A Second Class stamp
mestinon Jason Kreis, coach of Real Salt Lake, finished third. Before the season started, Kreis broke up a successful salary-capped team (a team he’d pushed to that glass ceiling by keeping them together as their repeated achievements earned pay rises), brought in some youngsters, as he always does, slotted them into his beloved midfield diamond, or into slots once occupied by All Stars such as Jamison Olave, and proceeded to do what he always does — take RSL to a 50 point plus season. Along the way he also reached the final of the US Open Cup, and in MLS Cup dispatched the holders LA Galaxy in the conference semi-finals, before beating Porter’s Timbers in both the home and road legs of the Western final (his team had beaten Portland in the US Open Cup semis too). This Saturday, his team will contest the MLS Cup against Sporting Kansas City.