Inside MLS: Real Salt Lake

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CHAPTER 1 AN IMPROBABLE RUN Real Salt Lake entered 2009 with high expectations The club was coming off the best of its four seasons in Major League Soccer MLS RSL as the club is commonly known had finished seventh in the league in 2008 Then it reached the conference finals before falling to the New York Red Bulls 1 0 at home in Sandy Utah a suburb of Salt Lake City Confidence also stemmed from the club’s belief in relying on its system rather than star players to carry the squad Each member of the team had a role in helping RSL reach its full potential Despite those high hopes RSL got off to a rocky start in 2009 The club won just three of its first 12 matches However all three of those victories were at home marking Robbie Findley went on a scoring binge early in the 2009 season 4