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Real Salt Lake Kicks off 2018 MLS Season with March 10 Home Opener

Published on December 21, 2017 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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REAL SALT LAKE KICKS OFF 2018 MLS SEASON WITH MARCH 10 HOME OPENER v. LAFC RSL Hosts Expansion LAFC Saturday, March 10 at Rio Tinto Stadium (1:30 p.m. MT kickoff) After Opening 14th Campaign Away at FC Dallas on Saturday, March 3

SANDY, Utah (Tuesday, December 19, 2017) - In conjunction with Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake announced its 2018 regular-season home opener, with RSL kicking off its 14th MLS season by hosting expansion LAFC on Saturday, March 10 at Rio Tinto Stadium (1:30 p.m. MT kick).

Real Salt Lake's 2018 opener is slated for Saturday, March 3 at FC Dallas (time TBD), with the full 34-game schedule announced in January. This upcoming season marks the ninth time in the last 10 years that RSL opens the season away from home, with the club unbeaten in its last eight season debuts (5-0-3 Win/Loss/Draw).

The Utah side's Rio Tinto Stadium venue continues to provide a distinct home-field advantage for Real Salt Lake, with RSL running its all-time MLS regular-season record to 87-21-43 since opening the world-class Sandy home on October 9, 2008. During its previous 13 MLS home openers, RSL is 5-0-8 all-time, with a 4-0-5 record in Rio Tinto Stadium home openers.

Real Salt Lake finished the 2017 season as one of the hottest teams in MLS, boasting an 8-3-4 record over the final 15 matches of the season after an emphatic 6-2 road win over the LA Galaxy on July 4. With a mix of youth phenoms and savvy veterans, RSL was among the more exciting teams over the final half of the season and sets up for a dynamic squad kicking off its first full season under Head Coach Mike Petke in 2018.

Season tickets for the 2018 season are now on sale via www.RSL.com or 844.Real.Tix, while the March 10 home opener and the remainder of the Club's individual game tickets will be available soon following January's 2018 schedule release.

During the 2018 MLS regular season, each club will play 34 games, including 17 home games and 17 away games. Teams will face each of their conference opponents (10 in the East, 11 in the West) twice during the season with one game at home and one game away. Western Conference teams will play one additional intra-conference game and Eastern Conference teams will play two. All teams will face each non-conference opponent once.

The complete regular-season schedule, along with the national television schedules for the U.S. and Canada, will be announced in January.

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