REAL SALT LAKE vs TORONTO FC
RIO TINTO STADIUM, Sandy, Utah
March 29, 2015 (WEEK 4, MLS Game #13)
5 p.m. MT (FS1; FOX Deportes)
One of the higher-profile matches of the young season is ahead when Real Salt Lake entertain Toronto FC on Sunday afternoon at Rio Tinto Stadium before a FOX Sports 1 audience. Real return to action following a weekend off, reaching their second draw in as many matches in a 3-3 result with Philadelphia Union two weeks ago. TFC also return to league play off a bye week, their last match a 2-0 defeat at the Columbus Crew two weekends ago.
- RSL return to action after a weekend off, playing to a second draw in two games in their last game, a 3-3 draw with Philadelphia Union at Rio Tinto Stadium on March 14.
- Jamison Olave scored a goal – and was also credited with an own goal – in the RSL draw, the first player in MLS history to score a goal for both clubs in the same game on two occasions (he also did it in 2013 for the New York Red Bulls).
- Toronto FC also return to action after a weekend off, their last match a 2-0 defeat at Columbus Crew SC which followed a 3-1 win at Vancouver. It’s the third game in TFC’s seven-match road swing to start the season while BMO Field undergoes expansion.
- RSL has won three consecutive meetings vs. Toronto FC over the last three seasons, including a 3-0 victory last March 29 at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- RSL has won every meeting between the teams at Rio Tinto Stadium and have lost at home to TFC just once in seven meetings – a 2-1 Toronto FC victory on July 4, 2007 at Rice-Eccles Stadium, the first ever meeting ever between the clubs.
REFEREE: Hilario Grajeda. AR1 (bench): Paul Scott; AR2 (opposite): Felisha Mariscal; 4th: Younes Marrakchi
MLS Career: 120 games; FC/gm: 24.3; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 20; pens: 20
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SUSPENDED: TOR: Justin Morrow (through March 29)
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: RSL: Nick Rimando (USA; vs DEN 3/25, vs SUI 3/31); Luis Gil (U.S. U-23); Alvaro Saborío (CRC; vs PAR 3/26, vs PAN 3/31); Elías Vásquez (GUA; vs CAN 3/27, vs SLV 3/31) … TOR: Chris Mannella, Quillan Roberts (CAN; vs GUA 3/27, vs PUR 3/30); Jozy Altidore; Michael Bradley (USA; vs DEN 3/25, vs SUI 3/31); Marky Delgado (U.S. U-20)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (13 meetings): Real 7 wins, 18 goals … Toronto FC 4 wins, 10 goals … Ties 2
AT SALT LAKE (7 meetings): Real 6 wins, 17 goals … Toronto FC 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 0
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