Welcome to your match thread for tonight's match-up between Orlando City (7-6-5, 26 points) and Real Salt Lake (5-11-2, 17 points) at Rio Tinto Stadium. It’s the only meeting of the season between these two teams from opposite conferences.
The Lions are 0-0-2 against RSL in the series since the club joined MLS. The Lions drew 1-1 on the road in 2015 while down to 10 men after Kaká was sent off at the end of the first half. The captain opened the scoring and Seb Hines nearly doubled the lead but his header was tapped off the bar by goalkeeper Jeff Attinella.