SANDY, Utah (Friday, March 16, 2018) – Real Salt Lake continues a home portion of its 14th Major League Soccer campaign Saturday evening with a 7:00 p.m. MT kickoff against New York Red Bulls, a stretch that sees the Utah side play three out of four games at home between March 10 and April 7, 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 106-27-44 mark in the world-class venue since opening in October, 2008.
Saturday’s “St. Patrick’s Day” contest is presented by Uinta Brewing Company, with limited seating locations remaining; 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.”
Pregame on Saturday, fans will have an opportunity to get autographs and photos with recently-retired DF Chris Wingert at the Stadium’s east-side Carnival Real prior to the match. At halftime, the 10-year RSL veteran – one of five players to have appeared in 10 or more seasons with the Utah club established in 2004 – will be honored during a halftime ceremony on the field with RSL Owner Dell Loy Hansen, General Manager Craig Waibel and longtime teammate Tony Beltran (Wingert and Beltran are joined in the RSL “decade-plus” club by GK Nick Rimando, Captain Kyle Beckerman and former MF Javier Morales).
How to Follow Real Salt Lake v. New York Red Bulls – Sat., March 17, 2018
- Coverage Begins: 6:30 p.m. MT
- Local TV: KMYU – David James & Brian Dunseth w/ Rebecca Cade
- Digital Streaming: KSL TV app
- English Radio: ESPN 700 AM (6:00 p.m. MT) – Bill Riley & Chad Barrett
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. NYRB 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 New York is available HERE.
RSL kicks off Saturday’s match seeking redemption for last week’s 1-5 loss in its 2018 home opener to expansion side LAFC, the club’s first-ever opening day loss in 14 years on Utah soil. RSL Head Coach Mike Petke – now entering his first full year at the helm – faces his former New York Red Bulls side for the first time since he was dismissed at the end of the 2014 season. With RSL, Petke has led his team to a 9-4-3 mark at home, a stretch which included an eight-game unbeaten run and five consecutive wins on Utah soil prior to last week’s loss, the first time in 14 years that RSL had allowed more than three goals at Rio Tinto Stadium and more than four goals at home.
RSL kicked off 2018 with a 1-1 draw two weeks ago 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. Plata scored on a rebound of his own saved penalty kick last week for his second goal in as many games so far this season, now amassing 39 in his illustrious RSL career.
