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(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOW HOU 4-0-2 3-3-6 0-4-3 6-1-2 1-6-7 RSL 5-1-1 5-2-3 0-3-2 10-1-1 0-5-2 HOUSTON DYNAMO REAL SALT LAKE Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since) Home win 8/14/2011 HOU 2, POR 1 (0) 8/06/2011 RSL 3, NY 0 (0) Road win 10/16/2010 HOU 1, SJ 0 (12) 4/09/2011 RSL 2, NE 0 (7) Home loss 6/18/2011 HOU 0, CLB 2 (4) 7/30/2011 RSL 0, CLB 2 (1) Road loss 7/23/2011 HOU 0, CHV 3 (2) 8/13/2011 RSL 0, TOR 1 (0) Tie game 8/17/2011 HOU 1, NE 1 (0) 7/04/2011 RSL 3, NE 3 (6) Shutout for 7/09/2011 HOU 2, TOR 0 (6) 8/06/2011 RSL 3, NY 0 (1) Shutout vs. 7/23/2011 HOU 0, CHV 3 (4) 8/13/2011 RSL 0, TOR 1 (0) Dynamo LTTWWTWLLTTLTLWLTTWTLWTWT Real Salt Lake WWWWLWTTLWLTTTWTWWLLWL GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG HOU 25 7 9 6 2 1 31 1.24 RSL 22 7 7 3 3 2 30 1.36 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG HOU 25 4 13 7 1 0 30 1.20 RSL 22 11 6 4 1 0 17 0.77 GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 HOU 31 4 4 6 4 3 10 RSL 30 4 2 6 5 4 9 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 HOU 30 5 2 8 3 4 8 RSL 17 3 4 1 0 3 6 GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS BY INTERVALS RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL THE LAST TIME GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED DYNAMO G: 4 4 players tied A: 11 Davis SHT: 52 Cameron SOG: 21 Bruin FC: 41 Weaver FS: 27 Weaver OF: 14 Ching/Weaver C: 4 Davis/Palmer E: 1 6 players tied REAL G: 6 Espindola/Saborio A: 7 Beckerman SHT: 43 Saborio SOG: 16 Espindola FC: 24 Beckerman/Wingert FS: 30 Grabavoy OF: 25 Saborio C: 6 Johnson E: 1 3 players tied TEAM LEADERS GP W -L-T PTS GF GA Dynamo 25 7-7-11 32 31 30 at home 13 7-3-3 24 23 15 Real 22 10-6-6 36 30 17 on road 9 2-4-3 9 5 7 2011 SEASON RECORDS LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (15 meetings): Dynamo 7 wins, 22 goals … Real 3 wins, 20 goals … Ties 5 AT HOUSTON (7 meetings): Dynamo 6 win, 18 goals … Real 0 wins, 12 goals … Ties 1 2011 (MLS) 5/14: RSL 0, HOU 0 1 Hall 19 Dixon 31 Hainault 11 Davis 10 Watson 21 Freeman 15 Weaver 20 Cameron 4 Taylor 32 Boswell 25 Ching 15 Saborio 3 Russell 5 Beckerman 21 Gil 26 Warner 2 Beltran 6 Borchers 28 Schuler 77 Williams 18 Rimando 7 Espindola HOUST ON DYNAMO 1 Tally Hall (GK) 2 Eddie Robinson (DF) 3 Calen Carr (FW) 4 Jermaine Taylor (DF) 5 Danny Cruz (MF) 7 Colin Clark (MF) 8 Kofi Sarkodie (DF) 9 Jason Garey (FW) 10 Je-Vaughn Watson (MF) 11 Brad Davis (MF) 12 Will Bruin (FW) 13 Francisco Navas Cobo (MF) 15 Cam Weaver (FW) 16 Adam Moffat (MF) 18 Josue Soto (MF) 19 Alex Dixon (MF) 20 Geoff Cameron (MF) 21 Hunter Freeman (DF) 24 Tyler Deric (GK) 25 Brian Ching (FW) 26 Corey Ashe (MF) 28 Evan Newton (GK) 29 Carlo Costly (FW) 31 André Hainault (DF) 32 Bobby Boswell (DF) Luiz Camargo (MF) REAL SAL T LAKE 1 Tim Melia (GK) 2 Tony Beltran (DF) 3 Robbie Russell (DF) 4 Jamison Olave (DF) 5 Kyle Beckerman (MF) 6 Nat Borchers (DF) 7 Fabian Espindola (FW) 8 Will Johnson (MF) 10 Arturo Alvarez (MF) 11 Javier Morales (MF) 12 Jean Alexandre (MF) 13 Chris Agorsor (FW) 15 Alvaro Saborio (FW) 17 Chris Wingert (DF) 18 Nick Rimando (GK) 19 Blake Wagner (DF) 20 Ned Grabavoy (MF) 21 Luis Gil (MF) 22 Nelson Gonzalez (MF) 23 Paulo Junior (FW) 24 Kyle Reynish (GK) 25 Donny Toia (FW) 26 Collen Warner (MF) 27 Cody Arnoux (FW) 28 Chris Schuler (DF) 30 Rauwshan McKenzie (DF) 77 Andy Williams (MF) ROSTERS PROBABLE LINEUPS REFEREE: Abbey Okulaja. SAR (bench): Craig Lowry; JAR (opposite): Adam Garner; 4th: John McCloskey DYNAMO Sat. Aug. 27 at Vancouver Sat. Sept. 10 at Sporting KC Wed. Sept. 14 at Columbus Sat. Sept. 17 San Jose UPCOMING MATCHES HOUSTON DYNAMO v REAL SALT LAKE (Aug. 20, Robertson Stadium, 7:30 p.m. CT) INJURY REPORTS DISCIPLINARY SITUATION INTERNATIONAL DUTY SUSPENDED: HOU: Adam Moffat (through Aug. 21) … RSL: Will Johnson (through Aug. 21) WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none none HOUSTON DYNAMO - OUT: FW Will Bruin (L knee surgery); MF Danny Cruz (R quad strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Colin Clark (L knee injury) … REAL SALT LAKE - OUT: MF Nelson González (R foot fracture), MF Ned Grabavoy (L adductor strain); MF Javier Morales (L ankle fracture dislocation), DF Chris Wingert (L wrist fracture); QUESTIONABLE: DF Jamison Olave (L knee MCL strain); PROBABLE: MF Jean Alexandre (R knee internal pain), DF Tony Beltran (neck strain) GK Nick Rimando (R wrist pain), FW Álvaro Saborío (R knee effusion) REAL Sat. Aug. 27 at Chivas USA Sat. Sept. 3 Philadelphia Sat. Sept. 10 at Seattle Sat. Sept. 17 Sporting KC GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA F A 30 17 66 116 18 10 8 4 4 3 0 0 12 6 4 3 5 1 1 1 5 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 10 4 16 9 3 4 F A 31 30 73 75 13 16 11 10 6 4 1 0 11 14 7 5 6 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 8 8 20 17 3 5 WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM HOW SCORED TYPE OF PLAY DISTANCE DYNAMO REAL

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The MLS Game Guide (Media Notes) in advance of the MLS regular season game between the Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake at Robertson Stadium in Houston, Texas (6:30 p.m. MT kickoff).

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(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWHOU 4-0-2 3-3-6 0-4-3 6-1-2 1-6-7RSL 5-1-1 5-2-3 0-3-2 10-1-1 0-5-2

HOUSTON DYNAMO REAL SALT LAKEDate Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)

Home win 8/14/2011 HOU 2, POR 1 (0) 8/06/2011 RSL 3, NY 0 (0)Road win 10/16/2010 HOU 1, SJ 0 (12) 4/09/2011 RSL 2, NE 0 (7)Home loss 6/18/2011 HOU 0, CLB 2 (4) 7/30/2011 RSL 0, CLB 2 (1)Road loss 7/23/2011 HOU 0, CHV 3 (2) 8/13/2011 RSL 0, TOR 1 (0)Tie game 8/17/2011 HOU 1, NE 1 (0) 7/04/2011 RSL 3, NE 3 (6)Shutout for 7/09/2011 HOU 2, TOR 0 (6) 8/06/2011 RSL 3, NY 0 (1)Shutout vs. 7/23/2011 HOU 0, CHV 3 (4) 8/13/2011 RSL 0, TOR 1 (0)

Dynamo LTTWWTWLLTTLTLWLTTWTLWTWTReal Salt Lake WWWWLWTTLWLTTTWTWWLLWL

GOALS SCORED IN GAMEGP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG

HOU 25 7 9 6 2 1 31 1.24RSL 22 7 7 3 3 2 30 1.36

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAMEGP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG

HOU 25 4 13 7 1 0 30 1.20RSL 22 11 6 4 1 0 17 0.77

GOALS SCOREDTotal 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90

HOU 31 4 4 6 4 3 10RSL 30 4 2 6 5 4 9

GOALS ALLOWEDTotal 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90

HOU 30 5 2 8 3 4 8RSL 17 3 4 1 0 3 6

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

DYNAMOG: 4 4 players tiedA: 11 DavisSHT: 52 CameronSOG: 21 BruinFC: 41 WeaverFS: 27 WeaverOF: 14 Ching/WeaverC: 4 Davis/PalmerE: 1 6 players tied

REALG: 6 Espindola/SaborioA: 7 BeckermanSHT: 43 SaborioSOG: 16 EspindolaFC: 24 Beckerman/WingertFS: 30 GrabavoyOF: 25 SaborioC: 6 JohnsonE: 1 3 players tied

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GADynamo 25 7-7-11 32 31 30at home 13 7-3-3 24 23 15

Real 22 10-6-6 36 30 17on road 9 2-4-3 9 5 7

2011 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (15 meetings): Dynamo 7 wins, 22 goals … Real 3 wins, 20 goals … Ties 5

AT HOUSTON (7 meetings): Dynamo 6 win, 18 goals … Real 0 wins, 12 goals … Ties 1

2011 (MLS)5/14: RSL 0, HOU 0

1Hall

19Dixon

31Hainault

11Davis

10Watson

21Freeman

15Weaver

20Cameron

4Taylor

32Boswell

25Ching

15Saborio

3Russell

5Beckerman

21Gil26

Warner

2Beltran 6

Borchers

28Schuler

77Williams

18Rimando

7Espindola

HOUSTON DYNAMO1 Tally Hall (GK)2 Eddie Robinson (DF)3 Calen Carr (FW)4 Jermaine Taylor (DF)5 Danny Cruz (MF)7 Colin Clark (MF)8 Kofi Sarkodie (DF)9 Jason Garey (FW)10 Je-Vaughn Watson (MF)11 Brad Davis (MF)12 Will Bruin (FW)13 Francisco Navas Cobo (MF)15 Cam Weaver (FW)16 Adam Moffat (MF)18 Josue Soto (MF)19 Alex Dixon (MF)20 Geoff Cameron (MF)21 Hunter Freeman (DF)24 Tyler Deric (GK)25 Brian Ching (FW)26 Corey Ashe (MF)28 Evan Newton (GK)29 Carlo Costly (FW)31 André Hainault (DF)32 Bobby Boswell (DF)

Luiz Camargo (MF)

REAL SALT LAKE1 Tim Melia (GK)2 Tony Beltran (DF)3 Robbie Russell (DF)4 Jamison Olave (DF)5 Kyle Beckerman (MF)6 Nat Borchers (DF)7 Fabian Espindola (FW)8 Will Johnson (MF)10 Arturo Alvarez (MF)11 Javier Morales (MF)12 Jean Alexandre (MF)13 Chris Agorsor (FW)15 Alvaro Saborio (FW)17 Chris Wingert (DF)18 Nick Rimando (GK)19 Blake Wagner (DF)20 Ned Grabavoy (MF)21 Luis Gil (MF)22 Nelson Gonzalez (MF)23 Paulo Junior (FW)24 Kyle Reynish (GK)25 Donny Toia (FW)26 Collen Warner (MF)27 Cody Arnoux (FW)28 Chris Schuler (DF)30 Rauwshan McKenzie (DF)77 Andy Williams (MF)

ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS

REFEREE: Abbey Okulaja.SAR (bench): Craig Lowry; JAR (opposite): Adam Garner;

4th: John McCloskey

DYNAMOSat. Aug. 27 at Vancouver

Sat. Sept. 10 at Sporting KCWed. Sept. 14 at Columbus

Sat. Sept. 17 San Jose

UPCOMING MATCHES

HOUSTON DYNAMO v REAL SALT LAKE(Aug. 20, Robertson Stadium, 7:30 p.m. CT)

INJURY REPORTS

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

SUSPENDED: HOU: Adam Moffat (through Aug. 21) … RSL: Will Johnson(through Aug. 21)WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

none

HOUSTON DYNAMO - OUT: FW Will Bruin (L knee surgery); MF Danny Cruz(R quad strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Colin Clark (L knee injury) … REALSALT LAKE - OUT: MF Nelson González (R foot fracture), MF Ned Grabavoy(L adductor strain); MF Javier Morales (L ankle fracture dislocation), DF ChrisWingert (L wrist fracture); QUESTIONABLE: DF Jamison Olave (L knee MCLstrain); PROBABLE: MF Jean Alexandre (R knee internal pain), DF TonyBeltran (neck strain) GK Nick Rimando (R wrist pain), FW Álvaro Saborío (Rknee effusion)

REALSat. Aug. 27 at Chivas USA

Sat. Sept. 3 PhiladelphiaSat. Sept. 10 at Seattle

Sat. Sept. 17 Sporting KC

GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL

RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS

OTHER

OPEN PLAYCROSS

CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES

DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)

OWN GOALS

INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA

OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

F A30 1766 116

18 108 44 30 0

12 64 35 11 15 31 12 20 0

10 416 93 4

F A31 3073 75

13 1611 106 41 0

11 147 56 31 32 31 22 01 0

8 820 173 5

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

DYNAMO REAL

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2011 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Tim Melia GK 6-1 195 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 Tony Beltran DF 5-8 150 10/11/1987 Claremont, CA 18 15 0 1 74 63 0 33 Robbie Russell DF 6-2 200 07/16/1979 Accra, Ghana 16 13 0 2 68 59 1 94 Jamison Olave DF 6-3 210 04/21/1981 Medellin, Colombia 14 14 2 1 89 88 10 15 Kyle Beckerman MF 5-11 165 04/23/1982 Crofton, MD 22 20 2 7 262 234 23 316 Nat Borchers DF 6-2 175 04/13/1981 Tucson, AZ 19 19 2 1 191 190 7 47 Fabian Espindola FW 5-9 160 05/04/1985 Buenos Aires, Argentina 17 15 6 1 85 67 22 88 Will Johnson MF 5-10 155 01/21/1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 17 15 2 1 86 75 7 510 Arturo Alvarez MF 5-9 170 06/28/1985 Houston, TX 11 5 0 1 177 106 24 1911 Javier Morales MF 5-9 165 01/10/1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina 5 5 2 2 93 88 17 3312 Jean Alexandre MF 5-11 185 08/24/1986 Verrettes, Haiti 14 8 1 2 33 13 1 213 Chris Agorsor FW 5-9 145 01/09/1990 Severn, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 015 Alvaro Saborio FW 6-0 170 03/25/1982 San Carlos, Costa Rica 13 13 6 2 40 36 18 617 Chris Wingert DF 5-10 170 06/16/1982 Babylon, NY 17 16 0 1 181 150 1 1118 Nick Rimando GK 5-9 184 06/17/1979 Montclair, CA 21 21 0 0 276 276 0 619 Blake Wagner DF 5-10 165 01/29/1988 Atlanta, GA 9 9 0 0 49 41 0 020 Ned Grabavoy MF 5-7 150 07/01/1983 Joliet, IL 19 18 0 0 156 114 8 1721 Luis Gil MF 5-8 150 11/14/1993 Garden Grove, CA 15 6 1 0 15 6 1 022 Nelson Gonzalez MF 5-6 154 09/22/1988 Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 2 1 1 18 5 2 223 Paulo Araujo Jr. FW 5-7 158 01/23/1989 Teresina, Brazil 5 2 2 2 8 2 2 224 Kyle Reynish GK 6-3 193 11/03/1983 Valencia, CA 1 1 0 0 5 4 0 025 Donny Toia FW 5-8 155 05/28/1992 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 026 Collen Warner MF 5-10 170 06/24/1988 Denver, CO 18 10 0 3 31 14 0 327 Cody Arnoux FW 5-10 170 04/13/1988 Stony Brook, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 Chris Schuler DF 6-4 185 09/09/1987 St. Louis, MO 11 10 1 0 12 11 1 030 Rauwshan McKenzie DF 6-1 185 11/19/1986 Hartford, CT 1 1 0 0 10 8 0 077 Andy Williams MF 5-8 171 09/23/1977 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 20 12 2 0 321 223 30 85

HEAD COACH : Jason Kreis 12/29/1972 W52 L45 T41

REAL SALT LAKE

2011 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Tally Hall GK 6-4 205 05/12/1985 SeaTac, WA 25 25 0 1 30 30 0 12 Eddie Robinson DF 6-1 195 06/19/1978 Orlando, FL 2 2 0 0 166 154 9 103 Calen Carr FW 6-0 150 10/04/1982 Oakland, CA 1 0 0 0 83 19 9 34 Jermaine Taylor DF 5-10 180 01/14/1985 Portland, Jamaica 10 8 0 0 10 8 0 05 Danny Cruz MF 5-8 170 01/03/1990 Petersburg, VA 14 10 1 1 45 24 3 37 Colin Clark MF 6-0 180 04/11/1984 Fort Collins, CO 20 12 3 3 104 82 13 138 Kofi Sarkodie DF 5-8 165 03/22/1991 Huber Heights, OH 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 09 Jason Garey FW 6-0 185 07/19/1984 Baton Rouge, LA 10 2 0 0 93 42 15 610 Je-Vaughn Watson MF 6-1 175 10/22/1983 St. Catherine, Jamaica 16 9 0 2 16 9 0 211 Brad Davis MF 5-11 175 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 25 25 3 11 247 209 34 7512 Will Bruin FW 6-2 194 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 21 20 4 1 21 20 4 113 Francisco Navas Cobo MF 5-10 150 11/17/1991 Houston, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 015 Cam Weaver FW 6-4 195 06/10/1983 Tacoma, WA 23 15 4 1 54 33 11 516 Adam Moffat MF 6-0 175 05/15/1986 Glasgow, Scotland 9 4 1 0 53 40 6 118 Josue Soto MF 5-9 160 01/03/1989 Fort Worth, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 019 Alex Dixon MF 5-8 150 02/07/1990 Bay City, TX 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 020 Geoff Cameron MF 6-3 185 07/11/1985 Attleboro, MA 24 24 4 4 92 76 10 1221 Hunter Freeman DF 5-11 175 01/08/1985 Tyler, TX 20 19 1 2 104 89 2 624 Tyler Deric GK 6-3 195 08/30/1988 Houston, TX 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 025 Brian Ching FW 6-1 195 05/24/1978 Haleiwa, HI 14 9 4 1 183 151 76 2826 Corey Ashe MF 5-5 154 03/14/1986 Orange County, CA 23 21 0 0 121 67 1 1128 Evan Newton GK 6-2 185 04/01/1988 Virginia Beach, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 029 Carlo Costly FW 6-2 187 07/18/1982 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 031 Andre Hainault DF 6-0 180 06/17/1986 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 23 23 0 0 71 68 3 332 Bobby Boswell DF 6-2 185 03/15/1983 Austin, TX 20 19 3 1 184 181 9 7

Luiz Camargo MF 5-8 172 05/04/1987 Vinhedo, Sao Paulo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HEAD COACH : Dominic Kinnear 07/26/1967 W95 L65 T79

HOUSTON DYNAMO

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HOUSTON DYNAMO vs REAL SALT LAKE ROBERTSON STADIUM, Houston, Texas 7:30 p.m. CT (KHOU/Azteca; KMYU-2.2) August 20, 2011 (WEEK 23; MLS Game 227)

The Houston Dynamo will look to maintain their home hegemony against Real Salt Lake when the clubs face off on Saturday evening at Robertson Stadium. The Dynamo have never lost to Real Salt Lake at home, and are coming off a last-gasp 1-1 draw at New England at midweek. Real are playing a second consecutive match on the road, starting the swing with a 1-0 loss at Toronto FC last weekend. REFEREE: Abbey Okulaja. SAR (bench): Craig Lowry; JAR (opposite): Adam Garner; 4th: John McCloskey MLS Career: 111 games; FC/gm: 26.9; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 19; pens: 25 INJURY REPORT: HOUSTON DYNAMO – OUT: FW Will Bruin (L knee surgery); MF Danny Cruz (R quad strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Colin Clark (L knee injury) … REAL SALT LAKE – OUT: MF Nelson González (R foot fracture), MF Ned Grabavoy (L adductor strain); MF Javier Morales (L ankle fracture dislocation), DF Chris Wingert (L wrist fracture); QUESTIONABLE: DF Jamison Olave (L knee MCL strain); PROBABLE: MF Jean Alexandre (R knee internal pain), DF Tony Beltran (neck strain) GK Nick Rimando (R wrist pain), FW Álvaro Saborío (R knee effusion) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: HOU: Adam Moffat (through Aug. 21) … RSL: Will Johnson (caution accumulation; through Aug. 21) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: HOU: Bobby Boswell, Danny Cruz, Brad Davis, Hunter Freeman, Adam Moffat, Cam Weaver … RSL: Jean Alexandre, Kyle Beckerman, Fabian Espindola, Robbie Russell, Chris Wingert HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (15 meetings): Dynamo 7 wins, 22 goals … Real 3 wins, 20 goals … Ties 5 AT HOUSTON (7 meetings): Dynamo 6 win, 18 goals … Real 0 wins, 12 goals … Ties 1

The teams played to a scoreless draw on May 14 at Rio Tinto Stadium in their first meeting this season. The Dynamo have never lost to RSL at home. They’ve won six of seven meetings there, with one draw – that

lone result for RSL coming June 20, 2009. While Real have yet to ever win at Robertson Stadium, the Dynamo have left Utah with the full three points just

once – a 1-0 win in 2007 at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Coaches record: Jason Kreis v HOU: P11 W2 L5 D4 … Dominic Kinnear vs. RSL: P19 W9 L3 D7

LAST MEETING (MLS) 5/14: RSL 0, HOU 0

Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall made just one save. RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando was called upon to make three saves, including a pair on Dynamo rookie Will Bruin, both coming in short order just after the hour mark.

REAL SALT LAKE (4-3-1-2): Nick Rimando - Robbie Russell, Jamison Olave, Nat Borchers, Chris Wingert, Ned Grabavoy, Kyle Beckerman, Will Johnson (Nelson Gonzalez 85) - Collen Warner (Andy Williams 60) - Arturo Alvarez (Jean Alexandre 74), Alvaro Saborio.

HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-4-2): Tally Hall - Hunter Freeman, Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Corey Ashe - Colin Clark (Je-Vaughn Watson 67), Lovel Palmer, Geoff Cameron, Brad Davis - Will Bruin (Koke 69), Cam Weaver (Jason Garey 87).

HOUSTON DYNAMO The Houston Dynamo stretched their unbeaten run to four games in dramatic fashion, coming back for a late 1-1 draw with the New England Revolution on Wednesday evening at Gillette Stadium. The Dynamo have 32 points from 25 games on the season, sitting in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. LAST MATCH

New England poked in front after just four minutes. A partially cleared corner came back into the box, where Milton Caraglio saw his close-range effort deflected by a sliding defender. But it fell right to Ryan Cochrane at the back post, who turned in the goal against his former side.

But the Dynamo pulled even with some late dramatics. Brad Davis curled in a corner kick and Carlo Costly rose highest to force Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis into a save. But Bobby Boswell was able to poke home the rebound on the goal line for the leveler.

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Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear made three changes to the team that defeated the Portland Timbers 2-1 at Robertson Stadium. Jermaine Taylor came in at left back for Corey Ashe, Je-Vaughn Watson started for Colin Clark in midfield and Cam Weaver replaced Carlo Costly up top.

HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-1-3-2): Tally Hall - Hunter Freeman (Calen Carr 80), Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Jermaine Taylor - Adam Moffat (sent off 94+) - Je-Vaughn Watson (Alex Dixon 62), Geoff Cameron, Brad Davis - Brian Ching (Carlo Costly 71), Cam Weaver.

TEAM NEWS The goal was the sixth time this season the Dynamo have scored in the 83rd minute or later to rescue a result

– they’ve scoring tying goals on five occasions, and the winning goal once (in the opening meeting with New England).

