Real Salt Lake clinched its fifth-straight postseason berth on Saturday night, beating the Portland Timbers 2-1 in front of a sold-out crowd at Rio Tinto Stadium to book its playoff passage.
Here are some interesting numbers from the Claret-and-Cobalt’s victory over the Timbers:
5
With Saturday’s win, RSL has now qualified for the playoffs in five consecutive seasons, the longest active streak in MLS.
15
Saturday’s win was RSL’s 15th of the season. The Claret-and-Cobalt now has reached the 15-win plateau in three-consecutive seasons, matching the 2005/06/07 D.C. United squads and the 2010/11/12 L.A. Galaxy – which also hit 15 wins on Saturday – as the only teams to reach accomplish that feat in MLS’s post-shootout era.
98
The number of days RSL forward Fabian Espindola went between goals before scoring the opener on Saturday. The Argentine attacker’s last goal before Saturday was on June 16, when he scored twice in RSL’s 3-0 win over Chivas USA - which RSL plays on the road on Saturday - at the Home Depot Center.
1,079
The number of minutes RSL midfielder Javier Morales went between goals before scoring the game-winner on Saturday. Morales’s last goal before Saturday’s game came in the June 23 home loss to San Jose - that goal also came off of a free kick.
3-0-0
Real Salt Lake’s 2012 record against the Portland Timbers. The season sweep against the Timbers is RSL’s first three-game sweep of an opponent in club history.
20,524
The number of people in attendance on Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium. The standing-room only crowd marked RSL’s fourth-consecutive sellout across all competitions – it had never before had more than two-in-a-row – and the club’s seventh sellout in its last 10 games.
