Real Salt Lake News

With all four ties in the playoffs wide open as they enter their second legs, it seems certain that, come Sunday evening, some of the higher seeds will be clearing out their lockers.

Question: You guys didn't celebrate too much on the field after Thursday's series-clinching win at Columbus, why? Answer: It felt good, but it wasn't that huge for me really.

Minutes after 8 p.m. Saturday, as referee Mark Geiger whistled the end of the Crew-Real Salt Lake game in Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, Crew supporters clicked off their televisions in central Ohio, threw their remotes and issued a collective, guttural yaw of disgust.

RSL defender Robbie Russell celebrates his team's 1-0 upset win over Columbus, but from the looks of the photo, it's hard to tell RSL did anything other than win another game.

The man from the Windy City pulls no punches when it comes to soccer in the USA.

Last weekend, the Columbus Crew tried every trick in the book to escape from Rio Tinto Stadium with a scoreless draw.

Deseret News Yura Movsisyan played the hero again for Real Salt Lake in its first round game against the Columbus Crew on Thursday.

The Columbus Crew take their first step in defending their MLS Cup championship when they travel to Utah to take on Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium in game one of their 2009 Eastern Conference Semifinal Series on Saturday.

After qualifying for the postseason on the final weekend of the regular season, Real Salt Lake will begin its second consecutive trip to the MLS Cup Playoffs this Saturday, October 31, when they host the defending MLS Cup Champion Columbus Crew in Leg One of their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series.

Conference semifinal series are home-and-home and decided on total goals: Crew vs.

The defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew earned a second straight Supporters' Shield for the highest point total in the league.

Guillermo Barros Schelotto, last season's M.L.S. most valuable player, is the engineer of the Columbus offense.

Real Salt Lake is a team that prides itself on having depth, with numerous players capable of contributing on any given night.

Andy Williams came alive toward the end of the regular season to help lead RSL into the Major League Soccer playoffs for the second straight season.

Competitively speaking, Columbus seems to have several advantages over Real Salt Lake heading into their first-round playoff series.

Robbie Findley scored twice in the first half to boost Real Salt Lake to an easy 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.

Robbie Findley scored twice in the first half to boost Real Salt Lake to an easy 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.

Major League Soccer rivals Real Salt Lake and Colorado meet with their playoff lives on the line at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night.

One down, two to go. But Real Salt Lake is facing today what figures to be the toughest test of its last-ditch, three-game push to reach the Major League Soccer playoffs again.

TFC in the thick of MLS race Toronto FC Dwayne De Rosario, left, battles for the ball against Real Salt Lake Chris Wingert, right, during first half MLS soccer action in Toronto on Saturday, Oct.