“I think we’re playing good. I think the last three, four games we’ve played, two on the road, I think we’ve been very good. We’ve created a lot of chances, we’ve scored some goals and I just like the way that we’re completing the game,” said Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear. “It took us I think the 86th minute in Philadelphia to get a late goal, it took us in the 90th tonight, so I just think the guys’ attitude and character have been excellent.”

The Dynamo have one win and seven draws in 14 games when they’ve conceded first – the most times this season a team has come back to get at least a point. The 10 points gained after allowing the first goal are third-most in MLS, behind Seattle (15) and Columbus (13).

“It’s easy to put your head down and just not give up, but (think) maybe this isn’t our night, but credit to our guys over the last four games,” said Brad Davis. “I think everybody’s put it out there and really stayed together and concentrated for the full 90 minutes and luckily [Wednesday] it paid off.”

While the Dynamo have eight draws in 12 away matches, they are still one of three teams in MLS this season without a victory on the road (also: Toronto and Vancouver).

Forward Calen Carr made his Dynamo debut, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute. He suffered a concussion during preseason with the Chicago Fire, keeping him out of action.

The goal was the sixth directly from a corner kick this season for the Dynamo, one behind Seattle for most in MLS. Nine of 31 Houston goals (plus two penalties) have come directly from set-piece situations.

“Our size and our ability to crash in the box, our services are great,” said Geoff Cameron. “You get tall guys like Cam Weaver, Brian Ching, myself, Bobby Boswell – we’re crashing the net and we’re a force to reckon with and I think we’ve done well.”

REAL SALT LAKE Real Salt Lake lost for a third time in four starts, going down to a 1-0 defeat to Toronto FC on Saturday evening at BMO Field. RSL sits in fifth place in the Western Conference, with 36 points from 22 matches. LAST MATCH

The game's lone goal came in the 77th minute. Joao Plata chased down a Matt Stinson cross on the left side, and turned back into the box. He tried to find Peri Marosevic cutting toward goal, but the ball slipped past both he and RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando, settling inside the far post.

Real hit the woodwork twice in the first half and TFC goalkeeper Milos Kocic made four saves in keeping the clean sheet.

RSL coach Jason Kreis made no changes to the side that rolled to a 3-0 victory against the New York Red Bulls at Rio Tinto Stadium

REAL SALT LAKE (4-3-1-2): Nick Rimando - Robbie Russell (Paulo Araujo Jr. 81), Chris Schuler, Nat Borchers, Chris Wingert (Tony Beltran 32), Will Johnson, Kyle Beckerman, Andy Williams (Arturo Alvarez 76) - Luis Gil - Fabian Espindola, Alvaro Saborio.

TEAM NEWS The 1-0 loss to Toronto was Real’s third shutout in their last four games. They still have yet to score at BMO

Field in a league game. “I think that we did enough tonight, certainly to pick up a draw, and on a different night we walk away from here

with all three points. If we score some of those chances that we had tonight things look completely different,” said RSL head coach Jason Kreis. “The goal that was scored was a very fluky one as well, so all-in-all we just couldn’t get the bounces tonight that I feel we needed to get.”

For the first time in more than a year, Kreis ran out the same starting XI in back-to-back games, doing so against New York and Toronto. It had been 48 games in all competitions, since last July 31-Aug. 7, that RSL had the same starters in consecutive matches.

The trip to Toronto started a run of three consecutive road games for Real – and eight of the next 11 games away from Rio Tinto Stadium.

“I think we were the much better team tonight,” said midfielder Will Johnson, suspended for the Houston match after picking up a yellow card in Toronto. “As far as chances go, I think it was extremely one-sided [in RSL’s

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favor], but if you don’t put your chances away you always leave yourself open for some kind of lucky goal, and that’s what happened.”

While Kreis again had Paulo Junior to call upon, seeing action for the first time since April 13 in a substitute role, there was another major injury when Chris Wingert suffered a wrist fracture at the half-hour mark and will be out of action for up to 6 weeks.

The day before the TFC match, Real had agreed terms with Blake Wagner, who was last with Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Wagner, who also made 31 appearances before moving to Vancouver last year when the club was in the USSF D-II, made eight of his nine appearances before Tom Soehn took over as interim head coach.

“I think he’s a good fit for our system in that he’s a kid that’s probably played midfield his whole life through college soccer, and then has just dropped off to the outside back in the pros,” said Kreis. “That’s exactly like Robbie Russell, Chris Wingert, Tony Beltran — and so we think he fits into our system well. It’s going to take some time for him to completely understand what we’re asking of him, but we do feel like it was a fortuitous move, particularly because of Wingert’s situation now.”

Kyle Beckerman played the full 90 minutes in the center of midfield after playing the entire match at midweek in the USA’s 1-1 draw with Mexico. “I just wanted to push through. I’ve got another week before the next game so I didn’t really think about it,” Beckerman said.

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2011 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS (7-7-11, 32 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 20 M Geoff Cameron 24 24 2160 4 4 52 15 20 26 9 0 1 0 12 F Will Bruin 21 20 1585 4 1 49 21 12 18 8 0 1 0 25 F Brian Ching 14 9 792 4 1 19 8 7 14 14 0 0 1 15 F Cam Weaver 23 15 1465 4 1 29 11 41 27 14 0 3 0 11 M Brad Davis 25 25 2107 3 11 32 8 24 24 2 131 4 0 7 M Colin Clark 20 12 1065 3 3 24 7 14 8 1 4 1 1 32 D Bobby Boswell 20 19 1740 3 1 17 7 12 11 1 0 3 0 21 D Hunter Freeman 20 19 1639 1 2 3 1 16 16 1 0 3 0 5 M Danny Cruz 14 10 864 1 1 18 6 14 16 1 1 3 0 27 F Koke 7 2 233 1 0 7 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 16 M Adam Moffat (TOT) 9 4 483 1 0 7 4 6 5 0 0 3 1 16 M Adam Moffat (HOU) 5 4 383 1 0 7 4 5 2 0 0 2 1 22 M *Lovel Palmer 19 16 1450 1 0 33 7 19 11 0 0 4 1 10 M Je-Vaughn Watson 16 9 883 0 2 9 3 21 8 2 0 2 1 1 G Tally Hall 25 25 2250 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 26 M Corey Ashe 23 21 1852 0 0 3 1 11 24 1 2 1 0 3 F Calen Carr (TOT) 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 F Calen Carr (HOU) 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 D *Mike Chabala 7 2 266 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 29 F Carlo Costly 3 1 104 0 0 4 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 19 M Alex Dixon 6 0 75 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 F Jason Garey 10 2 164 0 0 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 31 D Andre Hainault 23 23 2070 0 0 4 0 37 18 0 0 0 0 23 F *Dominic Oduro 1 0 29 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 D Eddie Robinson 2 2 146 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 8 D Kofi Sarkodie 7 7 582 0 0 2 0 10 6 0 0 2 1 4 D Jermaine Taylor 10 8 700 0 0 4 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 M Luiz Camargo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 G Tyler Deric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 M Francisco Navas Cobo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 G Evan Newton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 M Josue Soto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Own-goals received 1 Team totals 25 25 2250 31 28 324 107 284 269 63 138 33 6 Opponent totals 25 25 2250 30 24 306 109 269 284 49 131 32 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Brian Ching 2, Hunter Freeman 1, Danny Cruz 1, Will Bruin 1, Bobby Boswell 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Brad Davis 4, Geoff Cameron 2, Danny Cruz 1, Colin Clark 1, Brian Ching 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Brad Davis 2-2 HOUSTON DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 1 G Tally Hall 25 25 2250 109 76 30 1.20 3 3 7 7 11 4 Team totals 25 25 2250 109 76 30 1.20 3 3 7 7 11 4 Opponent totals 25 25 2250 107 74 31 1.24 2 2 7 7 11 7 * = Played with other teams in 2011. Only Houston Dynamo statistics listed here.

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2011 REAL SALT LAKE STATISTICS (10-6-6, 36 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 15 F Alvaro Saborio 13 13 1132 6 2 43 15 22 26 25 0 1 0 7 F Fabian Espindola 17 15 1261 6 1 35 16 16 21 23 0 3 0 5 M Kyle Beckerman 22 20 1872 2 7 27 10 24 19 1 26 4 0 23 F Paulo Araujo Jr. 5 2 203 2 2 7 4 5 2 4 0 0 0 11 M Javier Morales 5 5 405 2 2 9 4 5 12 3 28 1 0 6 D Nat Borchers 19 19 1623 2 1 14 4 10 8 5 0 1 1 8 M Will Johnson 17 15 1401 2 1 30 13 13 16 2 12 6 1 4 D Jamison Olave 14 14 1228 2 1 19 6 21 10 0 0 1 1 77 M Andy Williams 20 12 1212 2 0 31 11 19 27 1 35 1 0 12 M Jean Alexandre 14 8 614 1 2 10 4 18 7 8 0 3 0 22 M Nelson Gonzalez 6 2 174 1 1 5 2 4 1 0 13 0 0 21 M Luis Gil 15 6 684 1 0 14 5 9 6 1 1 0 0 28 D Chris Schuler 11 10 981 1 0 8 1 6 7 0 0 1 0 26 M Collen Warner 18 10 768 0 3 13 5 20 14 4 11 2 0 3 D Robbie Russell 16 13 1014 0 2 3 1 10 8 0 0 3 0 10 M Arturo Alvarez 11 5 517 0 1 14 1 8 6 3 2 0 0 2 D Tony Beltran 18 15 1426 0 1 5 3 8 20 1 0 0 0 17 D Chris Wingert 17 16 1405 0 1 8 2 24 8 0 3 3 0 14 F Artur Aghasyan 4 1 98 0 0 3 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 20 M Ned Grabavoy 19 18 1569 0 0 14 3 19 30 3 1 1 0 30 D Rauwshan McKenzie 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 24 G Kyle Reynish 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 G Nick Rimando 21 21 1890 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 13 F Chris Agorsor (TOT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 F Chris Agorsor (RSL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 F Cody Arnoux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 G Tim Melia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 F Donny Toia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team totals 22 22 1980 30 28 312 110 266 273 85 132 32 3 Opponent totals 22 22 1980 17 15 215 75 273 266 32 79 35 7 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Alvaro Saborio 2, Andy Williams 1, Chris Schuler 1, Javier Morales 1 Will Johnson 1, Fabian Espindola 1, Nat Borchers 1, Kyle Beckerman 1 Jean Alexandre 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Kyle Beckerman 4, Collen Warner 2, Robbie Russell 1, Javier Morales 1 Nat Borchers 1, Tony Beltran 1, Paulo Araujo Jr. 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alvaro Saborio 3-3, Javier Morales 1-1, Fabian Espindola 1-1 REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 24 G Kyle Reynish 1 1 90 2 2 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 G Nick Rimando 21 21 1890 73 53 17 0.81 3 3 9 6 6 10 Team totals 22 22 1980 75 55 17 0.77 3 3 10 6 6 11 Opponent totals 22 22 1980 110 80 30 1.36 5 5 6 10 6 7 * = Played with other teams in 2011. Only Real Salt Lake statistics listed here.

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HOUSTON DYNAMO 2011 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS GOALS: Sat. Mar. 19 Philadelphia L 0-1 19,385 0-1-0 T6 0 PHI: Califf (5) Fri. Mar. 25 at Seattle T 1-1 36,204 0-1-1 0 1 HOU: Cameron (42); SEA: Zakuani (80) Sat. Apr. 2 at New York T 1-1 13,664 0-1-2 9 2 HOU: Weaver (50); NY: Richards (47) Sun. Apr. 10 Vancouver W 3-1 12,047 1-1-2 T3 5 HOU: Weaver (37) Boswell (42) Bruin (76); VAN: Camilo (38) Sun. Apr. 17 New England W 1-0 15,176 2-1-2 T2 8 HOU: Freeman (86) Sat. Apr. 23 at Chicago T 1-1 12,473 2-1-3 T3 9 HOU: Boswell (83); CHI: Chaves (18) Fri. Apr. 29 D.C. United W 4-1 20,577 3-1-3 1 12 HOU: Bruin (4,41,57) Weaver (62); DC: Burch (39) Wed. May 4 Colorado L 1-2 13,206 3-2-3 T3 12 HOU: Clark (71); COL: Smith (74) Palguta (84) Sat. May 7 at Toronto FC L 1-2 20,259 3-3-3 4 12 HOU: Palmer (87); TOR: Plata (50) dos Santos (81) Sat. May 14 at Real Salt Lake T 0-0 16,301 3-3-4 T3 13 Sat. May 21 New York T 2-2 25,314 3-3-5 3 14 HOU: Davis (12) Koke (82); NY: Richards (1) Ballouchy (90) Wed. May 25 at Los Angeles L 0-1 14,458 3-4-5 3 14 LA: Donovan (45) Sat. May 28 FC Dallas T 2-2 16,709 3-4-6 3 15 HOU: Weaver (42) Clark (87); DAL: Jacobson (27) Ihemelu (70) Sat. June 4 at San Jose L 0-2 9,270 3-5-6 T4 15 SJ: Lenhart (69) Dawkins (90) Sat. June 11 Chivas USA W 2-1 19,333 4-5-6 T3 18 HOU: Cameron (29) own goal (55); CHV: Mondaini (7) Sat. June 18 Columbus L 0-2 13,039 4-6-6 4 18 CLB: Mendoza (41) Anor (77) Sat. June 25 at D.C. United T 2-2 15,734 4-6-7 0 19 HOU: Davis (41) Ching (89); DC: Pontius (31) Davies (73) Sun. July 3 at Colorado T 0-0 18,203 4-6-8 0 20 Sat. July 9 Toronto FC W 2-0 19,085 5-6-8 4 23 HOU: Cruz (50) Cameron (81) Sat. July 16 Sporting KC T 1-1 12,047 5-6-9 4 24 HOU: Davis (8); KC: Collin (90) Sat. July 23 at Chivas USA L 0-3 11,013 5-7-9 5 24 CHV: Braun (31,40,86) Sat. July 30 Seattle W 3-1 18,465 6-7-9 T4 27 HOU: Clark (7) Ching (23,70); SEA: Fernandez (37) Sat. Aug. 6 at Philadelphia T 1-1 18,524 6-7-10 5 28 HOU: Cameron (84); PHI: McInerney (15) Sun. Aug. 14 Portland W 2-1 14,475 7-7-10 T3 31 HOU: Moffat (17) Ching (27); POR: Jewsbury (56) Wed. Aug. 17 at New England T 1-1 10,963 7-7-11 4 32 HOU: Boswell (90); NE: Cochrane (4) Sat. Aug. 20 Real Salt Lake Sat. Aug. 27 at Vancouver Sat. Sept. 10 at Sporting KC Wed. Sept. 14 at Columbus Sat. Sept. 17 San Jose Sat. Sept. 24 at FC Dallas Sat. Oct. 1 Chicago Fri. Oct. 14 at Portland Sun. Oct. 23 Los Angeles

REAL SALT LAKE 2011 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: Sat. Mar. 19 at San Jose W 1-0 10,525 1-0-0 T1 3 RSL: Beckerman (63) Sat. Mar. 26 Los Angeles W 4-1 20,507 2-0-0 T1 6 RSL: Williams (2) Morales (10,41) Araujo (68); LA: Angel (79) Sat. Apr. 9 at New England W 2-0 7,970 3-0-0 T1 9 RSL: Schuler (27) Araujo (47) Wed. Apr. 13 Colorado W 1-0 15,513 4-0-0 1 12 RSL: Espindola (90) Sat. Apr. 30 at Portland L 0-1 18,627 4-1-0 T2 12 POR: Cooper (22) Sat. May 7 Chivas USA W 1-0 14,313 5-1-0 2 15 RSL: Johnson (87) Sat. May 14 Houston T 0-0 16,301 5-1-1 3 16 Sun. May 22 at FC Dallas T 0-0 10,550 5-1-2 T3 17 Sat. May 28 Seattle L 1-2 14,674 5-2-2 T5 17 RSL: Gonzalez (87); SEA: Ianni (72) Neagle (84) Sat. June 4 Vancouver W 2-0 15,174 6-2-2 4 20 RSL: Alexandre (32) Espindola (79) Wed. June 8 at Columbus L 1-2 9,650 6-3-2 4 20 RSL: Olave (7); CLB: Mendoza (76) Gardner (82) Sat. June 11 at Philadelphia T 1-1 18,728 6-3-3 0 21 RSL: Espindola (53); PHI: Daniel (24) Sat. June 18 D.C. United T 1-1 16,841 6-3-4 T4 22 RSL: Espindola (38); DC: Davies (85) Wed. June 22 at Chicago T 0-0 14,972 6-3-5 4 23 Sat. June 25 Toronto FC W 3-1 15,077 7-3-5 4 26 RSL: Borchers (39) Saborio (42,60); TOR: dos Santos (66) Mon. July 4 New England T 3-3 16,139 7-3-6 4 27 RSL: Johnson (24) Saborio (56) Espindola (83); NE: Lekic (4) Tierney (16) Joseph (63) Sat. July 9 FC Dallas W 2-0 17,734 8-3-6 4 30 RSL: Williams (47) Espindola (90) Sat. July 23 San Jose W 4-0 19,429 9-3-6 4 33 RSL: Saborio (63,75) Beckerman (78) Olave (83) Sat. July 30 Columbus L 0-2 18,516 9-4-6 5 33 CLB: Gaven (5) Heinemann (10) Wed. Aug. 3 at Sporting KC L 0-2 18,467 9-5-6 5 33 KC: Espinoza (29) Bunbury (34) Sat. Aug. 6 New York W 3-0 19,081 10-5-6 5 36 RSL: Borchers (13) Gil (44) Saborio (77) Sat. Aug. 13 at Toronto FC L 0-1 21,644 10-6-6 5 36 TOR: Plata (77) Sat. Aug. 20 at Houston Sat. Aug. 27 at Chivas USA Sat. Sept. 3 Philadelphia Sat. Sept. 10 at Seattle Sat. Sept. 17 Sporting KC Wed. Sept. 21 at New York Sat. Sept. 24 at D.C. United Wed. Sept. 28 Chicago Sat. Oct. 1 at Los Angeles Thu. Oct. 6 at Vancouver Fri. Oct. 14 at Colorado Sat. Oct. 22 Portland

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HOUSTON DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 3 Will Bruin 04/29/2011 vs. DC W 4-1 Assists 3 Brad Davis 04/10/2011 vs. VAN W 3-1 Shots 8 Will Bruin 04/17/2011 vs. NE W 1-0 8 Geoff Cameron 08/06/2011 at PHI T 1-1 Shots on Goal 3 Will Bruin 04/17/2011 vs. NE W 1-0 3 Will Bruin 04/29/2011 vs. DC W 4-1 3 Brian Ching 07/30/2011 vs. SEA W 3-1 3 Bobby Boswell 08/17/2011 at NE T 1-1 Fouls Committed 4 9 times Fouls Suffered 5 Geoff Cameron 03/19/2011 vs. PHI L 0-1 Offside 4 Brian Ching 08/06/2011 at PHI T 1-1 Saves 8 Tally Hall 04/02/2011 at NY T 1-1 Shots Faced 9 Tally Hall 04/02/2011 at NY T 1-1 Goals Allowed 3 Tally Hall 07/23/2011 at CHV L 0-3

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 4 04/29/2011 vs. DC W 4-1 Assists 5 04/10/2011 vs. VAN W 3-1 5 04/29/2011 vs. DC W 4-1 Shots 27 04/17/2011 vs. NE W 1-0 Shots on Goal 9 04/17/2011 vs. NE W 1-0 Fouls Committed 19 08/06/2011 at PHI T 1-1 Fouls Suffered 16 07/16/2011 vs. KC T 1-1 Corner Kicks 12 04/17/2011 vs. NE W 1-0 12 08/17/2011 at NE T 1-1 Offside 9 08/17/2011 at NE T 1-1 Saves 8 04/02/2011 at NY T 1-1 Shots Faced 9 04/02/2011 at NY T 1-1 Goals Allowed 3 07/23/2011 at CHV L 0-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2011) Shots 3 07/03/2011 at COL T 0-0 Shots on Goal 0 07/03/2011 at COL T 0-0 Fouls Committed 4 06/18/2011 vs. CLB L 0-2 Fouls Suffered 3 07/03/2011 at COL T 0-0 Corner Kicks 1 03/25/2011 at SEA T 1-1 1 05/07/2011 at TOR L 1-2 Offside 0 04/29/2011 vs. DC W 4-1 0 05/07/2011 at TOR L 1-2 0 06/18/2011 vs. CLB L 0-2 0 06/25/2011 at DC T 2-2 Saves 0 07/09/2011 vs. TOR W 2-0 Shots Faced 0 07/09/2011 vs. TOR W 2-0

REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 2 Javier Morales 03/26/2011 vs. LA W 4-1 2 Alvaro Saborio 06/25/2011 vs. TOR W 3-1 2 Alvaro Saborio 07/23/2011 vs. SJ W 4-0 Assists 2 Collen Warner 04/09/2011 at NE W 2-0 2 Kyle Beckerman 06/25/2011 vs. TOR W 3-1 2 Robbie Russell 06/25/2011 vs. TOR W 3-1 2 Kyle Beckerman 08/06/2011 vs. NY W 3-0 Shots 7 Andy Williams 07/04/2011 vs. NE T 3-3 7 Alvaro Saborio 07/23/2011 vs. SJ W 4-0 Shots on Goal 4 Andy Williams 07/04/2011 vs. NE T 3-3 4 Alvaro Saborio 07/23/2011 vs. SJ W 4-0 Fouls Committed 5 Fabian Espindola 08/03/2011 at KC L 0-2 Fouls Suffered 5 4 times Offside 7 Alvaro Saborio 05/07/2011 vs. CHV W 1-0 Saves 8 Nick Rimando 03/19/2011 at SJ W 1-0 Shots Faced 8 Nick Rimando 03/19/2011 at SJ W 1-0 Goals Allowed 3 Nick Rimando 07/04/2011 vs. NE T 3-3

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 4 03/26/2011 vs. LA W 4-1 4 07/23/2011 vs. SJ W 4-0 Assists 4 03/26/2011 vs. LA W 4-1 4 06/25/2011 vs. TOR W 3-1 Shots 24 06/04/2011 vs. VAN W 2-0 24 07/23/2011 vs. SJ W 4-0 Shots on Goal 13 07/23/2011 vs. SJ W 4-0 Fouls Committed 18 06/04/2011 vs. VAN W 2-0 Fouls Suffered 19 04/09/2011 at NE W 2-0 Corner Kicks 10 04/30/2011 at POR L 0-1 10 05/28/2011 vs. SEA L 1-2 Offside 12 05/07/2011 vs. CHV W 1-0 Saves 8 03/19/2011 at SJ W 1-0 Shots Faced 8 03/19/2011 at SJ W 1-0 Goals Allowed 3 07/04/2011 vs. NE T 3-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2011) Shots 5 05/22/2011 at DAL T 0-0 Shots on Goal 1 05/14/2011 vs. HOU T 0-0 1 06/11/2011 at PHI T 1-1 Fouls Committed 7 05/07/2011 vs. CHV W 1-0 7 05/28/2011 vs. SEA L 1-2 Fouls Suffered 8 03/19/2011 at SJ W 1-0 8 07/23/2011 vs. SJ W 4-0 8 08/13/2011 at TOR L 0-1 Corner Kicks 2 06/11/2011 at PHI T 1-1 Offside 0 07/04/2011 vs. NE T 3-3 Saves 0 06/25/2011 vs. TOR W 3-1 0 07/04/2011 vs. NE T 3-3 Shots Faced 1 05/07/2011 vs. CHV W 1-0 1 06/25/2011 vs. TOR W 3-1 1 07/23/2011 vs. SJ W 4-0 1 08/06/2011 vs. NY W 3-0

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2011 HOUSTON DYNAMO VS. REAL SALT LAKE (0-0-1) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP 26 MID Corey Ashe 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 DEF Bobby Boswell 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 FWD Will Bruin 1 1 69 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 20 MID Geoff Cameron 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 MID Colin Clark 1 1 67 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 MID Brad Davis 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 21 DEF Hunter Freeman 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 FWD Jason Garey 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 DEF Andre Hainault 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 GK Tally Hall 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 FWD Koke 1 0 21 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 MID*Lovel Palmer 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 MID Je-Vaughn Watson 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 FWD Cam Weaver 1 1 87 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 ----------- Team totals 1 1 90 0 0 8 3 15 15 2 3 1 0 0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 0 0 13 1 15 15 2 6 1 0 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME 1 GK Tally Hall 1 1 90 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-0-0 ----------- Team totals 1 1 90 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-0-0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 3 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-0-0

