OK. So we have six games this month. Drew recently suggested that we need 10-12 points to have a realistic shot at the playoffs. Given absences for international matches, I’m hoping for eight. But that said, we need at least a draw from this match. Real Salt Lake enters this match with a record of 7W-6D-8L – good for 27 points and 7th place in the West: three points ahead of FC Dallas with a game in hand. Their current trajectory, however, is downward.
The major concern for Dallas of course is that Ricardo Pepi, Szabolcs Schon, and Bryan Acosta are away on international duty (Freddy Vargas is away, too, but I’m less interested in him).