SANDY, Utah (Friday, March 24, 2017) – Real Salt Lake (0-2-1, t-7 West) continues its 13th Major League Soccer season Saturday with a 2:00 p.m. MT kickoff against the New York Red Bulls, from Harrison, New Jersey’s Red Bull Arena. RSL heads east seeking its first win of the season, following last Saturday’s rare home loss against LA Galaxy.
The game will be televised locally via KMYU (2.2 air / 12 satellite / 643 Comcast HD) with David James and Brian Dunseth on the call, and can also 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 & Jamison Olave).
Saturday’s trip to Northern New Jersey will mark RSL’s first visit to Red Bull Arena since 2015, with RSL’s 3-1 win at the venue back in 2011 the lone regular-season road win for either team in the all-time series, which RSL leads with a 6-5-8 overall mark (teams tied with 27 goals scored / allowed for an even goal differential).
RSL is 1-5-3 all-time in Northern New Jersey, losing in both 2013 and 2015 at Red Bull Arena. The Utah side’s first-ever game was played at Giants Stadium against the MetroStars during a Nor’easter back in April, 2005, the first of only six road points earned by the Claret-and-Cobalt at Red Bull / MetroStars (RSL also earning draws in both 2007 and 2010).
Serving as Interim Head Coach for the club beginning this week is veteran MLS assistant Daryl Shore, now in his fourth year with Utah’s MLS side. Shore served as an assistant with the Chicago Fire for 10 seasons, working closely with current Red Bulls Sporting Director Denis Hamlett, and boasts head coaching experience with the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers of the NASL from 2010-13. RSL dismissed former boss Jeff Cassar on Monday
RSL has lost its last seven consecutive road games in MLS reg. season and playoff competition – including an 0-2 loss at Chicago back on March 11 – dating back to last July 31, when a 2-1 victory at Philadelphia was the fourth and final road win of 2016. RSL also won at Kansas City twice last year, by 2-1 and 3-1 scorelines, and pulled out a 3-2 win in its last visit to New York, downing NYCFC 3-2 on June 2 last year.
How to Follow Real Salt Lake @ New York Red Bulls – Sat., March 25, 2017
- Coverage Begins: 1:30 p.m. MT
- Local TV: KMYU – David James and Brian Dunseth
- National TV: UniMás
- English Radio: ESPN700 AM (1:00 p.m. MT) – Bill Riley, Jay Nolly, Spencer Warne & Jeremy Horton
- Spanish Radio: 102.3 La Gran D FM / 1600 AM – Nelson Moran, Jamison Olave & Fernando Hortal
- Online: The @RSLmatchday Twitter feed provides updates
Game Guide for Saturday’s RSL @ New York Red Bulls 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 Red Bulls is available by clicking HERE.
