Real Salt Lake Hosts Tigres UANL for Inaugural Leagues Cup Bout
July 23, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release
SANDY, Utah - Real Salt Lake is set to welcome defending Liga MX champion Tigres UANL to Rio Tinto Stadium on Wednesday, July 24 at 8:30p MT in its inaugural Leagues Cup match. The match can be seen live nationally on Univision and ESPN+. Wednesday's match will be presented by the Utah Sports Commission.
Ticket's to Wednesday's match start at just $23 at LeaguesCup.com or by calling 844.REAL.TIX.
RSL enters Wednesday's bout having drawn 1-1 with Minnesota United FC last Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium. DF Marcelo Silva notched the lone goal for RSL in the draw, marking his second goal of the 2019 season. The draw saw RSL move to 9-9-3 (30 points) through 21 matches in 2019 and 7-2-1 (22 points) at Rio Tinto Stadium.
Tigres arrives in Utah on the back of its seventh Liga MX Clausura championship after defeating Léon 1-0 on aggregate in the final. Tigres led the league in 2019 with a 19-9-6 record (63 points) through the regular season having scored 65 goals and conceding only 34 to finish the regular season with a +31-goal differential. Led by striker Andre-Pierre Gignac who notched 24 goals throughout the 18/19 season, Tigres mounted the league's highest goal difference on the year. The match will also mark the return of former RSL centerback Carlos Salcedo who climbed the ranks of the RSL Academy to the MLS side before going on to feature on a regular basis for Mexico at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
How to Follow Real Salt Lake vs. Tigres UANL - Wednesday, July 24, 2019
- Coverage Begins: 8:00 p.m. MT
- National TV: Univision
- Digital Streaming: ESPN+
- English Radio: ESPN700 with Spencer Warne (play-by-play) & Jay Nolly (color)
- Spanish Radio: N/A
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