SET THE STAGE: FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake | 9.18.24

FC Dallas goes on the road to take on Real Salt Lake this Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 8:30PM at America First Field.

Here's everything you need to know before the match.

HOW TO WATCH

The match will be streamed in both English and Spanish on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV

HOW TO LISTEN

English: You can listen to all the action on the FC Dallas app and Talk Radio 1190AM. Host Sam Hale will provide pregame and postgame coverage beginning at 8PM with broadcasters Owen Newkirk and Steve Davis calling the game.

Spanish: Carlos Alvarado and Jimmy Venegas will call the game in Spanish on the FC Dallas app starting at 8:30PM.

MATCH OVERVIEW

Head-to-Head Records

• FCD record: 9-12-7 (34 points, 10th in West)
• RSL record: 13-7-8 (47 points, 4th in West)
• FCD vs. RSL all-time: 23-14-12 (75 goal scored, 59 goals conceded)
• FCD vs. RSL away: 9-12-5 (32 goal scored, 37 goals conceded)

Story Lines

Rematching RSL: FC Dallas heads to Sandy, Utah looking for some revenge against Real Salt Lake. In the reverse fixture back in May, Dallas were up 3-0 and cruising over RSL before conceding three goals over the final 30 minutes to only earn a disappointing point at home. With that result in mind, FCD will be desperate to give RSL a taste of their own medicine at their home in America First Field, a venue where Dallas has won in each of the last two seasons.

Make or Break Stretch: Dallas is entering a make-or-break stretch in terms of the playoff race. Dallas sits in 10th place in the West, five points below the play-in game (which is essentially FCD's main target now that the automatic playoff spots are 10 points away). With just six games remaining, the club has to start picking up wins from unlikely places. First up is fourth-place Real Salt Lake on Wednesday followed by second-place LAFC on Saturday at home. Both are difficult opponents, no doubt, but time is running out on FCD's playoff hopes and we're approaching do-or-die territory.

RSL: Real Salt Lake are enjoying a strong season under head coach Pablo Mastroeni. The club is in fourth place in the West with a 13-7-8 record, including an impressive 9-3-1 home record. Encouragingly for Dallas, though, RSL have hit a bit of a rough patch having only recorded one win in their last six league games, with their last result being a 4-1 thumping at the hands of the Houston Dynamo. Plus, FCD has won their last two games at America First Field. Still, Salt Lake has one of the most talented and well-rounded rosters in MLS so Wednesday night's game promises to be a stern challenge.