Real Salt Lake Takes to the Road for Nationally-Televised Match with Sporting Kansas City
September 28, 2018 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release
SANDY, Utah - Real Salt Lake (13-11-6, 45 pts., 5th West) returns to the road for a nationally-televised match on Sunday against rival Sporting Kansas City at Children's Mercy Park. RSL is in the midst of a playoff chase and will be playing in its first match on FS1 this season, going up against SKC in a premier Western Conference matchup. RSL is unbeaten in the last three matches against Kansas City at 2-0-1 - with all three meetings at Rio Tinto Stadium. After a 2-0 loss in Atlanta last week, Salt Lake halted a three-game winning streak and two-game road winning streak. Since July 4, RSL is 6-3-4, jockeying for playoff position with just four games left in the regular season. Meanwhile, Sporting Kansas City is second in the West at 15-8-6, but has lost two of the last four matches, including a 2-0 road loss to the Philadelphia Union last week. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. MT with national television coverage on FS1.
RSL is fifth in the Western Conference playoff race entering the final month of the season. The club is now 4-2-4 in the last ten matches, keeping pace in the West as teams vie for postseason berths and home-field advantage in the playoffs.
How to Follow Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City - Sun., Sept. 30, 2018
Kickoff: 3:00 p.m. MT
National TV: FS1 w/ John Strong and Stuart Holden w/ Katie Witham
Local TV: None
Digital Streaming: None
English Radio: ESPN 700 (4:00 p.m. MT) - Bill Riley & Jay Nolly, w/ Tom Hackett & Spencer Warne (pre-/post-game)
Spanish Radio: 104.7 /107.1 FM - Fernando Hortal, German Hortal & Carlos Artiles
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