Real Salt Lake vs. Saprissa (another friendly)
July 22, 2008 by f4denz.
Saprissa Links and info
Official Home Page
Wow it might be in Spanish but a good looking site, better than anything MLS is putting out. Hey Guys at SUM and MLS take a look and see how it should be done. Pictures of their supporters again well done, a bit much on the smoke and flares but very cool, this club had the marketing and merchandise down. They even have their own brand of soda, now that kicks Xango in the pants any day.
Wikipedia Page Some interesting info on the club and their history, they are the only non Mexican team to represent CONCACAF in the FIFA World Club Cup, and they finished in third place in 2005, not bad. They have 8 players who are on the Costa Rican National Team and last season the team had a 9-2-4 record with 26 goals for and 19 goals against.
Purple reign in Central America fifa.com
There can be no question that Deportivo Saprissa are the undisputed kings of Central American club football at present. Known as El Monstruo Morado (The Purple Monster), the Costa Ricans have been the dominant force on the domestic scene in recent years while also picking up several titles in the CONCACAF region and clinching a notable third place at the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2005.
Pupy Lopez Signs for Victory (at last) au.fourfourtwo.com
Melbourne Victory have signed a second Costa Rican international star with the addition of dynamic midfielder Jose Luis Lopez on a two-year loan from Costa Rican giant Deportivo Saprissa.
CLUB DEPORTIVO SAPRISSA
NUMERICAL ROSTER
No. Player Pos. Birthdate Birthplace d
1 Keilor Navas GK 12/15/1986 Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
3 Victor Cordero DF 11/9/1973 San José, Costa Rica
7 Alejandro Alpizar FW 6/14/1979 –
8 Walter Centeno MF 10/6/1974 Palmar Sur, Costa Rica
10 Alonso Solis MF 10/14/1978 San José, Costa Rica
11 Ronald Gomez FW 1/24/1975 Puntarenas, Costa Rica
13 Fausto Gonzalez GK 9/13/1978 Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
14 Andres Nuñez DF 7/27/1976 San José, Costa Rica
15 Jose Luis Cordero MF 1/31/1987 San José, Costa Rica
16 Gabriel Badilla DF 6/30/1984 San José, Costa Rica
18 Jervis Drummond DF 10/8/1976 Limón, Costa Rica
19 Jairo Arrieta FW 8/25/1983 Nicoya, Costa Rica
20 Celso Borges MF 5/27/1988 San José, Costa Rica
21 Armando Alonso MF 3/21/1984 San José, Costa Rica
26 Manfred Russell MF 9/23/1988 San José, Costa Rica
30 Randall Porras DF 1/28/1979 San José, Costa Rica
31 Michael Barrantes MF 10/4/1983 San José, Costa Rica
35 Jose Francisco Porras GK 11/8/1970 Grecia, Costa Rica
– Carlos Chacon DF 6/3/1988 –
– Yacer Balladares MF 1/22/1987 –
– Alexander Robinson DF 11/21/1988 –
– Ariel Santana FW 1/21/1988 –
– Bryan Oviedo MF 2/18/1990 –
– Bryan Jiménez – – –
Technical Director: Jeaustin Campos
Assistant Coaches: Randall Row, Victor Badilla, Roger Mora Chacon
Physiotherapy Staff: Pier Luigi Morera, Juan Gabriel Rodriguez, Ever Alfaro Vizquez
Team Doctor: Dr. Willy Galves
IS Someone High?
Real Salt Lake players excited to play in NFL by Scott Spjut The Regal Seagull
With the anticipated opening of the Sandy stadium only months away, Real Salt Lake players are hoping to finally get noticed by some professional sports teams. “We’ve already received a few tentative offers,” said Julyanne Ryles, spokeswoman for the Real Salt Lake soccer team. “Nothing finalized yet, but we’re hopeful.”
(OK, this has to be some type of prank article or something, but it either is really poorly done, or just a horrible example of someone with too much free time, notice the image is the opening day 2005 lineup, and I have never heard of anyone quoted in the article, has anyone ever heard of this site?)