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Real Salt Lake Weekly Update

Published on March 19, 2013 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release


REAL SALT LAKE LOOKS FOR FIRST-EVER WIN IN TEXAS ON SATURDAY AT FC DALLAS

Real Salt Lake will aim for its first-ever win in Texas this Saturday, when it will take on Western Conference foe FC Dallas at FC Dallas Stadium. The Claret-and-Cobalt drew its last match, tying the Colorado Rapids 1-1 last Saturday in the 2013 Rio Tinto Stadium opener.

Real Salt Lake is 0-18-3 across all competitions in Texas and 0-10-2 all-time at Dallas. RSL drew its lone match at Dallas in 2012, getting a late goal to tie FCD 1-1 on April 25, 2012.

Saturday's match will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. MT and will be broadcast live on ABC4, Univision, ESPN700 AM and 102.3 La Gran D/1600 AM.

FIVE REAL SALT LAKE PLAYERS CALLED UP FOR INTERNATIONAL DUTY

RSL captain Kyle Beckerman (U.S.), DF Tony Beltran (U.S.), DF Abdoulie Mansally (The Gambia), GK Nick Rimando (U.S.) and FW Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica) were all called to their respective national teams for the upcoming round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

Beckerman, Beltran and Rimando will take on Saborio and Costa Rica in Denver on Friday (8 p.m. MT on ESPN) before taking on Mexico at Estadio Azteca on March 26 (8:30 p.m. MT on ESPN). Saborio and Los Ticos will head to Costa Rica following Friday's game, taking on Jamaica in San Jose on March 26. Mansally and The Gambia will take on Ivory Coast on the road on Saturday.

All five players will miss Real Salt Lake's Saturday match at FC Dallas. Their absences, coupled with injuries to MF Javier Morales, DF Chris Wingert, DF Rich Balchan, DF Carlos Salcedo, MF David Viana and MF Khari Stephenson could leave RSL with a total of 11 players unavailable for Saturday's game.

TICKETS FOR CONCACAF GOLD CUP DOUBLEHEADER AT RIO TINTO STADIUM ON SALE

Rio Tinto Stadium will host a CONCACAF Gold Cup doubleheader on July 13, with the U.S. taking on Cuba and Costa Rica facing Belize in Group Stage action. A ticket pre-sale for the twin-bill is underway now, with select individuals able to purchase tickets to the event at www.RioTintoStadium.com/events/gold-cup.php.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on March 21 at www.RioTintoStadium.com/events/gold-cup.php.

RSL RESERVES IMPROVE TO 2-0-0 WITH WIN OVER COLORADO RESERVES

The Real Salt Lake Reserves beat the Colorado Rapids Reserves 2-1 on Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium to move to 2-0-0 on the season. FW Devon Sandoval and RSL-AZ Academy MF Coco Navarro scored for the Claret-and-Cobalt Reserves.

RESERVE LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST SEATTLE MOVED

RSL's Reserve League match against Seattle Sounders FC Reserves initially scheduled for March 31 at America First Field in Sandy, Utah will be rescheduled due to Seattle's advancement to the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals. The new date and time of the match is yet to be determined. Seattle will take on Santos Laguna in the CCL Semis on April 2 and April 9.

GRABAVOY BACK IN ACTION, BORCHERS CLOSE TO FULL RETURN

Real Salt Lake MF Ned Grabavoy made his first appearance of the season on Saturday, coming on for injured MF Khari Stephenson and playing the entire second half of RSL's 1-1 draw against Colorado. Grabavoy missed RSL's first two games due to a family matter. He wore "Grabavoys" on the back of his jersey on Saturday to honor his family.

RSL DF Nat Borchers also saw some action on Saturday, starting and playing 69 minutes in RSL's Reserve League win over Colorado. Saturday's Reserve League game was Borchers' first game action of 2013. The veteran center back had been out while recovering from offseason surgery on his right quad.

RIMANDO UP FOR TWO GOVERNOR'S STATE OF SPORT AWARDS

RSL GK Nick Rimando - who was honored in a ceremony prior to Saturday's game against Colorado for becoming the second player in MLS history to reach 100 career shutouts - is up for two Governor's State of Sport Awards. Rimando is nominated in the Pro Male Athlete category and in the Highlight category.

The winners of the second-annual Governor's State of Sport Awards will be determined by an online vote and will be announced at the Governor's State of Sport Awards Luncheon at the Zions Bank Basketball Center on April 16. Fan voting will run until April 9. Fans can vote for Rimando by clicking here.

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