RSL can't score, draws 0-0 against Portland

For the fourth consecutive MLS match, Real Salt Lake couldn't find the back of the net.

Lucas Muller | Wasatch Soccer Sentinel

May 18, 2023

Real Salt Lake has now managed a staggering four league games without a goal. It's a feat they haven't managed in over a decade, which tells a story all its own.

They also haven't won in four games, which obviously follows. That's the joint-longest active not-winning streak, tied with St. Louis and NYCFC, though Minnesota United held a six-game streak until earlier tonight.

That's 13 points dropped for Real Salt Lake at home this season, level with Orlando City SC.

It's not good enough from Real Salt Lake, who sit 26th of 29 teams in the league. Remarkably, three of those teams are in the Western Conference, leaving RSL in a weirdly competitive position if playoffs are the goal. Of course, RSL should be more ambitious than simply making the playoffs, which is just too easy in this league — but we'll have to take what we can get.