It’s do or die for Real Salt Lake, as a win guarantees them a spot in the playoffs.
Nearly a calendar year later, RSL is in the very same position: win and they’re in. It’ll need to happen Sunday at 3 p.m. at Rio Tinto Stadium against a Portland Timbers team that played them to a scoreless draw back in April. And it’ll need to happen without Kreilach, who has been sidelined most of the season with injury.
The 2022 season has been one of difficult moments for RSL. Injuries, especially the one to Kreilach, have plagued them. Striker Bobby Wood has only played 14 games. They have been much healthier in recent week, though. “I think overall, the way we’ve been playing has been everything that we’ve set out to achieve at the beginning of the season,” coach Pablo Mastroeni said. “To be fair, I think in the last whatever it’s been — seven or eight games — we’ve been the team that’s had the better opportunities and given up the least chances and still found ways to not get anything out of the game. So from that perspective, I think we’ve been better than our record shows.
Through it all, RSL has made the playoffs three of the last four seasons. And in some ways, the team is leaning on past years to inform how it will approach Sunday’s matchup.
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