Wasatch Soccer Sentinel

Real Salt Lake had a decisive win over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday. They now host Liga MX team C.F. Monterrey, who RSL famously lost to at home in the 2011 CONCACAF Champions League final. In Monterrey’s 3 games in the Apetura, they’ve won 2 and draw 1, and aren’t a bad team. Since RSL doesn’t have a game this weekend, they can throw their best XI at Monterrey.

The counter

RSL have tried to score on the counter for years (what team doesn’t try this?), but it’s often felt frantic and shaky. These days, RSL can counter with control. It means their opponents can’t get too many players forward, and when a team like Seattle had numbers forward, Ruiz was able to find a solo Arango, who covered half the field to score RSL’s second goal of the night. Scoring on the counter is no longer a desperate idea, but a dangerous tool that can produce goals regularly.