Midweek Journey to Pacific Northwest Lone Highway Foray of Month;
5 Consecutive RSL Matches at America First Area Beginning Saturday v Cincinnati by August 6,
together with Trio of Leagues Cup Contests; Tickets Accessible through *www.RSL.com/tickets*
HERRIMAN, Utah (Tuesday, July 15, 2025) – Surging Actual Salt Lake (7-10-4, 25 factors, 11th West / 21st Defend) 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 Defend) at Windfall Park. The midweek contest is obtainable through Apple TV+ / MLS Season Go, 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 house 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 house win over Houston, which noticed a late first-half William Agada purpose making GK Rafael Cabral’s clear sheet maintain up for the victory. The final two house victories have seen RSL gather 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 Might 24 following a foot harm.
Coming into this Wednesday’s street journey, RSL has captured 10 of 12 potential factors so far in June and July, scoring first in 14 of 23 contests thus far 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 through 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 beneath Mastroeni when taking the 1-0 lead since August, 2021, have come this season (at house in opposition to Herediano / San Diego, away at Nashville, house in opposition to Vancouver), together with the Might 10 draw at Dallas, the Might 28 impasse at Austin, in addition to the late June 1-1 knot at KC.
Recreation Notes for Wednesday’s RSL @ Portland Match Accessible On-line
The Adobe PDF model of the 2025 RSL Recreation Information prematurely of Wednesday’s contest between Actual Salt Lake and Portland Timbers FC could be discovered HERE. Media members trying to obtain the doc as an attachment or have additional questions are requested to please contact RSL Communications through e-mail at *RSLcommunications@RSL.com*.
Away from house, RSL’s 2-6-4 / 10-point street 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 street campaigns in group historical past. The 2023 facet 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 street loss and elimination draw within the first and third video games of the groups’ 2023 Audi MLS Cup Playoff collection on the Shell Power Stadium turf.
A yr in the past, Mastroeni’s males registered the second-most street factors in RSL historical past, with a 5W-4L-8T MLS reg. season mark, one which does NOT consists of 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 house subsequent Saturday, July 19, in opposition to Japanese Convention energy FC Cincinnati. Once more, tickets for all America First Area 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 through the Mastroeni period, profitable 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 the top of the MLS reg. season and playoffs.
RSL then returns house Saturday to host East energy FC Cincinnati within the first of 5 consecutive house matches, placing its 5-5-1 (W-L-T) mark on the Wasatch Entrance so far this yr in each MLS and Champions Cup matches on the road, looking forward to seven MLS reg. season and at the very least three Leagues Cup video games to be performed at America First Area by the 2025 “Resolution Day” in mid-October. A yr in the past, RSL amassed a 12-3-4 (W-L-T) file at house, the place the Membership has historically loved a fortress-like file of success, profitable almost 70% of video games and averaging slightly 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 growing its Western Convention desk place as properly (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 total within the 29-team MLS protect race, whereas additionally establishing a brand new all-time scoring excessive of 65 objectives.
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