A Soccer City Unlike Any Other



In episode three of season two of The Movement presented by AT&T, host Calen Carr travels to Salt Lake City to see how Real Salt Lake is a unifying force in their community, combining the city’s deep roots with the LDS church and it’s growing diverse population to create a vibrant and passionate soccer culture.

Calen Carr, the host of The Movement presented by AT&T, is a former MLS forward for the Houston Dynamo and Chicago Fire.

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40 thoughts on “A Soccer City Unlike Any Other”

  1. By far…the worst name in MLS. I'm watching the Leagues Cup in Spanish and the Mexican play-by-play sportscaster refuses to pronounce "Real Salt Lake" like it was meant to be (re-AL). Instead he calls it "real" Salt Lake. Hahaha!!!

  2. Pro sports plays an interesting role in a community like the Wasatch Front, where half the community heavily identifies as something. In some places, a team becomes a symbol of a specific group, like Celtic and Rangers for religion in Scotland, or how FC Barcelona has symbolized Catalan self-determination.

    Even in the US and Canada, this was true in various places, with prominent historical clubs like Metros-Croatia, New York's Pancyprian-Freedoms and Greek American, or Maccabi Los Angeles.

    There's strong history for several other groups in Utah, including Utes and Paiutes, Jews, Greeks, Blacks, and Japanese. RSL works hard to be the team of everyone, and does it well.

  3. This was a very educational Doc. One thing you always learn is People are People. If you get to heart of them you see the good sides. I'm sure the people of Salt Lake get annoyed when outsiders don't understand their life. It's good Calin gavels us an inside view. Props from ATL

  4. Thanks for coming to SLC! I'm an RSL fan living in Phoenix (btw a Phoenix Rising episode could be great) and I love seeing the club represented as the unifying force that it is. I hope you felt welcome.

  5. Nice work Calen and team!! Great video!! As a Utahn, religion will always be a strong characteristic of the state. For how strong people want to remove or add religion into the local culture, it's great to see RSL and the Jazz bring people together instead of growing the hate.

  6. I'm an LDS kid from Richmond, Virginia. I was born in Salt Lake but moved when I was too young to remember. I'm a huge RSL fan…supporting all the way from VA! Proves that this community/culture spreads across the country. Yes, it does help that I'm Mormon, but this video is on point! Great vid and go RSL!

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