2011 REAL SALT LAKE VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (0-0-1) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP 12 MID Jean Alexandre 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 MID Arturo Alvarez 1 1 74 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 MID Kyle Beckerman 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 DEF Nat Borchers 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 MID Nelson Gonzalez 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 MID Ned Grabavoy 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 MID Will Johnson 1 1 85 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 DEF Jamison Olave 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 GK Nick Rimando 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 DEF Robbie Russell 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 FWD Alvaro Saborio 1 1 90 0 0 6 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 26 MID Collen Warner 1 1 60 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 77 MID Andy Williams 1 0 30 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 DEF Chris Wingert 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ----------- Team totals 1 1 90 0 0 13 1 15 15 2 6 1 0 0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 0 0 8 3 15 15 2 3 1 0 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME 18 GK Nick Rimando 1 1 90 3 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-0-0 ----------- Team totals 1 1 90 3 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-0-0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-0-0

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HOUSTON DYNAMO VS. REAL SALT LAKE ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Dynamo 7 wins, 22 goals Real 3 wins, 20 goals Ties 5 04/22/2006 HOU 2 vs RSL 1 (H) 06/17/2006 HOU 2 vs RSL 1 (H) 08/19/2006 RSL 3 vs HOU 1 (RE) 10/07/2006 RSL 1 vs HOU 1 (RE) 08/04/2007 RSL 1 vs HOU 0 (RE) 09/08/2007 HOU 4 vs RSL 3 (H) 10/15/2007 HOU 1 at RSL 0 (RE) 07/03/2008 RSL 0 vs HOU 0 (RE) 08/16/2008 HOU 4 vs RSL 3 (H) 06/20/2009 HOU 1 vs RSL 1 (H) 08/15/2009 RSL 0 vs HOU 0 (RT) 09/19/2009 HOU 3 vs RSL 2 (H) 04/01/2010 HOU 2 vs RSL 1 (H) 05/13/2010 RSL 3 vs HOU 1 (RT) 05/14/2011 RSL 0 vs HOU 0 (RT)

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Dynamo Real Salt Lake Category 1 2 OT Tot. 1 2 OT Tot. Goals 10 12 0 22 9 11 0 20 Shots 70 83 0 153 74 93 0 167 Shots on Goal 33 41 0 74 27 39 0 66 Fouls 104 100 0 204 113 109 0 222 Offsides 31 20 0 51 13 14 0 27 Corner Kicks 27 42 0 69 32 31 0 63 GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total HOU 3 4 3 5 3 4 0 22 RSL 2 6 1 4 2 5 0 20 CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Dominic Kinnear vs. RSL 9-3-7 (1.79 pts./game) Jason Kreis vs. HOU 2-5-4 (0.91 pts./game) ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Dynamo Real Salt Lake Goals 4 Nate Jaqua 2 6 players tied Assists 7 Brad Davis 4 Javier Morales Shots 18 Brad Davis 16 3 players tied Shots on Goal 12 Brad Davis 10 Kyle Beckerman Fouls Committed 28 Brian Mullan 19 Kyle Beckerman Fouls Suffered 28 Brad Davis 17 Andy Williams Wins 7 Pat Onstad 2 Nick Rimando Losses 3 Pat Onstad 5 Nick Rimando Shutouts 3 Pat Onstad 4 Nick Rimando Saves 40 Pat Onstad 33 Nick Rimando Goals Allowed 20 Pat Onstad 16 Nick Rimando ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Dynamo Real Salt Lake Goals 3 Nate Jaqua (9/8/07) 2 Alvaro Saborio (5/13/10) Assists 3 Corey Ashe (9/8/07) 2 4 players tied Shots 7 Paul Dalglish (10/7/06) 6 Cunningham/Saborio Shots on Goal 5 Paul Dalglish (10/7/06) 4 Kyle Beckerman (9/19/09) Fouls Committed 5 Eddie Robinson (6/17/06) 6 Jamison Olave (7/3/08) Fouls Suffered 5 3 players tied 5 Williams/Cunningham Saves 8 Pat Onstad (8/15/09) 6 Garlick/Rimando Goals Allowed 3 4 players tied 4 Nick Rimando (twice) 2011 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS: HOUSTON DYNAMO REAL SALT LAKE W-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started) At Halftime: Leading 4-0-2 2 Ws (7/30/2011) 5-1-1 2 Ws (6/25/2011) Tied 3-3-6 1 Ws (7/9/2011) 5-2-3 1 Ls (8/13/2011) Trailing 0-4-3 2 Ts (8/6/2011) 0-3-2 2 Ls (7/30/2011) First Goal: Scored 6-1-2 2 Ws (7/30/2011) 10-1-1 4 Ws (6/25/2011) Allowed 1-6-7 2 Ts (8/6/2011) 0-5-2 3 Ls (7/30/2011) Goals Scored: 0 goals 0-5-2 1 Ls (7/23/2011) 0-4-3 3 Ls (7/30/2011) 1 goals 1-2-6 3 Ts (7/16/2011) 3-2-2 2 Ts (6/11/2011) 2 goals 3-0-3 2 Ws (7/9/2011) 3-0-0 3 Ws (4/9/2011) 3 goals 2-0-0 3 Ws (9/25/2010) 2-0-1 1 Ws (8/6/2011) 4 or more 1-0-0 11 Ws (4/2/2006) 2-0-0 10 Ws (8/9/2006) Goals Allowed: 0 goals 2-0-2 1 Ws (7/9/2011) 8-0-3 3 Ws (7/9/2011) 1 goals 5-2-6 1 Ts (8/17/2011) 2-2-2 1 Ls (8/13/2011) 2 goals 0-4-3 1 Ts (6/25/2011) 0-4-0 4 Ls (5/28/2011) 3 goals 0-1-0 2 Ls (8/28/2010) 0-0-1 1 Ts (7/4/2011) 4 goals 0-0-0 2 Ls (6/5/2010) 0-0-0 9 Ls (7/9/2005)

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HOUSTON DYNAMO CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (7-3-5) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Nate Jaqua 4 3 278 4 0 6 Brad Davis 12 12 1029 3 7 18 Brian Mullan 14 13 1169 3 3 17 Brian Ching 10 8 726 3 2 14 Geoff Cameron 6 5 462 1 1 3 Ricardo Clark 8 8 720 1 1 8 Dwayne De Rosario 7 6 549 1 1 12 Eddie Robinson 6 6 495 1 1 1 Craig Waibel 11 10 748 1 1 2 Paul Dalglish 1 1 88 1 0 7 Stuart Holden 9 8 636 1 0 9 Alejandro Moreno 3 3 258 1 0 5 Adrian Serioux 3 3 270 1 0 2 Corey Ashe 11 4 431 0 3 3 Richard Mulrooney 6 6 540 0 2 4 Wade Barrett 11 10 945 0 0 2 Bobby Boswell 8 8 720 0 0 4 Will Bruin 1 1 69 0 0 3 Ronald Cerritos 2 1 84 0 0 1 Mike Chabala 4 3 277 0 0 0 Colin Clark 1 1 67 0 0 1 Ryan Cochrane 9 9 808 0 0 4 Danny Cruz 1 0 45 0 0 1 Hunter Freeman 1 1 90 0 0 0 Jason Garey 1 0 3 0 0 0 Kevin Goldthwaite 3 1 100 0 0 0 Kelly Gray 3 1 141 0 0 0 Andre Hainault 6 5 418 0 0 3 Tally Hall 1 1 90 0 0 0 Patrick Ianni 4 1 103 0 0 0 Kei Kamara 3 2 217 0 0 4 Koke 1 0 21 0 0 1 Luis Angel Landin 2 1 123 0 0 5 Julian Nash 1 0 18 0 0 0 Joseph Ngwenya 3 3 258 0 0 3 Dominic Oduro 2 2 180 0 0 3 Pat Onstad 14 14 1260 0 0 0 Lovel Palmer 3 2 136 0 0 2 Je-Vaughn Watson 1 0 23 0 0 0 Cam Weaver 3 2 158 0 0 3 Chris Wondolowski 1 0 18 0 0 2 Team totals 15 15 1350 22 22 153 Opponent totals 15 15 1350 20 19 167 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Tally Hall 1 90 1 1 0.00 0 Pat Onstad 14 1260 65 40 1.43 1 ----------- Team totals 15 1350 66 41 1.33 1 Opponent totals 15 1350 74 49 1.47 2

CURRENT HOUSTON DYNAMO PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (7-3-5) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Brian Ching 12 9 824 4 2 17 Jason Garey 9 5 436 4 0 9 Brad Davis 16 14 1257 3 9 23 Bobby Boswell 13 13 1170 1 1 5 Geoff Cameron 6 5 462 1 1 3 Eddie Robinson 9 9 765 1 1 1 Corey Ashe 11 4 431 0 3 3 Colin Clark 9 9 774 0 2 10 Will Bruin 1 1 69 0 0 3 Calen Carr 6 1 165 0 0 7 Danny Cruz 1 0 45 0 0 1 Hunter Freeman 9 8 691 0 0 3 Andre Hainault 6 5 418 0 0 3 Tally Hall 1 1 90 0 0 0 Adam Moffat 2 2 180 0 0 5 Je-Vaughn Watson 1 0 23 0 0 0 Cam Weaver 3 2 158 0 0 3 Team totals 15 15 1350 22 22 153 Opponent totals 15 15 1350 20 19 167 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Tally Hall 1 90 1 1 0.00 0 ----------- Team totals 15 1350 66 41 1.33 1 Opponent totals 15 1350 74 49 1.47 2

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REAL SALT LAKE CAREER STATISTICS VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (3-7-5) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Javier Morales 8 7 675 2 4 7 Jeff Cunningham 4 4 360 2 3 16 Robbie Findley 8 6 597 2 2 16 Yura Movsisyan 6 3 306 2 1 10 Alvaro Saborio 3 3 229 2 1 10 Fabian Espindola 7 5 419 2 0 7 Kyle Beckerman 11 10 945 1 2 16 Carey Talley 7 7 630 1 1 2 Mehdi Ballouchy 4 3 228 1 0 2 Kyle Brown 2 1 109 1 0 2 Kenny Deuchar 2 1 87 1 0 5 Chris Klein 4 4 359 1 0 11 Jason Kreis 4 4 360 1 0 4 Douglas Sequeira 2 1 120 1 0 3 Pablo Campos 3 1 76 0 2 0 Andy Williams 12 8 678 0 2 10 Chris Wingert 11 9 854 0 1 7 Nelson Akwari 1 1 90 0 0 0 Jean Alexandre 2 0 37 0 0 0 Arturo Alvarez 1 1 74 0 0 1 Tony Beltran 3 2 202 0 0 2 Nat Borchers 8 8 720 0 0 2 Chris Brown 3 2 122 0 0 2 Kenny Cutler 5 4 271 0 0 2 Rachid El Khalifi 1 1 45 0 0 0 Alecko Eskandarian 2 2 150 0 0 3 Willis Forko 3 3 258 0 0 0 Scott Garlick 4 4 360 0 0 0 Nelson Gonzalez 2 0 20 0 0 0 Ned Grabavoy 3 2 165 0 0 1 Atiba Harris 4 1 191 0 0 3 David Horst 1 1 90 0 0 0 Ryan Johnson 1 0 16 0 0 0 Will Johnson 6 6 520 0 0 6 Ian Joy 1 1 82 0 0 1 Jean-Martial Kipre 2 2 169 0 0 0 Dustin Kirby 1 1 79 0 0 0 Ritchie Kotschau 3 3 270 0 0 2 Chris Lancos 1 0 11 0 0 0 Matias Mantilla 1 1 90 0 0 0 Clint Mathis 3 2 150 0 0 1 Kevin Novak 3 3 192 0 0 0 Tino Nunez 2 0 31 0 0 0 Jamison Olave 7 7 540 0 0 3 Eddie Pope 6 6 503 0 0 2 Nick Rimando 11 11 990 0 0 0 Robbie Russell 7 6 560 0 0 3 Jack Stewart 2 2 180 0 0 1 Nathan Sturgis 2 2 180 0 0 3 Daniel Torres 2 2 180 0 0 0 Collen Warner 2 1 62 0 0 1 Jamie Watson 2 0 70 0 0 0 Team totals 15 15 1350 20 19 167 Opponent totals 15 15 1350 22 22 153 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Nick Rimando 11 990 50 33 1.45 2 Scott Garlick 4 360 24 16 1.50 0 ----------- Team totals 15 1350 74 49 1.47 2 Opponent totals 15 1350 66 41 1.33 1

CURRENT REAL SALT LAKE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (3-7-5) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Arturo Alvarez 17 11 1019 3 3 25 Javier Morales 8 7 675 2 4 7 Kyle Beckerman 17 16 1485 2 2 20 Alvaro Saborio 3 3 229 2 1 10 Fabian Espindola 7 5 419 2 0 7 Andy Williams 12 8 678 0 2 10 Ned Grabavoy 7 5 457 0 1 4 Chris Wingert 14 11 1047 0 1 7 Jean Alexandre 2 0 37 0 0 0 Tony Beltran 3 2 202 0 0 2 Nat Borchers 8 8 720 0 0 2 Nelson Gonzalez 2 0 20 0 0 0 Will Johnson 6 6 520 0 0 6 Rauwshan McKenzie 1 1 90 0 0 1 Jamison Olave 7 7 540 0 0 3 Nick Rimando 11 11 990 0 0 0 Robbie Russell 7 6 560 0 0 3 Blake Wagner 6 5 445 0 0 2 Collen Warner 2 1 62 0 0 1 Team totals 15 15 1350 20 19 167 Opponent totals 15 15 1350 22 22 153 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Nick Rimando 11 990 50 33 1.45 2 ----------- Team totals 15 1350 74 49 1.47 2 Opponent totals 15 1350 66 41 1.33 1

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Houston Dynamo vs. Real Salt Lake Saturday, 20 August 2011 – 7:30 p.m. CT

MLS regular season Robertson Stadium, Houston TX

Broadcast Information Dynamo Media Contacts (@HoustonDynamo.com) TV: KHOU 11.2 Lester Gretsch (lgretsch@ 832-633-0632) Radio: SportsTalk 790, La Ranchera 850 Jonathan Yardley (jyardley@ 713-876-4500) Jonathan Kaplan (jkaplan@ 516-965-4664)

DYNAMO VS. REAL SALT LAKE The Houston Dynamo will try to extend a four-game unbeaten streak when they host Real Salt Lake Saturday night in the Dynamo’s third game in only seven days. Houston is 6-0-1 all-time in home games against Real Salt Lake, and the teams played to a 0-0 tie in Utah in May. Salt Lake currently stands fifth in the competitive Western Conference, but RSL has played at least two fewer games than all other teams.

DYNAMO NOTES Houston leads the all-time series between the clubs 7-3-5 and has been dominating at home. The games

have always been close, however, as all six Houston home wins in the series have come by a one-goal margin. Last year, the Dynamo edged Real Salt Lake 2-1 on April 1.

Midfielder Brad Davis has thrived against Salt Lake in his MLS career, posting three goals and nine assists in 16 career games against RSL.

The Dynamo are unbeaten in the last four games (2-0-2) and have lost just once in their last nine (3-1-5).

Houston came from behind to earn a 1-1 road tie on Wednesday night, the eighth time this season the Dynamo have rallied for a result. The 90th-minute goal by Bobby Boswell also continued a trend, as it was Houston’s sixth game-winning or game-tying goal that was scored in the final seven minutes.

Houston midfielder Brad Davis, who currently leads Major League Soccer with 11 assists, will set a new club record for career starts in all competitions if he is named to the lineup on Saturday. Davis has made 170 starts over six years for Houston, tied with former goalkeeper Pat Onstad. Davis is already the all-time club leader in appearances and assists.

Defender Jermaine Taylor made his first start for the Dynamo at left back on Wednesday night; Taylor’s previous seven starts had come as a center back.

Dynamo captain Brian Ching is tied for the team lead in scoring at four goals with Will Bruin, Geoff Cameron, and Cam Weaver. Ching’s goals have come in only 792 minutes (the others each have played more than 1,300), and the Dynamo are unbeaten in their last 11 games (4-0-7) when Ching starts.

Houston has scored first in nine out of 25 games on the season; the Dynamo are 6-1-2 when notching the first goal and 1-6-7 when the opponent scores first; there have been two 0-0 ties.

Forward Calen Carr made his first appearance of 2011 in Wednesday’s 1-1 tie, coming on as a substitute for the final 10 minutes. Carr had suffered a concussion while with Chicago during the preseason.

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RE-WRITING THE RECORD BOOKS

Brad Davis is playing his way to the top of the Dynamo record books. Davis is the all-time club leader in games played in all competitions (188) and MLS (150); games started in all competitions (170) and MLS (136), tied with Pat Onstad; and assists in all competitions (66) and MLS (57). Davis also ranks third in team history in minutes in all competitions, goals in all competitions (22), and MLS goals (20).

HURRY UP AND WAIT On August 9, the Dynamo announced they have signed Brazilian midfielder Luiz Camargo, but he has yet to join the team while awaiting his international transfer certificate and approval of a P-1 visa.

ALWAYS THERE Goalkeeper Tally Hall is the only Houston player to contest all 2,250 minutes of the MLS regular season so far. Hall and midfielder Brad Davis are the only players to start each MLS game.

MISSING IN ACTION The Dynamo will be without forward Will Bruin (knee surgery) and midfielders Danny Cruz (quad) and Adam Moffat (red card) for Saturday’s match. Midfielder Colin Clark (knee) missed Wednesday’s match due to injury.

RESERVES RETURN TO ACTION The Houston Dynamo Reserves will return to action Sunday morning, hosting the RSL Reserves at Robertson Stadium at 10 a.m. Houston is 3-2 in MLS Reserve League play this season, including a 1-0 win at Real Salt Lake on May 14.

UP NEXT: FIRST TRIP TO VANCOUVER After playing three games in seven days, the Dynamo will get a week off before traveling to take on the Vancouver Whitecaps on August 27. The match will be played on the artificial turf at Empire Field, with the Whitecaps still about one month away from moving into the renovated BC Place. Houston beat Vancouver earlier this year in Houston by a 3-1 margin and has earned ties in four of its last five road games.

NEW BLOOD Of the Dynamo’s 25 players on the roster, 13 are new to the orange in 2011. Houston acquired three players via draft (Kofi Sarkodie, Will Bruin, Evan Newton), four via trade (Colin Clark, Jason Garey, Calen Carr, Adam Moffat), four via international signings (Hunter Freeman, Jermaine Taylor, Je-Vaughn Watson, Carlo Costly), and two via the Dynamo Academy (Alex Dixon, Josue Soto).

LOCAL FLAVOR Almost one-third of the Dynamo’s current roster has close ties to Texas. Six players are native Texans (Bobby Boswell, Tyler Deric, Alex Dixon, Hunter Freeman, Francisco Navas Cobo, Josue Soto), Colin Clark attended SMU in Dallas, and Jason Garey (Gonzales, La.) has a sister, Melissa, who was a standout player at Texas A&M University in College Station.

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HOUSTON DYNAMO NUMERICAL ROSTER/TECHNICAL STAFF No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Born Pronunciation Status 1 Tally Hall GK 6-4 205 5-12-85 rhymes with RALLY 2 Eddie Robinson D 6-1 195 6-19-78 3 Calen Carr F 6-0 150 10-4-82 CAY-len 4 Jermaine Taylor D 5-10 180 1-14-85 International 5 Danny Cruz M 5-8 170 1-3-90 CRUISE Generation adidas 7 Colin Clark M 6-0 180 4-11-84 8 Kofi Sarkodie D 5-8 165 3-22-91 KO-fee sar-KO-dee Generation adidas 9 Jason Garey F 6-0 185 7-19-84 10 Je-Vaughn Watson M 6-1 175 10-22-83 International 11 Brad Davis M 5-11 175 11-8-81 12 Will Bruin F 6-2 194 10-24-89 Generation adidas 13 Francisco Navas Cobo M 5-10 150 11-17-91 NAH-vahs Home-Grown Player 15 Cam Weaver F 6-4 195 6-10-83 16 Adam Moffat M 6-0 175 5-15-86 MOFF-itt 18 Josue Soto M 5-9 160 1-3-89 hoh-SWAY Home-Grown Player 19 Alex Dixon M 5-8 150 2-7-90 Home-Grown Player 20 Geoff Cameron M 6-3 185 7-11-85 21 Hunter Freeman D 5-11 175 1-8-85 24 Tyler Deric GK 6-3 195 8-30-88 DARE-ick Home-Grown Player 25 Brian Ching F 6-1 195 5-24-78 26 Corey Ashe D 5-5 154 3-14-86 ASH 29 Carlo Costly F 6-2 187 7-18-82 International 31 Andre Hainault D 6-0 180 6-17-86 HAY-no International 32 Bobby Boswell D 6-2 185 3-15-83 BOZ-well On Loan 28 Evan Newton GK 6-2 185 4-1-88 Head Coach – Dominic Kinnear (8th year overall, 95-65-79 MLS) Assistant Coach – Wade Barrett Assistant Coach – Steve Ralston Goalkeepers Coach – Tim Hanley Head Athletic Trainer – Theron Enns Assistant Athletic Trainer – Shane Caron Equipment Manager – Michael Porter Director, Soccer Operations – Nick Kowba

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Houston Dynamo Player Bios

1 TALLY HALL GK 6-4 205 Born: 5/12/85, SeaTac, WA Age: 26 Last Club: Esbjerg fB (Denmark) Third-year goalkeeper who has stepped into starting role in 2011 season. 2011: Earned first MLS All-Star selection and came on as second-half sub on 7/27, playing 38 minutes. Last goal: 10/21/09 at Isidro Metapán (CCL) Last assist: 4/2/11 at New York Last yellow card: 7/3/11 at Colorado Last shutout: 7/9/11 vs. Toronto FC Most saves (2011): 8, 4/2/11 at New York

2 EDDIE ROBINSON DF 6-1 195 Born: 6/19/78, Greensboro, NC Age: 33 Last Club: University of North Carolina Experienced defender and four-time MLS Cup champion expected to provide depth on the back line. United States international (1 cap, 1 goal). 2011: Has made two starts this season but left 6/11 match vs. CHV due to MCL strain. Last appearance: 6/11/11 vs. Chivas USA Last goal: 5/29/10 vs. Philadelphia Last assist: 5/22/10 vs. D.C. United Last yellow card: 9/18/10 vs. Toronto FC Last red card: 11/26/08 vs. Firpo (CCL)

3 CALEN CARR FW 6-0 150 Born: 10/4/82, Berkeley, CA Age: 28 Last Club: Chicago Fire Fast, versatile forward acquired from Chicago early in 2011 season. 2011: Returned from preseason concussion to make Dynamo debut as sub in 1-1 tie at NE on 8/17. Last appearance: 8/17/11 at New England Last goal: 10/23/10 at Chivas USA (w. CHI) Last assist: 10/21/07 vs. LA Galaxy (w. CHI) Last yellow card: 9/12/09 at Real Salt Lake (w. CHI)

Last red card: 9/9/06 at Columbus (w. CHI)

4 JERMAINE TAYLOR DF 5-10 180 I Born: 1/14/85, Portland, Jamaica Age: 26 Last Club: St. George’s SC (Jamaica) Experienced defender expected to step into back line. Jamaica international (42 caps). 2011: Has seen regular time on defense, making eight starts and coming on twice as a substitute. International: Started all four matches in Gold Cup as Jamaica won group and reached quarterfinals. Last yellow card: 8/17/11 at New England

5 DANNY CRUZ MF 5-8 170 GA Born: 1/3/90, Petersburg, VA Age: 21 Last Club: UNLV Aggressive, speedy midfielder in third season who provides pace and service at wide midfield positions. 2011: Netted first goal of the season in 2-0 win vs. TFC on 7/9 … Out with quad injury suffered on 7/29. Last appearance: 7/23/11 at Chivas USA Last goal: 7/9/11 vs. Toronto FC Last assist: 4/10/11 vs. Vancouver Last yellow card: 7/16/11 vs. Kansas City Last red card: 7/21/10 vs. Puebla (SuperLiga)

7 COLIN CLARK MF 6-0 180 Born: 4/11/84, Fort Collins, CO Age: 27 Last Club: Colorado Rapids Tricky, technical attacking midfielder acquired from Colorado. United States international (1 cap). 2011: Helped lead Dynamo to 3-1 win vs. SEA on 7/30 with opening goal and clinching assist … Notched third assist of season in 2-1 win vs. POR on 8/14. Last appearance: 8/14/11 vs. Portland Last goal: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last assist: 8/14/11 vs. Portland Last yellow card: 7/3/11 at Colorado

