Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Coach Jason Kreis and his Real Salt Lake players all knew that leaving points on the field in their inaugural game at Rio Tinto Stadium was damaging to their hopes of reaching the Major League Soccer playoffs for the first time.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | yesterday
... penalty kick in stoppage time, taken by Cooper. His 18th goal also put him in a tie with Jason Kreis for the Dallas single-season goal-scoring record… from MLSNet, For the second time in as many games, FC Dallas came back to claim a point thanks to a last-minute penalty kick, finishing in a 2-2 tie with Toronto FC on Saturday evening at Pizza Hut Park. Kenny Cooper converted the penalty...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Posted: 2:06 PM- Coach Jason Kreis and his Real Salt Lake players all knew that leaving points on the field in their inaugural game at Rio Tinto Stadium was damaging to their hopes of reaching the Major League Soccer playoffs for the first time.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
FRISCO – FC Dallas needed another last-minute penalty kick to salvage a second draw in a row at home. Team scoring leader Kenny Cooper put away a 93rd-minute shot from the penalty spot as Dallas settled for a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC. Cooper, a Jesuit graduate, also opened the scoring in the 34th and now boasts 18 goals this year, tying the team record set by Jason Kreis in 1999. FC...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... that goes with this night. There are so many things that people don't realize," said RSL coach Jason Kreis.Little things like parking and family tickets all seemed to take a little toll mentally on the players according to Kreis, and in the end prevented RSL from building on the positive momentum it had recently generated."It was too good of an atmosphere for what we saw, the...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... complaining about free chocolate."It was a fantastic experience," said a disappointed RSL coach Jason Kreis. "I think it may have been too good an atmosphere for what (ragged play) we saw out there."The game was on ESPN2, the sort of exposure that puts teams on the map. Too bad someone didn't bother to look at a map of Sandy, or they would have realized there's little parking and...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... going into these last three that we thought we would need six points" to reach the playoffs, coach Jason Kreis said. "So, there's still six points out there." To get them, though, RSL will have to beat FC Dallas in its home finale on Oct. 18 and win at Colorado the following weekend. Against the Red Bulls (9-10-9), Kreis said he thought nerves affected his team, keeping it...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... speculation and debate over whether a soccer-specific stadium would rise here, the focus for coach Jason Kreis and Co. has been all about making sure they get three points."This is our home, our new home," said Kreis, gazing out at the pitch inside Rio Tinto Stadium. "The surface is different, but the dimensions are the same and it's still soccer. We've got to pick up three...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
... field also could allow RSL to alter its style, perhaps by playing wider, for example. But coach Jason Kreis doesn't foresee that, noting that RSL has played pretty well on larger grass fields this season - including fighting back for a 3-2 victory at San Jose nearly two weeks ago. "We haven't always got the results that we've wanted," he said, "but we have played good soccer." Playing...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
... its first Major League Soccer playoff berth hanging in the balance. "It could be difficult," coach Jason Kreis said. "It's just something we have to continue to talk to the players about. It's still a game played on a green surface - grass, in this case - with white lines, and the ball's still round and the same size. So we've got to control our emotions and keep them in check." If...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
... its first Major League Soccer playoff berth hanging in the balance. "It could be difficult," coach Jason Kreis said. "It's just something we have to continue to talk to the players about. It's still a game played on a green surface - grass, in this case - with white lines, and the ball's still round and the same size. So we've got to control our emotions and keep them in check." If...
