RSL plays host to Eastern Conference side DC United on Friday in their first and only match-up in regular season play this year.
Real Salt Lake (8-5-3, 27 points) is coming off a 2-0 loss on the road at Dallas which was followed by a 120-minute US Open Cup game against Seattle that resulted in a penalty shootout loss.
DC United (5-6-5, 20 points) made an early exit from the US Open Cup, losing to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in penalties on June 15th. Since then, they drew the Houston Dynamo on the road 0-0, and beat the New England Revolution at home by a score of 2-0.