Last red card: 7/16/11 vs. Kansas City

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8 KOFI SARKODIE DF 5-8 165 GA Born: 3/22/91, Dayton, OH Age: 20 Last Club: University of Akron Promising rookie back selected No. 7 overall in 2011 MLS SuperDraft. United States U-20 international. 2011: Became youngest Dynamo player to start an MLS match in his pro debut on 3/25 at SEA … Started five straight matches from 6/25 to 7/23. International: Made two appearances for U.S. U-20 national team against France on 5/17 and 5/19. Last appearance: 7/23/11 at Chivas USA Last yellow card: 6/25/11 at D.C. United Last red card: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas

9 JASON GAREY FW 6-0 185 Born: 7/19/84, Baton Rouge, LA Age: 27 Last Club: Columbus Crew Gulf Coast region native, experienced attacking option with speed and size acquired in offseason. 2011: Has appeared in 10 MLS games, starting two. Last appearance: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last goal: 9/14/10 vs. Joe Public (CCL) (w. CLB) Last MLS goal: 8/21/10 vs. COL (w. CLB) Last assist: 10/21/10 at Joe Public (CCL) (w. CLB)

Last yellow card: 8/24/10 at Santos (CCL) (w. CLB)

10 JE-VAUGHN WATSON MF 6-1 175 I Born: 10/22/83, St. Catherine, Jamaica Age: 27 Last Club: Sporting Central (Jamaica) Energetic midfielder expected to compete for playing time in midfield. Jamaica international (11 caps). 2011: Has made nine starts in his first MLS season and almost scored with a header in 1-1 tie at NE on 8/17. International: Appeared in three of four games at Gold Cup as Jamaica won group and reached quarterfinals. Last start: 8/17/11 at New England Last assist: 5/7/11 at Toronto FC Last yellow card: 7/23/11 at Chivas USA Last red card: 7/23/11 at Chivas USA

11 BRAD DAVIS MF 5-11 175 Born: 11/8/81, St. Charles, MO Age: 29 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Original Dynamo player who has won last two team MVP awards. United States international (5 caps). 2011: Leads Major League Soccer with 11 assists … Earned fourth career All-Star selection. Last goal: 7/16/11 vs. Kansas City Last assist: 8/14/11 vs. Portland Last yellow card: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last red card: 8/30/09 at Colorado

12 WILL BRUIN FW 6-2 194 GA Born: 10/24/89, St. Louis, MO Age: 21 Last Club: Indiana University Forward with size and skill selected with No. 11 pick in 2011 MLS SuperDraft. 2011: Appeared in 21 games, starting 20, and earned MLS Player of the Week honors with three goals vs. DC in 4-1 win on 4/29 … Out following knee surgery on 8/2. Last appearance: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last goal: 4/29/11 vs. D.C. United (3) Last assist: 4/2/11 at New York Last yellow card: 5/14/11 at Real Salt Lake

13 FRANCISCO NAVAS COBO MF 5-10 150 HG Born: 11/17/91, Houston, TX Age: 19 Last Club: Dynamo Academy Second-year professional expected to provide depth as an outside midfielder. 2011: Made only first-team appearance as a sub in 2-0 Dynamo Charities Cup loss vs. Bolton on 7/20. Last MLS appearance: 4/17/10 vs. Chivas USA Last start: 7/6/10 vs. Chivas USA (USOC)

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15 CAM WEAVER FW 6-4 195 Born: 6/10/83, Tacoma, WA Age: 28 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Target forward in his third season with the Dynamo who provides consistent threat despite injuries. 2011: Scored fourth goal of the season to tie career high and added an assist in 2-2 tie vs. FCD on 5/28. Last goal: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas Last assist: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas Last yellow card: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last red card: 10/4/09 vs. Kansas City

16 ADAM MOFFAT MF 6-0 175 Born: 5/15/86, Glasgow, Scotland Age: 25 Last Club: Portland Timbers Tenacious two-way midfielder acquired in July 21 trade. 2011: Scored Goal of the Year candidate with 40-yard blast in 2-1 win vs. POR, his former team, on 8/14 … Dynamo are 2-0-2 since he stepped into the lineup. Last goal: 8/14/11 vs. Portland Last assist: 7/17/10 vs. New York (w. CLB) Last yellow card: 8/17/11 at New England (2) Last red card: 8/17/11 at New England

18 JOSUE SOTO MF 5-9 160 HG Born: 1/3/89, Fort Worth, TX Age: 22 Last Club: Dynamo Academy Steady midfielder and home-grown product signed after completing collegiate career at SMU. 2011: Made only first-team appearance as a sub in 2-0 Dynamo Charities Cup loss vs. Bolton on 7/20.

19 ALEX DIXON MF 5-8 150 HG Born: 2/7/90, Bay City, TX Age: 21 Last Club: Dynamo Academy Talented attacking player and home-grown product signed after three years at North Carolina. 2011: Has made six appearances in MLS play, all as a substitute, in his first professional season. Last appearance: 8/17/11 at New England Last start: 4/6/11 vs. Sporting KC (USOC)

20 GEOFF CAMERON MF 6-3 185 Born: 7/11/85, Attleboro, MA Age: 26 Last Club: Rhode Island Emerging star in midfield looking to rebound from 2010 injury. United States international (1 cap). 2011: Earned second All-Star selection in last three years … His crosses led to two of three goals in 3-1 win vs. SEA on 7/30 … Scored dramatic tying goal in 84th minute of 1-1 tie at PHI on 8/6. Last goal: 8/6/11 at Philadelphia Last assist: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last yellow card: 3/25/11 at Seattle Last red card: 10/10/10 vs. New England

21 HUNTER FREEMAN DF 5-11 175 Born: 1/8/85, Tyler, TX Age: 26 Last Club: IK Start (Norway) Experienced defender and Texas native acquired in the offseason after two years in Norway. 2011: Has started 19 of 25 MLS matches … Returned to starting lineup for first time since 6/18 in 3-1 win vs. SEA on 7/30 and assisted clinching goal. Last goal: 4/17/11 vs. New England Last assist: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last yellow card: 8/17/11 at New England Last MLS red card: 8/26/06 at Chicago (w. COL)

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24 TYLER DERIC GK 6-3 195 HG Born: 8/30/88, Houston, TX Age: 22 Last Club: Dynamo Academy First ever Academy product expected to serve as No. 2 goalkeeper after strong outings in 2010. 2011: Made four saves in 1-0 overtime loss vs. KC in U.S. Open Cup qualifying on 4/6 … Also made four saves in 2-0 Dynamo Charities Cup loss vs. Bolton on 7/20. Last start: 4/6/11 vs. Sporting KC (USOC) Last shutout: 10/16/10 at San Jose Most saves (’11): 4, 4/6/11 vs. Sporting KC (USOC) Most saves (Career): 5, 10/23/10 vs. Seattle

25 BRIAN CHING FW 6-1 195 Born: 5/24/78, Haleiwa, HI Age: 33 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Dynamo all-time leading scorer and team captain. United States international (45 caps, 11 goals). 2011: Scored two goals to lead effort in 3-1 win vs. SEA on 7/30 and run his career total to 75 MLS goals … Added fourth goal of season in 2-1 win vs. POR on 8/14. Last goal: 8/14/11 vs. Portland Last assist: 7/9/11 vs. Toronto FC Last yellow card: 8/21/10 vs. Chicago Last red card: 7/16/11 vs. Kansas City

26 COREY ASHE DF 5-5 154 Born: 3/14/86, Orange County, CA Age: 25 Last Club: North Carolina Quick left-footed midfielder capable of playing on either flank as he enters his fifth professional season. 2011: Started 21 of 25 MLS matches, including 19 starts at left back … Earned first career All-Star selection and played 29 minutes as a sub on 7/27. Last goal: 9/22/09 vs. Árabe Unido (CCL) Last assist: 10/10/10 vs. New England Last yellow card: 6/4/11 at San Jose Last red card: 8/26/09 at Árabe Unido (CCL)

28 EVAN NEWTON GK 6-2 185 Born: 4/1/88, Virginia Beach, VA Age: 23 Last Club: Old Dominion University Rookie goalkeeper with good size and experience selected in 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft. 2011: On loan with FC Tampa Bay of the NASL … Made first appearance as halftime sub and made six saves while keeping a shutout in 1-0 friendly win vs. Bolton Wanderers on 7/14 … Made four saves for shutout in league debut at Atlanta on 8/6.

29 CARLO COSTLY FW 6-2 187 I Born: 7/18/82, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Age: 29 Last Club: Atlas de Guadalajara (Mexico) Talented, experienced forward acquired in August 2011. Honduras international (49 caps, 20 goals). 2011: Helped Dynamo rally late in 1-1 tie at NE on 8/17 with header from corner kick that led to tying goal. International: Scored both goals in 2-0 friendly win vs. Venezuela on 8/10. Last start: 8/14/11 vs. Portland

31 ANDRE HAINAULT DF 6-0 180 I Born: 6/17/86, Montréal, QC, Canada Age: 25 Last Club: FK SIAD Most (Czech Rep.) Defender who can play outside or center back. Canada international (22 caps, 2 goals). 2011: Has played all 2,070 MLS minutes when not on national team duty, playing center back in 21 of his 23 appearances. Last goal: 10/16/10 at San Jose Last assist: 7/31/10 vs. New York Last yellow card: 9/22/10 at Kansas City Last red card: 8/26/09 at Árabe Unido (CCL)

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32 BOBBY BOSWELL DF 6-2 185 Born: 3/15/83, Austin, TX Age: 28 Last Club: D.C. United Backbone of the Dynamo’s defense over the last three seasons. United States international (3 caps). 2011: Has played in 19 of 25 MLS matches at center back and scored late, game-tying goals at CHI on 4/23 and at NE on 8/17. Last goal: 8/17/11 at New England Last assist: 4/10/11 vs. Vancouver Last yellow card: 8/17/11 at New England Last red card: 7/24/10 at Columbus

LEGEND GK-goalkeeper; DF-defender; MF-midfielder; FW-forward; I-international; HG-home-grown; GA-Generation adidas; USOC-United States Open Cup; CCL-CONCACAF Champions League

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2011 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS, ALL GAMES (7-9-11)

Includes MLS regular season, U.S. Open Cup qualifying, Dynamo Charities Cup UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A C E

1 GK Tally Hall 25 25 2250 0 1 1 0 20 MF Geoff Cameron 24 24 2160 4 4 1 0 31 DF Andre Hainault 24 24 2130 0 0 0 0 11 MF Brad Davis 26 25 2124 3 11 4 0 32 DF Bobby Boswell 22 21 1930 3 1 4 0 26 DF Corey Ashe 25 21 1904 0 0 1 0 21 DF Hunter Freeman 20 19 1709 1 2 2 0 12 FW Will Bruin 23 21 1683 4 1 1 0 15 FW Cam Weaver 25 17 1593 4 1 3 0 MF Lovel Palmer 20 17 1570 1 0 5 1 7 MF Colin Clark 22 15 1229 3 3 1 1 5 MF Danny Cruz 16 11 1014 1 1 3 0 10 MF Je-Vaughn Watson 17 10 952 0 2 2 1 25 FW Brian Ching 14 9 794 4 1 0 1 8 DF Kofi Sarkodie 9 8 732 0 0 3 1 4 DF Jermaine Taylor 10 8 700 0 0 1 0 DF Mike Chabala 8 3 397 0 0 2 0

16 MF Adam Moffat 5 4 383 1 0 2 1 9 FW Jason Garey 12 3 330 0 0 0 0 2 DF Eddie Robinson 4 4 304 0 0 0 0 19 MF Alex Dixon 8 2 286 0 0 0 0 FW Koke 7 2 236 1 0 0 0

24 GK Tyler Deric 2 2 210 0 0 0 0 29 FW Carlo Costly 3 1 104 0 0 0 0 DF Jordan Graye 1 0 34 0 0 0 0 FW Dominic Oduro 1 0 29 0 0 0 0

18 MF Josue Soto 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 13 MF Francisco Navas Cobo 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 3 FW Calen Carr 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 28 GK Evan Newton own goals 1 TEAM 27 27 2460 31 28 37 6 OPPONENT 27 27 2460 33 25 34 2 UNF GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SH SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

1 Tally Hall 25 25 2250 106 76 30 1.20 3 3 7 7 11 4 24 Tyler Deric 2 2 210 11 8 3 1.29 0 0 0 2 0 0 28 Evan Newton 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 27 27 2460 117 84 33 1.21 2 2 7 9 11 4 OPPONENT 27 27 2460 116 85 31 1.13 1 1 9 7 11 9

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PHI SEA NY VAN NE CHI DC COL TOR RSL NY LA DAL SJ CHV CLB DC COL TOR KC CHV SEA PHI POR NE

0-1 1-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 4-1 1-2 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-1 2-2 0-2 2-1 0-2 2-2 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-3 3-1 1-1 2-1 1-1

1 Tally Hall 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Eddie Robinson 90D 56D

3 Calen Carr 10

4 Jermaine Taylor 90D 84D 90D 90D 90D 45D 90D 21 10 90D

5 Danny Cruz 19 5 82M 90M 75M 67M 71M 34 28 90M 67M 90M 79M 67M

7 Colin Clark 1 15 23 72M 90M 15 67M 69M 90M 24 90M 83M 62M 45 23 25 51M 89M 62M 69M

8 Kofi Sarkodie 90D 72D 78D 90D 90D 90D 72D

9 Jason Garey 57F 45F 6 2 2 3 3 14 29 3

10 Je-Vaughn Watson 12 18 90M 90M 23 21 29 66M 90M 90M 83M 90M 70M 28 21 62M

11 Brad Davis 90M 90M 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 86M 61M 90M 90M 90M 90M 45M 90M 65M 61M 90M 90M 90M 80M 90M

12 Will Bruin 61F 75F 73F 90F 88F 88F 81F 77F 28 69F 75F 90F 75F 87F 90F 76F 90F 61F 90F 90F 31F

13 Francisco Navas Cobo

14 Jordan Graye

15 Cam Weaver 33 45 51 84F 90F 90F 85F 62F 62F 87F 90F 16 90F 90F 70F 62F 12 12 90F 59 61F 34 90F

16 Adam Moffat 23 90M 90M 90M 90M

17 Mike Chabala 8 4 45 90D 90D 7 22

18 Josue Soto

19 Alex Dixon 17 5 6 18 1 28

20 Geoff Cameron 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

21 Hunter Freeman 71D 90D 90D 90D 90D 78D 90D 85D 75D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 11 90D 69D 90D 80D

22 Lovel Palmer 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 52M 12 7 29

23 Dominic Oduro 29

24 Tyler Deric

25 Brian Ching 15 39F 9 28 20 28 90F 78F 78F 69F 87F 90F 90F 71F

26 Corey Ashe 90M 85M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 15 90D 90D 45D 19 90D 90D 68D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

27 Koke 5 13 90F 21 15 74F 15

28 Evan Newton

29 Carlo Costly 29 56F 19

31 Andre Hainault 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

32 Bobby Boswell 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 75D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45 90D 90D 90D 90D

"00" = 100 minutes played

F/M/D/G = starting position

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Game log:

Game #1 03/19/2011 HOU 0 vs PHI 1 L

Game #2 03/25/2011 HOU 1 at SEA 1 T Cameron 1 (unassisted) 42

Game #3 04/02/2011 HOU 1 at NY 1 T Weaver 1 (Bruin 1, Hall 1) 50

Game #4 04/10/2011 HOU 3 vs VAN 1 W Weaver 2 (Boswell 1, Davis 1) 37; Boswell 1 (Cruz 1, Davis 2) 42; Bruin 1 (Davis 3) 76

Game #5 04/17/2011 HOU 1 vs NE 0 W Freeman 1 (unassisted) 86

Game #6 04/23/2011 HOU 1 at CHI 1 T Boswell 2 (Davis 4) 83

Game #7 04/29/2011 HOU 4 vs DC 1 W Bruin 2 (Cameron 1) 4; Bruin 3 (Davis 5, Cameron 2) 41; Bruin 4 (Davis 6) 57; Weaver 3 (Freeman 1) 62

Game #8 05/04/2011 HOU 1 vs COL 2 L Clark 1 (Watson 1) 71

Game #9 05/07/2011 HOU 1 at TOR 2 L Palmer 1 (Watson 2) 87

Game #10 05/14/2011 HOU 0 at RSL 0 T

Game #11 05/21/2011 HOU 2 vs NY 2 T Davis 1 (penalty kick) 12; Koke 1 (unassisted) 82

Game #12 05/25/2011 HOU 0 at LA 1 L

Game #13 05/28/2011 HOU 2 vs DAL 2 T Weaver 4 (Davis 7) 42, Clark 2 (Davis 8, Weaver 1) 87

Game #14 06/04/2011 HOU 0 at SJ 2 L

Game #15 06/11/2011 HOU 2 vs CHV 1 W Cameron 2 (Davis 9) 29; own goal (Pearce) 55

Game #16 06/18/2011 HOU 0 vs CLB 2 L

Game #17 06/25/2011 HOU 2 at DC 2 T Davis 2 (penalty kick) 41; Ching 1 (Clark 1, Cameron 3) 89

Game #18 07/03/2011 HOU 0 at COL 0 T

Game #19 07/09/2011 HOU 2 vs TOR 0 W Cruz 1 (Ching 1) 50; Cameron 3 (unassisted) 81

Game #20 07/16/2011 HOU 1 vs KC 1 T Davis 3 (free kick) 8

Game #21 07/23/2011 HOU 0 at CHV 3 L

Game #22 07/30/2011 HOU 3 vs SEA 1 W Clark 3 (unassisted) 7; Ching 2 (Cameron 4, Davis 10) 23; Ching 3 (Clark 2, Freeman 2) 70

Game #23 08/06/2011 HOU 1 at PHI 1 T Cameron 4 (unassisted) 84

Game #24 08/14/2011 HOU 2 vs POR 1 W Moffat 1 (unassisted) 17; Ching 4 (Clark 3, Davis 11) 27

Game #25 08/17/2011 HOU 1 at NE 1 T Boswell 3 (unassisted) 90

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U.S. OPEN CUP

# Player Q1

KC

0-1

1 Tally Hall

2 Eddie Robinson 86D

3 Calen Carr

4 Jermaine Taylor

5 Danny Cruz 120M

7 Colin Clark 76M

8 Kofi Sarkodie 120D

9 Jason Garey 120F

11 Brad Davis

12 Will Bruin 37

13 Francisco Navas Cobo

14 Jordan Graye 34

15 Cam Weaver 83F

17 Mike Chabala 120D

18 Josue Soto

19 Alex Dixon 120M

20 Geoff Cameron

21 Hunter Freeman

22 Lovel Palmer 120M

23 Dominic Oduro

24 Tyler Deric 120G

25 Brian Ching

26 Corey Ashe 44M

28 Evan Newton

31 Andre Hainault

32 Bobby Boswell 120D

U.S. OPEN CUP

1R 04/06/2011 HOU 0 vs KC 1 L

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REAL SALT LAKE @ HOUSTON DYNAMO – SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011

MLS REGULAR SEASON GAME #23 – 2011 RSL GAME #31

Real Salt Lake (10-6-6, 36 pts, 5th

in West)

@

Houston Dynamo (7-7-11, 32 pts, 4th

in East)

Saturday, August 20, 2011 – Robertson Stadium – Houston, Texas – 6:30 p.m. MT TV: KMYU 2.2 / Comcast 22 / Dish 12 w/ Glenn Davis & Brian Dunseth RADIO: ESPN 700 Sports Radio w/ Bill Riley & Ian Joy America First Credit Union Pre-Game Show @ 5:30 p.m. w/ Spencer Checketts & The Guv Juan 106.1 FM / ESPN-Deportes 1600 AM w/ Nelson Moran & Fernando Hortal

PROBABLE STARTERS 8/20 @ HOUSTON

RSL (4-4-2 diamond, R L): GK: Rimando

DF: Russell, Schuler, Borchers, Beltran MF: Beckerman; Williams, Warner; Gil;

FW: Saborío, Espíndola

LIVING OUT OF A SUITCASE: Real Salt Lake

arrived Thursday in Houston for the third of five road games out of its six overall between Aug. 3 and Sept. 10, while the season offers eight more road matches in the remaining 12 overall … RSL has not scored a road goal since FW Fabian Espíndola found the back of the net in the 53‟ of its come-from-behind 1-1 draw at Philadelphia back on June 11, a drought of 397 minutes, spanning 69 days which include a scoreless MLS draw @ CHI, an Open Cup loss @ DAL, and MLS losses @ KC and @ TOR … The Aug. 3 loss to Sporting KC on August 3 marked the first time in 44 MLS games that RSL had dropped back-to-back results, dating back to April, 2010, at LA and at CLB … Last Saturday‟s 0-1 loss at TOR dropped RSL to 0-3-3 all-time in MLS and CCL competition in Canada, while Jason Kreis‟ team seeks its first-ever win in Texas this weekend, RSL posting an 0-16-2 mark on the road against the Dynamo (0-6-1 all-time) or FC Dallas (0-10-1 in MLS, playoff and Open Cup), outscored 18-40 on aggregate … Saturday‟s match at Houston kicks off at 6:30 p.m. MT, with the match televised live on KMYU 2.2 / Comcast 22 / Dish 12 across Utah or via the MLS Direct Kick package … Fans can also follow over the air on RSL‟s official radio partners – ESPN 700 Sports Radio and ESPN Deportes 1600 AM / Juan 106.1 FM …

RSL INJURY REPORT (as of 8/17/11)

OUT: MF Javier Morales (L ankle fracture dislocation); MF Nelson Gonzalez (broken R foot); MF Ned Grabavoy (L hamstring strain); DF Chris Wingert (L wrist fracture)

DOUBTFUL:

QUESTIONABLE: DF Jamison Olave (L knee MCL strain); FW Paulo Jr. (L hamstring strain)

PROBABLE: MF Jean Alexandre (R knee internal pain), DF Tony Beltran (neck strain), GK Nick Rimando (R wrist pain), FW Alvaro Saborio (R knee swelling)

THIRSTY FOR A GOAL, BUT NOT PARCHED: The

current RSL road goal-less drought of 307 (MLS) minutes is the fifth-longest in the club’s seven-season history, but ranks less than half as long as the longest in MLS annals … The facts, courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau:

CONSECUTIVE MLS MINUTES WITHOUT SCORING (ROAD):

684, New York (2009)

583, Kansas City (2006)

573, Real Salt Lake (2005)

REAL SALT LAKE ROAD DROUGHTS:

573 (Apr. 9 - June 26, 2005)

530 (March 28 - May 30, 2009)

354 (June 17 - Sept. 1, 2007)

321 (Aug. 11 - Oct. 2, 2010)

307 (June 11 - current)

DISAPPOINTED IN THE PACE: Real Salt Lake‟s total

of 36 points through 22 games is four points behind last year‟s club-record pace, but nine points ahead of where the team was at this point in 2009, when it won MLS Cup … Totals after 22, 23 and 24 games in the Kreis era: YEAR RECORD PTS GM 23 GM 24 FINAL 2011 10-6-6 36 ??? ???

