There have been underdog teams in the 2021 MLS Cup playoffs, and then there is Real Salt Lake. You'd be forgiven if you didn't predict they'd get this far -- please forgive us, Utahns.
To call RSL's path to the MLS Western Conference final on Saturday a bumpy one would be an understatement. Salt Lake doesn't have a permanent manager after Freddy Juarez left abruptly in August to accept an assistant job with the Seattle Sounders -- a demotion viewed as a step up ought to illustrate the club's disarray.