REAL SALT LAKE v CHICAGO FIRE – Sat.,
Sept. 18 @ RIO TINTO STADIUM
RSL
EXTENDS MLS RECORD TO 23 CONSECUTIVE GAMES UNDEFEATED AT HOME
BREAKING DOWN THE STREAK: Since last losing on May 16, 2009 against Kansas City on a pair of Josh Wolff goals, here’s the 23-game unbeaten streak for RSL, by the numbers:
1,002 – number of minutes games have been tied during the 1,980-minute total
899 – total number of minutes RSL has held the lead since the streak began on June 6, 2009
380 –current shutout streak at Rio Tinto Stadium entering Saturday’s potential record-breaking game
167 – minutes that RSL has trailed at Rio Tinto Stadium since May
48 – number of RSL goals over the 22 games, for a 2.09 goals-per-game average
22 – number of undefeated games for Columbus Crew at home from June 28, 2008 - Oct. 3, 2009 (Seattle, 0-1)
17 – times that RSL has scored first during the streak
13 – number of RSL players to score at home
13 – RSL shutouts by GK Nick Rimando
11 – opposing players to each score once during streak
10 – crowds of 18,000+ or more at Rio Tinto Stadium
9 – goals by FW Robbie Findley, tops among scorers, tied with:
9 – goals by FW Álvaro Saborío, all coming in 2010
7 – total of 2nd half comebacks for RSL to salvage tie or win
6 – wins at home during the streak following road losses
5 – largest margin of victory (see below)
4 – number of 3-0 wins, the most common result (also the number of one-goal wins, including 4 1-0 wins)
3 – come-from-behind ties
2 – scoreless draws
DATE
OPPONENT
RESULT ATT SCORERS:
06/06/2009
Colorado Rapids T 1-1
19,546 RSL: Movsisyan (79); COL: Cummings (88)
06/27/2009
Toronto FC W
3-0 18,188 RSL: Movsisyan (21) Beckerman (44)
Mathis (78)
07/03/2009
San Jose Earthquakes T 1-1 17,478 RSL: own goal
(90); SJ: Alvarez (63)
07/24/2009
FC Dallas W
4-2 18,822 RSL: Movsisyan (55,90) Findley (62)
own goal (88);
DAL: Cunningham (13) van den Bergh (21)
08/08/2009
Seattle Sounders W 1-0 14,193
RSL: Findley (62)
08/15/2009
Houston Dynamo T 0-0
16,972
08/26/2009
Chivas USA W
4-0 14,747 RSL: Campos (43) Espindola (75)
Findley (85,89)
09/12/2009
Chicago Fire T
1-1 17,615 RSL: Olave (72); CHI: Rolfe (43)
10/14/2009
New York Red Bulls W 2-0 16,247 RSL:
Williams (80) Espindola (90)
10/24/2009
Colorado Rapids W 3-0
18,675 RSL: Findley (15,33) Movsisyan (85)
04/10/2010
Seattle Sounders T 2-2
19,970 RSL: Johnson (53) Saborio (90); SEA: Zakuani (11)
Marshall (72)
05/01/2010
Toronto FC W
2-1 12,659 RSL: Olave (14) Williams (42); TOR: De
Rosario (88)
05/08/2010
Philadelphia Union W 3-0 14,224 RSL:
Beckerman (27) Olave (51) Saborio (70)
05/13/2010
Houston Dynamo W 3-1
12,945 RSL: Findley (3) Saborio (24,60); HOU: Mullan (72)
05/29/2010
Kansas City Wizards W 4-1 15,588 RSL:
Espindola (31) Saborio (34) Russell (84), Grabavoy (90);
KC: Wolff (42)
06/09/2010
Los Angeles Galaxy W 1-0 19,513 RSL:
Morales (80)
06/25/2010
San Jose Earthquakes T 0-0 16,216
07/02/2010
NE Revolution W 5-0
19,101 RSL: Espindola (27) Olave (45) Saborio (52,57), Findley (85)
07/24/2010
Chivas USA T
1-1 19,469 RSL: Grabavoy (66); CHV: Padilla
(70)
07/31/2010
D.C. United W
3-0 17,719 RSL: Saborio (13) Findley (79)
Gonzalez (90)
08/14/2010
Columbus Crew W 2-0
16,906 RSL: Morales (11,60)
09/04/2010
New York Red Bulls W 1-0 19,115 RSL:
Espindola (4)
09/18/2010
Chicago Fire W
1-0 14,449 RSL: Saborio (45)
09/25/2010
Colorado Rapids
10/16/2010
FC Dallas
Biggest Win (margin): 7/2/10 v NE – 5-0 – four different RSL players scored in second consecutive rout of New England, as Espindola, Olave, Saborio (2x) and Findley each found the back of the net in support of clean sheet
Biggest Win (meaning): 10/24/09 v COL – RSL wins 3-0 on final day of season to force postseason tiebreakers and eliminate Colorado from playoffs for 3rd consecutive season;
Biggest Crowd: 4/10/10 v SEA – 19,970 were on hand as newcomer Álvaro Saborío headed home a Nelson Gonzalez corner kick three minutes into 2nd half stoppage time to salvage a 2-2 draw in RSL’s 2010 home opener, a match that included a pre-game banner raising and ring ceremony to commemorate the teams’ MLS Cup 2009 win;
Cutting it close: 7/3/09 v SJ – stoppage time OG by Earthquakes’ Chris Leitch gives RSL a 1-1 tie;
Best Comeback: 7/24/09 v DAL – 4 second-half goals erase 0-2 halftime deficit; Rimando saves Cunningham PK, Kreis ejected;
Outscored opponents 48-11, with 13 different scorers: (Findley 9, Saborío 9, Movsisyan 5, Espindola 5, Olave 4, Morales 3, Beckerman 2, Williams 2, Grabavoy 2, Johnson, Russell, Campos, Gonzalez, Mathis; 2 own goals received);
Form Guide: the 16-0-7 mark since 6/6/09:
2009: T W T W W T W T W W
2010: T W W W W W T W T W W W W
Other Results: RSL’s home unbeaten streak extends to 29 games if you include one MLS Cup Playoff game (10/31/09; 1-0 W v Columbus Crew), two CONCACAF Champions League games (8/18/10; 2-1 W v Arabe Unido (PAN), 9/15/10; 4-1 W v Toronto FC (CAN)), and three international exhibition games (7/11/09; 1-0 W v Club America (MEX), 10/7/09; 1-1 T v Chivas de Guadalajara (MEX), and 6/19/10; 2-0 W v Puntarenas FC of Costa Rica)
