SANDY, Utah (Friday, July 1, 2016) – Real Salt Lake hosts D.C. United TONIGHT in a return to Major League Soccer action for the club, as RSL continues its “Summer of Soccer” with kickoff for the nationally-televised “Viernes de Futbol” match at 8:30 p.m. MT.
Head Coach Jeff Cassar’s team (8-5-3, 27 points, 3rd-best in MLS w/ a 1.69 points-per-game average) resuming action at its vaunted Rio Tinto Stadium home, where RSL is unbeaten in nine games all competitions this season (5-0-4 in MLS, CCL and Open Cup), with Friday the fifth out of eight home games in 10 overall from mid-June to the end of July following the recent install of a new natural grass surface.