“We know this is a huge game for us,” forward Brooks Lennon said. “Obviously we’re close in points, and these are the kinds of games that you need to win to get into the playoffs.”
RSL (8-13-5, 26 points) sits at an odd spot in the standings. At eighth in the Western Conference, the seven teams above Real Salt Lake are all within seven points of each other. The three teams below it are within one point of each other.
Because it sits on an island of its own, RSL’s 3-1 loss at Montreal Saturday couldn’t uproot it from the No.