FC DALLAS vs. REAL SALT LAKE

2021 MLS Regular Season

September 4 - 7:00PM

Rio Tinto Stadium – Salt Lake City, Utah

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RSLvDAL

HEAD-TO-HEAD

• FCD record: 6-9-7 (25 points - 10th in West)
• RSL record: 7-8-6 (27 points - 7th in West)
• FCD vs. RSL all-time: 20-12-10 (62 GF, 48 GA)
• FCD vs. RSL away: 7-11-5 (26 GF, 33 GA)

HOMEGROWN DERBY PART II

• Saturday's match features two clubs with similar philosophies. Both Dallas and Real Salt Lake believe in building from within by developing and playing Homegrown players. In 2019, the clubs set an MLS record when they played a combined 12 Homegrown players in one game (RSL played seven, FCD played five). Earlier this year, the clubs played to a 2-2 draw at Toyota Stadium with Franco Jara and Ryan Hollingshead finding the back of the net for Dallas.

LUCHI vs MASTROENI

• FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake also features a battle on the sidelines between two former teammates. Dallas head coach Luchi Gonzalez and RSL interim coach Pablo Mastroeni (who recently took over after former head coach Freddy Juarez departed) played for the Colorado Rapids together between 2005-06. Mastroeni also coached the Colorado Rapids between 2014-17 and has worked assistant coaching roles at Houston Dynamo and RSL.

Head coach Luchi Gonzalez: "It'll be great to see him (Mastroeni) and congrats to him for getting the opportunity now with RSL. It's all with respect but at the same time when that whistle blows it's competition and that's a strong RSL team that dropped points in Vancouver and we know they'll be hungry to bounce back."

NOTABLE ABSENCES

• FC Dallas will be without its top scorer Ricardo Pepi and midfielders Bryan Acosta, Szabolcs Schön and Freddy Vargas as they have joined up with their respective national teams for World Cup qualifying. All four have started games within the last few weeks so their absences will no doubt affect how Dallas lines up on Saturday night. Still, the imminent returns of Paxton Pomykal and Facundo Quignon will go a long way in lessening the blow.

Head coach Luchi Gonzalez: "Every club is going to be missing some key players and we're no different. We've been anticipated it and it's good timing with Paxton and Quignon coming back into the competition with the team and ready to step up."