RSL opener

                  Mr. Stone Face himself, coach Jason Kreis.Another year without smiling, and he can audition for Mount Rushmore.Kreis probably should have been more upset with Saturday’s outcome. It was the home starter, a place to establish dominance. A sellout crowd arrived ready to celebrate. It couldn’t have been a more perfect day in March. Cloudless blue skies and unseasonably warm temperatures prevailed.Actually, the weather was a lot like the coach’s mood. On the sunny side of Rio Tinto, it was shirtsleeve weather for many fans. On the other side, where the shadows lurked, people needed a jacket or even a coat.It would have been an impressive game, too, except for the part where Real went scoreless in the first half. In spite of a good effort by Real, it was Colorado that scored first, when Deshorn Brown — whose head actually was shorn with a Mohawk — swooped in right and scored in the left of the net.Still, like the sun-and-shade weather, it could have been worse for Real. It finally tallied in the 80th minute on Alvaro Saborio’s kick. Kreis lauded keeper Nick Rimando’s five saves, but added that the team should just “say that today was better than last week (a 1-0 loss to D.C. United) and hope next week is better than this week.We’re still he said, “a work in progress.Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium, Kreis and his team were back for the home opener and came away with a 1-1 tie with Colorado. Those kinds of situations are where Kreis is at his poker-faced best. He wasn’t thrilled about the results, but he was happy there was a result. He thinks they’ll get better but they weren’t that good. Real kept coming in stoppage, drawing praise from Kreis. At the same time, he noted, it let Colorado get the lead with a goal in the first half.