Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis was happy to final open the Rio Tinto stadium but said that his side was somewhat nervous and did not get the result the team wanted in the inaugural match.

“It was a fantastic experience out there tonight, and a terrific atmosphere for a big game.  I think, maybe, it was too good of an atmosphere, really, for what we saw out there because the quality of the soccer, I think, was a little bit lower than what we’re used to seeing over the past few weeks. I think our guys looked very, very nervous.”

“I don’t think our possession was crisp enough tonight.  A lot of that, to me, was because players were nervous about losing the ball and were making decisions a lot later than they usually do.  Usually we make those decisions, we play the ball, and we move on.  I think tonight we were just a little half-second delayed because we were nervous.”

The former player added that the new stadium would help the club in many ways.
 
“This building means so many things to this club. It means another item that we have in our pocket to try and bring in prospective players both internationally and players that are here.  At the end of the day, we want to be a franchise that every player wants to play for.”