Not many gave Real Salt Lake a chance to win over Tigres UANL in the Quarterfinal Round of CONCACAF Champions League. The champions from Mexico and runners up in the Copa Libertadores, after all, were facing a team with its first down year since 2007. And while those same people may be crowing of their prognostications after a 3-1 finish in the two-legged, aggregate-goal series, they couldn’t honestly make those boasts without acknowledging that Real Salt Lake was every bit the equal to Tigres – and although the result didn’t bare it out, did some to put to rest the notion that Liga MX is still drastically ahead of MLS.
Real Salt Lake Encouraged by Play vs. Tigres, not Outcome
