National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Real Salt Lake or Northern Colorado that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Salt participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.Seven points from three Major League Soccer home games is a great start for Real Salt Lake, who are hoping to build on that form here at Rio Tinto Stadium.
In their previous game, the manager Mastroeni led his Real Salt Lake to a defeat away at New York City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Salt's goalkeeper MacMath was extremely busy against New York City, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. Midfielder Ruiz was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Ruiz hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Toronto that ended 2-2.Real Salt Lake are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Portland Timbers awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Real Salt Lake in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches.
Northern Colorado form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Colorado Springs in order to reach 3rd round of US Open Cup.Still no away game victory in the USL League One for Northern Colorado with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
There might be some fixture complaints from Northern Colorado as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Charlotte Independence. Late heartbreak for Northern in the Charlotte Independence match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Before that, Northern Colorado travelled to Richmond Kickers and returned home with a draw after the USL League One game finished 1-1.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Northern Colorado has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Wood 2 goals |  T. Schmitt 2 goals | J. Glad 1 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Northern Colorado missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Northern Colorado | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 4 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 5 | 5 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Conceded | C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.4 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | ||
| 29% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | ||
| 14.3 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Austin | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Dallas | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Richmond Kickers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Central Valley Fuego | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Charlotte Independence | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Forward Madison | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Union Omaha | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Tormenta | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Greenville Triumph | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Tucson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
