Published on May 12, 2026 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release
HERRIMAN, Utah – Real Salt Lake (6-4-1, 19 points, 6th West / 10th Shield MLS) returns home this week, hosting Houston Dynamo (6-5-0, 18 points, 8th West / 11th Shield MLS) Wednesday at America First Field in Sandy (7:30p MT kickoff), available on Apple. RSL looks to rebound from the weekend’s 3-1 loss at Dallas, seeking for a result to avoid a 20th back-to-back loss in 195 matches during the Pablo Mastroeni era.
Wednesday’s contest is the first of two remaining home games this week, RSL following up Houston’s visit with the first of two Rocky Mountain Cup tilts in 2026, as the Rapids arrive in Sandy on Saturday to complete RSL’s second three-game week of the season. Houston has won just once in its last 13 reg. season visits to Utah, where RSL boasts a 5-1-0 (W-L-T) mark thus far this season, outscoring opponents 13-7, with the 0-2 Miami loss in late April the lone home setback thus far. RSL has scored two or more goals in each of the five home wins, again Miami serving as the lone exception.
RSL’s ability to rebound from losses demonstrates its record of resilience during the Pablo Mastroeni era. Since the former USMNT star and MLS veteran seized the Claret-and-Cobalt head coaching reins in August, 2021, RSL has dropped consecutive games just 19 times in 194 matches during the Mastroeni era, winning 33 and drawing 16 in games following a loss. Earlier this season, RSL bounced back from the 1-0 loss at Vancouver and won 2-1 the next match against Seattle, also rebounding from the recent LA Galaxy loss with a dominant 2-0 win over Portland.
Wednesday’s RSL contest on Apple TV features Christian Miles and Kacey Smith (ENG) on the call, as well as Jorge Perez-Navarro and Marcelo Balboa (SPN). Long-time RSL voice David James and former MLS goalkeeper Jay Nolly will call the game for KSL Sports Radio (1160 AM / 97.5 FM), with Nelson Moran now in his 22nd RSL season as RSL’s Spanish radio voice on KBMG Latino 106.3 FM.
RSL Academy homegrown and Utah native Zavier Gozo has been sensational this season, with three goals and four assists through 11 matches in 2026. Five of the seven goal contributions have been of the game-winning variety (two GWG, three GWA), the most in Major League Soccer this season. Gozo’s five game-winning goal contributions are not just the most in MLS this year, but tied for the second-most in the League’s 31-year history, despite just playing 11…
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