Real Salt Lake’s 2018 schedule is front-loaded with games against contenders

Major League Soccer announced the 2018 regular season schedule for the now 23-team league Thursday. As usual under the MLS scheduling format, each club will still play teams in its own conference two or three times and face teams in the other conference just once. The addition of LAFC to the Western Conference means that each team in the West will play just one conference opponent three times. Teams in the East will play two conference opponents three times.Among the schedule highlights: RSL wil