Ned Grabavoy figures to be one of those guys, as he'll likely make his third straight start of the season. The veteran midfielder, who is with his fourth MLS team in five seasons, is frustrated by recent results but knows the importance of the coming months.

"I've always said in MLS, the summer months in June, July and August, a lot is found out about all the teams, so getting into the summer months here, we have a lot of games to make up some points," Grabavoy said. "We probably have thrown away some points but, saying that, there's still a lot of games left. But we don't want to get too far behind."

Mum's the word from Real Salt Lake heading into tonight's match. Throughout its mostly disappointing month of May, the club utilized what seemed like a different formation and starting 11 in each match. That will again be the case tonight with the two key suspensions, but Kreis isn't saying much about his approach against the Rapids.

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