On Sunday Jun 19th, Real Salt Lake hosts San Jose Earthquakes at Rio Tinto Stadium in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Real Salt Lake recorded a 1-2 loss against Vancouver Whitecaps. Ranko Veselinović scored the first goal for Vancouver Whitecaps in the 31st minute, then Justin Meram tied it up for Real Salt Lake in the 52nd minute. Real Salt Lake is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed San Jose Earthquakes is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Nashville SC. Neither Nashville SC nor San Jose Earthquakes could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. San Jose Earthquakes is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season San Jose Earthquakes won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss.
San Jose Earthquakes is fortunate enough to have Jeremy Ebobisse in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. For Real Salt Lake, their top scorers are Glad and Sergio Córdova, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.