Real Salt Lake will be out a host of players as they take on Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, but that shouldn't make this match a foregone conclusion.
Aside from the fact that there's absolutely no fun in being a fan and being upset all the time, we'd like to think RSL does stand a chance. That's in spite of missing three starters with red card suspensions, and it's in spite of SKC winning their three games so far. We'd still like to think not all hope is lost.
They're not without absences, either
Roger Espinoza will be out for SKC on Saturday, and while our memories of him as a destroyer are all-too palpable, he's also a skilled player who covers a lot of ground for his team.