SEATTLE (Sunday, October 23, 2016) – Real Salt Lake clinched its eighth playoff berth in the last nine seasons on Sunday afternoon, despite a 2-1 defeat to Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field in the regular season finale.
Real Salt Lake finished the regular season with a 12-12-10 (46 points), good for sixth in the Western Conference. RSL will travel to California to face the LA Galaxy (12-6-16, 52 points) in the Knockout Round on Wednesday (8:30 p.m. MT, Unimas, KMYU).
RSL fell behind early, but MF Luke Mulholland scored his fourth goal of the season to pull the match even.