On Sun Jun 26th, Real Salt Lake hosts Columbus Crew at Rio Tinto Stadium in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Real Salt Lake sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against San Jose Earthquakes. Silva Fernandez scored the first goal for Real Salt Lake in the 22nd minute, then Jefferson David Savarino Quintero added another in the 81st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed San Jose Earthquakes couldn’t manage to score, and Real Salt Lake took the shutout win. Real Salt Lake should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Columbus Crew is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Charlotte. Erik Hurtado scored the first goal for Columbus Crew in the 41st minute, but Andre Shinyashiki got the equalizer for Charlotte in the 49th minute earning Charlotte at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Erik Hurtado has been the most prolific scorer on Columbus Crew in his last 5 matches with three goals. Both Glad and Sergio Córdova have been the hottest scorers for Real Salt Lake in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.