The USL Regular Season Championship Shield will be at Rio Tinto on Saturday as Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 come into Salt Lake after three straight losses at home. The Whitecaps have managed only a single victory since June 4th and have a 1-6-12 record during that stretch. Vancouver’s two road wins have both come at Providence Park over the struggling Portland Timbers 2 who are the only team below them in the Western Conference standings.
While the Whitecaps have a -19 goal differential this season that is measureably better than there two fellow bottom dwellers and indicative of the fact that they have managed to keep most of the matches close and competitive.