Real Salt Lake host a strong Portland Timbers side tonight. RSL have had a game in hand over most teams around them in the west, and tonight they’ll use that game. If they don’t get a result tonight, their playoff hopes are all but done. Should RSL wins their next two games, and results go their way, they could end as high as 4th in the west. A win means RSL will clinch a playoff spot. On a night when the team is honoring longtime captain Kyle Beckerman, the stakes couldn’t be much higher.
Stopping Portland’s attack
It was less than six weeks ago that the Timbers beat RSL 6-1.