Each week we take a look at how the experts view Real Salt Lake in relation to the rest of the league with their weekly power rankings. RSL may have suffered its first defeat of the season, falling 5-2 to the LA Galaxy at the StubHub Center, but that didn’t drop them too far on MLSsoccer.com, ESPN FC and SI. Let’s take a look at the thoughts from around the internet.
MLSsoccer.com – 4
“As strong as they’ve been to start 2016, RSL are allowed Saturday's stinker. Especially because it essentially came without their four best players: MVP candidate Joao Plata and Newcomer of the Year candidate Stephen Sunday sat out, Burrito only went 23 minutes and Javi Mo came off the bench when they were already 4-1 down.