Real Salt Lake: Western Conference Final
Regular season record: 10-11-9
Coach: Juan Carlos Osario
Goals for: 42. Goals against: 48
Preferred formation: 4-4-2
Road to the West Finals: Beat Houston 4-1 on aggregate in the opening round, including an impressive 3-0 win at Houston in the second leg.
Real Salt Lake
Regular season record: 10-10-10
Coach: Jason Kreis
Goals for: 40. Goals against: 39
Preferred formation: 4-4-2
Road to the West Finals: Earned a 3-2 aggregate victory over Chivas USA, including a 1-0 win at Rio Tinto Stadium in the first leg.
Forwards comparison
RSL: Yura Movsisyan has been one of the hottest strikers in MLS the last two months. With that said, a good chunk of RSL's goal scoring this year has not come from their forwards as the team has mixed and matched five different forwards all year.
EDGE: New York
Midfielders comparison
New York: The coaching staff mixed up the midfield drastically against Houston leading to the impressive victory. It's hard to imagine the same unit that's played so few games together having an encore in them on the road?
RSL: RSL's strength has been in the midfield all year with guys like Kyle Beckerman and Javier Morales. When they're clicking together and the unit is playing aggressive as a whole, RSL's midfield is one of the best in the league.
EDGE: RSL
Defenders comparison
New York: This team has been better defensively than it was earlier in the year, but it's still a patch-work unit. Nonetheless, they blanked Houston in Game 2 last weekend and proved they can hold off anybody.
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