Real Salt Lake vs Columbus Crew Match Preview
The only pairing with no upper hand declared after the first leg, Real Salt Lake will host Columbus Crew at the Rio Tinto with home-field advantage being what they hope is the trump card that will put them into the semis.
Thanks to the multiple sending offs in the rough first match, Tony Beltran, Emilio Renteria and Nat Borchers will be unavailable due to seeing red at Columbus last week.
Alvaro Saborio and Andres Mendoza will look to have better luck than their performances last week, which saw both err relatively easy opportunities for strikers of their stature. The Costa Rican and Peruvian forwards have been vital for their teams in getting to the quarterfinals and hopefully beyond.