2010 11-4-7 40 WIN TIE 15-4-11 (56) 2009 7-9-6 27 WIN WIN 11-12-7 (40) 2008 8-8-6 30 TIE LOSS 10-10-10 (40)

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REAL SALT LAKE @ HOUSTON DYNAMO – SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011

ALL-STAR BECKERMAN FIT TO BE TIED: RSL

Captain Kyle Beckerman started and played 90 “exceptional” minutes in the United States‟ 1-1 friendly draw with Mexico in Philadelphia 10 days ago, earning praise from new USMNT Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann … Beckerman – one of three RSL All-Stars this season – now has 13 caps and one goal for the U.S., scoring in the 2009 Gold Cup Quarterfinal v Panama at Lincoln Financial Field, site of the August 10 game … The National Team duty and subsequent appearance last Saturday in Toronto gave the 12-year MLS veteran Beckerman a total of 7 games in 3 weeks from July 23 – Aug. 13, playing a full 90 minutes in five RSL games plus the USMNT contest, along with the final 45 minutes in the MLS All-Stars‟ loss to Manchester United on July 27 … The RSL Captain has started and played a full 90 minutes in 26 of RSL’s 30 games this year (20 out of 22 MLS games, along with 5 of 6 CCL matches and the Open Cup Quarterfinal at Dallas) … Out of the 30 games in all competitions, Beckerman has sat out only the CCL Final v. Monterrey (suspended due to yellow cards) and the Open Cup contest v. Wilmington Hammerheads … In the pair of MLS games with New England, Beckerman played the final 27 minutes in Foxboro (a 2-0 RSL win) and the final 45 at home (a 3-3 draw with RSL a man down for 57 minutes) …

ROAD OPTIMISM: Despite the late collapse at

Columbus and the difficult start at Philadelphia in early June, Real Salt Lake – once the worst road team in the history of MLS – has earned points in 15 of its last 20 road games dating back to May, 2010 … The road forays have been low-scoring, as RSL has scored opponents almost evenly – 14-15 – In that span – while Jason Kreis’ team has dropped just seven of its last 30 overall if you include CONCACAF and MLS Cup Playoff road matches (and one loss, April 5 at Saprissa, still clinched the series for RSL) … This recent advent of road success places the squad‟s all-time regular season road mark at 16-59-26 (.283; 89 GF / 167 GA) following the 101

st road contest in League play last week at

Toronto … Since Kreis took over, RSL‟s MLS road mark is 12-35-21, with the four road wins in 2010 doubling the two earned in each of the 2007-09 seasons … Nine games down (2-4-3, 10 pts), 8 to go in 2011 … Starting with last Saturday’s game at Toronto, and factoring in the new Oct. 6 date north of the border, the Claret-and-Cobalt will play 9 of its final 13 regular season contests – and 5 of the last 7 – away from the friendly confines of Rio Tinto Stadium …

TRAVEL TRAVAILS: Major League Soccer

announced that the previously postponed contest between Real Salt Lake and Vancouver Whitecaps FC has been rescheduled for Thurs., Oct. 6 … Kickoff for the rescheduled affair is set for 7:30 p.m. MT and will take place at the soon-to-be new home of Whitecaps FC, the renovated BC Place in downtown Vancouver … The match, originally scheduled for July 16, was postponed after heavy rains made the temporary grass field installed at Whitecaps FC‟s current home of Empire Field unplayable … Real Salt Lake‟s rescheduled VAN date will result in more miles logged during a back half of the MLS season laden with away fixtures …

THREE-GAME WEEKS CONCLUDE: Real Salt Lake

closed out another three-game MLS week with its 3-0 win back on August 6 over New York, reversing the fortunes of a pair of 0-2 losses to Columbus and Kansas City … Last week marks the fourth time this season the team will play three games in 8 days or fewer … In the Jason Kreis era, RSL has played 3 games in a week a total of 18 times (in all competitions), registering a 23-17-17 record … As indicated in RED below, RSL is 5-0-1 when closing a 3-game week at home … The list: 2011: 4/5 @ SAP (1-2 L); 4/9 @ NE (2-0 W); 4/13 v COL (1-0 W) 2-1-0 6/4 v VAN (2-0 W); 6/8 @ CLB (1-2 L); 6/11 @ PHI (1-1 T) 1-1-1 6/18 v DC (1-1 T); 6/22 @ CHI (1-1 T); 6/25 v TOR (3-1 W) 1-0-2 7/4 v NE (3-3 T); 7/9 v DAL (2-0 W); 7/12 @ DAL (0-2 L) 2-1-0 7/30 v CLB (0-2 L); 8/3 @ KC (0-2 L); 8/6 v NY (3-0 W) 1-2-0 *6 games in 20 days from Sept. 17 – Oct. 6 9/17 v KC; 9/21 @ NY; 9/24 @DC; 9/28 v CHI; 10/1 @ LA; 10/6 @ VAN 2010: 4/10 v SEA (2-2 T); 4/14 @ SJ (3-3 T); 4/17 @ LA (1-2 L) 0-1-2 5/29 v KC (4-1 W); 6/2 @ DC (1-2 L aet); 6/5 @ DC (0-0 T) 1-1-1 8/7 @ KC (1-1 T); 8/11 @ PHI (1-1 T); 8/14 v CLB (2-0 W) 1-0-2 9/15 v TOR (4-1 W); 9/18 v CHI (1-0 W); 9/22 @ AUO (3-2 W) 3-0-0 9/25 v COL (1-1 T); 9/28 @ TOR (1-1 T); 10/2 @ NE (2-1 W) 1-0-2 10/16 v DA (2-0 W); 10/19 v CAZ (3-1 W); 10/23 @ COL (2-2 T) 2-0-1

2009: 5/2 @ COL (0-2 L); 5/6 v LA (2-2 T); 5/9 @ CHV (0-1 L) 0-2-1 8/23 @ NE (1-3 L); 8/26 v CHV (4-0 W); 8/29 @ KC (1-0 W) 2-1-0 10/10 v GUA (1-1 T); 10/14 v NY (2-0 W); 10/17 @ TOR (0-1 L) 1-1-1 2008: 4/26 @ DC (1-4 L); 4/30 v SJ (4-0 W); 5/3 @ LA (2-2 T) 1-1-1 5/24 @ DAL (1-2 L); 5/27 @ CLB (0-2 L); 5/31 v SJ (3-1 W) 1-2-0 6/14 @ CHV (1-0 W); 6/18 v SJ (0-0 T); 6/21 v NE (2-1 W) 2-0-1 2007: 4/14 v CLB (0-0 T); 4/18 v KC (2-1 W); 4/21 @ CHV (0-4 L) 1-1-1 5/20 @ DAL (1-2 L); 5/23 @ COL (1-2 L); 5/27 @ CHI (0-0 L) 0-2-1 7/14 @ KC (0-1 L); 7/21 v EVE (2-0 W); 7/24 v BOC (1-1 T) 1-1-1 8/26 @ CHV (0-1 L); 8/29 v KC (3-1 W); 9/01 @ LA (2-1 W) 2-1-0 * doesn’t include the 5 games in 15 days in late 2007: 1-2-2 9/8 @ HOU (3-4 L); 9/12 @ DC (1-2 L); 9/15 @ TOR (0-0 T); 9/19 v LA (2-2 T); 9/22 v COL (1-0 W)

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REAL SALT LAKE @ HOUSTON DYNAMO – SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011

LINEUP SHUFFLE STOPS IN TORONTO … : For

the first time in more than a year, Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis rolled out the same starting XI at Toronto as he had the previous week – in the team‟s 30

th

game in all competitions this season … Injuries, cards, suspensions, national team duty and fixture congestion had all conspired to prevent a duplicate lineup in back-to-back matches, something that had not happened since July 31/Aug. 7, 2010 – a span of 48 MLS, CCL and Open Cup games …

… BUT PICKS UP AGAIN IN HOUSTON: However,

Kreis‟ carousel continues this week, as DF Chris Wingert is out due to a left wrist fracture suffered in the 32‟ of last week‟s 0-1 loss at Toronto, while MF Will Johnson is also forced out for one game due to yellow-card accumulation thanks to his 54‟ caution at BMO Field … With his trio of caution-free games in early August, Captain and MF Kyle Beckerman has now earned a similar “Good Behavior” reduction … Beckerman, as well as FW Fabian Espíndola, DF Chris Wingert, DF Robbie Russell and M/F Jean Alexandre are each TWO cautions away from suspension …

DEPTH CONTINUALLY TESTED: While RSL Nation

was elated to see FW Paulo Junior return to action for the final 9 minutes @ TOR for first time since mid-April (a span of 17 MLS games, and 20 games in all competitions), several regular starters have missed significant time due to long-term injuries … DF Chris Wingert is expected to be out six weeks, while MF Ned Grabavoy is also expected to miss most of August and perhaps September due to a groin strain … DF Jamison Olave suffered a knee injury in the MLS All-Star Game, while MF Javier Morales – the man who has made the RSL attack click since 2008 – has missed 21 games and counting, as he targets an Oct. 1 return from the broken ankle suffered back on May 7 … This year‟s time lost due to injury, suspension or int‟l duty:

PLAYER MIN. LOST PROJECTED RETURN

Javier Morales 2250 10/1 @ LA ???

Paulo Junior 1880 8/13 @ TOR

Chris Wingert 450 10/1 v LA ???

Jamison Olave 360 8/20 @ HOU ???

Ned Grabavoy 270 9/17 v KC ???

Alvaro Saborio 810

Arturo Alvarez 810

Fabian Espindola 630

Will Johnson 630

The total number of games lost due to injury or national team duty this season? … Nearly 100 games worth by RSL’s top contributors … Almost 1/2 of those games missed have been by Morales and Paulo Junior, with RSL posting a 5-5-6 MLS mark in games missed completely by the dynamic duo …

KYLE HELPING OUT: Captain Kyle Beckerman

notched his team-high seventh assist of the season back on August 6 in the 3-0 win over NY, his setup of both first-half goals by DF Nat Borchers and Luis Gil, giving RSL a 2-0 halftime lead … The seven assists are the most for Beckerman in a single-season since joining RSL midway through 2007, far outpacing his career-high in the category (5 w/ COL in 2003) with 12 MLS games remaining … Beckerman‟s 15 assists with RSL place him in sole possession of 3

rd all-time (behind Javi Morales‟ 33 and

Andy Williams‟ 28), while his eight game-winning assists – the most recent of which came on Borchers‟ header v NY – is one better than Morales‟ seven in team history …

SABORIO HEATING UP: RSL FW Álvaro Saborío

slammed the door on New York Saturday with a 77‟ PK to move into a tie with teammate Fabian Espindola for the team‟s MLS goal-scoring lead with six goals on the 2011 campaign … All six of the Costa Rican international‟s goals have been scored in his last seven appearances, with three of the tallies coming from the PK spot … Saborio also scored twice this year in CCL play for RSL, while the forward – who had 18 goals in 30 games across all competitions in 2010 – was a key cog for Costa Rica‟s Gold Cup run to the Quarterfinals … “Sabo” returned to Jason Kreis‟ availability Wednesday after serving a one-game suspension on 7/30 v CLB and being assessed a $1,000 fine by the MLS Disciplinary Committee … Saborio was adjudicated to have dived on 7/23 v SJ, leading to a PK goal and a red card to the Earthquakes DF Bobby Burling … RSL went on to win that match 4-0, with a Saborio brace leading the charge …

JUST CALL RIMANDO “MR. CLEAN” – AGAIN:

The August 6 shutout against New York was RSL‟s 11th in

league play this season and Nick Rimando‟s 10th of 2011

… Rimando trails only his opposite number from Dallas, Kevin Hartman (12), for the league lead in shutouts … Rimando (84) and Hartman (104) are also 1-2 on the League‟s career shutout list … In addition, Rimando ranks among MLS‟ best this season with a 0.77 GAA (2

nd), a

409-minute shutout streak (3rd

), 8 wins (T-4th) and a 73.7

save percentage (6th) …

RSL GK Nick Rimando recorded his 84

th career shutout

on Aug. 6 vs NY, 48 of which have now come in the RSL Claret-and-Cobalt … Rimando also had two shutouts in CONCACAF play earlier this year at Columbus and v Saprissa, while Reynish tallied a clean sheet in the 2011 Open Cup debut against Wilmington on June 28 …

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DOMINANT DEFENSE NEEDS SOME SUPPORT:

Despite the shock of the recent 0-2 losses suffered v CLB and @ KC, along with last week‟s 0-1 loss at TOR, RSL‟s vaunted rearguard has still allowed only 17 goals through 22 games, including the concession of one goal or fewer in 15 of 22 MLS contests … The team boasts allowing a league-low 0.77 GAA and 17 goals allowed thus far, including three on PKs … Last year, RSL allowed just 20 goals in the 30-game regular season, setting a new standard in MLS annals and breaking the 2007 Houston Dynamo record of 23 GA …

FEAST OR FAMINE ON THE RSL ATTACK: Due to

the onslaught of injuries, suspension and Gold Cup duty, Real Salt Lake suffered a stretch of 11 contests from April through June in which its scored multiple goals in league play just once – a 2-0 win over Vancouver on June 4 … However, the Claret-and-Cobalt had climbed their way out of the scoring funk, pouring in 12 goals across four league contests (3-1 W v TOR on June 25, a 3-3 T v NE on July 4, a 2-0 W v DAL on July 9 and a 4-0 W v SJ on July 23) … What a difference a week makes, as RSL went scoreless in two games last week, suffering back-to-back shutouts at home vs Columbus on July 30 and on Aug. 3 at Kansas City, before exploding for three goals Saturday against New York … Then it was back to zero at Toronto on Saturday … The back-to-back “donuts” for RSL against CLB and KC marked the second time this season (May 14 & 22 v HOU and @ DAL) that Kreis‟ team failed to score in consecutive matches … A year ago, RSL paced the league with 45 goals scored in its 30 contests (1.50) …

STREAK STOPPED AT SEVEN: Real Salt Lake‟s 0-2

loss to Columbus on July 30 halted the team‟s unbeaten run at seven MLS games, marking the club‟s third-longest stretch without a loss in team history … The only longer streaks each originated last year, when single-season runs of 10 and 14 games for Jason Kreis‟ team without a loss, the latter extended to 18 with its hot regular-season start this year:

TEAM STK START END

Real Salt Lake 18 07/24/2010 04/13/2011

Real Salt Lake 10 05/01/2010 07/08/2010

Real Salt Lake 7 06/11/2011 07/30/2011

Real Salt Lake 5 07/26/2006 08/19/2006

Real Salt Lake 5 09/30/2006 04/14/2007

Real Salt Lake 5 05/31/2008 06/21/2008

Real Salt Lake 5 09/27/2008 10/25/2008

Real Salt Lake 5 06/06/2009 07/03/2009

RSL “BRACING” FOR SUCCESS: With FW Alvaro

Saborio‟s two-goal „brace‟ on July 23 v SJ, RSL has now seen 20 of its 30 all-time multi-goal performances occur at home in its 205-game MLS regular-season game, 12-game CCL and 12-game Open Cup histories … The multi-goal game was Saborio‟s 7

th cross all competitions, ahead

of Jeff Cunningham (5) and Javier Morales‟ tie with Robbie Findley with four “braces,” while Yura Movsisyan and Jason Kreis each had 2, ahead of Paulo Junior, Will Johnson, Kyle Beckerman, Atiba Harris, Chris Brown and Fabian Espíndola, who have each also scored 2 or more times in a game … When an RSL player scores 2 or more goals in a game, the team has posted a 21-3-4 all-time mark … Besides the 4-5 loss at Cruz Azul in CCL play and the 4-6 loss at Minnesota in Open Cup action, when was the lone MLS loss? … June 17, 2007, when Chris Brown‟s brace @LA was wasted in a 2-3 loss:

G Player Date Opponent Result

2 Álvaro Saborío 07/23/2011 vs. SJ W 4-0

2 Álvaro Saborío 06/25/2011 vs. TOR W 3-1

2 Javier Morales 03/26/2011 vs. LA W 4-1

2 Javier Morales 03/01/2011 vs. CLB W 4-1*

2 Álvaro Saborío 10/23/2010 @ COL T 2-2

2 Paulo Junior 10/18/2010 vs. CAZ W 3-1*

2 Will Johnson 09/25/2010 @ AUO W 3-2*

2 Álvaro Saborío 08/25/2010 @ CAZ L 4-5*

2 Álvaro Saborío 08/18/2010 vs. AUO W 2-1*

2 Javier Morales 08/14/2010 vs. CLB W 2-0

2 Álvaro Saborío 07/02/2010 vs. NE W 5-0

2 Álvaro Saborío 05/13/2010 vs. HOU W 3-1

2 Javier Morales 03/27/2010 @ SJ W 3-0

3 Robbie Findley 04/02/2009 vs. CLB W 4-1

2 Yura Movsisyan 07/24/2009 vs. DAL W 4-2

2 Robbie Findley 08/26/2009 vs. CHV W 4-0

2 Robbie Findley 10/24/2009 vs. COL W 3-0

2 Yura Movsisyan 09/27/2008 @ SJ W 3-2

2 Fabian Espindola 08/29/2008 vs. COL W 2-0

2 Kyle Beckerman 04/12/2008 vs. DC W 4-0

2 Robbie Findley 06/23/2007 vs. DC W 2-1

2 Chris Brown 06/17/2007 @ LA L 2-3

2 Jeff Cunningham 04/07/2007 vs. DAL T 2-2

2 Atiba Harris 09/30/2006 @ KC T 3-3

2 Jeff Cunningham 08/09/2006 @ COL W 4-1

2 Jeff Cunningham 07/29/2006 vs. DC W 2-1

2 Jeff Cunningham 06/03/2006 vs. CHI W 3-1

2 Jeff Cunningham 05/13/2006 @ LA W 3-0

3 Jason Kreis 07/13/2005 @ MIN L 4-6&

2 Jason Kreis 04/30/2005 vs. SJ T 2-2

*CONCACAF Champions League &U.S. Open Cup

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SEEING RED, BUT TO LITTLE ADVANTAGE:

Back on May 7, Real Salt Lake saw an opponent hit with multiple red cards for the third time in the team’s now 204-game MLS regular-season history, with the 65-minute span with at least a one-man advantage the longest in club annals … For an incredible amount of 49 minutes, RSL enjoyed a TWO-MAN advantage over Chivas USA, playing 11-v-9 in deadlocked fashion prior to Will Johnson’s victory-clinching goal in the 87

th minute … On only one

prior occasion – Oct. 18, 2008, in the 2nd

-ever game at Rio Tinto Stadium – had RSL enjoyed a 2-man advantage over its opponent, but that was just for stoppage time of the team‟s 3-1 victory over FC Dallas, a game known primarily for Johnson‟s 2008 MLS Goal of the Year blast … Following the August 3 ejection of KC MF Roger Espinoza in the 57

th minute v KC, RSL opponents have now been

subject to ejection on 27 occasions, giving the Claret-and-Cobalt a total of 487 minutes with a man-advantage … During those minutes, RSL has now seen a +13 goal difference, thanks to the 4-goal outburst on July 23 …

OTHER RED CARD MISCELLANY: In its history,

RSL has never played with just nine men due to disciplinary issues, and has now scored SEVEN short-handed goals (Jason Kreis, 7/4/05 v. NY; Chris Klein & Kreis, 9/16/06 v. DAL; a Chris Leitch own-goal on 7/3/09 v. SJ; Nelson Gonzalez late goal on 5/28/11 v. SEA; and the Johnson/Saborio goals on July 4) … All-time, RSL now has been victim of 30 red cards, succumbing to a -9 goal difference in a total of 632 minutes playing a man down … Incredibly, SIX of those nine goals came in one game, the 0-6 loss @NY in August 2006 when DF Jack Stewart was tossed in the 8

th minute

TWO-GOAL COMEBACKS: Real Salt Lake emerged

with a point on July 4 for the sixth time in club history after spotting the opposition a two-goal lead … Four of the six 2-goal comebacks have occurred at home, with three of the four happening as precursors to the Independence Day or Pioneer Day fireworks shows … This week‟s NE comeback was the second to occur on July 4, as former captain Jason Kreis tallied a 90‟ PK v NY to salvage a 2-2 draw … In last year‟s regular-season finale at rival Colorado, Saborio scored twice in second-half stoppage time to retain the Rocky Mountain Cup for holders RSL … The only win of the six came against Dallas … In 2009, RSL stormed back from a 0-2 deficit at halftime to visiting Dallas on Pioneer Day to score four in an incredible second half, which saw GK Nick Rimando stone a Jeff Cunningham PK and Yura Movsisyan notch a 2

nd-half

brace … The list:

7/4/2005 v NY: T 2-2 RSL: Trembly (78) Kreis (90);

MET: Razov (44) Magee (48)

10/8/2005 @ SJ: T 2-2 RSL: Novak (64) Williams (73);

SJ: De Rosario (38) Nash (44)

05/05/2007 v NY: T 3-3 RSL: Klein (61) Cunningham (90) C. Brown (90);

NY: Richards (12) Mathis (28,83)

07/24/2009 v DAL: W 4-2 RSL: Movsisyan (55,90) Findley (62) own goal (88);

DAL: Cunningham (13) van den Bergh (21)

10/23/2010 @ COL: T 2-2 RSL: Saborio (90,90);

COL: Cummings (16) Casey (50)

07/04/2011 v NE: T 3-3 RSL: Johnson (24) Saborio (56) Espindola (83);

NE: Lekic (4) Tierney (16) Joseph (63)

MAYDAY, MAYDAY: 12-MONTH RUN OF

SUCCESS ON MULTIPLE FRONTS: Real Salt Lake

performed exceptionally in the 45 games played between May 1, 2010 and April 30, 2011, losing only six times in that stretch, the rough equivalent of a season-and-a-half … Across MLS reg. season, MLS Playoff and CONCACAF Champions League games, Jason Kreis‟ team posted an impressive mark of 26-6-13 and outscored opponents 75-33 since May 1, 2010 … RSL would have earned 91 points in this stretch … The MLS equivalents: (reg.-season games only)

TEAM GAME 1 GAME 45 PTS

Los Angeles Galaxy 7/04/1997 9/02/1998 95

D.C. United 5/21/2005 7/22/2006 91

Chicago Fire 6/04/2000 9/01/2001 90

Prior to April 30 at Portland, the lone MLS losses both came on the road at Dallas on July 17 and Oct. 30, sandwiched around the bizarre 4-5 loss at Cruz Azul … The fourth loss was the 1-2 decision at Saprissa which enabled RSL to advance to the CCL Final …

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LATE DRAMA PART OF RSL DNA: MF Will

Johnson‟s 87‟ game-winning goal vs. Chivas way back on May 7 marked the 16

th all-time go-ahead scored by RSL in

the final 15 minutes of a regular-season MLS or CCL game … Two of the three RSL goals scored prior to that – Espindola‟s 93+ game-winner v COL and Morales‟ late equalizer at Monterrey – also meet the dramatic criteria … All-time lists for equalizers and GWG (active players in bold):

RSL EQUALIZERS AFTER 75’ (18 total)

95+ ................... Saborío, 10/23/10 @ COL (1-1 T) 94+ .................... Saborío, 04/10/10 v. SEA (2-2 T) 93+ ................. Borchers, 09/25/10 v. COL (1-1 T) 92+ .................. Johnson, 8/25/10 @ CAZ* (4-5 L) 92+....................... C. Brown, 5/05/07 v. NY (3-3 T) 91+‟ ................. Leitch (OG), 7/03/09 v. SJ (1-1 T) 90‟ ................Movsisyan, 10/15/08 @ COL (1-1 T) 90‟..................Cunningham, 7/29/06 v. DC (2-1 W) 90‟................................ Kreis, 7/4/05 v. NY (2-2 T) 89’.................. Morales, 04/20/11 @ MTY* (2-2 T) 89‟......................... Soto, 10/15/06 @ CHV (1-1 T) 89‟..............................Kreis, 4/15/06 v. NY (1-1 T) 88‟............................Kreis, 5/27/06 v. COL (2-2 T) 86’........................ Morales, 9/19/07 v. LA (2-2 T) 83’........................Espindola, 7/4/11 v. NE (3-3 T) 81‟............................. Kreis, 9/30/06 @ KC (3-3 T) 78‟...................... Ballouchy, 5/20/06 v. KC (2-1 W) 75‟........................... Klein, 8/16/06 @ CLB (2-1 W)

RSL GAME-WINNERS AFTER 75’ (16 total)

93+................ Espíndola, 04/13/11 v. COL (1-0 W) 92+..................... Saborío, 8/18/10 v. DAU* (2-1 W) 92+ ............... Cunningham, 7/29/06 v. DC (2-1 W) 90‟.......................... Talley, 8/16/06 @ CLB (2-1 W) 89’................ Espíndola, 05/22/10 @ CHV (2-1 W) 88‟................. Torres (OG), 7/24/09 v. DAL (4-2 W) 87’........................ Johnson, 5/7/11 v. CHV (1-0 W) 87‟........................ Findley, 7/28/08 v. TOR (2-1 W) 87‟..................... Findley, 10/20/07 @ COL (1-0 W) 84’........................ Saborío, 10/2/10 @ NE (2-1 W) 84‟....................... Findley, 8/04/07 v. HOU (1-0 W) 81‟...................... Dunseth, 4/16/05 v. COL (1-0 W) 80’......................... Morales, 6/09/10 v. LA (1-0 W) 80’...................... Williams, 10/14/09 v. NY (1-0 W) 80’ ........................ Morales, 4/11/09 v. DC (2-1 W) 80‟.................. Cunningham, 5/20/06 v. KC (2-1 W)

MORALES A MARKED MAN IN MLS: Argentine

playmaker Javier Morales has played 116 games for RSL (93 MLS regular-season, 8 playoff, 3 Open Cup, 12 CCL) … During that time, he has been the most-fouled player in the League (reg. season only), an indicator of the target on his back by opposing defenses … The list (from 8/29/07 to 5/7/11): Player FS

