The Real Salt Lake Post
Squad8 Feb 2027
Diego Luna falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market8 Feb 2027
Ricardo Pepi steps up from the Real Salt Lake academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ricardo Pepi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Paul Wright joins the Real Salt Lake first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paul Wright is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Real Salt Lake release $10.7M for the manager
The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Real Salt Lake
Rico Browne was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market8 Feb 2027
The Morgan Guilavogui story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Morgan Guilavogui signs something — a contract at Real Salt Lake or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Squad Fernando Madrigal still has not settled
- Squad Max Kerkvliet asks for a word with the manager