Real Salt Lake Continues Three-Game Week on Road Wednesday at Seattle

May 28, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release

HERRIMAN, Utah – Real Salt Lake (8-2-5 / 29 points / 1st West) travels midweek to face Seattle Sounders FC at Lumen Field Wednesday night, looking to extend its first-place lead atop the MLS Western Conference and stretch its overall unbeaten run to 12 games, as a win or draw would also give Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni’s team EIGHT consecutive road results. Kickoff Wednesday in Seattle is at 8:30p MT, available on Apple TV+ / MLS Season Pass, with Max Bretos and Lloyd Sam (ENG) and Jesus Acosta and Carlos Suarez (SPN) on the call.

First-place RSL continued its best start in Club history – 29 points from 15 matches (exceeding both 2016 and 2014) – with an absolute shock come-from-behind draw Saturday in Texas, rebounding from an 0-3 deficit on the road at FC Dallas with 30 minutes remaining to steal a point with a 3-3 tie. Goals in the final half-hour from Diego Luna and substitutes Anderson Julio and Nelson Palacio – his 90+8 equalizer not only his first MLS goals but also matching the latest equalizer in Club history (Justen Glad 2023 v MIN, 90+8) – completed the comeback, the first time in RSL’s 629 MLS reg. season games played in its 20-year history that it was able to claw back from three goals down to secure a point. RSL now owns a record of 3-1-4 / 13 points away from home this season, last losing on the road on Feb. 21 in the MLS 2024 Season Opener in Miami.

RSL – led by Captain Chicho Arango and his 13 goals / 8 assists in 15 MLS games thus far, leading the MLS Golden Boot race – arrives in the Pacific Northwest this week riding an active 11-game unbeaten run (seven wins, four draws) dating back to March 9 at home, a stretch that has seen what had been one of Major League Soccer’s staunchest defenses (six goals allowed in nine games during this run, with five clean sheets) capture four points from its last two games despite conceding another six goals. During the current MLS run, RSL has outscored opponents 25-12, scoring first in six of the 11 matches and hammering home five game-winning goals and now one equalizer in the final 15 minutes of matches.

This week’s road trip precedes Saturday’s home match against Austin FC, just the fourth of four America First Field matches for RSL from mid-April to mid-June, the Claret-and-Cobalt playing eight of 12 away from home during that span, including the trip to Dallas and a midweek rematch at Seattle. RSL will then enjoy a much-needed early…