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Real Salt Lake to host draft party

January 17, 2006 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release


SALT LAKE CITY (Tuesday, January 17, 2006) - Real Salt Lake invites fans, sponsors and media to come join RSL players and front office staff at the organization's 2006 MLS SuperDraft watch party this Friday, January 20 at 10:00 a.m. MT, live on Fox Soccer Channel. The entire MLS SuperDraft can be followed live on MLSnet.com. The event will be held at the RSL offices located on the 2nd floor of Trolley Corners at 515 South 700 East, Suite 2R.

"This year's combine was similar to ones in the past except that this year there were more Generation adidas players. Several players showed well on some of the days and not so well on the other days," Ellinger said. "Coming out of the combine there were three or four players who we thought were special and think could have an impact right away."

RSL General Manager Steve Pastorino and Head Coach John Ellinger will be in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to select the No. 2 overall pick in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. RSL also currently holds rights to 26th overall in the third round. Real held the first overall pick last year in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft and selected 16-year old MF Nikolas Besagno who became the second-youngest draftee in MLS history, following 14-year old FW Freddy Adu (2004 MLS SuperDraft No. 1 pick selected by D.C. United).

The expansion club then followed up its first round pick with two second round selections adding FW Jamie Watson (13th overall) and GK Jay Nolly (22nd overall). RSL completed its first draft by selecting the 2005 adidas/MLS Combine MVP Luke Kreamalmeyer in the fourth round (37th overall).

RSL's natural 2006 2nd Round SuperDraft pick (14th overall) was acquired by the Chicago Fire on December 30, 2004 in a trade that involved sending RSL's natural 2005 3rd Round SuperDraft pick (25th overall) for FW Dipsy Selolwane and DF Evan Whitfield. On November 15, 2004 Real sent its natural 2006 4th Round SuperDraft pick (38th overall) and future considerations to FC Dallas for FW Jason Kreis.

"The Combine was a great start to an exciting week. Every MLS team is jockeying for position in advance of Friday's draft - and we are a club that sits in a great position to get the impact player we want in the first round, " Pastorino said. "The No. 2 pick overall is being coveted by multiple clubs, and we are prepared to do whatever it takes to better ourselves as much as possible."

2006 RSL PRESEASON SCHEDULE (Date/times subject to change)

DAY/DATE OPPONENT/EVENT SITE RESULT/TIME (MT)

Wednesday, Feb. 1 Training Camp Begins IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL until Friday, Feb. 17

Tuesday, Feb. 7 U.S. Amateur IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 8 MetroStars IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL 8:00 a.m.

Thursday, Feb. 9 U.S. U-17 Men's National Team IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 12 Columbus Crew* Spartan Stadium - Tampa, FL 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 15 Kansas City Wizards IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL 8:00 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 17 D.C. United IMG Academy - Bradenton, FL 8:00 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 17 Training Camp Continues Ft. Lauderdale, FL until Thursday, March 2

Monday, March 6 Training Camp Continues Salt Lake City, UT until Sunday, March 12

Thursday, March 16 Final Leg of Training Camp Univ. of Redlands, Redlands, CA until Friday, March 24

Friday, March 17 Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves Home Depot Center - Carson, CA 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, March 19 Chivas USA Univ. of Redlands, Redlands, CA TBD

Saturday, March 25 University of Portland Portland, OR 8:30 p.m.

*Second Annual Tom Fitzgerald Memorial Soccer Festival in Tampa, Fla.

ADIDAS TO UNVEIL NEW MLS MATCH BALL AND TEAM UNIFORMS AT SUPERDRAFT: Prior to the SuperDraft, adidas, MLS's corporate partner and the exclusive uniform provider starting in 2006, will use the SuperDraft to unveil the new MLS match ball and team uniforms for the upcoming season.

The presentation, hosted by Rob Stone, will start at 9:00 a.m. MT on Friday and lead into the SuperDraft. Each team's uniform will be shown during a fashion show utilizing a combination of MLS players and models. The MLS match ball that will be used for the 2006 season will be the same one created for use at the FIFA World Cup in Germany, making MLS the first league in the world to use it competitively.

Fans, sponsors and media can see a sample of the new RSL team uniforms for 2006 at the RSL offices during the MLS SuperDraft watch party as well as place an advanced order for the new home and away kit for the upcoming season.

REAL SALT LAKE OPENS THE 2006 CAMPAIGN ON APRIL 2, 2006: RSL will open its 2006 campaign on the road against Chivas USA on Sunday, April 2 at The Home Depot Center, while its first home game features the MetroStars on Saturday, April 15 at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Kickoff times for both games are yet to be determined. The balance of Real Salt Lake's 32-game, 2006 MLS regular-season schedule will be announced shortly.

2006 RSL SEASON, MINI-PLAN AND FLEX TICKET PACKAGES ON SALE: The RSL 2006 season ticket package features 20 games, including all 16 MLS regular season games and four special bonus games. Real Salt Lake's season ticket pricing remains level with the 2005 prices, and consists of Youth (15 and younger) and Adult in five price levels. Prices for the 2006 season ticket packages are $200 adult ($180 youth) for the North Goal, $300 adult ($240 youth) for the Corner Flag, $400 ($320 youth) for East Sideline, $500 ($400 youth) for VIP and $1,000 ($1,000 youth) Club seats.

The 2006 mini-plan features 10 games (to be announced once the MLS 2006 schedule is announced), including nine MLS regular-season games and one special bonus game. Real Salt Lake's mini-plan ticket pricing consists of Youth (15 and younger) and Adult in four price levels. Prices for the 2005 mini-plan season ticket packages are $130 adult ($110 youth) for the North Goal, $180 adult ($150) for the Corner Flag, $220 adult ($180 youth) for East Sideline and $300 adult ($230 youth) for VIP seats.

To add more options for fans, RSL is also offering the flex season ticket package, which is comprised of twenty vouchers of the same price category (North Goal, Corner Flag, Premium and VIP) that allows the purchaser to determine which games they would like to see in the regular reason and how many tickets needed for that game. Prices for the 2005 Flex Package are $280 for the North Goal, $340 for the Corner Flag, $440 for the East Sideline and $560 for the VIP seats. Tickets can be redeemed in the following way: one could use all the vouchers and bring 20 people to one game or 4 people could attend five games. Flex vouchers are discounted from the day of game pricing making it an even greater value

All tickets can be purchased by visiting the RSL Ticket Office at 515 South 700 East, #2R, SLC, UT 84102, by logging onto www.RealSaltLake.com or by contacting the Real Salt Lake Ticket Office at (866) 9-SOCCER.

ACCESS REAL: Real fans can now receive up-to-date information on the team by signing up for the RSL Weekly Newsletter on our website at http://real.saltlake.mlsnet.com/MLS/rsl/fans/.

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