SANDY, Utah (Friday, August 18, 2017) – Real Salt Lake (8-12-5, 29 points, West #8) concludes its current two-game road trip at Montreal Saturday evening with a 5:30 p.m. MT kickoff against the Impact at Stade Saputo. Fans can watch the game live with Brian Dunseth and David James on the call beginning at 5:00 p.m. MT on KMYU (2.2 air / 12 satellite / 643 Comcast HD), or listen on ESPN700 AM at 4:30 p.m. MT with Bill Riley, Jay Nolly, Spencer Warne and Jeremy Horton.
RSL seeks to extend its active unbeaten streak to seven on Saturday, while a win in Montreal would give Head Coach Mike Petke’s team a fourth consecutive road win for the first time in the club’s 13-year history, after RSL has outscored LA, Portland and D.C. 11-3 on the road in the last five weeks. Real Salt Lake is now 8-9-3 since April 8 in its new era under Petke.
Last weekend’s dramatic 1-0 win at D.C. United – one which took nearly 26 hours to complete after lightning and extreme weather postponed the action – moved RSL closer to the red line in the tightly-packed Western Conference, as FW Luis Silva’s volley delivered the full three points to pull the club to within three points of the sixth and final West playoff spot. The win was RSL’s first-ever victory at RFK Stadium in 11 attempts (now 1-7-3 all-time), with the club now seeking debut wins at the only three venues in which it has never emerged victorious: at Montreal (0-2-0), at Orlando (0-1-0) and at Minnesota (0-1-0).
How to Follow Real Salt Lake @ Montreal Impact – Sat., August 19, 2017
- Coverage Begins: 5:00 p.m. MT
- Local TV: KMYU – David James and Brian Dunseth
- English Radio: ESPN700 AM (4:30 p.m. MT) – Bill Riley & Jay Nolly
w/ Jeremy Horton & Spencer Warne (pre-/post-game)
- Spanish Radio: 102.3 La Gran D FM / 1600 AM – Nelson Moran & Fernando Hortal
- Online: The @RSLmatchday Twitter feed provides updates
Game Notes for Saturday’s RSL @ Montreal Impact 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 Montreal Impact is available HERE.
Elsewhere in the RSL pyramid, the scintillating 2017 Real Monarchs / USL season continues tonight in Kansas City, as Head Coach Mark Briggs’ USL pacesetters – with a 16-3-3 mark and a league-leading 15 points – look to widen their lead atop the West, as the club is 10 clear of second-place San Antonio and 11 ahead of third-place Swope Park Rangers.
The third-year Monarchs claim the league’s top goal differential, +24 with 46 goals scored and 22 allowed in just 22 games, occupying first place overall in the USL with 10 games remaining to secure the No. 1 overall seed in the USL Cup Playoffs, six wins, 19 points and 16 goals away from establishing new single-season records for the Division II league.
The Monarchs return to Rio Tinto Stadium on Friday, August 25 vs. Rio Grande Valley (7:00 p.m. MT kickoff) with sights set on extending its 12-game unbeaten home streak dating back to last year. Briggs’ side is 10-0-1 at home so far in 2017, as FW Chandler Hoffman now ranks 2nd overall in the USL Golden Boot race with 14 goals, MF Charlie Adams 2nd overall with 7 assists and GK Connor Sparrow earning the most recent USL Team of the Week honors with his ninth win, fifth clean sheet and denial of all five penalty kicks faced to lead the Monarchs. The Rio Tinto Stadium box office is open Mon.-Fri., 10a-6p; more information can be found online at www.RSL.com/Tickets. Current or interested RSL Royalty Season Ticket Members can purchase extra tickets at preferred pricing or gain assistance via the Fan Relations Hotline at 801-727-2702.
Opening on August 22 of this year, the Zions Bank Real Academy training campus arrives in Herriman, Utah, approximately 20 minutes southwest of Rio Tinto Stadium. The $72 million facility, which sees the first of five grass “TORO Fields” sodded today – will serve as the daily training home beginning in 2018 for both of the club's professional teams – RSL (MLS) and Real Monarchs (USL) – while centralizing the club's U-18, U-16 and future U-14 development academy youth selections under the guidance of Academy Director Martin Vasquez. The Herriman facility will provide adjacencies for an on-site charter school opening soon, with STEM disciplines (Science/Technology/Engineering/Math) for nearly 300 boys and girls.
Late last year in North Logan, Utah, RSL Owner Dell Loy Hansen broke ground on the first of a half-dozen regional training centers across Utah and Arizona to be built in the next 2-3 years. Each $5 million RTC houses a classroom, as well as an indoor and outdoor field, dedicated to fulfilling a curriculum consistent with the club's vision and mission for youth soccer training and education, and the continued development of both recreational and competitive pre-Academy (ages 7-12) initiatives across Utah and Arizona.
