Real Salt Lake Hosts Sporting Kansas City
June 28, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release
SANDY, Utah - Real Salt Lake returns to Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday, June 29 when it hosts Sporting Kansas City at 8:00p MT. The match will signify the club's halfway point of the 2019 season, as well as its second annual PRIDE Night in conjunction with Major League Soccer's Soccer for All Month.
Tickets to Saturday's PRIDE Night match can be purchased by going to RSL.com or by calling 844.REAL.TIX.
RSL is coming off a return to league play after a three-week hiatus from regular season action where it earned a 1-1 draw at the Chicago Fire last Saturday. MF Albert Rusnák notched his team-leading sixth goal of the season in the draw, converting a first half penalty to help RSL earn the point on the road.
RSL and Sporting Kansas City will meet for the first time since the 2018 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs last November, where a heated two-leg series in the Western Conference Semifinal saw Sporting advance to the Western Conference Final by a 5-3 aggregate scoreline. The last time RSL hosted SKC in regular season play was July 4, 2018, a match that saw another heated chapter written into the physical rivalry between the two sides. RSL saw goals from MFs Jefferson Savarino and Sebastian Saucedo and FW Corey Baird along with Luis Silva on the day to earn the 4-2 home victory. Two red cards were handed out in the match, both to SKC late in the match. On Saturday, RSL will be without Savarino as the agile midfielder remains with the Venezuelan National Team for its run in the 2019 Copa America in Brazil.
Sporting enters the match ninth in the Western Conference with a 4-5-7 (19 points) record, one point behind RSL who currently sit eighth in the West entering the weekend.
How to Follow Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting Kansas City - Saturday, June 29, 2019
- Coverage Begins: 7:30 p.m. MT
- Local TV: KMYU w/ David James (play-by-play), Brian Dunseth (color) & Samantha Yarock (sideline)
- Digital Streaming: KSL TV app
- English Radio: ESPN700 with Bill Riley (play-by-play) & Jay Nolly (color)
- Spanish Radio: 107.1 FM
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