Real Salt Lake continued its strong run in the League Cup on Aug. 11, earning a 3-0 victory over FC Juárez behind three unanswered goals.

Over the past two decades, sports analytics have revealed a quiet revolution: home-field, home-court, and home-ice advantages are shrinking rapidly. Across major leagues, home winning percentages have drifted closer to a coin toss than ever before. So what happened to the legendary power of playing at home?

Real Salt Lake battled Tigres UANL to a 1-1 draw in its League Cup opener before falling 6-5 in a penalty shootout on Wednesday night. Tigres struck first through Juan Brunetta before Pablo Ruiz equalized in the first half, scoring his first goal since 2023 to level the match.