Real Salt Lake visits the Seattle Sounders in the MLS Playoffs for the first time since the two teams engaged in two epic series in 2011 and 2012 (which they split). This RSL team is quite a bit different — aside from Nick Rimando and Kyle Beckerman — and has even switched coaches since their 2019 regular season visit to Seattle. They’re coming off a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the Portland Timbers in the last round. We asked Matt Montgomery of RSL Soapbox to give us the lowdown (our answers to his questions can be found on that site):
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