Given how the Seattle Sounders had dominated Real Salt Lake in their previous meeting and consider their respective places in the standings, this felt like the year the winless streak in Sandy, Utah might finally end.
To their credit, the Sounders generated some good chances, did an admirable job of limiting RSL, and put themselves in position to do just that. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen and they were forced to settle for a 0-0 tie. Still, that was just the second time in their last 13 regular-season trips to Utah that the Sounders had even claimed a point and the first time they’d registered a shutout in that period.