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Real Salt Lake Now Heads to Minnesota Seeking Three-Game Win Streak

May 26, 2023 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release


SANDY, Utah - Real Salt Lake (4-6-3, 15 pts., 11th West) concludes a fourth consecutive three-game week Saturday in St. Paul, Minn., traveling to face Major League Soccer's Minnesota United FC (5-5-3, 18 pts, 6th West) in one of several MLS Matchday 15 contests. 7:30p MT kickoff on the Apple MLS Season Pass w/ Ed Cohen and Jamie Watson (ENG) / Francisco Pinto and Adrian Garcia Marquez (SPN).

For local coverage, tune in at 7:00p MT for KSL Radio pre-game w/ David James & Jay Nolly via www.KSLSports.com / 1280 AM / 97.5 FM and www.KSLNewsRadio.com / 1160 AM).

RSL arrives in the Land of 10,000 Lakes Saturday on the heels of back-to-back road wins in multiple competitions against Rocky Mountain Cup rival Colorado, defeating the Rapids 3-2 Saturday in League action prior to a heavily-rotated 1-0 win Wednesday in 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup action. Should RSL find a way to capture all three points Saturday in Minnesota, the Claret-and-Cobalt would have a three-game road win streak for the first time since 2017, and its first three-game/nine-point week since 2013.

RSL has never before, in its 19-year history, won three consecutive road matches in a single week.

Real Salt Lake @ Minnesota United FC - MLS Matchday 15

Allianz Field - St. Paul, Minnesota

Saturday, May 27, 2023 - 6:30p MT

2023 Records: Real Salt Lake (4-6-3, 15 pts, 11th West); Minnesota United (5-3-3, 18 pts, 6th West)

RSL @ MINNESOTA PREVIEW

Real Salt Lake (4-6-3, 15 pts., 11th West) remains on the road for three consecutive matches away, with another MLS road tilt at Minnesota Saturday prior to hosting LA Galaxy each of the next two Wednesdays, May 31 (MLS) and June 7 (Open Cup) ...

Saturday marks RSL's third visit to Allianz Field - where it won to open the 2021 campaign and lost in last year's trip - and the eighth all-time road match against the Loons, with RSL posting only a 1-5-1 all-time mark in Minnesota, being outscored 18-9 ... Conversely, RSL in unbeaten at home against Adrian Heath's side, with two wins & three draws in five meetings ... The teams drew in the 2020 Orlando "MLS is Back" bubble as well ...

A year ago, RSL spotted the hometown Loons a pair of first-half goals - one in the 9th minute and another at 48+' - before going down 0-3 after an hour ... RSL goals just six minutes apart from Jefferson Savarino and Anderson Julio provided tension for the final 15 and stoppage, but RSL was unable to overcome, falling 3-2 ... In 2021, Julio was the hero, scoring a pair of first-half goals in his RSL debut - both on assists from Rubio Rubin, also in his first-ever Claret-and-Cobalt match - en route to a 2-1 road win to open a dramatic campaign that saw RSL endure a midseason coaching change, the Decision Day "Damiracle" in Kansas City, various Covid-19 absences to key players, a 120-minute shootout win at Seattle without a shot on goal, a playoff win in KC, ultimately falling in the Western Conference Final at Portland ...

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