Real Salt Lake is unbeaten in its last 10 home matches against the Sounders (W9 D1) dating back to 2013, with a 2-2 draw in 2020 the only point Seattle has taken in Utah in that time. The Sounders have lost 11 matches at Real Salt Lake (including playoffs), more than at any other team in their MLS history.
Real Salt Lake lost its last two home matches in 2021, conceding seven goals in those matches. RSL has lost three or more consecutive home games just once: in August-October of its inaugural 2005 season.
Seattle is winless in eight consecutive matches (D4, including one penalty shootout loss, L4) dating back to the end of last season. The eight-game run is the second-longest winless run in the club’s MLS history (including playoffs) after a nine-match drought in May-July 2012 (D5 L4).
Former Real Salt Lake star Albert Rusnák made his Sounders debut on Sunday. Rusnák scored 42 goals (regular season and playoffs) in his five seasons with RSL, second on the team to Damir Kreilach (46) in that span, while his 39 assists in that time led the club and ranked eighth in MLS from 2017-21.
The Sounders have scored just five goals in their last eight matches dating back to last season, never scoring more than once in a match in that time. The five goals are the fewest in an eight-match span for Seattle since April-June 2018 (also 5).
