Bleeding Claret and Cobalt

Tom Hackett from KSL Sports comes into the studio to catch up with Trey, look at RSL's recent accomplishments, and analyze the shortcomings thus far in the 2021 MLS season.

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Sam Stejskal, a staff writer for The Athletic and former RSL PR manager, stops by the studio to talk with Trey during a rare trip to Utah. Sam gives us some insight into what the RSL looks like from an outsider's perspective, including rating recent signings, potential owners, and club identity.

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Andrew Brody, RSL right-back who made his MLS debut earlier this season, has been around the club at every level from the academy to the Monarchs, with a brief move to Austria to play for fan-owned FC Pinzgau Saalfelden before returning to Utah and breaking into the starting XI. Andrew, who is currently recovering from a broken toe, sits down with Trey to talk about his journey, how the club has evolved over the years and how the pitch at Rio Tinto Stadium is a little bit friendlier when you are playing next to some of your best friends.

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Even if you don't immediately recognize, RSL executive television producer, Ken Neal's name, you have spent a lot of time with him. Ken produces and directs the RSL television broadcast, and has developed and shaped what soccer broadcasts have looked like in the US for decades. Get a look at some of the deep-behind-the-scenes stories and details that most of us never know are part of the RSL experience.  

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This week, Trey sits down with RSL technical director Kurt Schmid to talk about the progress of the club this season, the analytics that the club is using to evaluate players and, how, after all that, the numbers don't always tell the full story.

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Leif Smith, the new General Manager of operations at Rio Tinto Stadium, stops by to talk with Trey about some of the behind-the-scenes movement at the stadium this summer, including friendlies, concerts, and potentially, World Cup qualifiers.

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In the past ten years, so much has changed with the club's facilities- video boards, premium clubs, wifi, entire $80-million training center- and Craig Martin, Rio Tinto Stadium general manager, has been in the driver's seat for all of it. Today, Craig sits down with Trey to reminisce about his tenure at RSL. 

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Adam Sessions, who happens to be the CEO of our presenting sponsor 1Wire Fiber and passionate supporter of the Claret and Cobalt, stops by the studio to talk to Trey about how his RSL decade-plus log fandom has evolved from the early days of comped tickets from youth club giveaways to years of being a die-hard season ticket holder and the surreal experience of watching his son play on the field at the Riot and winning the Utah state high-school championship.

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Send us your "RSL moments" by emailing a voice memo to [email protected] or click here: anchor.fm/claretandcobalt and then click the "message" button. You might hear your RSL moment on an upcoming episode of the show.

Get to know Walter Franco of Victus Advisors as he takes time out of his hectic schedule to come in and talk to Trey about what it takes to get teams like Club America and Santos Laguna to come and play friendlies Utah. The former RSL Communications intern has spent the last decade helping keep Utah relevant in the soccer world in his role of bringing big clubs from outside the league into Rio Tinto Stadium.

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Send us your "RSL moments" by emailing a voice memo to [email protected] or click here: anchor.fm/claretandcobalt and then click the "message" button. You might hear your RSL moment on an upcoming episode of the show.

Rob Zarkos, RSL Executive VP of Soccer Operations, joins Trey to look at the next phase of the MLS season, coming off the international break and heading into summer. Rob lets us in on some of the behind-the-scenes action that got players like Rubin, Menendez and Bobby Wood into the squad during a very successful transfer window. 

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Send us your "RSL moments" by emailing a voice memo to [email protected] or click here: anchor.fm/claretandcobalt and then click the "message" button. You might hear your RSL moment on an upcoming episode of the show.