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Coming into their latest international friendly match, Real Salt Lake had three goals to accomplish, according to head coach Jason Kreis. RSL needed to give some younger players extended minutes, rest some regulars and still be as competitive as possible.
For all of the trouble MLS teams have had producing any good result against Real Salt Lake on their home field this season, foreign club teams keep leaving with plenty of victories. RSL stumbled in its second international friendly in two weeks, falling 2-1 to Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa on Wednesday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Real Salt Lake came to Chicago Saturday with a very poor road record, the worst in the league. So, in an attempt to change their fortunes, they played the first half of the game as if they were the home team.
Real Salt Lake defended their first-time status as a first-place team by coming out of Toyota Park with their first road tie of the season.
You can't always get what you want. And no one has to remind U.S. men's Olympic coach Peter Nowak of that when it came to selecting his three overage players for the U.S. men's Olympic team.
All of the time spent with the U.S. under-23 national team in the spring and early summer have paid off in a big way for Real Salt Lake players Chris Seitz and Nate Sturgis.
Real Salt Lake make the trip to Toyota Park to face the Chicago Fire in a place they've never been before - on top of the Western Conference.
Real Salt Lake (6-6-5, 23 pts.) will take its first try at defending its first-place status in the Western Conference this Saturday, July 19, when Utah's side will travel to the Midwest to take on the Chicago Fire (7-5-3, 24 pts.).
It is a milestone Real Salt Lake has coveted for a long time. After four mostly turbulent years in Major League Soccer, they can claim a distinction that few foresaw before the season got underway. RSL, for a week at least, reigns supreme in the Western Conference.
With yet another opportunity to lay claim to first place in the Western Conference on the line, Real Salt Lake knew they could not afford a slip-up against the Columbus Crew.