Javier Morales - RSL 211

Alejandro Moreno - CLB 199

Eddie Gaven - CLB 189

Robbie Rogers - CLB 172

Guillermo Barros Schelotto - CLB 163

ALL-TIME RESULTS, WITHOUT JAVIER: Since the

talismanic Argentine Javier Morales‟ arrival on the Wasatch Front, RSL has played 45 MLS regular-season/playoff, CCL or Open Cup games without its playmaker, posting a 17-14-14 overall mark (only 4-10-5 away from home) … Head Coach Jason Kreis‟ team has gone 13-12-12 in MLS reg. season play, 0-0-1 Playoff, 3-0-0 in CONCACAF and 1-2-1 in Open Cup sans Javi … Since the beginning of the 2009 season, that record is 14-11-11, including the ability to score 2+ goals in 16 of those 36 games without Javier … The breakdown:

DATE OPP. RESULT

09/19/2007 Los Angeles T 2-2

09/22/2007 Colorado W 1-0

09/29/2007 @ New York T 2-2

10/06/2007 Chivas USA L 2-3

10/15/2007 Houston L 0-1

10/20/2007 @ Colorado W 1-0 (2-2-2 overall)

05/15/2008 @ Colorado L 0-2 (0-1-0 overall)

04/28/2009 @ Seattle L 1-4* USOC

05/06/2009 Los Angeles T 2-2

06/06/2009 Colorado T 1-1

08/26/2009 Chivas USA W 4-0

08/29/2009 @ Kansas City W 1-0

09/12/2009 Chicago T 1-1

09/19/2009 @ Houston L 2-3

09/26/2009 @ FC Dallas L 0-3 (2-3-3 overall)

04/14/2010 @ San Jose T 3-3* USOC

04/17/2010 @ Los Angeles L 1-2

04/24/2010 @ Columbus L 0-1

05/01/2010 Toronto FC W 2-1

05/08/2010 Philadelphia W 3-0

09/15/2010 Toronto FC W 4-1^ CCL

09/18/2010 Chicago W 1-0

09/22/2010 @ Arabe Unido W 3-2^ CCL

09/25/2010 Colorado T 1-1

10/19/2010 Cruz Azul W 3-1^ CCL

11/06/2010 FC Dallas T 1-1& Playoff

(6-2-3 overall)

04/09/2011 @ New England W 2-0

05/14/2011 Houston T 0-0

05/22/2011 @ Dallas T 0-0

05/28/2011 Seattle L 1-2

06/04/2011 Vancouver W 2-0

06/08/2011 @ Columbus L 1-2

06/11/2011 @ Phila. T 1-1

06/18/2011 D.C. United T 1-1

06/22/2011 @ Chicago T 0-0

06/25/2011 Toronto FC W 3-1

06/28/2011 Wilmington W 2-0* USOC

07/04/2011 New England T 3-3

07/09/2011 FC Dallas W 2-0

07/12/2011 @ Dallas L 0-2* USOC

07/23/2011 San Jose W 4-0

07/30/2011 Columbus L 0-2

08/03/2011 @ Kansas City L 0-2

08/06/2011 New York W 3-0

08/13/2011 @ Toronto L 0-1

(7-6-6 overall)

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REAL SALT LAKE ALL-TIME INT’L RESULTS (12-7-6 – 43 GF / 33 GA) * - XanGo Cup # - CCL Date Opponent Score Result June 8, 2005 Universidad Catolica (Chile) 3-2 W August 24, 2005 Harbour View F.C. (Jamaica) 1-1 T July 19, 2006 Monarcas Morelia (Mexico) 1-3 L August 12, 2006 Real Madrid (Spain)* 0-2 L April 18, 2007 Fiji National Team 3-0 W June 7, 2007 Chinese National Team 1-0 W July 21, 2007 Everton F.C. (England)* 2-0 W July 24, 2007 Boca Juniors (Argentina)* 1-1 T July 9, 2008 Club Santos Laguna (Mexico)* 1-4 L July 23, 2008 Dep. Saprissa (Costa Rica) 1-2 L Sept. 3, 2008 U.A.N.L. (Tigres) (Mexico) 1-0 W July 11, 2009 C.F. América (Mexico)* 1-0 W Oct. 7, 2009 CD Guadalajara (Mexico) 1-1 T June 19, 2010 Puntarenas F.C. (Costa Rica) 2-0 W August 18, 2010 Árabe Unido (Panama) # 2-1 W August 25, 2010 @ Cruz Azul (Mexico) # 4-5 L Sept. 15, 2010 Toronto FC (Canada) # 4-1 W Sept. 22, 2010 @ Arabe Unido (Panama) # 3-2 W Sept. 28, 2010 @ Toronto FC (Canada) # 1-1 T Oct. 19, 2010 Cruz Azul (Mexico) # 3-1 W Feb. 22, 2011 @ Columbus (USA) # 0-0 T March 1, 2011 Columbus Crew (USA) # 4-1 W March 15, 2011 Dep. Saprissa (CRC) # 2-0 W April 5, 2011 @ Dep. Saprissa (CRC) # 1-2 L* April 20, 2011 @ Monterrey (MEX) # 2-2 T April 27, 2011 Monterrey (MEX) # 0-1 L

* RSL advances 3-2 on aggregate

HOW DOES RSL GET BACK IN TO CCL?: RSL

probably won‟t play another international side – exhibition or otherwise – until the 2012/13 CONCACAF tourney, which it could only qualify for by winning the 2011 MLS Supporters Shield crown or be a MLS Cup 2011 participant … RSL saw its other opportunity fall by the wayside this week after falling out of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup via a quarterfinal defeat at FC Dallas … Had RSL defeated Dallas in last year‟s MLS Cup Playoff series, or even had Los Angeles advanced in place of Dallas to MLS Cup – RSL would have qualified for this year‟s CONCACAF Champions League due to LA essentially owning “dual” slots (Supp. Shield / Cup participant) and RSL finishing #2 in last year‟s overall MLS table …

RSL’S INTERNATIONAL HISTORY: With the late

April 0-1 loss to Monterrey in the 2010/11 CONCACAF Final, RSL is now 12-7-6 all-time in international contests, with a positive goal differential (43 goals for / 33 goals against) … In meaningful int‟l competition, RSL is now 6-3-3 (26 GF / 17 GA) … In the Jason Kreis era, RSL falls to 8-3-2 vs. visiting international squads (does NOT include Toronto FC league matches; however, DOES include CCL games vs Columbus) …

KREIS CONTRACT EXTENDED THRU 2013: On

March 24, RSL President Bill Manning and GM Garth Lagerwey announced that the club has extended by two years the contract of current Head Coach Jason Kreis, keeping the youngest MLS Cup-winning manager in League history on the RSL sideline through the completion of the 2013 season … All-time, Kreis now owns a 55-44-37 mark in MLS regular-season, playoff and CONCACAF Champions League play …

Under Kreis‟ leadership, RSL became the first-ever MLS team (and one of just three non-Mexican teams) to win a CONCACAF group, posting a 4-1-1 mark and becoming the first-ever MLS side to advance CCL Final … The former striker‟s 2010 side was also the second-highest-scoring team in CONCACAF‟s group stage, with 17 goals in six games (2.83 goals/game) … During MLS play in 2010, the following numbers established by RSL set or tied new single-season league standards:

fewest goals allowed (20)

overall goal differential (+25)

total home points (37)

fewest home losses (0)

fewest home goals allowed (7) In addition to those league benchmarks, last year‟s edition set franchise-high records in

wins (15)

goals (45)

scoring output (1.50/game)

points (56)

shutouts (15)

road points (19)

road goal differential (+1)

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FORTRESS STARTING TO CRACK?: With RSL‟s 1-

2 loss at home May 28 against Seattle, the team saw its MLS home unbeaten streak perish at 29 games … Just a month earlier on April 27, the 0-1 CCL loss to Monterrey (MEX) last week snapped the club’s overall home unbeaten run at 37 games across MLS, CCL and exhibition play … While those two losses in a one-month span dropped RSL to 5-1-0 at home in CONCACAF play, the team remains 25-2-11 in MLS regular season, 1-0-1 playoffs and 2-0-1 in international exhibitions … The aggregate scoreline in those games?: 95-28 …

Form Guide: the 35-3-13 (all competitions) mark from June 6, 2009 – present: (CCL=red; Playoff = blue; friendly = green; Open Cup = underline): 2009: T W T W W W T W T T W W W 2010: T W W W W W W T W T W W W W W W T W W T 2011: W W W W L W T L W T W W T W W L W

RMC TIES: The June 6, 2009 Fox Soccer Channel

telecast went to multiple commercial breaks during Elder Gonzalez‟ lengthy “consecration” of the field, much to the disdain of current Rapids‟ coach Gary Smith … RSL‟s all-time home mark PRIOR to Elder Gonzalez' "consecration" – just 25-21-19 … AFTER Elder Gonzalez' June 6, 2009 prayer at Rio Tinto Stadium – now 35 wins, 3 losses, 13 ties … Real Salt Lake Year-by-Year Home Results (Regular Season) 2005: 5-8-3 (.406) 18 pts. 19 GF / 24 GA (-5 GD) 2006: 6-4-6 (.563) 24 pts. 23 GF / 19 GA (+4 GD) 2007: 4-7-4 (.400) 16 pts. 18 GF / 22 GA (-4 GD) 2008: 8-1-6 (.733) 30 pts. 24 GF / 10 GA (+14 GD) 2009: 9-1-5 (.750) 32 pts. 34 GF / 11 GA (+23 GD) 2010: 11-0-4 (.867) 37 pts. 31 GF / 7 GA (+24 GD) 2011: 8-2-3 (.731) 27 pts. 25 GF / 10 GA (+15 GD) CAREER: 51-23-31 (.624) 174 GF / 103 GA (+71 GD)

RSL has dropped just 6 of its last 68 home games (43-6-19) across MLS regular season / playoff and CONCACAF / Open Cup play dating back to the start of 2008 … Prior to that, RSL was 15-19-13 on Utah soil in MLS competition, with a -5 goal differential (60 GF / 65 GA) from 2005-07 … The 2010 RSL side was just the 2

nd MLS team to remain

unbeaten at home in an entire season, joining the 2005 SJ Earthquakes (9-0-7) … Since June „09, RSL is 20-0-8 at home in regular-season play, the longest such run in League history: TEAM # START STOP

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Real Salt Lake 29 06/06/2009 05/28/2011

Columbus Crew 22 06/28/2008 09/26/2009

San Jose 18 09/25/2004 10/08/2005

Three teams tied with 17

BREAKING DOWN THE STREAK: In the two years

without losing a home MLS game between May 16, 2009 and May 28, 2011, here‟s the 29-game MLS / Rio Tinto Stadium unbeaten streak for RSL (reg. season only), by the numbers: 17 – RSL shutouts by GK Nick Rimando 16 – number of RSL players to score at home 13 – crowds of 18,000+ or more at Rio Tinto Stadium 12 – opposing players to each score once during streak 11 – total 2

nd half comebacks for RSL to salvage tie/win

9 – goals by FW Robbie Findley, tops among scorers 9 – goals by FW Álvaro Saborío, all coming in 2010 7 – wins at home during the streak following road losses 7 – number of one-goal wins (including five 1-0 wins) 5 – largest margin of victory (see below) 4 – number of 3-0 wins, the most common result 4 – come-from-behind ties 3 – scoreless draws 2 – number of times opponent scored 2 or more goals 2 – Wins against 2010 Supp. Shield winner LA Biggest Win (margin): 7/2/10 v NE – 5-0 Biggest Win (meaning): 10/24/09 v COL – RSL wins 3-0 on final day of season to force postseason tiebreakers and eliminate Colorado from playoffs for 3

rd consecutive season, qualifying for

Playoffs and eventually winning MLS Cup and paving way to CCL participation; Biggest Crowd: 3/26/11 v LA – a RioT record of 20,507 saw RSL score twice in first 10 minutes en route to a 3-0 halftime lead and an eventual 4-1 win over David Beckham and the L.A. Galaxy, despite the FIFA date and a Jazz home game; Loudest Crowd: 4/10/10 v SEA – 19,970 were on hand as newcomer Álvaro Saborío headed home a Nelson Gonzalez corner kick three minutes into 2

nd half stoppage time to salvage a

2-2 draw in RSL’s 2010 home opener, a match that included a pre-game banner raising and ring ceremony to commemorate the teams’ MLS Cup 2009 win; Cutting it close: 7/3/09 v SJ – stoppage time OG by Earthquakes’ Chris Leitch gives RSL a 1-1 tie; 4/13/11 v COL – 93’ goal by Fabian Espindola gives RSL 1-0 win Best Comeback: 7/24/09 v DAL – Four second-half goals erase 0-2 halftime deficit; GK Nick Rimando saves Cunningham PK, Kreis ejected; Outscored opponents 59-13, with 16 different scorers: (Findley 9, Saborío 9, Morales 7, Espindola 6, Movsisyan 5, Olave 4, Grabavoy 4, Williams 3, Beckerman 2, Johnson 2, Russell, Campos, Gonzalez, Borchers, Mathis, Paulo Jr.; Own Goals – 2)

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Penalty KicksMorales – 3/26 v LA

Espindola – 6/18 v DC

Saborio – 7/4 v NE

Saborio – 7/23 v SJ

Saborio – 8/6 v NY

Own GoalsN/A

5

23

77

11

23

28 7

8

22

7

124

7

6

15

15

8

7

7

77

7

15

45

21

6

REAL SALT LAKE 2011 MISCELLANEOUS STATS (Regular Season Games through 08/13)

2011 RSL GOAL SCORERS

7 – Espíndola (6) 15 – Saborio (6) 11 – Morales (2) 23 – Paulo Jr. (2) 8 – Johnson (2) 77 – Williams (2) 5 – Beckerman (2) 4 – Olave (2) 6 – Borchers (2) 28 – Schuler (1) 22 – Gonzalez (1) 12 – Alexandre (1) 21 – Gil (1)

2011 REAL SALT LAKE REGULAR SEASON STATS:

Goals 1 2 Total RSL 12 18 30 Opp. 8 9 17 Assists 1 2 Total RSL 11 16 27 Opp. 3 8 11 Fouls 1 2 Total RSL 121 129 250 Opp. 117 136 253

Shots 1 2 Total RSL 121 165 286 Opp. 97 98 195 SOG 1 2 Total RSL 51 58 109 Opp. 33 41 74 Corners 1 2 Total RSL 43 73 116 Opp. 30 37 67

Cautions 1 2 Total RSL 10 24 34 Opp. 13 24 37 Ejections 1 2 Total RSL 1 2 3 Opp. 2 5 7 Offsides 1 2 Total RSL 41 40 81 Opp. 16 16 32

2011 PENALTY KICK RESULTS

REAL SALT LAKE:

Player Opp. GK Min. Result Date Morales Saunders 9’ Goal 3/26 v LA Espindola Hamid 38’ Goal 6/18 v DC Saborio Reis 56’ Goal 7/4 v NE Saborio Busch 63’ Goal 7/23 v SJ Saborio Coundoul 77’ Goal 8/6 v NY

OPPONENT:

Player (Team) RSL GK Min. Result Date Mendoza (CLB) Rimando 76’ Goal 6/8/11 Davies (DC) Rimando 85’ Goal 6/18/11 Lekic (NE) Rimando 4’ Goal 7/4/11

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2011 REAL SALT LAKE MISCELLANEOUS STATS:

Quickest Goals Scored: 2‟ – Williams; 03/26 v LA 7‟ – Olave; 6/8 @ CLB Quickest Goals Allowed: 4’ – Lekic; 7/4 v NE 5’ – Gaven; 7/30 v CLB RSL Equalizers after 75': 83‟ – Espindola, 7/4 v NE Opp. Equalizers after 75': 85’ – Davies, 6/18 v DC RSL Game-Winners after 75': 93‟ – Espindola; 4/13 v COL 87‟ – Johnson; 5/7 v CHV Opposition GWG after 75': 77’ – Plata; 8/13 @ TOR 84’ – Neagle; 5/28 v SEA 82’ – Gardner; 6/8 @ CLB RSL Multi-Goal Games: Morales (2); 3/26 v LA Saborio (2); 6/25 v TOR Saborio (2); 7/23 v SJ Opp. Multi-Goal Games: N/A RSL Multi-Assist Games: Warner (2); 4/9 @ NE Russell (2); 6/25 v TOR Beckerman; 6/25 v TOR Beckerman; 8/6 v NY Opp. Multi-Assist Games: Rogers (2); 7/30 v CLB RSL Hat Tricks: N/A Opp. Hat Tricks: N/A Own Goals for RSL: N/A Own Goals against RSL: N/A RSL Red Cards Received: Johnson, 87‟; 4/9 @ NE Olave, 58‟; 5/28 v SEA Borchers, 3‟; 7/4 v NE Opp. Red Cards Received: Joseph, 64’; 4/9 @ NE Phelan, 87’; 4/9 @ NE Boyens, 24’; 5/7 v CHV Mondaini, 37’; 5/7 v CHV Cochrane, 67’; 7/4 v NE Burling, 60’; 7/23 v SJ Espinoza, 57’; 8/3 @ KC

2011 RSL AWARD WINNERS

MLS Player of the Week Week 2 – MF Javier Morales Week 12 – FW Jean Alexandre MLS Goal of the Week

N/A

MLS Save of the Week

N/A

MLS Player of the Month March – GK Nick Rimando

2011 MLS REG. SEASON CATEGORICAL W-L-T (GF/GA):

Home Road Overall MLS Regular Season: 8-2-3 (25/10) 2-4-3 (5/7) 10-6-6 (30/17)

One-Goal Games: 2-1-0 1-3-0 3-4-0 vs. East: 2-1-3 (10/7) 1-3-2 (4/6) 3-4-5 (14/13) vs. West: 6-1-0 (15/3) 1-1-1 (1/1) 7-2-1 (16/4) First 17 games: 6-1-3 (18/8) 2-2-3 (5/4) 8-3-6 (23/12) Last 17 games: 2-1-0 (7/2) 0-2-0 (0/3) 2-3-0 (7/5) Before All-Star: 7-1-3 (22/8) 2-2-3 (5/4) 9-3-6 (27/12) Since All-Star: 1-1-0 (3/2) 0-2-0 (0/3) 1-3-0 (3/5) Scoring First: 8-0-1 2-1-0 10-1-1 Opp. Scoring First: 0-2-1 0-3-1 0-5-2 Leading at Half: 4-0-1 1-1-0 5-1-1 Tied at Half: 4-1-1 1-1-2 5-2-3 Trailing at Half: 0-1-1 0-2-1 0-3-2 Leading at 75': 6-0-1 2-1-0 8-1-1 Tied at 75': 2-0-1 0-1-3 2-1-4 Trailing at 75': 0-2-1 0-2-0 0-4-1 Day Games: 1-0-0 (1/0) 0-0-1 (1/1) 1-0-1 (2/1) Night Games: 7-2-3 (24/10) 2-4-2 (4/6) 9-6-5 (28/16) On Grass: 8-2-3 (25/10) 1-3-3 (3/6) 9-5-6 (28/16) On Turf: N/A 1-1-0 (2/1) 1-1-0 (2/1)

In Red: 8-2-3 (25/10) 2-4-2 (5/7) 10-6-5 (30/17) In Gold: n/a 0-0-1 (0/0) 0-0-1 (0/0) In White: N/A (-/-) n/a (-/-) n/a (-/-)

On KUTV2/KMYU: 4-1-0 (10/2) 2-4-3 (5/7) 6-5-4 (15/9) On ESPN2: 0-0-1 (3/3) N/A (-/-) 0-0-1 (3/3) On Telefutura: 1-0-0 (1/0) N/A (-/-) 1-0-0 (1/0) On FSC: 0-0-1 (0/0) N/A (-/-) 0-0-1 (0/0) 1-0-3 (5/2) Opp. Local TV: 7-2-1 (21/7) 2-4-3 (5/7) 9-6-4 (26/14) In March: 1-0-0 (4/1) 1-0-0 (1/0) 2-0-0 (5/1) In April: 1-0-0 (1/0) 1-1-0 (2/1) 2-1-0 (3/1) In May: 1-1-1 (2/2) 0-0-1 (0/0) 1-1-2 (2/2) In June: 2-0-1 (6/3) 0-1-2 (2/3) 2-1-3 (8/5) In July: 2-1-1 (9/3) -- 2-1-1 (9/5) In August: 1-0-0 (3/0) 0-2-0 (0/3) 1-2-0 (3/3) MLS Regular Season: 8-2-3 (25/10) 2-4-3 (5/7) 10-6-6 (30/17) MLS Reserve Division: 1-2-0 (2/3) 1-1-0 (2/2) 2-3-0 (4/5) U.S. Open Cup: 1-0-0 (2/0) 0-1-0 (0/2) 1-1-0 (2/2) CONCACAF CL: 2-1-0 (6/2) 0-1-2 (3/4) 2-2-2 (9/6) Friendlies: N/A (-/-) N/A (-/-) N/A (-/-) TOTALS 12-5-3 (35/17) 3-7-5 (10/15) 15-12-8 (45/32)

2010 RSL AWARD WINNERS RSL Team MVP – MF Javier Morales Budweiser Golden Boot – FW Alvaro Saborio Defensive Player of the Year – DF Nat Borchers Humanitarian of the Year – DF Jean Alexandre

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REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME) – MLS REGULAR SEASON ONLY, 2005-2011 (includes games of 8/13/11)

(active players in BOLD)

GAMES PLAYED

PLAYER GP

1) Andy Williams 178

2) Nick Rimando 131

3) Chris Wingert 116

4) Kyle Beckerman 114

5) Nat Borchers 108

6) Robbie Findley 96

7) Javier Morales 93

8) Jamison Olave 89

9) Fabian Espindola 84

10) Will Johnson 80

GAMES STARTED

PLAYER GS

1) Nick Rimando 131

2) Andy Williams 114

3) Kyle Beckerman 110

4) Nat Borchers 108

5) Chris Wingert 106

6) Javier Morales 88

Jamison Olave 88

8) Will Johnson 74

9) Eddie Pope 69

10)Fabian Espindola 66

MINUTES PLAYED

PLAYER MIN

1) Nick Rimando 11735

2) Andy Williams 10756

3) Kyle Beckerman 9908

4) Chris Wingert 9555

5) Nat Borchers 9585

6) Jamison Olave 7686

7) Javier Morales 7524

8) Will Johnson 6700

9) Eddie Pope 5930

10)Robbie Findley 5573

GOALS

PLAYER GP GOALS

1) Robbie Findley 96 29

2) Fabián Espíndola 85 22

3) Jeff Cunningham 38 19

4) Alvaro Saborio 40 18

5) Jason Kreis 58 17

Javier Morales 93 17

7) Yura Movsisyan 53 15

8) Andy Williams 178 14

9) Kyle Beckerman 114 12

10)Jamison Olave 89 10

ASSISTS

PLAYER GP ASTS

1) Javier Morales 93 33

2) Andy Williams 178 28

3) Kyle Beckerman 114 15

4) Robbie Findley 96 13

5) Jeff Cunningham 38 11

Clint Mathis 66 11

7) Chris Klein 43 9

Jason Kreis 58 9

Carey Talley 60 9

Chris Wingert 116 9

GAME-WINNING GOALS

PLAYER GP GWG

1) Robbie Findley 96 9

2) Javier Morales 93 8

Álvaro Saborío 40 7

4) Fabián Espíndola 85 6

5) Jeff Cunningham 38 4

Kyle Beckerman 114 4

Andy Williams 178 4

8) Jason Kreis 58 3

9) Pablo Campos 27 2

Brian Dunseth 24 2

Yura Movsisyan 53 2

Will Johnson 80 2

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS

PLAYER GP GWA

1) Kyle Beckerman 114 8

2) Javier Morales 93 7

3) Robbie Findley 96 5

Andy Williams 178 5

5) Clint Mathis 66 4

Fabián Espíndola 85 4

Robbie Russell 68 4

7) Jeff Cunningham 38 3

8) Alecko Eskandarian 17 2

Chris Klein 43 2

Carey Talley 60 2

Tony Beltran 72 2

Collen Warner 29 2

HAT TRICKS

PLAYER GP HATS

1) Robbie Findley 96 1

MULTI-GOAL GAMES

PLAYER GP GAMES

1) Álvaro Saborío 40 5

Jeff Cunningham 38 5

3) Robbie Findley 96 4

4) Javier Morales 93 3

5) Yura Movsisyan 53 2

6) Kyle Beckerman 114 1

Fabián Espíndola 85 1

Chris Brown 60 1

Atiba Harris 43 1

Jason Kreis 58 1

PENALTY-KICK GOALS

PLAYER GP PKG

1) Jeff Cunningham 38 5

Alvaro Saborio 40 5

2) Jason Kreis 58 4

4) Carey Talley 60 2

Robbie Findley 96 2

6) Freddy Adu 11 1

Alecko Eskandarian 17 1

Will Johnson 80 1

Dema Kovalenko 22 1

Andy Williams 178 1

Javier Morales 93 1

Fabian Espindola 85 1

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SHOTS

PLAYER GP SHOTS

1) Andy Williams 178 220

2) Kyle Beckerman 114 160

3) Robbie Findley 96 157

4) Fabián Espíndola 85 156

5) Yura Movsisyan 53 143

6) Javier Morales 93 141

7) Will Johnson 80 137

8) Jason Kreis 58 132

9) Jeff Cunningham 38 94

10)Chris Klein 43 92

SHOTS ON GOAL

PLAYER GP SOG

1) Andy Williams 178 80

2) Fabián Espíndola 85 77

3) Robbie Findley 96 69

4) Javier Morales 93 67

5) Yura Movsisyan 53 65

6) Kyle Beckerman 114 64

7) Will Johnson 80 58

8) Jason Kreis 58 57

9) Jeff Cunningham 38 52

10)Chris Klein 43 37

FOULS COMMITTED

PLAYER GP FC

1) Andy Williams 178 183

2) Kyle Beckerman 114 149

3) Javier Morales 93 127

4) Chris Wingert 116 121

5) Jamison Olave 89 118

6) Carey Talley 60 95

Fabian Espíndola 85 95

8) Atiba Harris 43 92

9) Mehdi Ballouchy 46 82

10)Nat Borchers 108 83

FOULS SUFFERED

PLAYER GP FS

1) Andy Williams 178 247

2) Javier Morales 93 211

3) Kyle Beckerman 114 122

4) Carey Talley 60 91

5) Fabian Espindola 85 87

6) Robbie Findley 96 85

7) Will Johnson 80 82

8) Mehdi Ballouchy 46 75

9) Chris Wingert 116 74

10)Jason Kreis 58 72

CAUTIONS (YELLOWS)

