HERRIMAN, Utah (Tuesday, September 28, 2021) – Real Salt Lake returns home to Rio Tinto Stadium to welcome the LA Galaxy on Wednesday, September 29 for the Club’s first-ever Hispanic Heritage Night. Kickoff from Sandy is set for 7:30 p.m. MT.
The match will be broadcast live on KMYU and can be accessed locally via live stream on the KSL TV app. ESPN700 will carry the English radio broadcast and Spanish-speaking fans can tune in on KBMG Latino 106.3, La Gran D 102.3 and KTUB 1600.
Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy
Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah
Wednesday, September 29 at 7:30 p.m. MT
Game Notes for Wednesday’s RSL vs. LA game Available Online
Those seeking the Adobe PDF version of the Game Guide in advance of Wednesday's contest between Real Salt Lake and the LA Galaxy can be found here. Media members looking to receive the document as an attachment or have further questions are asked to please contact Taran Meyer in the RSL Communications Department via email at tmeyer@rsl.com.
Records: Real Salt Lake (10-10-6, 36 points, 7th in West); LA Galaxy (11-10-5, 38 points, 5th in West)
Head-to-Head: Real Salt Lake carries a 15-19-10 all-time record against the Galaxy into the midweek clash, including an 8-5-8 record in home. This season RSL has played the Galaxy to a 2-2 draw at Rio Tinto Stadium and a 1-0 loss at Dignity Health Sports Park.
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The Road to Playoffs
Eight games remain in the 2021 Major League Soccer regular season and RSL is currently sitting in seventh place, just above the playoff line with 36 points. Wednesday’s opponent, LA Galaxy is in fifth place with 38 points, while Minnesota United sits in between the two with 37 points. A win over the Galaxy would see RSL jump into sixth place and a win with a Minnesota loss or draw would see the team move into fifth place. With a draw from RSL and a loss from Minnesota they would also move into sixth place based on goal differential.
Protect the House
With just eight games remaining, its four remaining home matches are of the utmost importance in solidifying a position in the playoff picture. This season RSL has earned a 7-2-4 record at Rio Tinto Stadium good for 25 points at home. The team has the fourth best home record in the Western Conference, but are just one point shy of tying Sporting Kansas City, Minnesota and Portland for the top spot. If RSL can win its remaining home matches, it would have 48 points with 12 points remaining on the table, giving the team the best chance at securing one of the seven playoff spots in the Western Conference.
An Important Night
Wednesday’s game will celebrate the members of the Hispanic community, including 10 players from RSL. The 10 players represent seven different countries, including Argentina (Jonathan Menéndez, Pablo Ruiz) Cuba (Maikel Chang), Ecuador (Anderson Julio), Honduras (Douglas Martinez), Mexico (Chris Garcia, David Ochoa, Rubio Rubin) Uruguay (Marcelo Silva) and Venezuela (Jeizon Ramirez).
Connections: Following his retirement from professional soccer in 2008, LA Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney joined the RSL Academy in Casa Grande, Arizona where he served as the technical director from 2008-2011.
Former RSL Homegrown defender Danilo Acosta now plies his trade with the Galaxy where he signed prior to the 2020 season. While with RSL, the left back made 29 appearances in MLS to accompany 26 appearances in the USL Championship.
Interim Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni played his final MLS season with the Galaxy in 2013.
