February 23, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Real Salt Lake News Release
HERRIMAN, Utah – Real Salt Lake (0-1-0 MLS) continues its 2024 regular season – the Club’s 20th in Major League Soccer – Saturday night at St. Louis CITY SC at CITY Park in the first full weekend of the “MLS is Back” 2024 kickoff.
Wednesday, RSL saw its MLS Opening Day unbeaten run snapped at 14 games, Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni’s side dropping an 0-2 decision at Miami against Lionel Messi & Co. Two RSL players made significant debuts at Chase Stadium earlier this week, as 17-year-old Mexican youth international Fidel Barajas played 24 minutes for his MLS debut; and MF Noel Caliskan – a short-term call-up from Real Monarchs of MLS NEXT Pro – made his RSL debut, appearing for 17 minutes with the Claret-and-Cobalt after making four combined MLS / U.S. Open Cup appearances a year ago with the Portland Timbers.
Could newly-acquired RSL midfielder Matt Crooks become the third player this week to make his RSL debut on Saturday? Should his work visa paperwork come through, he could be eligible; left back Alexandros Katranis could possibly make his 2024 MLS / RSL debut on next Saturday, March 2, at America First Field in RSL’s home opener against elite West rival Los Angeles FC, kicking off at 12 noon MT in RSL’s earliest-ever home kick.
Saturday’s kickoff starts at 6:30p MT on Apple TV+ / MLS Season Pass w/ Keith Costigan and Maurice Edu (ENG) and Jorge Perez Navarro and Marcelo Balboa (SPN). For local coverage, tune in at 5:30p MT for KSL Radio pre-game w/ David James & Jay Nolly via www.KSLSports.com / 1280 AM / 97.5 FM and www.KSLNewsRadio.com / 1160 AM).
Real Salt Lake @ St. Louis CITY SC – MLS Matchday 2
CITY Park – St. Louis, MO
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 – 6:30p MT
2023 Records: Real Salt Lake (14-12-8, 50 pts, 5th West); St. Louis CITY SC (17-12-5, 56 pts., 1st West)
RSL @ St. Louis CITY SC NOTES:
RSL and St. Louis split their 2023 series, each team winning on the road. In RSL’s lone previous trip to the Gateway to the West, it was young starlet Diego Luna who led his team to a 3-1 victory, the U.S. U-20 playmaker providing a goal and an assist against the West-leading CITY side. Early last season, St. Louis earned a 0-0 halftime scoreline in Utah courtesy of GK Roman Burki heroics, then scoring four second-half goals to match the worst half in Real Salt Lake’s home history.
The 2023 RSL side amassed the Club’s seventh 50-point season all-time, and just the second since the 2014…
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