Real Salt Lake lost, 4-0, to St. Louis City SC on March 25, equaling its heaviest defeat to an expansion team in club history (also to Chivas USA and Los Angeles Football Club). Real Salt Lake has won only one of 11 regular season road games against expansion sides (D2 L8) but did knock out Los Angeles Football Club out of the playoffs in 2018.
St. Louis City SC is winless in three straight matches (D1 L2), equaling the longest run of its expansion season (D1 L2 in April-May). After winning its first five matches, St. Louis City SC has recorded just four wins in its last 12 MLS games (D2 L6).
Real Salt Lake equaled the longest road unbeaten run in all competitions in club history at eight games (W6 D2) with a 2-1win at D. C. United on Saturday, matching a streak from November 2013 to May 2014 (including a penalty shoot-out loss in the MLS Cup Final).
Nichola Gioacchini scored the lone goal for St. Louis City SC in its 3-1 loss to Nashville SC on Saturday as Gioacchini has scored each of the team’s last three goals and is up to a team-high seven this season. Gioacchini is the first St. Louis City SC player to score three straight team goals for the club.
Pablo Ruiz scored from his own half of the field in the first half of Real Salt Lake’s win on Saturday. Of the 10 longest goals scored in MLS since 2010, four have been scored by Argentinean-born players (Ruiz, Lucas Zelarayan (x2), Leandro Barrera).
