Preview | FC Cincinnati Head to the west for the first time in 2025 to take over the real Salt Lake

FC Cincinnati is doing the first of three road trips of the year in the western conference this weekend, packs its bags and drives to Salt Lake City, Utah, for a Matchup with Real Salt Lake. With the highest level of her dominant victory against Inter Miami a week, she still won her sail, but the memory of a disappointing defeat to start fresh with three games, FC Cincinnati joins this match in order to keep her temperament evenly and continue to close a good and exhausting week.

“Usually victories and losses and good performance and poor performance can produce the obvious emotions, but after the weekend there was disappointment, and the boys are in a better place because they improved and how they approached Miami game to achieve better performance, and a better result.” So we go in Salt Lake, I think in a good way from a good performance. But now it is over and we have to focus on one in the form of Salt Lake team or have already shifted. So I'm satisfied with where the group is. “

In particular, a trip to Salt Lake City includes a visit to America First Field, the home of Real Salt Lake, which has the second highest height in the Major League Soccer with 4,700 feet above sea level. This additional challenge at the end of a hard week represents physical challenges, but can also influence the game in a material way. And if you look forward to a team like Real Salt Lake, who deserves victories in four of the last five victories and is unbeaten in this route, you have shown the ability to benefit from games in your home country.

“It will not change how we approach the game, as far as tactical or with possibilities how we want to influence the game with and without a ball,” said Noonan. “It is a consciousness. You know that the ball will travel in other ways. You will have more distance if you play more direct, you understand when we are on the defensive side of the ball, how the ball travels to understand how to leave games behind you. Maybe the surface is a bit firmer.

FC Cincinnati enters this game in second place in the Eastern Conference and only one point of the tour of both in the conference and in the tablet of the trailers. After this game, FC Cincinnati will continue its street swing and travel next to Florida to take over Inter Miami CF before holding in the regular MLS season for the 2025 Ligues Cup.

FC Cincinnati against Real Salt Lake – Saturday, July 19, 2025 – 9:30 p.m. ET – America First field

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FC Cincinnati and Real Salt Lake meet for the first time since then since then

September 17, 2022 as orange and blue in Utah achieved a 2-1 win. FC Cincinnati and Real Salt Lake divided the two earlier meetings in 2019 and 2022, with the road team won both previous matchups.

In the last game, Maikel Chang achieved first place for RSL, Brenner in the 35th minute

In the 44th minute, balanced and novel Celentano then saved a penalty in the first half

Stop time – FCC achieved the street victory in front of Brenner's second goal in the 76th minute.

Strong against the West – Under head coach Pat Noonan, FC Cincinnati 14-4-5 are against opponents of the Western Conference in the regular game of the season of the MLS. Cincinnati are 2-0-1 this season, all home games against Western Conference Clubs. After Saturday, FCC still have trips to Portland Timbers (August 16) and La Galaxy (September 20). FC Cincinnati went 3-0: 0: 0 last year at RoadTrips of the Western Conference (with San Jose Earthsbbes in Minnesota United).

Milestone clock – Two long-term FC-Cincinnati players approach milestones as Nick Hagglund (149 appearances for FCC) and Sergio Santos (99 appearances for FCC) in all competitions for FC Cincinnati, which were played for the association for the association.

What else is there to say about Evander – The midfielder of FC Cincinnati Evander has achieved in five consumers, which represents the longest stripes in the history of FC Cincinnati and the longest active strip in MLS. A goal on Saturday in Real Salt Lake would reach the longest goal strip in MLS in 2025.

With his fifth clamp on Wednesday, Evander agreed to the club record for most

Multi-goal games in a season with Countryman Brenner, who scored several goals in five games in 2022, including the 2-2 victory at Real Salt Lake this year.

Evanders 17 goals in all competitions, 15 in the MLS game, near the single season club record of 21 goals in all competitions (Luciano Acosta, 2023) and 18 goals in the MLS game (Brenner & Brandon Vazquez, 2022).

The All-Star-Evander has his second MLS player of the matchday award of the season after his clip in the 3-0 victory against Inter Miami CF on Wednesday.

In a short break – After another matchday from the week, Saturday marks another fast turnaround. Historically speaking, FC Cincinnati are strong games in quick succession. Under head coach Pat Noonan (since 2022), FC Cincinnati are 18-8-9 in 35 games in 35 games, which play a game just three days after another competition.

Scouting Real Salt Lake (8-10-4, 28 points, 10th in the Western Conference)

Real Salt Lake appears on Saturday evening in the bee state in the outdoor area of the playoff line in the Western Conference, but their latest form indicates that they may not take long. RSL winner of their last three and in five unbeaten. RSL found a form late in the season and showed a competitive spirit that makes them a hard team against which they can play. Under the direction of head coach Pablo Mastroeni, now in his fifth season at the top, it is a challenge in the Western Conference late in the season.

While Diego Luna's return to the club certainly granted an elevator for Real Salt Lake after a successful Gold Cup with the US men's national team, it was a collective effort to achieve the results that they have achieved in the past few weeks.

“On the defensive side of the ball, I think that they put pressure in a really good way. It is a very collective effort. You do it. You know there was variation of your pressing, but you appear well on the ball, and in moments when opponents have recovered their pressure, they have recovered very well behind the ball,” said FC Cincinnati, head coach Pat Noonan, said on Friday of real Salt, said on Friday. Lake. “There is a good commitment there to organize yourself and defend the goal and a good commitment in the transition to stand behind the ball. I think that is a great strength of your team.”

The Luna, 21 mentioned above, has been the Breakout star for RSL in recent years, since the attacking midfielder has established himself as one of the best young talents in the league. With eight goals and four templates in the season, Luna RSL leads in both categories and has already reached his career at the time in the gates of 2024.

“He has a good feeling for the movement of the ball to find space for himself. I think he sees pressure in a good way to combine with his teammates and is very good at these moments to free herself. Good dribbler can make it out of distance with shots, and you can at a young age. Time,” said Noonan about praise from Luna. “I think the recognition and the attention he gets is deserved.”

Luna usually plays on the left in an attacking trio in midfield, with RSL playing a 4-2-3-1 formation. They used this form in their last game and scored a 1-0 win against Portland Timbers. Together with Luna, the MLS veteran William Agada began with striker and another young talent in Zavier Gozo (18) in the middle.

In Net for RSL is the experienced keeper Rafael Cabral, who came to MLS and Real Salt Lake after over 300 professional appearances in Brazil, Italy and England this season. This season, the 35-year-old goalkeeper played in every game to enable 28 goals on 97 shots and earn six clean leaves on the way.