SANDY, Utah (Friday, May 5, 2017) – Real Salt Lake (2-5-2, 8th West) returns home to Rio Tinto Stadium this weekend to face West rival FC Dallas (4-0-3, t-2nd West) Saturday night. Fans are encouraged to arrive early prior to the game’s 7:30 p.m. MT kickoff, in order to witness a special pre-game ceremony to honor former RSL and current Dallas midfielder Javier Morales, in his first visit to Utah since departing the club last November.
Morales, who tallied 49 goals and added 81 assists in his 10 seasons with RSL from 2007-16, has one goal for Dallas in his 240 minutes played thus far in 2017. The Argentine “maestro” joins four current RSL players – Captain Kyle Beckerman, GK Nick Rimando, DF Chris Wingert and DF Tony Beltran – to have called RSL home for 10 or more seasons. The pre-game ceremony will be held at midfield at approximately 7:15 p.m. MT.
RSL and Dallas split the three meetings between the teams a year ago, RSL falling at Dallas, 0-2, in the first contest last June. RSL rebounded with a pair of unbeaten home games to improve to 1-1-1 against Oscar Pareja’s team, including a 1-0 home win last August, when a Jamison Olave header combined with a Nick Rimando clean sheet for the full three points. Weeks later, RSL and Dallas drew 0-0 in the third and final meeting of 2016, with yet another Nick Rimando shutout providing a point.
How to Follow Real Salt Lake v. FC Dallas – Sat., May 6, 2017
- Coverage Begins: 7:00 p.m. MT
- Local TV: KMYU – David James and Brian Dunseth
- English Radio: ESPN700 AM (6:30 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 @RSLmatchday Twitter feed provides updates
Game Guide for Saturday’s RSL v DAL 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 FC Dallas is available by clicking HERE.
Saturday’s game will be televised locally via KMYU (coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. MT on 2.2 air / 12 satellite / 643 Comcast HD) with David James and Brian Dunseth on the call, and can also heard live via RSL outlets ESPN700 AM (English radio coverage starts at 5:30 p.m. MT w/ Bill Riley, Jay Nolly, Spencer Warne & Jeremy Horton) & 102.3 FM / 1600 AM (Spanish, Fernando Hortal & Nelson Moran).
Under new Head Coach Mike Petke, RSL’s fourth head coach in the last 13 Major League Soccer seasons, the Claret-and-Cobalt have suffered back-to-back losses following two consecutive wins to start his tenure.
