Junqua Returns as Salt Lake Vs Fc Dallas Opens at Toyota Stadium
salt lake vs fc dallas lands at Toyota Stadium on Saturday, May 13, 2026, with Real Salt Lake visiting Frisco for a 6:30 p.m. MT kickoff. Real Salt Lake enters at 6-3-1 with 19 points, while FC Dallas sits at 4-3-4 with 16 points.
Sam Junqua Faces FC Dallas
Sam Junqua returns to face the club he played for across the 2023 and 2024 seasons. He appeared in 56 league regular-season and playoff games for FC Dallas, started 37 matches, and scored three goals.
That reunion sits inside a matchup that has often been rough for Real Salt Lake. The club’s all-time road record in Dallas is 2-14-8, but it has still earned results in four of its last five visits to North Texas.
Real Salt Lake Form
Real Salt Lake snapped a two-game losing streak with a dominant first half against Portland last weekend. Zavier Gozo scored in the 10th minute, Diego Luna added another in the 28th, and Juan Manuel Sanabria assisted on both goals.
Sergi Solans also set up an attack, while Morgan Guilavogui hit a long-distance shot off the crossbar. Noel Caliskan and Stijn Spierings added dangerous chances that were saved, giving RSL a sharper attacking edge after the skid.
Gozo And Julio
Gozo has three goals and four assists through 10 matches in 2026, and five of his seven goal contributions have been game-winning goals or assists. His five game-winning contributions are tied for the second-most in Major League Soccer history, and he is the fifth teenager in league history to reach five combined game-winning goals and assists.
Anderson Julio brings a similar club link on the other side. He spent four full seasons with Real Salt Lake from 2021 to 2024, played 111 regular-season contests, scored 25 goals, and matched Diego Luna for the 10th-most goals all-time in a Claret-and-Cobalt kit. He also added eight playoff matches and one goal.
Real Salt Lake is sixth in the Western Conference and eighth in the Shield standings, while FC Dallas is seventh in the West and 11th in the Shield race. For RSL, the next test is simple: carry the Portland form into Frisco and try to turn a difficult Dallas road trip into another result.
