Midweek Journey to Pacific Northwest Lone Highway Foray of Month;
5 Consecutive RSL Matches at America First Subject Beginning Saturday v Cincinnati by way of August 6,
together with Trio of Leagues Cup Contests; Tickets Obtainable by way of *www.RSL.com/tickets*
HERRIMAN, Utah (Tuesday, July 15, 2025) – Surging Actual Salt Lake (7-10-4, 25 factors, 11th West / 21st Protect) continues a really busy month of July with Wednesday’s 8:30p MT kickoff at Portland in opposition to the Timbers (9-6-6, 33 factors, 5th West / 11th Protect) at Windfall Park. The midweek contest is out there by way of Apple TV+ / MLS Season Move, with Max Bretos and Brian Dunseth (ENG) on the decision, as are Pablo Ramirez and Jesus Bracamontes (SPN). Iconic RSL voice David James and former MLS goalkeeper Jay Nolly will name the sport for KSL Sports activities Radio (1160 AM / 97.5 FM), with Nelson Moran in his 21st season as RSL’s Spanish radio residence on each 102.3 KDUT FM / 106.3 FM KBMG.
RSL travels to face the Timbers carrying an energetic four-game unbeaten run – its longest of 2025 – following Saturday’s 1-0 residence win over Houston, which noticed a late first-half William Agada objective making GK Rafael Cabral’s clear sheet maintain up for the victory. The final two residence victories have seen RSL accumulate its first back-to-back wins of the season, with Saturday seeing the Claret-and-Cobalt welcoming the return of 2025 MLS All-Star Diego Luna, perennial starter Braian Ojeda following his inexperienced card acquisition, and Captain Emeka Eneli, seeing his first motion since Could 24 following a foot harm.
Getting into this Wednesday’s highway journey, RSL has captured 10 of 12 doable factors to this point in June and July, scoring first in 14 of 23 contests up to now this yr, with a 7-4-3 (W-L-T) mark. Together with this weekend v. Houston, RSL has now recorded a 41W-8L-15T file when scoring first in the course of the 164-game Pablo Mastroeni period, with all seven RSL victories this season coming when scoring first (Seattle, Houston, LA Galaxy, at San Diego, D.C., St. Louis and once more vs. Houston). 4 of the eight losses underneath Mastroeni when taking the 1-0 lead since August, 2021, have come this season (at residence in opposition to Herediano / San Diego, away at Nashville, residence in opposition to Vancouver), together with the Could 10 draw at Dallas, the Could 28 impasse at Austin, in addition to the late June 1-1 knot at KC.
Sport Notes for Wednesday’s RSL @ Portland Match Obtainable On-line
The Adobe PDF model of the 2025 RSL Sport Information prematurely of Wednesday’s contest between Actual Salt Lake and Portland Timbers FC will be discovered HERE. Media members trying to obtain the doc as an attachment or have additional questions are requested to please contact RSL Communications by way of e mail at *RSLcommunications@RSL.com*.
Away from residence, RSL’s 2-6-4 / 10-point highway file this season throughout all competitions has underperformed fifth-year head coach Mastroeni’s observe file, with every of the final two seasons marking the Claret-and-Cobalt’s greatest highway campaigns in group historical past. The 2023 aspect posted an 11W-8L-5T away mark throughout all competitions, a file which incorporates each that yr’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinal loss to Houston, and its highway loss and elimination draw within the first and third video games of the groups’ 2023 Audi MLS Cup Playoff sequence on the Shell Power Stadium turf.
A yr in the past, Mastroeni’s males registered the second-most highway factors in RSL historical past, with a 5W-4L-8T MLS reg. season mark, one which does NOT contains its heartbreaking, multi-goal Leagues Cup elimination loss to the Dynamo following a house win over Atlas FC. RSL will journey for a uncommon midweek match on Wednesday, July 16, at Portland Timbers, previous to returning residence subsequent Saturday, July 19, in opposition to Japanese Convention energy FC Cincinnati. Once more, tickets for all America First Subject occasions can be found at www.RSL.com/tickets.
Since Mastroeni seized the pinnacle teaching reins in August, 2021, RSL has dropped consecutive video games simply 14 occasions in 164 matches in the course of the Mastroeni period, successful 28 and drawing 15 in “bounceback” contests. An RSL victory or draw this Wednesday in opposition to Portland would give RSL a five-game unbeaten run for the primary time since final September, when RSL carried a seven-game streak with out a loss by way of the tip of the MLS reg. season and playoffs.
RSL then returns residence Saturday to host East energy FC Cincinnati within the first of 5 consecutive residence matches, placing its 5-5-1 (W-L-T) mark on the Wasatch Entrance to this point this yr in each MLS and Champions Cup matches on the road, waiting for seven MLS reg. season and at the very least three Leagues Cup video games to be performed at America First Subject by way of the 2025 “Determination Day” in mid-October. A yr in the past, RSL amassed a 12-3-4 (W-L-T) file at residence, the place the Membership has historically loved a fortress-like file of success, successful almost 70% of video games and averaging just below two factors per sport in components of 17 seasons throughout all competitions in Sandy.
The primary half of the 2025 RSL season has witnessed a number of RSL gamers obtain numerous milestones:
Throughout every of Pablo’s earlier three full seasons on the RSL helm, the Membership has elevated its annual level whole (47 in 2022, 50 in 2023 and 59 final yr), whereas rising its Western Convention desk place as effectively (7th in 2022, 5th in 2023 and threerd final yr). The 2025 marketing campaign options RSL’s pursuit of a Convention-best fifth consecutive postseason berth, a seventh within the final eight seasons and its 15th within the final 18 years.
Final yr noticed RSL advance to the MLS Cup Playoffs for a fourth consecutive event, the sixth time in seven seasons (2020 the lone exception), and for the 14th time within the final 17 seasons since first qualifying in 2008 (2015, 2017 the opposite outliers). The 2024 MLS common season reached an all-time excessive of 59 factors for RSL, which completed third within the Western Convention and sixth general within the 29-team MLS protect race, whereas additionally establishing a brand new all-time scoring excessive of 65 targets.
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