Scouting the Competition: Real Salt Lake

Scouting the Competition: Real Salt Lake

On Friday, KC Soccer Journal Managing Editor, Thad Bell, and Wasatch Soccer Sentinel Editor-in-Chief, Matt Montgomery, exchanged questions on at present’s Sporting Kansas City recreation in opposition to Real Salt Lake. Matt’s reply to our questions are under and Thad’s answers to his questions are over at their site.

And if that’s not sufficient for you, check out my preview of RSL versus Sporting KC.

Preview: Sporting KC on the Road at Real Salt Lake


How is the Health of Real Salt Lake?

  • Eneli out medium-to-long-term
  • Piol out for season
  • Wolff, Hezarkhani out, unclear on return
  • Yedlin, Booth, Henry, Arias all ‘questionable’

(For a full harm report, the KC Soccer Journal has you covered).

Who on RSL is having the finest Season?

It’s virtually definitely Zavier Gozo, who’s been actually good — others embody [new Designated Player Morgan] Guilavogui has are available in and seemed good, [Noel] Caliskan has been stable in the midfield, and [defender Juan Manuel] Sanabria has been extraordinarily promising in the first couple of matches.

Who is somebody underneath the radar Sporting KC followers ought to look out for?

Diego Luna? Ha, kidding. Morgan Guilavogui was an enormous signing for RSL followers however gained’t have drawn a lot consideration exterior RSL. With Aiden Hezarkhani out, he’s the subsequent up that’s a bit underneath the radar.

What can be your Predicted Starting XI?

Probably one thing like this—

Cabral
Quinton (Yedlin if match), Glad, Engel
Gozo, Spierings, Caliskan, Sanabria
Luna, Olatunji, Guilavogui


Be certain to take a look at extra of Matt and his colleague’s work over at the Wasatch Soccer Sentinel. Here are just a few tales/podcasts price your time.

For extra protection of all issues soccer round MLS and the NWSL, the KC Soccer Journal has a page dedicated to independent coverage in the nation, with hyperlinks to all of their websites.

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