From our football correspondent
Steady
Market13 Mar 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match11 Mar 2028
Houston Dynamo left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad13 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of DeAndre Yedlin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad13 Mar 2028
40 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market13 Mar 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Real Salt Lake know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market13 Mar 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Derek Dodson may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Market14 Feb 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Feb 2028
70 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market14 Feb 2028
Cooper Flax is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Real Salt Lake has been clear about where Cooper Flax stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market14 Feb 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Real Salt Lake know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market14 Feb 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Derek Dodson may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad24 Jan 2028
133 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad24 Jan 2028
110 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad24 Jan 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad6 Dec 2027
Mason Stajduhar: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Real Salt Lake have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad6 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Noel Caliskan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Derek Dodson asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market30 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match28 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Real Salt Lake's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Real Salt Lake has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 109 days on the sidelines for Shane Wiedt, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Nelson Palacio
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Real Salt Lake, and 6 appearances in 20 say he has earned the hearing.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad9 Aug 2027
Derek Dodson: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Real Salt Lake have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match7 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Real Salt Lake's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Real Salt Lake has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Emeka Eneli gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Real Salt Lake is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Derek Dodson and Real Salt Lake agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.