On Sunday, Real Salt Lake meets Minnesota United in a matchup of the No. 2 and No. 3 team in the Western Conference standings at Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minnesota. It’s sure to have playoff-level intensity on the field as the two teams jockey for playoff positioning in the tightly-contested West.
“We want to defend our second-place position to the end of the season. Every game for us is a new challenge,” midfielder Damir Kreilach said after scoring the winning goal in a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday. “Every game we try to get three points and now we just have to go to Minnesota and get three points too.