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# Under The Lights: How should Sounders line up vs. Real Salt Lake?
- URL: https://lobbingscorchers.com/blog/under-the-lights-how-should-sounders-line-up-vs-real-salt-lake/
- Published: 2025-10-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-16T05:40:41.000Z
- Author: Noah Riffe
- Tags: podcast, Under The Lights, Seattle Sounders, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, Albert Rusnák

After a big derby win over the Portland Timbers, the Seattle Sounders are back in action on Saturday when they host Western Conference foe Real Salt Lake at Lumen Field. With the squad heavily depleted thanks to a bunch of international absences, injuries, and a red card suspension to Albert Rusnak, how should Brian Schmetzer line up the starting XI against the Claret-and-Cobalt?