The Seattle Sounders and Real Salt Lake, who are scheduled to meet Saturday in Sandy, Utah, came away disappointed from their Major League Soccer openers for much different reasons.

Seattle (0-1-1) is two matches into its MLS slate and in both games the defense has cost the team an outright win. In the league opener against Charlotte FC last month, botched play between center backs Jackson Ragen and Yeimar led to the latter conceding a second-half equalizer for a 2-2 draw.

Forster Ajago scored and Real Salt Lake was the recipient of an early own goal in a 2-0 MLS victory against the Seattle Sounders on Saturday afternoon in Sandy, Utah.

After a humbling early exit in the CONCACAF Champions Cup at the hands of Herediano, Real Salt Lake looks to hit the reset button ahead of their 2025 MLS regular season opener against the Seattle Sounders.

Real Salt Lake and the Seattle Sounders are both looking for their first wins of the 2025 MLS season, and face off at America First Field.

Salt Lake endured a second consecutive opening-day setback, falling 4-0 at San Jose in a repeat of last season's struggles, when they began with a 2-0 defeat at Inter Miami before securing their first win on matchday three — their maiden home league fixture of 2024.