Austin FC host Real Salt Lake with three players out

Austin FC host Real Salt Lake at Q2 Stadium on Wednesday night, looking for a second straight win after beating Sporting Kansas City 1–2 away on Sunday (1). The squad is thinner for it: Chris Applewhite (quad), Jon Bell (lower abdomen) and Ervin Torres (ankle) are all listed OUT (1). You go in 14th in the Western Conference on 34 points from 31 games, with a -17 goal difference and a playoff push that has very little room left. LA Galaxy away on Saturday follows, then Portland Timbers at home on November 8.