PLAYER GP CAUT

1) Kyle Beckerman 114 27

2) Jamison Olave 89 23

3) Andy Williams 178 20

4) Will Johnson 80 19

5) Chris Wingert 116 17

6) Clint Mathis 66 14

Carey Talley 60 14

Javier Morales 93 14

Nat Borchers 108 14

10)Atiba Harris 43 13

EJECTIONS (RED CARDS)

PLAYER GP EJECT

1) Jamison Olave 89 4

2) Andy Williams 178 3

3) Fabián Espíndola 85 2

Clint Mathis 66 2

CORNER KICKS

PLAYER GP CK

1) Javier Morales 93 348

2) Andy Williams 178 219

3) Chris Klein 43 76

4) Clint Mathis 66 52

5) Mehdi Ballouchy 46 49

OFFSIDES

PLAYER GP OFF

1) Fabían Espíndola 85 84

2) Robbie Findley 96 60

3) Jeff Cunningham 38 45

4) Jason Kreis 58 44

5) Alvaro Saborio 40 42

GAMES PLAYED / STARTED IN GOAL

PLAYER GP GS

1) Nick Rimando 131 131

2) Scott Garlick 31 31

3) D.J. Countess 27 27

4) Chris Seitz 7 7

Jay Nolly 7 6

6) Kyle Reynish 5 4

7) Brian Kamler 1 0

MINUTES PLAYED IN GOAL

PLAYER MIN

1) Nick Rimando 11735

2) Scott Garlick 2745

3) D.J. Countess 2422

4) Chris Seitz 630

5) Jay Nolly 585

6) Kyle Reynish 415

7) Brian Kamler 8

GOALS AGAINST AVG. (minimum 4000 min.)

PLAYER GP MIN SHTS SVS GA GAA W-L-T SHO

Nick Rimando 131 11735 589 448 160 1.09 50-43-38 48

SAVE PERCENTAGE (minimum 150 saves)

PLAYER GP SAVES SOG PCT

Nick Rimando 131 448 613 73.4 WINS

PLAYER GP WON

1) Nick Rimando 131 50

2) Scott Garlick 31 10

3) D.J. Countess 27 4

4) Chris Seitz 7 1

Jay Nolly 7 1

Kyle Reynish 4 1

LOSSES

PLAYER GP LOST

1) Nick Rimando 131 43

2) D.J. Countess 27 19

3) Scott Garlick 31 12

4) Jay Nolly 7 4

5) Chris Seitz 7 4

SAVES

PLAYER GP SVS

1) Nick Rimando 131 448

2) D.J. Countess 27 112

3) Scott Garlick 31 108

4) Jay Nolly 7 41

5) Chris Seitz 7 19

6) Kyle Reynish 5 14

SHUTOUTS

PLAYER GP SHO

1) Nick Rimando 131 48

2) D.J. Countess 27 4

Scott Garlick 31 4

4) Kyle Reynish 5 2 5) Chris Seitz 7 1

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2011 REAL SALT LAKE PLAYER BIOS

*** FOR FULL PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE 2011 RSL MEDIA GUIDE AT: http://www.riotintostadium.com/docs/2011-RSL-Media-Guide(web-version).pdf

OR REFER TO www.REALSALTLAKE.com/Players *** #13 – CHRIS AGORSOR FW 5-9 145 lbs. 9/01/1990 Severn, Maryland The 20-year old native of Severn, Maryland (suburban Baltimore) enters the RSL roster with a world of potential, the diminutive striker coming to the Wasatch Front for a trial in late June after being waived by the Philadelphia Union earlier in the month … With the RSL forward corps returning to full strength in recent weeks, Agorsor will be looked upon to provide valuable depth as the second half of RSL‟s campaign kicks into gear … Philadelphia Union (2011): Did not appear for the first-team in Philadelphia, but did make three MLS Reserve League appearances … Scored two goals, including the game-winner, in a preseason match against Greek Third Division side Hersonissos F.C. on 3/03 … Played full 90 minutes and tallied the Union‟s first ever MLS Reserve League goal on 4/10 v. NY, helping the Union Reserve side to a 2-1 win … Also played all 90 minutes for the Union Reserves on 5/16 v. DC (0-1 L), 5/29 v. TOR (0-0 T) … Was waived by Philadelphia on 6/02 and joined RSL camp as a trialist in late June. University of Virginia (2008-09): Made 20 appearances across two seasons at the University of Virginia, although both years with the Cavaliers ended prematurely due to injury … 2008: Appeared in seven games as a freshman in Charlottesville, starting five, before suffering a season-ending knee injury on 9/23 vs. Central Connecticut State … Tallied four goals, including one game-winner … Started his collegiate career off with a bang, scoring in three straight games against SMU (8/31), George Mason (9/05), and Hofstra (9/07) … 2009: Appeared in 13 games as a sophomore, starting in 10, before his season ended due to an ankle injury … Scored two goals and added two assists en route to the Cavs winning the NCAA College Cup, although the ankle injury prevented him from participating in the postseason. Youth Career: U.S. Youth National Teams: Was a member of the player pools for the U.S. Under-20, Under-18 & Under-16 Men‟s National Teams … Called into the USA‟s U-18 side for the Limoges Tournament in France in Oct. 2007 (3 GP) and earned last-second call-up to the U.S. U-20s for a trip to England in May 2008 (goal v. Bolton Wanderers Reserves and saw time vs. Manchester United Reserves) … Club Career: Played club soccer for the Baltimore Bays from 2006-09 … Helped the Bays win numerous crowns, including the 2006 U.S. Youth Soccer U-16 National Championship, the 2008 U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-17/18 National Championship, and the 2009 U.S. Youth Soccer Region I title … Enjoyed an accolade-filled 2008 campaign after being named the Gatorade National Player of the Year, the U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-17/18 Player of the Year & U-17/18 First-Team member, the NSCAA Player of the Year and Baltimore Sun‟s Male Athlete of the Year … High School: Played three years of high school ball for McDonogh School in Owings Mills, MD, helping the squad to the 2008 Maryland Athletic Interscholastic Association „A‟ Conference championship. Misc: Born on September 1, 1990 in Severn, Maryland … Following his two injury-riddled seasons at the University of Virginia, spent time trialing in Europe, including training stints with English Premier League power Manchester United and Portuguese First Division side CD V+ Nacional … Combined his junior and senior years at McDonogh School in order to accelerate his soccer career … While he has su ited up for the United States at youth international levels, Agorsor is also eligible to switch his national team allegiance to Ghana. #12 – JEAN ALEXANDRE MF 5-11 185 lbs. 8/24/86 Delray Beach, FL LAST MLS MATCH: Played final 9 minutes in RSL‟s 3-0 home win v NY on 8/6/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 06/04/11 v VAN (32‟) – received pass in box from Beckerman and juked defenders to slot past GK (7 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 06/11/11 v PHI (54‟) – won ball at midfield and gained possession before springing Espindola for 2nd career assist (5 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 4 GP / 1 GS, 0G, 0A in 122 minutes 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 1 GS, 1G, 1A in 90 minutes NOTE: Named MLS Player of the Week for Week 12 after scoring goal and adding assist in RSL 2-0 W v VAN on 6/4/11 … Tallied game-winning assist and added insurance goal in 2-0 home win vs. USL Wilmington Hammerheads on 6/28

#10 – ARTURO ALVAREZ M/F 5-9 170 lbs. 6/28/85 Houston, TX LAST MLS MATCH: Played final 14 minutes of RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 7/10/10 v PHI (92+) – ran length of field at PPL Park in waning seconds to give SJ 2-1 road win (23 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/23/11 v SJ (83‟) – broke 10-game run off the scoresheet with looping pass to Olave‟s head (4 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 4 GP / 0 GS, 0G, 1A in 50 minutes 2010 MLS SEASON: 19 GP/ 11 GS, 3G, 1A in 1,210 min. w/ San Jose Earthquakes

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OR REFER TO www.REALSALTLAKE.com/Players *** #27 – CODY ARNOUX FW 5-10 170 lbs. 4/13/1988 Wilmington, NC 2010: Vancouver Whitecaps FC – USSF D-2 Pro League: Signed by Whitecaps FC on 8/18 … Made his debut a day later in a 1-1 draw @ FC Tampa Bay … Scored his first Whitecaps FC goal in the club's regular season finale, as Vancouver drew 2-2 v. Portland on 10/02. 2009-10: Everton FC – English Premier League: After impressing on trial, signed a one-year contract with Everton FC on 8/04/09 … As a member of the Everton reserve squad, the striker made seven appearances in the English Premier Reserve League North … Scored in a 3-0 home win over Burnley reserves on 8/25/09 … Struck for the equalizer in a 1-1 draw v. Sunderland reserves on 11/23/09 … During Everton stint, trialed with Scottish Premier League club Motherwell FC in March 2010 … After being released by Everton at the end of the previous season, Arnoux had a trial with English League One side Plymouth Argyle FC in July 2010. 2007-09: Carolina Dynamo – USL Premier Development League: During his time at Wake Forest University, played three summers with PDL club Carolina Dynamo … 2007: The striker made one appearance for the Dynamo, though it proved to be an eventful one, as he scored the game-winner and the squad‟s sixth goal in an 8-0 trouncing of Cocoa Expos on 6/23 … 2008: Scored four goals and two assists in eight appearances … Those goals came in a 2-0 win @ Nashville Metros (6/07), a 4-2 defeat @ Cary Clarets (6/14), a 3-3 draw v. Central Florida Kraze (6/21), and a 4-2 defeat v. Atlanta Silverbacks U-23's (7/19) … 2009: Was named to the PDL's All-Eastern Conference Team after scoring eight goals and recording three assists in seven appearances during his third season with the Dynamo … Scored twice in a 6-1 win v. West Virginia Chaos on 5/09 … Notched a hat-trick in a 5-1 victory @ West Virginia Chaos on 6/25 … Also scored two goals in a 5-1 win v. Virginia Legacy on 6/27. #5 – KYLE BECKERMAN – CAPTAIN MF 5-11 165 lbs. 4/23/82 Crofton, MD LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes of RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 07/23/11 v SJ (78‟) – Latched onto loose ball in box, breaking 15-game scoreless streak (4 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 08/06/11 v NY (13‟, 44‟) – found Borchers on CK for game-winner, won ball and fed Gil for insurance (1 game) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 9 GP / 9 GS, 1G, 0A in 810 minutes 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 1 GS, 0G, 0A in 63 minutes NOTE: Game-winning assist on 8/6/11 v NY was the 8th of his RSL career, giving him the all-time lead in the category, one ahead of Morales … One of eight MLS players called in by U.S. Men‟s National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmnann for recent US v Mexico friendly in Philadelphia (1-1 draw) … Kyle reported to U.S. camp on August 7 and met RSL in Toronto on August 11, allowing him to not miss any MLS league games … #2 – TONY BELTRAN DF 5-8 150 lbs. 10/11/87 Claremont, CA LAST MLS MATCH: Played final 58 minutes in RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11, following Chris Wingert‟s broken L wrist LAST MLS GOAL: Has yet to score in MLS (73 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 03/19/11 @ SJ (64‟) – Got deep into offensive corner, cutting ball back to Morales, who set up Beckerman (16 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 7 GP / 4 GS, 0G, 0A in 438 minutes 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 1 GS, 1G, 0A in 90 minutes NOTE: Tallied game-winning goal – first-ever in an RSL uniform – in 2-0 Open Cup win vs USL Wilmington Hammerheads on 6/28 … #6 – NAT BORCHERS DF 6-2 175 lbs. 4/13/81 Pueblo, CO LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes in RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 8/6/11 v NY (13‟) – broke 4-game scoreless streak with powerful header on Beckerman corner (1 game) LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/7/11 v CHV (87‟) – Assisted Johnson on RSL GWG in a 1-0 win, breaking an 90-game assist-less streak (14 games) LAST CCL GOAL: Following a cleared corner, stormed back into box to get on a Will Johnson cross on 4/20/11 @ MTY 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 8 GP / 8 GS, 1G, 0A in 702 minutes 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 minutes #7 – FABIÁN ESPÍNDOLA FW 5-9 160 lbs. 05/04/85 Buenos Aires, Argentina LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes of RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 07/9/11 v DAL (94+‟) – took Johnson pass in box and juked defenders, „keeper (5 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 03/26/11 v LA (68‟) – His pass to Paulo Jr set up fourth and final goal in 4-1 rout (15 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 8 GP / 7 GS, 2G, 2A in 604 minutes #21 – LUIS GIL MF 5-8 150 lbs. 11/14/93 Garden Grove, CA LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes of RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 8/6/11 v NY (44‟) – took Beckerman pass and launched low liner from 23 yards out (1 game) LAST MLS ASSIST: has yet to provide assist in 15 career MLS appearances 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 1 GP / 1 GS, 0G, 0A in 45 minutes 2010 USOC: 1 GP/ 0 GS, 0G, 0A in 30 min. 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 minutes

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OR REFER TO www.REALSALTLAKE.com/Players *** #22 – NELSON GONZALEZ MF 5-6 156 lbs. 9/22/88 Buenos Aires, Argentina LAST MLS MATCH: Played final 23 minutes of RSL‟s 3-1 home win v TOR on 6/25/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 5/28/11 v. SEA (88’) – Scored late goal to cut SEA lead in half (5 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 06/08/11 @ CLB (7‟) – His corner kick in the early going was chipped home by Olave (4 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 4 GP / 3 GS, 0G, 0A in 215 minutes 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 0 GS, 0G, 0A in 27 minutes NOTE: lost to season-ending injury suffered on 7/24/11 (broken 5th metatarsal of right foot) …

#20 – NED GRABAVOY MF 5-7 150 lbs. 7/01/83 New Lenox, IL LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes of RSL‟s 0-2 home loss v CLB on 7/30/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 10/16/10 v. DAL (59‟) – Broke 9-game goalless streak with header over Dallas defense for 3rd goal of season (20 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 07/31/10 v. DC (13‟) – Broke 18-game streak w/o assist by setting up Saborio in the box for game-winner (29 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 12 GP / 4 GS, 0G, 2A in 515 minutes 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 0 GS, 0G, 0A in 27 minutes NOTE: Suffered left hamstring strain on 7/30 v CLB, forcing him out for as much as six weeks

#8 – WILL JOHNSON MF 5-10 155 lbs. 1/21/87 Toronto, Ontario, Canada LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes of RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11, earning 5th caution of year (suspended @ HOU) LAST MLS GOAL: 07/04/11 v NE (24‟) – Slammed home rebound of saved Williams free kick to cut NE lead to just one (7 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 07/9/11 v DAL (94+) – Broke 25-game MLS assist-less streak with helper on late Espindola goal (6 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 11 GP / 11 GS, 3G, 1A in 930 minutes 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 1 GS, 0G, 1A in 90 minutes NOTE: Johnson represented Canada in 2011 Gold Cup duty, playing 245 minutes across the trio of group stage matches … He departed RSL on Sunday, May 29 and returned in time to come off the bench in the June 18 home game against D.C. United … #30 – RAUWSHAN MCKENZIE DF 6-1 185 lbs. 11/19/86 Hoffman Estates, IL LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes of RSL‟s 2-0 road win @ NE on 4/9/11 LAST MLS GOAL: Has yet to score a goal in MLS (10 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has yet to record an assist in MLS (10 games) LAST CCL MATCH: Dressed but did not play vs Saprissa on 3/15/11 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 2 GP / 2 GS, 0G, 1A in 180 min. 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 minutes #1 – TIM MELIA GK 6-1 195 lbs. 5/15/86 East Islip, NY 2010 MLS SEASON: Did not see any RSL first-team action 2009 w/ Rochester Rhinos (USL-1): Posted a 0.97 GAA, 6 shutouts, and 60 saves in 14 appearances for Rochester (1,363 min.) … Led Rhinos to 2009 U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals with pair of wins in the competition. NOTE: Dressed as part of the 18-man gameday roster for first time in his 18 months with club on Sat., July 30 v CLB and Wed., Aug. 3 @ KC due to Reynish concussion #11 – JAVIER MORALES F 5-9 165 lbs. 1/10/80 Buenos Aires, Argentina LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played 44 minutes of RSL‟s 1-0 home win over CHV on 5/7/11, suffering broken ankle due to bad tackle LAST MLS GOAL: 3/26/11 v. LA (9‟, 44‟) – Scored on early game-winning PK and booming 20-yarder just before half to pace RSL (3 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 3/26/11 v. LA (2‟) – Found Paulo Jr in corner to start Williams‟ scoring play (3 games) LAST CCL MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes of RSL‟s 0-1 home loss to MTY on 4/27/11 LAST CCL GOAL: 4/20/11 @MTY (89‟) – Scored equalizer at the death on cutback play in corner of box, going far post to earn 2-2 draw 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 10 GP / 8 GS, 4G, 1A in 754 minutes #4 – JAMISON OLAVE DF 6-3 210 lbs. 4/21/81 Medellin, Colombia LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes of RSL‟s 4-0 home win v SJ on 7/23/11, scoring header in 83‟ LAST MLS GOAL: 07/23/11 v SJ (83‟) – Got on the end of Alvarez cross into the six to break 7-game goalless streak (ACTIVE) LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/4/11 v NE (83‟) – Recorded first assist of 87-game MLS career, slotting through to Sabo, who set up Fabian (2 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 10 GP / 10 GS, 2G, 0A in 855 minutes NOTE: Suffered Grade 1 MCL sprain in Left Knee during 2011 MLS All-Star Game vs. Manchester United, keeping him out of Sat., July 30 v CLB; Wed., August 3 at KC; Sat., Aug. 6 v NY; and Sat., Aug. 13 @ TOR … Could return this week vs. HOU …

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OR REFER TO www.REALSALTLAKE.com/Players *** #23 – PAULO JUNIOR FW 5-7 160 lbs. 2/23/89 Teresina, Brazil LAST MLS MATCH: Played final 9 minutes in RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 in first MLS action since 4/13/11, a span of 17 games LAST MLS GOAL: 4/9/11 @ NE (47‟); Scored one-on-one with GK after being sprung at midfield by Warner pass (2 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 4/13/11 vs. COL (93‟); slotted rebound of Morales‟ free kick to Espindola for game-winner (1 game) LAST CCL MATCH: Played final 10 minutes of RSL‟s 0-1 home loss to MTY on 4/27/11 LAST CCL GOAL: 10/19/10 v CAZ (43‟, 67‟) – Scored twice in spectacular fashion to give RSL 3-1 home win and Group A title over Cruz Azul 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 4 GP / 1 GS, 3G, 1A in 111 min. NOTE: Series of hamstring and hip flexor injuries (and subsequent re-aggravation) caused Paulo Junior to miss all of May, June and July … #24 – KYLE REYNISH GK 6-3 190 lbs. 11/3/84 Valencia, CA LAST MLS MATCH: Made three saves in RSL‟s 2-0 road win at NE on 4/9/11, his first-ever MLS win LAST MLS WIN: 4/9/11 @ NE (1 career win) LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 4/9/11 @ NE – 2nd career clean sheet LAST CCL MATCH: Made four saves in RSL‟s 3-1 home win v. Cruz Azul, earning victory in Group A clincher on 10/19/10 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 1 GP / 1 GS RECORD: 1-0-0 GAA: 1.00 SO: 0 2011 USOC: 1 GP / 1 GS RECORD: 1-0-0 GAA: 0.00 (0 GA) SO: 1

#18 – NICK RIMANDO GK 5-9 184 lbs. 6/17/79 Montclair, CA LAST MLS MATCH: Made 3 saves in RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 LAST MLS WIN: 8/6/11 v NY (116 career wins, 50 with RSL) LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 8/6/11 v NY – 84th career shutout (48th for RSL); sole possession of 2nd place on MLS career chart (1 game) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 11 GP / 11 GS RECORD: 5-3-3 GAA: 1.45 SO: 2 2010 MLS SEASON: 27 GP / 27 GS RECORD: 15-4-8 GAA: 0.67 SO: 14 #3 – ROBBIE RUSSELL DF 6-1 200 lbs. 7/16/79 Amherst, MA LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played 81 minutes of RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 05/29/10 v. KC (83‟) – Broke 38-game scoreless streak by slotting home rebound of saved Morales free kick (29 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 6/25/11 v TOR (42‟, 60‟) – Pair of crosses into box – square through defense and lofted over top – found Saborio (6 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 11 GP / 10 GS, 0G, 0A in 800 minutes 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 0 GS, 1G, 1A in 27 minutes #15 – ALVARO SABORÍO FW 6-0 170 lbs. 3/25/82 San Carlos, Costa Rica LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes in RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 8/6/11 v NY (77‟) – scored 6th goal in last six games with PK (1 game) LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/23/11 v SJ (78‟) – tallied 2nd helper in 3 games with pass to Beckerman for 3rd goal v SJ (3 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 11 GP / 11 GS, 8G, 2A in 941 minutes 2010 MLS SEASON: 27 GP / 23 GS, 12G, 4A in 1987 min. 2010 USOC: 2 GP/ 1 GS, 0G, 0A in 137 min. NOTE: Saborio departed for Costa Rica 2011 Gold Cup Duty on Sunday, May 23 and returned to Utah on Monday, June 20 following his national team’s quarterfinal elimination against Honduras (4-5 in PKs after 1-1 draw) … Scored goal in Costa Rica’s 5-0 win over Cuba, while seeing two others disallowed and also narrowly missing several other chances in the Group Stage … Was first-ever MLS player suspended for “simulation & intent to deceive the referee” on 7/29, forcing him to miss the following day‟s home match v CLB … #28 – CHRIS SCHULER DF 6-4 185 lbs. 9/6/87 Aurora, IL LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played full 90 minutes in RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 4/9/11 @ NE (28‟) – Nodded home corner kick from MF Collen Warner for first career MLS goal (9 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has yet to record an assist in MLS career (11 games) LAST CCL MATCH: Played final 45 minutes in RSL‟s 2-0 home win vs SAP on 3/15/11, replacing injured Jamison Olave 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 3 GP, 2 GS, 0G, 0A in 225 min 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 minutes

