Tonight’s midweek game is notable for two main reasons: 1) Real Salt Lake are without a large number of players due to injury and international duty, and 2) a western conference match between two teams trying to stay above the playoff line.
The biggest issue for this game is how many players are away on international duty. Major League Soccer insists on wanting to be a world-class league, but also does not stop play for the FIFA international breaks, which leaves many teams in a tough spot. RSL is certainly one of those. Baird (USA), Rusnak (SVK),Savarino (VEN), and Ochoa, Glad, Herrera, Lennon, Saucedo (U.