SANDY, Utah (Thursday, March 8, 2018) – Real Salt Lake opens the home portion of its 14th Major League Soccer campaign with a 1:30 p.m. MT Saturday afternoon kickoff against expansion side LAFC.
Limited seating locations remain; please visit www.RSL.com or call 844.Real.Tix now to access individual seats for Saturday’s opener, starting at $25 and up depending on location, in the heavily-anticipated kickoff; 2018 RSL Season Tickets and Flex Vouchers remain on sale, along with 2018 RSL “mini-packs.”
RSL kicks off Saturday’s match unbeaten in all nine of its previous MLS home regular-season openers at Rio Tinto Stadium (4-0-5, win-loss-draw). RSL Head Coach Mike Petke – now entering his first full year at the helm – led his team to a 9-3-3 mark at home last season, a stretch which includes an active eight-game unbeaten run and five consecutive wins on Utah soil entering Saturday.
How to Follow Real Salt Lake v. LAFC – Sat., March 10, 2018
- Coverage Begins: 1:30 p.m. MT
- Local TV: KMYU – David James & Brian Dunseth w/ Rebecca Cade
- National TV: Univision MLS Game of the Week
- Digital Streaming: KSL TV app
- English Radio: ESPN 700 AM (1:00 p.m. MT) – Bill Riley & Jay Nolly
w/ Tom Hackett & Spencer Warne (pre-/post-game) - Spanish Radio: 104.7 /107.1 FM – Fernando Hortal, German Hortal & Carlos Artiles
Game Notes for Saturday’s RSL v. LAFC game Available Online
The link to the Adobe PDF version of the Game Guide in advance of Saturday’s contest between Real Salt Lake and LAFC is available HERE.
RSL’s return home against LAFC Saturday launches a run of three out of its next four games at home, prior to a 6-week stretch from April 11 to May 26 that sees RSL play five of seven games away. At the world-class Utah venue affectionately known as “The RioT,” RSL has enjoyed a prominent home-field advantage since building its permanent home in Sandy, boasting a dominant 105-26-44 mark in the world-class venue since opening in October, 2008.
RSL kicked off 2018 with a 1-1 draw last week in Dallas – FW Joao Plata assisted by MF Albert Rusnák – extending the momentum that saw Petke’s side post an 8-3-4 mark after July 1 last year to ultimately finishing one point shy of the MLS Cup Playoffs. With last week’s result, RSL is now unbeaten in 13 of its last 16 games overall.
