Real Salt Lake Concludes Three-Game Road Gauntlet Saturday at Colorado

July 19, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release

HERRIMAN, Utah – Real Salt Lake (12-4-8 / 44 points / t-2nd West) remains on the road for the third and final away match in an eight-day stretch prior to this year’s MLS All-Star break and the subsequent 2024 Leagues Cup, continuing the critical Western Conference gauntlet Saturday at Colorado, wehre RSL will attempt to capture its 15th Rocky Mountain Cup title in the 20-season history of the fan-created series.

Kickoff Saturday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in suburban Denver is at 7:30p MT, available worldwide on Apple TV+ / MLS Season Pass, with Steve Cangialosi and Danny Higginbotham (ENG) and Oscar Salazar and Jaime Macias (SPN) on the call.

RSL seeks to remain in MLS Supporters Shield contention as Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni’s team seizes momentum from Wednesday’s 1-1 draw at LAFC, where a 34th-minute Brayan Vera free kick goal – his first of the season – equalized following a fifth-minute concession. RSL’s road record this year is now 4W-2L-7T after seeing its Club-record 10-game road unbeaten streak snapped in the 0-3 loss Saturday at Portland, RSL’s heaviest loss of the 2024 campaign. Still, RSL have dropped just two of its last 20 MLS contests since mid-March in the Club’s best start in nearly a decade.

RSL – now tied on 44 points with LAFC (one fewer game played) – dropped out of first place for the first time since mid-March, now looking up at the LA Galaxy (46 points on 25 games played) in the race for Western Conference supremacy. Wednesday’s hard-fought and valiant 1-1 draw at LAFC served as a course-correcting statement of intent, the Club yet again avoiding back-to-back losses during the Mastroeni era.

In nearly four full seasons under Mastroeni, RSL has played 125 matches across all competitions, winning 52, losing 42 and drawing 31. In that span, the Club has dropped back-to-back contests on just 9 occasions, with four of the nine coming last August/September, when RSL lost six out of seven following Pablo Ruiz’ injury suffered at LAFC in a Leagues Cup Quarterfinal.

Real Salt Lake at Colorado Rapids – MLS Matchday 28

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park – Commerce City, Colo.

Saturday, July 20, 2024 – 7:30p MT

Apple TV+ / MLS Season Pass

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