SANDY, Utah (Friday, July 29, 2016) – Real Salt Lake resumes Major League Soccer’s regular season following this week’s All-Star festivities with a two-game road trip, kicking off Sunday in Philadelphia and continuing Wednesday at Toronto prior to a return to Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday, August 6. Sunday afternoon in the City of Brotherly Love, RSL looks to snap a seven-game winless streak across all competitions, with RSL’s recent quintet of home draws in league and Open Cup play also including 0-2 road losses at Vancouver July 13 and at Dallas on June 25.
Head Coach Jeff Cassar’s team (8-6-7, 31 points, 5th-best in MLS w/ a 1.48 points-per-game average) kicked off the 2016 campaign with nine of its first 13 matches on the road, posting a 3-4-2 away mark while its home stadium completed a resurfacing. This weekend at Philadelphia, where RSL looks to capture the full three points for the first time since June 22, the Claret-and-Cobalt has drawn on each of its four previous visits to what is now Talen Energy Stadium in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
With a victory Sunday, RSL GK Nick Rimando would move into a tie for the top spot all-time with Kevin Hartman at 180 career MLS regular-season wins. Rimando – already Major League Soccer’s all-time shutout king with 216 – needs just two wins, six games played, one start, 114 minutes and 54 saves to surpass Hartman in every single MLS goalkeeping category.
Sunday’s match at Philadelphia can be seen locally on KMYU (English, David James and Brian Dunseth) and heard via RSL outlets ESPN700 AM (English, Bill Riley, Jay Nolly, Spencer Warne & Jeremy Horton) & 102.3 FM / 1600 AM (Spanish, Fernando Hortal & Nelson Moran). Pre-game coverage airs live locally on ESPN700 AM at 4:00 p.m. MT.
How to Follow Real Salt Lake @ Philadelphia Union
- Coverage Begins: 4:30 p.m. MT
- Local TV: KMYU – David James & Brian Dunseth
- English Radio: ESPN700 AM (4:00 p.m. MT) – Bill Riley, Jay Nolly, Spencer Warne & Jeremy Horton
- Spanish Radio: 102.3 La Gran D FM / 1600 AM – Nelson Moran & Fernando Hortal
- Online: The @RealSaltLake Twitter feed provides updates
Game Guide for Sunday’s RSL vs. Earthquakes Matchup Available Online
The link to the Adobe PDF version of the Game Guide in advance of Sunday’s contest between Real Salt Lake and Philadelphia is available by clicking HERE.
