Wasatch Soccer Sentinel
Real Salt Lake and the Seattle Sounders are both coming off midweek US Open Cup games that went to extra time (which they both won). The Sounders have been very good this season, with 6 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw. That puts them second in the west, where they’re level on points with conference leaders St. Louis City, but their goal difference is 1 behind St. Louis. These two teams met earlier this season, when the Sounders beat RSL 2-0 in Seattle. RSL’s form is improving, but this will be a tough test.
A thin backline
Real Salt Lake have, once again, caught the injury bug. This is most clearly evident on the backline, where starters Andrew Brody and Brayan Vera are both listed as questionable. Vera, who can play either center back or left back is probably the biggest loss. Depth center backs Erik Holt and (questionable) and Delentz Pierre (out) mean if either Glad or Silva go down injured, then Pablo Mastroeni will need to get creative. Left back Bryan Oviedo has returned from injury just in time, and he was able to go 60+ minutes on Wednesday. We’re likely to see either Bode Hidalgo or Emeka Eneli on the right, with Glad and Silva as the CBs.
