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Real Salt Lake Hosts Houston in Do-Or-Die Round One Playoff Match

Published on November 4, 2023 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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HERRIMAN, Utah -Real Salt Lake (14-12-8, 50 pts., 5th West) resumes its Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs with a must-win Leg Two as the "Best of Three" Round One series moves to the Wasatch Front, the Utah side returning home to America First Field this upcoming Monday, November 6, with a 7:00 p.m. MT kickoff against Houston Dynamo (14-11-9, 51 pts., 4th West) ... Houston won the first leg of the series on Sunday night, taking an early 1-0 lead on a Hector Herrera goal just past 20 minutes in, and later overcoming a 54th-minute equalizer from RSL starlet Diego Luna with an 81st-minute game winner ...

The win was the Dynamo's third straight against RSL, which was eliminated at the Semifinal Stage of this year's Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup back on August 23 in Houston ... That match saw Houston snap an 11-game winless streak - one which dated back to 2017 - against Real Salt Lake with a 3-1 win over 120 minutes, as Anderson Julio's 56th-minute equalizer was overcome by a pair of extra time goals after the 106th minute, the final stanza marred by DF Brayan Vera's red card ... All-time, RSL now owns just

BACK AT HOME IN PLAYOFFS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2019 :: Monday night's "Fútbol" match at America First Field in Sandy is RSL's first home playoff game since 2019, when RSL knocked out Portland, 2-1, on an 87th-minute game-winner by FW Jefferson Savarino during his first stint with the Club ... Captain Damir Kreilach also scored that day to advance RSL, which fell four days later at Seattle ...

LUNA CONTINUES STREAK :: RSL playmaker Diego Luna scored in the first leg for a third consecutive match, his late equalizer back on Oct. 14 at LA Galaxy starting the active run which continued on Decision Day in Colorado with his game-winner ... The 54th-minute goal in Houston made Luna the youngest playoff goal-scorer in RSL history, usurping Yura Movsisyan by about 16 months ... Luna's accomplishment made him the 12th-youngest player in MLS history to find the back of the net in a postseason match ...

#HOUvRSL BROADCAST INFO :: The Western Conference 4v5 series resumes next Monday with Houston at RSL as the Round One / Game Two matchup kicks off at 7:00 p.m. MT via Apple TV+ / MLS Season Pass with Mark Rogondino and Heath Pearce on the call ... Additional RSL coverage for that game will occur via KSL Radio (English) w/ David James and Jay Nolly, 102.3 La Gran D (Spanish) w/ the legend Nelson Moran and www.RSL.com ...

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