Austin FC Hosts Real Salt Lake on Wednesday Night at Q2, With Uzuni Coming Off a Brace and Solans Chasing a Rookie Record

Austin FC returns home to face Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night as the team continues its push to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. CT at Q2 Stadium, streaming on Apple TV and on local radio on Alt 97.5 in English and TUDN Radio Austin in Spanish, according to the club's official match preview read in full this cycle. Austin again faces a must-win scenario and must collect all nine points still available across its final three regular-season matches to have a chance to reach the playoffs, the club said.

Austin's victory against Sporting Kansas City kept its postseason hopes alive thanks to Myrto Uzuni's brace, which erased a second-half deficit last Saturday night, the preview said. Uzuni's two goals earned him a spot on the MLS Team of the Matchday for the third time this season and brought his goal contribution tally to 20 in all competitions. The two teams met earlier this season at America First Field, a 2-1 defeat for Austin with Jon Bell scoring the lone Austin goal, the club said - and Bell is out for Wednesday with a lower abdomen injury, alongside Chris Applewhite (quad) and Ervin Torres (ankle), according to the club's official availability report read this cycle.

Real Salt Lake sits just two points below the playoff line, closely trailing LA Galaxy, and comes to Austin following a 3-0 victory over St. Louis, the preview said. Sergi Solans netted a brace in that match and Dominik Marczuk added another; with Saturday's brace, Solans has now scored 14 MLS goals in 2026, putting the 23-year-old Spaniard three goals away from Cyle Larin's MLS rookie record, according to the club. After a 13-match winless run, Salt Lake has gone 3-1-1 in its last five matches, and a win on Wednesday would lift it into the top nine in the standings, the preview said.