Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Garth Lagerwey has traveled a path from being about as irrelevant as he could be to being more relevant than he ever thought he'd be, from being a player nobody wanted to a builder of a title contender.
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... on the hot seat. Not with Checketts, not with president Bill Manning and not with general manager Garth Lagerwey. All three believed in Kreis' potential as a young head coach and Real Salt Lake's appearance in the MLS Cup this Sunday further validates that belief."You have to understand, just like you do with young players, there may be ups and downs, there may be some dark places...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... shattered the championship dreams of the Duke Blue Devils, for whom Kreis and general manager Garth Lagerwey played so well together in college. Arena led his Cavaliers to four straight national championships, knocking off the Blue Devils either in their conference tournament or the NCAA Tournament -- once in the College Cup national semifinals -- on his way to the last three of them....
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... guided them to the MLS Cup title game in '03 -- while midfielder Ned Grabavoy and general manager Garth Lagerwey both grew up in the Chicagoland area. But Johnson probably has the strongest feelings about tonight's reunion. "After what they did to me," he said, "it's an extra-special game for me."
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... to win a title is precisely what he envisioned when he hired coach Jason Kreis and general manager Garth Lagerwey, who have steered the franchise back to respectability from its dismal days as a seemingly clueless expansion franchise. "You'd have to look at that now and say, 'Wow, those guys have done some job together and put us in a position where we can bring a championship back...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... "That's definitely something that would count strongly in all their favors," general manager Garth Lagerwey acknowledged. But "I would never evaluate our season till it's over." That might be a frightening prospect to disgruntled season-ticket holders, many of whom have been airing their concerns with team officials in a series of town-hall style meetings. Though RSL set a franchise...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... there's nothing that we lack that prevents us from winning road games," general manager Garth Lagerwey said. "It's all in our heads." To add to the challenge, the Crew insist they haven't been discouraged by having their defensive effort spoiled by RSL's Robbie Findley scoring in the 88th minute in the first leg, even though they have scored only once in their last five games -- four...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... total number of runs scored from both and declaring a winner is ... Weird. Real general manager Garth Lagerwey came up with an even better description. "Goofy." He traced the half-and-half-equals-a-whole tradition to championship games on the continent being considered unfair because of the enormous advantage the home team enjoys in a one-and-done. "They always want to be fair in...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... total number of runs scored from both and declaring a winner is ... Weird. Real general manager Garth Lagerwey came up with an even better description. "Goofy." He traced the half-and-half-equals-a-whole tradition to championship games on the continent being considered unfair because of the enormous advantage the home team enjoys in a one-and-done. "They always want to be fair in...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Good thing general manager Garth Lagerwey's girlfriend is earning her master's degree in statistics -- and willing to help. Otherwise, Real Salt Lake might never have figured out the odds on all of the possible scenarios by which it still can reach the Major League Soccer playoffs.
