Real Salt Lake is building its confidence

"This stretch has come (and) we need to take advantage of it, plain and simple," said goalkeeper Nick Rimando. "It's important that they're home games. We feel comfortable at home and we know we can win at home, and these next four games are critical, I think, to our season."

ENDLINES: Because midfielder Andy Williams is still away with the Jamaican National team and won't return until later in the week, expect the same 11 players who started against Chivas last Saturday to be on the field at kickoff against San Jose, though Kreis may employ his side in a 4-5-1 formation or go back to a 4-4-2 ... Don't expect injured forwards Fabian Espindola or Yura Movsisyan to feature tonight ... After San Jose, RSL will next host New England on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

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RSL on the air

San Jose Earthquakes at Real Salt Lake
Tonight, 7 p.m.
TV: DirectKick
Radio: 700 AM, 1600 AM

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