August 23, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release
HERRIMAN, Utah – Real Salt Lake (12-5-8, 44 points, 3rd West MLS) returns to its 2024 Major League Soccer slate Saturday night at home against San Jose Earthquakes (4-19-2, 14 points, 14th West), the first of back-to-back home matches at America First Field in Sandy, UT, to close out the month of August. RSL remains in the thick of the MLS Supporters Shield and Western Conference top-seed races, with the Claret-and-Cobalt hosting four of its next five matches and six of the final nine overall on Utah soil, where Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni’s side has excelled this season.
Kickoff Saturday is at 7:30p MT at America First Field in Sandy, with the match available via Apple TV+ / MLS Season Pass, as Blake Price & Paul Dolan (ENG) provide the call, as will Raul Guzman and Carlos Ruiz (SPN).
In its last home match, back on August 1, RSL kicked off its 2024 Leagues Cup experience with a 2-1 home victory over Atlas FC (Liga MX), coming back from an early deficit to win on goals from FW Anderson Julio (45+2′) and MF Nelson Palacio (79′). Palacio’s goal off the bench just one minute after coming on proved to be the game-winner, a nearly 40-yard blast that traveled at 80 miles per hour into the back of the net. RSL FW Andrés Gómez earned the assist on the Julio equalizer in the dying moments of the first half, rewarding yet another standing-room only crowd – including 20,956 for the Leagues Cup opener – at America First Field, which has seen RSL produce six consecutive sellouts and eight in 12 home games this season.
With that win, the Utah side boosted its record on Utah soil this year to 9-2-1 / 28 points, while also improving its all-time record against Mexican visitors across friendly, CONCACAF Champions League and Leagues Cup competitions in the Claret-and-Cobalt’s 20-year history to 5-6-3 / 18 points.
Since the Club’s August 5 Leagues Cup ouster in Houston, RSL completed the most active summer transfer window in the team’s 20-year history, with five new players arriving on the Wasatch Front: FW Benji Michel, DF Javain Brown, M/F Lachlan Brook, MF Diogo Gonçalves and FW Dominik Marczuk. While Michel was able to play 16 minutes in MLS action on July 20 at Colorado – becoming the 212th player in RSL’s 20 MLS seasons and the eighth player to make his Club debut this season, while also making his home debut on August 1 against Atlas – Saturday provides an opportunity for three of the remaining…
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