Well, they did it. Real Salt Lake made the playoffs thanks to some second-half heroics from Mauro Manotas and the Houston Dynamo. Houston came back from a 2-0 first-half deficit against the LA Galaxy to emerge victorious by a score of 3-2, keeping Zlatan and his crew out of the playoffs while ensuring RSL stayed above the redline in a wild Decision Day.
Now, RSL looks forward to their Thursday knockout round game as they head to Los Angeles to take on expansion side LAFC.
These teams have only met twice, and both times the Southern California club were the victors, claiming a 5-1 result in RSL’s 2018 home opener back in March, while defeating RSL again 2-0 in Los Angeles later on in August.