RSL, Rapids both on a roll entering Rocky Mountain Cup showdown

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Real Salt Lake will host the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night in Sandy, Utah, for one of the most anticipated Rocky Mountain Cup clashes in recent memory given each side's promising start.

Colorado (6-4-3, 21 points) won the teams' initial meeting March 9 in a match also played in Utah. But that was before both sides emerged as genuine Western Conference contenders.

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