| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Salt Lake | 1 | D1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/3 | 0-0 |
| MetroStars | 2 | L1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1/6 | 0-1 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Salt Lake | 11 | 32 | 20 | -35 | LDLLL | 12 | -1 |
| MetroStars | 6 | 32 | 47 | 4 | WWDLL | 5 | +1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2005-07-03
Real Salt Lake, 11th on 20 points, faced a 27-point deficit to MetroStars (6th, 47). In league terms the two rates read 0.94/2.03 for Real Salt Lake and 1.66/1.53 for MetroStars (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.43.
The venue was Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, with room for 20,008 spectators.
