Real Salt Lake at D.C. United - CSN-DC
RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C. - 7:30 p.m.
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The league's hottest team faces its final league match for nearly two weeks when D.C. United entertains Real Salt Lake at RFK Stadium on Wednesday night. United are riding an eight-game unbeaten streak, winning for the seventh time in that stretch over the weekend in a top-of-the-table clash with New England. Real are facing the third game of their four-game road swing, seeing a bid for a season-long three-game winning streak dashed last weekend in a loss to Houston. RSL is 11 points out of the last playoff spot with eight games still remaining; they need every point they can take if they are going to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time.
REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. SAR (bench): Craig Lowry; JAR (opposite): Adam Wienckowski; 4th: Mark Geiger
MLS Career: 14 games; FC/gm: 27.7; Y/gm: 4.2; R: 3; pens: 4
Games involving United: P2 W0 L1 T1; FC/gm: 35.0; Y/gm: 6.0; R: 0; pens: 0
Games involving Real: P2 W1 L0 T1; FC/gm: 27.5; Y/gm: 4.0; R: 0; pens: 0
INJURY REPORT:
D.C. UNITED - OUT: FW Jamil Walker (Achilles rupture); GK Shawn Crowe (meniscus tear)
REAL SALT LAKE - OUT: DF Nik Besagno (R MCL sprain); MF Kenny Cutler (sports hernia surgery), MF Nathan Sturgis (L calf strain); PROBABLE: FW Alecko Eskandarian (L hamstring strain), FW Fabian Espindola (R shin contusion),FW Chris Brown (L hamstring strain)
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DC: Fred, Christian Gomez, Ben Olsen ... RSL: Atiba Harris, Jean-Martial Kipré, Chris Wingert
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DC: Bobby Boswell, Josh Gros, Jaime Moreno, Greg Vanney ... RSL: Kyle Beckerman, Matias Mantilla, Carey Talley
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: DC: Jaime Moreno (Bolivia; v Peru, Sept. 12) ... RSL: Atiba Harris (St. Kitts & Nevis U-23; Olympic qualifying)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (5 meetings): Real 2 wins, 7 goals ... United 2 wins, 11 goals ... Ties 1
AT RFK STADIUM (2 meetings): United 1 win, 6 goals ... Real 0 wins, 2 goals ... Ties 1
• This is the second of two meetings this season between the clubs, the only one set to be played on East Capitol Street.
• A year ago, RSL won the season series, getting a wild victory in their home meeting with two penalty kick goals after the 89th minute (including one in stoppage time) and playing to a draw in the nation's capital. That came after strolled to victory in both meetings in Real's inaugural season.
• Coaches record: Tom Soehn vs. RSL: P1 W0 L1 T0 ... Jason Kreis v DC: P1 W1 L0 T0
2007 (MLS):
TV
Directv: 785
DishNet: 457
