Real Salt Lake eye FIFA Club World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Japan-c2928 this December—Major League Soccer
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-Salt-Lake-c40339 came to the fore as an expansion slot team in 2005. While six years is a long time in football, RSL have made it count. The Utah based team became the MLS Cup champions in 2009 and now they have gone one step better by becoming the first Major
League soccer (MLS) team to have qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) finals.
The Claret and Cobalt have arrived in Nuevo Leon, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mexico-c2956, to play the first leg of the CCL final against CF Monterrey. Even though the site presents intimidating environment, the Americans certainly do not plan on backing off at this stage.
While RSL have proved their worth on the domestic front, they are now showing their credentials on CCL front. The team has marched to the final of the continental league, emerging as the best among 24 regional outfits. The Royals topped their 16-team pool
in the first stage of the league. However, RSL’s founder and co-owner, Dave Checketts and the manager, Jason Kreis want the journey to conclude with FIFA Club World Cup title in December later this year. Should the dream come true, it would mark the Claret
and Cobalt as the first American team to make it to the club world cup.
The magnitude of the April 20th game is in completely different proportions to the league matches. Even though MLS is of vital importance, games of this magnitude can be compared to few games with 2009 MLS Cup final being one of them.
“We’ve never played a game in our history other than perhaps the [2009] MLS Cup that’s as big as this,” Checketts said. “This would mean perhaps more than anything that has ever happened to the club to advance.”
However, Wednesday’s venue houses one of the toughest teams in the territory and fireworks are expected to erupt on the pitch. The away crowd and Mexican professional football, both among the best in the continent, bring an altogether different dimension
to this game. Where http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Monterrey-c39943 are an experienced outfit, Checketts side is just six years old.
“We all in our team and our locker room want more out of this thing,” Kreis told reporters on the call. “We are certainly not done and if we walk away now, I don’t think we’re going to be completely satisfied.” The co-owner certainly harbours big ambitions
for his team.
After the first leg at Estadio Tecnologico, Kreis’ men will host the Mexicans at Rio Tinto – the stadium that bears a streak of 27 unbeaten games in all competitions – for the second and decisive leg on Wednesday, April 27.
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