On Monday Aug 15th, Seattle Sounders plays host to Real Salt Lake in a meeting of these two closely matched Major League Soccer teams. Seattle Sounders sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Atlanta United. Cisneros Morell scored the first goal for Atlanta United in the 23rd minute, but Roldan got the equalizer for Seattle Sounders in the 68th minute. Seattle Sounders is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while real Salt Lake sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-4 loss against Los Angeles FC. Chicho Arango struck first for Los Angeles FC in the 9th minute, but Sergio Córdova got the equalizer for Real Salt Lake in the 12th minute. Real Salt Lake looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Mar 5th, Real Salt Lake hosted Seattle Sounders at the Rio Tinto Stadium in their last match together. Real Salt Lake won by a score of 1 to 0. Bobby Wood struck first for Real Salt Lake in the 46th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Seattle Sounders couldn’t manage to score, and Real Salt Lake took the shutout win.
Both Jefferson David Savarino Quintero and Sergio Córdova have been the hottest scorers for Real Salt Lake in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Marcelo Nicolas Lodeiro Benitez has been the most prolific scorer on Seattle Sounders in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.