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Real Salt Lake, L.A. Galaxy on Upset Alert in MLS This Weekend

Hope you all have been enjoying the Gold Cup so far. Personally, I was kind of rooting for Martinique to qualify for the knockout stage, if only because no one really expected them to get that far. If not for a 4-0 win for Cuba over a 10-man Belize, they would have made it.

The matchups I've selected for this weekend have been affected by the Gold Cup in one way or another, on both sides in one case.

Let's get to it, shall we?

 

Upset Alert No. 1: Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting Kansas City

Real Salt Lake is on top of the table when it comes to the Supporters Shield race, but how long that lasts is now under threat.

With Nick Rimando and Kyle Beckerman away with the U.S. national team, their depth was already a little thinner than they'd like. Last weekend, however, it got a little worse. Backup goalkeeper Josh Saunders tore his ACL and will be out indefinitely, while defender Carlos Salcedo will miss Saturday's m...

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