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OR REFER TO www.REALSALTLAKE.com/Players *** #19 – BLAKE WAGNER DF 5-10 165 lbs. 1/29/88 Tampa, FL Citizenship: USA College: N/A MLS Experience: 5th Season (2006-09, 2011) Last club: Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2011) Acquired RSL: Signed to a contract on 8/16/11 VAN: Signed to then USSF D-2 contact on 2/02/10; Signed to MLS contract on 3/11/11; Released on 7/28/11 DAL: Selected in the Second Round (18th overall) of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft on 1/20/06 MLS/Professional Career 2011 (Vancouver Whitecaps FC – MLS): Made his official return to Major League Soccer after winning a spot with Vancouver Whitecaps FC during the 2011 preseason, signing with the expansion squad just a week before the season opener on 3/11/11 … Started in all nine appearances in MLS play for Vancouver during its inaugural MLS campaign (778 minutes) … After sitting out of Whitecaps FC‟s opening day 4-2 win on 3/19 v. TOR, started in eight of the team‟s next 11 contests, including six straight matches beginning with 3/26 @ PHI (0-1 L) … Lined up primarily at left back for Vancouver, starting seven of his nine appearances on the Whitecaps‟ backline … Also made a pair of appearances in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship tournament, going the full 90 minutes on 4/27 @ Montreal in the first leg of the Semifinals (1-0 W; 2-1 W on agg.) and playing 28 minutes off the bench on 7/02 @ TOR in the second leg of the Finals (1-2 L; 2-3 L on agg.) … Wagner‟s playing time dwindled after Vancouver replaced head coach Teitur Thordarson with Tom Soehn in late May, Whitecaps FC eventually releasing him along with fellow defender Mouloud Akloul on 7/28. 2010 (Vancouver Whitecaps – USSF D-2): After beginning his career with four seasons at FC Dallas, signed on with Vancouver Whitecaps of the then-USSF D-2 League on 2/02/10 … Started in 14 of his 16 regular season appearances en route to notching four goals and an assist across 1217 minutes of play … A foot injury kept Wagner from making his debut with the Whitecaps until 6/30 @ Montreal, when he played the second half in a 2-1 win … Made his first start in Vancouver‟s next contest on 7/03 @ Portland, playing 78 minutes in the scoreless rivalry fixture … Tallied his first point for the Whitecaps on 7/08 v. St. Louis, his assist on Randy Edwini-Bonsu‟s equalizer helping to claim a 1-1 draw … Tallied a hat trick for the home-standing Whitecaps on 7/14 v. Miami FC, his first three goals in a Vancouver shirt leading the way in a 3-1 victory … Final goal of the campaign on 8/19 @ Tampa Bay – a highlight-reel blast from distance – helped salvage a 1-1 away draw … Also started all three appearances during Vancouver‟s run in the USSF D-2 postseason, playing all but one of the 180 minutes in the Quarterfinal series against Portland (2-1 W on agg.) before leaving the first leg of the Semifinals @ Puerto Rico due to injury (back) after 56 minutes. 2009 (FC Dallas – MLS): Started eight of 15 regular season appearances during the final of his four seasons with FC Dallas, totaling 789 minutes of action … All eight of his starts came during the first half of the year for Schellas Hyndman‟s side, ending with a 73-minute stint on 5/09 @ HOU (0-1 L) … Minutes would become sporadic soon after, as Wagner‟s last seven appearances across the final four months of the season came off the substitute‟s bench. 2008 (FC Dallas – MLS): Registered career highs in games played (24), games started (23) and minutes played (2,068) during his third season, as coach Steve Morrow plugged in the winger on the left side of the Hoops‟ formation, primarily at fullback ... Started both of FCD‟s contests in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on 7/01 v. Miami FC (2-1 W) and 7/08 v. Charleston (1-3 L), totaling 172 minutes across the pair of games … Registered an assist across three matches with Dallas‟ MLS Reserve Division squad … Also appeared in four of FCD‟s six international friendlies in 2008. 2007 (FC Dallas – MLS): His lone regular season appearance for Dallas would mark his official MLS debut, the then-19-year-old starting and playing the full 90 minutes at left back on 9/30 v. HOU (0-3 L) … Made 12 appearances on FCD‟s 18-man gameday roster during his second professional season before making his breakthrough on the field … Saw plenty of action in MLS Reserve Division action, starting 11 of Dallas‟ 12 contests while tallying 904 minutes of play and helping the Hoops to a 4-4-4 mark. 2006 (FC Dallas – MLS): After originally committing to play collegiately at ACC powerhouse Maryland, tacked course and signed a Generation adidas contract with Major League Soccer … Was drafted by FC Dallas in the Second Round (18th overall) of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft in Philadelphia on 1/20/06 … While he did not see any first-team time during his rookie campaign, the 18-year-old would play both contests in FCD‟s Rio Grande Plate friendly series against Mexican side Tigres, appearing off the bench in the opening leg on 7/19 at Pizza Hut Park (2-0 W) before starting the away leg a week later on 7/26 (0-2 L) … Started seven of his eight appearances in MLS Reserve Division action, playing a total of 709 minutes for the FCD Reserves at left and central positions on both the backline and in midfield. U.S. Youth National Teams Represented the United States regularly between 2003-08 at the U-17, U-20 & U-23 levels … U.S. Under-23s: With the USA U-23 Olympic squad, started all three Group B matches at the 2008 Toulon International Tournament in Toulon, France … Appeared in contests on 5/21 v. Turkey (2-3 L), 5/23 v. Côte d‟Ivoire (0-1 L) & 5/25 v. Italy (0-2 L) … U.S. Under-20s: U-20: Was involved with the USA U-20 squad throughout much of 2006 … Made roster for a U-20 camp in Argentina in April 2006, earning a start in a 0-4 friendly defeat to Argentina U-20‟s on 4/26 … Attended another training camp in Canada in July 2006 before participating in the 2006 Milk Cup tournament in Northern Ireland and the Busan International U-20 Four Nations Tournament in South Korea … Last U-20 appearance came as a late substitute at Pizza Hut Park, helping the USA to a 2-1 win over the Haitian senior squad on 3/28/07 … U.S. Under-17s: From 2003 to 2005, was a member of the United States U-17 National Team Residency Program in Bradenton, FL … As a member of the USA U-17 squad, the defender/midfielder made 20 appearances, scoring his first-ever international goal in a 4-3 friendly defeat to Uruguay U-17‟s in Porte Alegre, Brazil, on 7/15/05 … Started and went the full 90 minutes in all four of the USA‟s matches at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru, including contests on 9/17 v. North Korea (3-2 W), 9/20 v. Italy (3-1 W), 9/23 v. Côte d‟Ivoire (1-1 T) and the 0-2 quarterfinal defeat to the Netherlands on 9/26.

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Club / Youth Wagner attended and played soccer for Paul R. Wharton High School in Tampa, FL, during his freshman year before moving to the USA U-17 Residency Program in 2003 … It was with the Residency Program that the defender/midfielder finished high school a year early at the Edison Academic Center in Bradenton, FL … As a youth player, won three Florida State Championships with Tampa‟s Black Watch Soccer Club … Also played one year with Hillsborough County United Soccer Club (HC United) in Tampa … Initially committed to playing NCAA Division I soccer with defending national champion Maryland before opting to sign a Generation adidas contract with MLS in 2006. Misc. Born in Atlanta, Wagner moved with his family to San Diego when he was just 10 months old … By the time he was four years old, moved again with his family to his current hometown of Tampa … Parents are Carol and Bo Wagner, and grew up alongside two older brothers – Brandon and Brett – and a younger sister, Allegra … Wagner is a fan of Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam and the NFL‟s Tampa Bay Buccaneers … When not concentrating on the playing field, enjoys spending time at the beach and surfing, while he also enjoys winter sports like skiing and snowboarding. #26 – COLLEN WARNER MF 5-10 170 lbs. 6/24/88 Denver, CO LAST MLS MATCH: Played final 23 minutes of RSL‟s 3-0 home win over NY on 8/6/11 LAST MLS GOAL: Has yet to score in MLS career (31 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/7/11 (87‟) – Tallied 2nd game-winning assist of career by setting up Borchers to Johnson (14 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 3 GP, 2 GS, 1G, 1A in 145 min 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 1 GS, 0G, 0A in 63 minutes #77 – ANDY WILLIAMS MF 5-8 170 lbs. 9/23/77 Herriman, UT LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played first 76 minutes of RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11 LAST MLS GOAL: 07/9/11 v DAL (47‟) – Broke 13-game MLS scoreless streak with looping free kick off Hartman‟s hands (5 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/16/10 v. DAL (89‟) – broke 3-game streak w/o assist by setting up Findley cross to Morales (20 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 11 GP / 8 GS, 1G, 7A in 690 minutes 2011 U.S. OPEN CUP: 1 GP / 1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 minutes #17 – CHRIS WINGERT DF 5-11 170 lbs. 6/16/82 Babylon, NY LAST MLS MATCH: Started and played first 32 minutes of RSL‟s 0-1 road loss @ TOR on 8/13/11, breaking L wrist LAST MLS GOAL: 05/22/10 @ CHV – His solid, low shot off Morales‟ shot off the post gave Wingert his first career goal in MLS play (34 games) LAST MLS ASSIST: 08/26/09 v. CHV (85‟) – Helped RSL pour it on against Chivas USA, assisting Findley on RSL‟s third in a 4-0 rout (44 games) 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 8 GP / 8 GS, 0G, 1A in 720 minutes 2010 MLS SEASON: 24 GP / 22 GS, 1G, 0A in 1985 min. NOTE: expected to miss as much as six weeks after L wrist fracture suffered on 8/13/11 @ TOR

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RSL 2010 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

GROUP STAGE RESULTS – GROUP A

Wed., August 18 – Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah Real Salt Lake 2 : 1 Árabe Unido (PAN) (A:10,626) RSL: Saborio 45, 94+ DAU: Cooper 13 Wed., August 25 – Estadio Azul; Mexico City, Mexico Cruz Azul (MEX) 5 : 4 Real Salt Lake RSL: Saborío 26, 43; Espíndola 64, Johnson 92+ CAZ: Orozco 5, 75, 88, 89; Gimenez 93+ Wed., Sept. 15 – Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah Real Salt Lake 4 : 1 Toronto FC (CAN) (A: 11,579) RSL: Beckerman 21, Olave 40, Saborio 69, Paulo Jr 80 TOR: Santos 8 Wed., Sept. 22 – Estadio Rommel Fernandez; Panama City, Panama Árabe Unido (PAN) 2 : 3 Real Salt Lake RSL: Johnson 10, 43; Saborio 36 DAU: Aguilar 2, Angulo 53 Tues., Sept. 28 – BMO Field; Toronto, Canada Toronto FC (CAN) 1 : 1 Real Salt Lake RSL: Morales 67 TOR: Peterson 21 Tues., Oct. 19 – Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah Real Salt Lake 3 : 1 Cruz Azul (MEX) (A: 20,463) RSL: Paulo Junior 43, 67; Warner 69 CAZ: Villaluz 71

RSL 2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

QUARTERFINAL STAGE RESULTS

Tues., Feb. 22 – Columbus Crew Stadium; Columbus, Ohio Columbus Crew (USA) 0 : 0 Real Salt Lake (USA) (A: 4,665)

Tues.,March 1 – Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah Real Salt Lake (USA) 4 : 1 Columbus Crew (USA) (A: 15,405) RSL: Morales 31, 63; Saborio 41; Williams 94+ CLB: Mendoza 48 RSL advances 4-1 on aggregate

SEMIFINAL STAGE RESULTS

Tues.,March 15 – Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah Real Salt Lake (USA) 2 : 0 Dep. Saprissa (CRC) (A: 16,888) RSL: Saborio 9; Espindola 56

Tues.,April 5 – Estadio Ricardo Saprissa ; San Jose, Costa Rica Dep. Saprissa (CRC) 2 : 1 Real Salt Lake (USA) (A: 24,000) RSL: Olave 61 SAP: Cordero 46; Solis 87‟ RSL advances 3-2 on aggregate

2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

GROUP A STANDINGS

Team GP W L D Pts GF/GA Real Salt Lake* 6 4 1 1 13 17 / 11 Cruz Azul* 6 3 2 1 10 15 / 9

Toronto FC 6 2 2 2 8 5 / 7 Arabe Unido 6 1 5 0 3 4 / 14

* Advanced to Quarterfinal Round of CCL Championship Stage (Feb. 22-24 & Mar. 1-3) *RSL first-ever MLS team to win a CCL group, and only 2

nd non-MEX

team (Olimpia became 3rd two days later)

GROUP WINNERS: GROUP RUNNERS-UP:

Real Salt Lake (USA) Cruz Azul (MEX) Santos Laguna (MEX) Columbus Crew (USA) Monterrey (MEX) Saprissa (CRC) Olimpia (HON) Toluca (MEX)

2010/11 CONCACAF CHAMPIONSHIP STAGE

Quarterfinals (home teams listed first) First Leg February 22-24 Columbus (USA) 0 : 0 Real Salt Lake (USA) Toluca (MEX) 0 : 1 Monterrey (MEX) Cruz Azul (MEX) 2 : 0 Santos Laguna (MEX) Saprissa (CRC) 1 : 0 Olimpia (HON) Second Leg March 1-3 Real Salt Lake (USA) 4 : 1 Columbus Crew (USA) Monterrey (MEX) 2 : 0 Toluca (MEX) Santos Laguna (MEX) 0 : 3 Cruz Azul (MEX) Olimpia (HON) 1 : 2 Saprissa (CRC) Semifinals First Leg March 15-16 Real Salt Lake (USA) 2 : 0 Saprissa (CRC) Monterrey (MEX) 2 : 1 Cruz Azul (MEX) Second Leg April 5-6 Saprissa (USA) 2 : 1 Real Salt Lake (USA) Cruz Azul (MEX) 1 : 1 Monterrey (MEX)

2010/11 CCL FINAL RESULTS FIRST LEG Wed.,April 20 – Estadio Tecnologico; Monterrey, Mexico Monterrey (MEX) 2 : 2 Real Salt Lake (USA) (A: 31,000) RSL: Borchers 35; Morales 89‟ MTY: deNigris 18‟; Suazo (pen) 63‟

SECOND LEG Wed.,April 27 – Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah Real Salt Lake 0 : 1 Monterrey (MEX) (A: 20,378) MTY: Suazo 46+

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FINAL 2010/11 REAL SALT LAKE CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE STATS

(6-3-3 overall; 1st place Group A; loses Final 2-3 on aggregate)

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A C E

15 FW Alvaro Saborío 11 11 924 8 2 1 0

11 MF Javier Morales 10 8 759 4 1 1 0

8 MF Will Johnson 12 12 1020 3 1 0 0

23 FW Paulo Junior 4 1 125 3 1 0 0

7 FW Fabián Espíndola 9 8 651 2 2 2 1

4 DF Jamison Olave 10 10 855 2 0 1 0

77 MF Andy Williams 11 8 688 1 7 2 0

26 MF Collen Warner 3 2 143 1 1 2 0

5 MF Kyle Beckerman 10 10 900 1 0 3 0

6 DF Nat Borchers 10 10 882 1 0 0 1

20 MF Ned Grabavoy 12 4 537 0 2 0 0

10 FW Robbie Findley 6 3 303 0 2 1 0

17 DF Chris Wingert 9 9 810 0 1 1 0

2 DF Tony Beltran 7 4 438 0 1 0 1

22 MF Nelson González 4 3 226 0 1 2 0

30 DF Rauwshan McKenzie 2 2 180 0 1 0 0

10 FW Arturo Alvarez 4 0 52 0 1 0 0

18 GK Nick Rimando 11 11 990 0 0 0 0

3 DF Robbie Russell 10 9 710 0 0 2 0

28 DF Chris Schuler 3 2 225 0 0 0 0

12 MF Jean Alexandre 4 1 117 0 0 2 0

24 GK Kyle Reynish 1 1 90 0 0 0 0

19 FW Pablo Campos 1 1 66 0 0 0 0

21 MF Luis Gil 1 1 45 0 0 0 0

RSL totals 12 12 1080 26 24 22 3

Opponent totals 12 12 1080 17 7 25+ 4

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Álvaro Saborío 2, Will Johnson 1, Jamison Olave 1, Paulo Junior 1,

Javier Morales 1

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Andy Williams 4, Fabian Espíndola 2, Nelson Gonzalez 1, Robbie

Findley 1, Tony Beltran 1

PENALTY KICKS: Álvaro Saborío 3-3, Pablo Campos 0-1

REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

18 GK Nick Rimando 11 11 990 16 1.45 3 3 5 3 3 2

24 GK Kyle Reynish 1 1 90 1 1.00 0 0 1 0 0 0

RSL Totals 12 12 1080 17 1.45 3 3 6 3 3 2

Opponent totals 12 12 1080 26 2.31 3 4 3 6 3 2

REAL SALT LAKE – CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY

No. of Series Last

vs. Team Series W-L GP W-L-T OT ShO GF GA Mtg. Stage Result

Arabe Unido (PAN) - --- 2 2-0-0 n/a n/a 5 3 2010 Group

Cruz Azul (MEX) - --- 2 1-1-0 n/a n/a 7 6 2010 Group

Toronto FC (CAN) - --- 2 1-0-1 n/a n/a 5 2 2010 Group

Columbus Crew (USA) 1 1-0 2 1-0-1 n/a n/a 4 1 2011 Quarter RSL advance 4-1 agg.

Saprissa (CRC) 1 1-0 2 1-1-0 n/a n/a 3 2 2011 Semi RSL advance 3-2 agg.

Monterrey (MEX) 1 0-1 2 0-1-1 2 3 2011 FINAL RSL loses 2-3 agg.

TOTALS 12 6-3-3 n/a n/a 26 17

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1-0 4-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 3-1 3-3 2-0 4-0 0-2 0-2 3-0 0-1

1 Tim Melia

2 Tony Beltran 90D 27 90D 90D 70D 90D 90D 90D 90D 33 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 68D 58

3 Robbie Russell 63D 90D 54D 90D 76D 10 57D 5 90D 90D 45D 90D 61D 22 90D 81D

4 Jamison Olave 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 58D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

5 Kyle Beckerman 90M 90M 27 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 45 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

6 Nat Borchers 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 3D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

7 Fabian Espindola 65F 90F 90F 65F 90F 90F 90F 90F 83F 7F 27 24 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F

8 Will Johnson 90M 86M 45 90M 85M 90M 90M 24 90M 90M 90M 90M 84M 90M 90M 87M 90M

10 Arturo Alvarez 25 90F 90F 36 74F 81F 11 29 59M 8 14

11 Javier Morales 90M 90M 90M 90M 45M

12 Jean Alexandre 13 63M 45M 16 9 62F 81F 80F 71F 90F 9 2 70F 3

13 Chris Agorsor

14 Artur Aghasyan 3 19 7 69F

15 Alvaro Saborio 84F 69F 90F 90F 90F 90F 81F 90F 88F 90F 90F 90F 90F

17 Chris Wingert 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 28 90D 90D 90D 85D 90D 90D 90D 90D 32D

18 Nick Rimando 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

19 Blake Wagner

20 Ned Grabavoy 77M 90M 90M 90M 20 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 67M 90M 66M 79M 90M

21 Luis Gil 13 11 3 9 31 83M 83 90F 63F 90F 6 20 25 67M 90M

22 Nelson Gonzalez 5 14 67M 59M 6 23

23 Paulo Araujo Jr. 6 77F 90F 21 9

24 Kyle Reynish 90G

25 Donny Toia

26 Collen Warner 21 79M 45M 25 60M 18 87M 66M 7 66M 84M 57M 9M 9 18 29 65M 23

27 Cody Arnoux

28 Chris Schuler 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 81 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

30 Rauwshan McKenzie 90D

77 Andy Williams 69M 90M 45 45 30 72M 87M 23 24 90M 90M 21 33 90M 81M 72M 61M 31 82M 76M

"00" = 100 minutes played

F/M/D/G = starting position

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Game log:

Game #1 03/19/2011 RSL 1 at SJ 0 W Beckerman 1 (Morales 1, Beltran 1) 64

Game #2 03/26/2011 RSL 4 vs LA 1 W Williams 1 (Paulo Junior 1, Morales 2) 2; Morales 1 (penalty kick) 10; Morales 2 (Wingert 1) 41;

Paulo Junior 1 (Espindola 1) 68

Game #3 04/09/2011 RSL 2 at NE 0 W Schuler 1 (Warner 1) 27; Paulo Junior 2 (Warner 2) 47

Game #4 04/13/2011 RSL 1 vs COL 0 W Espindola 1 (Paulo Junior 2) 93+

Game #5 04/30/2011 RSL 0 at POR 1 L

Game #6 05/07/2011 RSL 1 vs CHV 0 W Johnson 1 (Borchers 1, Warner 3) 87

Game #7 05/14/2011 RSL 0 vs HOU 0 T

Game #8 05/22/2011 RSL 0 at DAL 0 T

Game #9 05/28/2011 RSL 1 vs SEA 2 L Gonzalez 1 (unassisted) 87

Game #10 06/04/2011 RSL 2 vs VAN 0 W Alexandre 1 (Beckerman 1) 32; Espindola 2 (Alexandre 1) 79

Game #11 06/08/2011 RSL 1 at CLB 2 L Olave 1 (Gonzalez 1) 7

Game #12 06/11/2011 RSL 1 at PHI 1 T Espindola 3 (Alexandre 2) 53

Game #13 06/18/2011 RSL 1 vs DC 1 T Espindola 4 (penalty kick) 38

Game #14 06/22/2011 RSL 0 at CHI 0 T

Game #15 06/25/2011 RSL 3 vs TOR 1 W Borchers 1 (Beckerman 2) 39; Saborio 1 (Russell 1, Beckerman 3) 42; Saborio 2 (Russell 2) 60

Game #16 07/04/2011 RSL 3 vs NE 3 T Johnson 2 (unassisted) 24; Saborio 3 (penalty kick) 56; Espindola 5 (Saborio 1, Olave 1) 83

Game #17 07/09/2011 RSL 2 vs DAL 0 W Williams 2 (Beckerman 4) 47; Espindola 6 (Johnson 1) 94+

Game #18 07/23/2011 RSL 4 vs SJ 0 W Saborio 4 (penalty kick) 63; Saborio 5 (unassisted) 75; Beckerman 2 (Saborio 2) 78;

Olave 2 (Alvarez 1, Beckerman 5) 83

Game #19 07/30/2011 RSL 0 vs CLB 2 L

Game #20 08/03/2011 RSL 0 at KC 2 L

Game #21 08/06/2011 RSL 3 vs NY 0 W Borchers 2 (Beckerman 6) 13; Gil 1 (Beckerman 7) 44; Saborio 6 (penalty kick) 77

Game #22 08/13/2011 RSL 0 at TOR 1 L

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CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 10/11 U.S. OPEN CUP

# Player QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 R16 QF

CLB CLB SAP SAP MTR MTR WILM DAL

0-0 4-1 2-0 1-2 2-2 0-1 2-0 0-2

1 Tim Melia

2 Tony Beltran 90D 90D 9 45 90D 90D

3 Robbie Russell 31 90D 90D 90D 81D 45D 27

4 Jamison Olave 90D 90D 45D 90D 90D 90D 90D

5 Kyle Beckerman 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 63M 90M

6 Nat Borchers 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

7 Fabian Espindola 59F 85F 87F 79F 90F 85F 66F

8 Will Johnson 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

10 Arturo Alvarez 3 11 9 26 32

11 Javier Morales 90M 87M 90M 90M 90M 90M

12 Jean Alexandre 5 90F 24

15 Alvaro Saborio 90F 71F 90F 90F 81F 90F

17 Chris Wingert 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 58D

18 Nick Rimando 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

20 Ned Grabavoy 81M 3 23 32 60M 90M 27 58M

21 Luis Gil 90F 90F

22 Nelson Gonzalez 16

23 Paulo Araujo Jr. 19 5

24 Kyle Reynish 90G

26 Collen Warner 74M 32

28 Chris Schuler 90D 45 63D

30 Rauwshan McKenzie 90D

77 Andy Williams 9 90M 67M 58M 30 64M 90M 90M

CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 10/11

QF1 03/09/2011 RSL 0 at CLB 0 T

QF2 03/09/2011 RSL 4 vs CLB 1 W Saborío (Morales) 23; Morales (Williams) 36; Morales (Paulo Junior) 77; Williams (unassisted) 95+

SF1 03/22/2011 RSL 2 vs SAPRSA 0 W Saborio (Espindola) 9; Espindola (Williams) 57

SF2 04/05/2011 RSL 1 at SAPRSA 2 L Olave (unassisted) 60

F1 04/20/2011 RSL 2 at MONTRY 2 T Borchers (Johnson) 35; Morales (Alvarez) 89

F2 04/27/2011 RSL 0 vs MONTRY 1 L

U.S. OPEN CUP

R16 06/28/2011 RSL 2 vs WILMTN 0 W Beltran (Alexandre) 40; Alexandre (Johnson) 44

QF 07/12/2011 RSL 0 at DAL 2 L