Real Salt Lake midfielder Sunday Stephen, second from right, celebrates with Kyle Beckerman, second from left, and Joao Plata, right, after Luke Mulholland, left, scored a goal against the Seattle Sounders, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, in the first half of an MLS soccer match in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Seattle • A sustained postseason run in the Western Conference typically goes through Southern California anyway. So Real Salt Lake must ace what promises to be another complex test against a well-known opponent right off the bat.
For the fourth time since 2009, RSL will face the L.