt Lake MF Chris Klein is with the U.S. Men's National Team and will face fellow FIFA World Cup finalists Poland on Wednesday, March 1 at Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern, Germany at 12:00 p.m. MT, live on ESPN2.

Klein already has two goals and two assists for the U.S. through four games for the MNT in 2006. He tallied a goal and two assists to lead the U.S. to a 4-0 rout over Guatemala on February 19, and also scored in the 5-0 win over Norway on February 29. The two goals have increased Klein's total to five career goals for the U.S. in 20 career appearances since October 25, 2000. The schedule for the U.S. MNT 2006 international friendlies and its FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 group match slate follows:

Day Date Matchup Time (MT)/Results LOCATION

Sun. Jan. 22 Canada T 0-0 Torero Stadium, San Diego, Calif.

Sun. Jan. 29 Norway W 5-0 Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif

Fri. Feb. 10 Japan W 3-2 SBC Park, San Francisco, Calif.

Sun. Feb. 19 Guatemala W 4-0 Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas

Wed. March 1 Poland* 12:00 p.m. Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany

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

Tues. April 11 Jamaica* 5:00 p.m. SAS Park, Cary, N.C.

Mon. June 12 Czech Republic # 10:00 a.m. FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Sat. June 17 Italy# 1:00 p.m. Fritz-Water-Stadio, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Thurs. June 22 Ghana# 8:00 p.m. Frankenstadion, Nuremburg, Germany

*All games televised live on ESPN2

#2006 FIFA World Cup Germany

RSL TO HOLD OPEN CASTING CALL FOR 2006 IMAGE CAMPAIGN: Real Salt Lake will be holding an open casting call on Monday, March 6 at a location yet to be determined, for the 2006 Image Campaign. RSL encourages fans to come out and be a part of the first ever casting call hosted by the professional soccer organization. Fans interested should R.S.V.P. to fun@realsaltlake.com and will receive notification of further details.

SINGLE-GAME TICKETS FOR ENTIRE SCHEDULE ON SALE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1: RSL today announced that single-game tickets for the entire 2006 season schedule 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 Wednesday, March 1. Previously single-game tickets were put on sale only for the RSL home opener against the MetroStars on Saturday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. RSL single-game tickets prices for the 2006 season are $16 for north goal, $20 for corner flag, $27 for premier east and $32 for VIP west. Beginning in March, KFC's 35 restaurants in Utah will be the exclusive sponsor and distributor of $12 tickets in Sections E40 and E41, which will now be known as the KFC Colonel's Corner. 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.

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, and the 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.

2006 SEASON MEDIA ACCREDITATION: RSL's 2006 season media accreditation process is underway. Members of the media who wish to apply should fill out the online form no later than Friday, March 31, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. MT. Log on to http://real.saltlake.mlsnet.com/MLS/rsl/offers/2006/credential/ for more information.

MLS CAMPS: The Official Camp and Clinic of Major League Soccer is NOW 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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