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Real Salt Lake Welcomes Colorado Saturday in Decisive Rocky Mountain Cup Decider

July 8, 2022 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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HERRIMAN, Utah - Real Salt Lake (8-5-5, 29 pts, 3rd West) kicks off a run that sees three of its next four 2022 MLS regular-season contests by welcoming the Colorado Rapids (5-8-4, 19 pts, 12th West) in the deciding match of the 2022 Rocky Mountain Cup Saturday night at Rio Tinto Stadium. RSL boss Pablo Mastroeni's club - unbeaten in five of its last seven overall - returns home this week following Sunday's 3-2 loss at Minnesota. Since assuming the Club's head coaching reins last August, RSL has earned impressive "bounce-back" results in 10 of its 11 games following losses under Mastroeni, posting an 8-1-2 (W-L-T) mark.

The Claret-and-Cobalt are undefeated in its eight matches on Utah soil this year, posting a League-best 6-0-2 (W-L-T) home mark. Each of the Club's eight Rio Tinto Stadium matches have exceeded the venue's 20,000-seat capacity, a Club-record sellout streak from the beginning of the season. Please visit www.RSL.com/tickets to secure a seat for RSL's glut of upcoming home rivalry games, as RSL hosts Colorado on Sat., July 9; Sporting Kansas City on Sun., July 17; and FC Dallas on Sat., July 23 as the Club looks to extend the most dominant home-field advantage in MLS since the Sandy, Utah venue opened in October, 2008.

Saturday's match will be broadcast locally via KMYU (12 over the air, 22 satellite and 643 HD on cable), with streaming on the KSL Sports App, as well as ESPN700 AM radio. Spanish-speaking fans can tune in on KBMG Latino 106.3 FM, La Gran D 102.3 FM and KTUB 1600 AM for the local radio broadcast.

RSL returns home on Sat., July 9 to decide the 2022 Rocky Mountain Cup against Colorado, seeking a win or draw to hoist the fan-created hardware for the 13th time in 17 occasions, not including the disputed / incomplete / Covid-19 affected 2020 competition. RSL and Colorado drew 1-1 in suburban Denver back on April 2, a Pablo Ruiz penalty kick cancelled out by a Mark Anthony Kaye goal.

RSL looks to extend its unbeaten 6-0-2 mark at home this season, capturing 20 of a possible 24 RioT points to vault the Utah side near the top of the MLS table, firmly ensconcing the Claret-and-Cobalt in the thick of the MLS Supporters Shield race. Since former U.S. World Cup star Mastroeni assumed the RSL helm, the Club is 10-2-2 at Rio Tinto Stadium, suffering back-to-back losses just once.

Real Salt Lake v. Colorado Rapids

Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT

Saturday, July 9 at 8:00 p.m. MT

Game Notes for Saturday's RSL v COL Match Available Online

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