Pablo Mastroeni believes the best way for his Real Salt Lake side to improve is by going into the fire as the playoff battle heats up ahead of Wednesday s clash with FC Dallas.
Real Salt Lake have been among the Western Conference pacesetters all season, but they have lost two of their three games since returning from the Leagues Cup break, including a 4-1 defeat to the Houston Dynamo on Saturday.
They remain fourth in the West but just three points separate them from Houston in seventh, while their cushion to the wild-card spots stands at seven points.
There are things we re working out, and it s one thing doing it in practice and another doing it when there are so many variables on the line, Mastroeni said this week.
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