March 29, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release
HERRIMAN, Utah – Real Salt Lake (2-2-1, 7 pts., 5th West MLS) resumes its 2024 MLS regular season – the Club’s 20th and Major League Soccer 29th – this Saturday evening at America First Field in Sandy with a 7:30p MT kickoff against St. Louis CITY SC (1-0-4, 7 pts, 8th West MLS), one of five unbeaten MLS sides remaining this season. Back on Feb. 24, RSL and STL drew 1-1, with FW Chicho Arango putting RSL ahead on a Matt Crooks assist, prior to CITY’s late equalizer.
Tickets for Saturday’s expected sellout – which could feature the international returns of M/F Diego Luna and FW Andrés Gómez – are available at www.RSL.com/tickets.
Last week saw RSL suffocate the Whitecaps in Vancouver, 2-1, overcoming a first-half goal from former captain Damir Kreilach as 17-year-old RSL FW Fidel Barajas assisted both second-half scores, first on FW Anderson Julio’s 70th-minute equalizer, then on DF Alex Katranis’ 76th-minute game-winner. Both Katranis and Barajas made their first-ever RSL / MLS starts last week, while Barajas became just the sixth player in MLS’ 29-year history to register a multi-assist match at his age or younger, joining such past MLS luminaries as Bobby Convey, Santino Quaranta, Alphonso Davies, Cade Cowell and Freddy Adu.
In its last home match on March 9, RSL fell at home, 1-2, against Rocky Mountain Cup rivals Colorado, with the Rapids reversing an early 1-0 deficit at America First Field in Sandy. Despite the first professional goal from second-year MF Emeka Eneli and a strong performance from 18-year-old GK Gavin Beavers, RSL was unable to finish its chances and fell at home to Colorado for the first time since 2020, and for the first time on Utah soil with fans in the building since 2007.
Saturday’s kickoff at 7:30p MT on Apple TV+ / MLS Season Pass w/ Mex Bretos and Brian Dunseth (ENG) and Adrian Garcia Marquez and Francisco Pinto (SPN). For local coverage, tune in at 6:30p 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 v St. Louis CITY SC – MLS Matchday 6
America First Field – Sandy, Utah
Saturday, March 30, 2024 – 7:30p MT
2023 Records:
Real Salt Lake (14-12-8, 50 pts, 5th West);
St. Louis CITY SC (17-12-5, 56 pts., 1st West)
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