Following a hard-fought 3-2 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday, Real Salt Lake had two players named to MLSsoccer.com’s Team of the Week for Week 23 of the regular season as Jonathan Menéndez landed in the starting group while captain Albert Rusnák was selected to the bench.
Both players contributed a goal and assist in Saturday’s victory over Dallas with Menéndez scoring his first goal for RSL before assisting Rusnák for the game’s third goal of the night.
Below is MLSsoccer.com’s full Team of the Week for Week 23 lined up in a 3-5-2 formation:
F – Daryl Dike (ORL), Felipe Mora (POR)
M – Jonathan Menendez (RSL), Eduard Atuesta (LAFC), Hany Mukhtar (NSH), Matt Polster (NE), Michael Barrios (COL)
D – Mamadou Fall (LAFC), Erik Godoy (VAN), Nicolas Figal (MIA)
GK – Brad Knighton (NE)
Bench – Steve Clark (POR), Daniel Lovitz (NSH), Junior Urso (ORL), Ryan Gauld (VAN), Albert Rusnak (RSL), Jesus Ferreira (DAL), Dominque Badji (COL)
Coach – Bob Bradley (LAFC)
Real Salt Lake is back in action on Sunday, September 12 when it faces LAFC at Banc of California Stadium at 7:00 p.m. MT. The match can be viewed live locally on KMYU and on the KSL TV app and ESPN700 radio.
