A massive Rocky Mountain showdown is on tap for Saturday night as host Real Salt Lake faces the Colorado Rapids in Sandy, Utah.
With three matches remaining, Salt Lake (11-16-4, 37 points) sits in 11th place in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference, one point behind both the ninth-place San Jose Earthquakes and 10th-place FC Dallas. The top nine teams make the postseason.
After back-to-back losses to Los Angeles FC by identical 4-1 scorelines, Real Salt Lake had three different players score in a 3-1 win over Austin FC on Sept. 27.
The upcoming contest, RSL’s home finale, is just another high-stakes matchup for a team currently below the playoff line, coach Pablo Mastroeni said.