In-form sides Dallas and Real Salt Lake will be looking to continue their resurgence when they go head to head at the Toyota Stadium on Sunday.
The hosts are unbeaten in five of their last six matches, while this weekend's visitors have won five of their last seven games across all competitions.
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FC Dallas made it through to the last eight of this year's US Open Cup courtesy of a 2-1 triumph over Tampa Bay at the Al Lang Stadium on Thursday.
First-half strikes from Patrickson Delgado and Logan Farrington put Nico Estevez's men in the driving seat at half time before Josh Perez pulled one back five minutes from time.
Prior to that, Toros were held to a 1-1 stalemate against Houston Dynamo which saw them remain 12th in the Western Conference of the MLS table.
Awaiting them next is the challenge of an opposing outfit who are winless in the last four editions of this fixture since 2022, losing three of them.
Currently on a run of three straight victories in front of their fans, Sunday's hosts will fancy their chances of getting the job done on home turf once again.
Real Salt Lake emerged triumphant from a thrilling 5-3 contest against Colorado Rapids as the teams faced off at the America First Field on Sunday.
Cristian Arango and Andres Gomez were the stars of the show for Pablo Mastroeni's men as they grabbed two goals apiece with Julio Santos also getting in on the act.
Having picked up 28 points from 14 league matches this term, the Claret and Cobalt lead the way in the Western Conference standings, four points ahead of Minnesota United.
With their last four matches on the road yielding a combined 17 goals, Sunday's visitors will be looking to come out on top from what is expected to be another open and end to end affair on the road.
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