Whatever else happens during his tenure as Real Salt Lake coach, Mike Petke will always remember his first game in charge of RSL. It was a struggle, with missed opportunities, until the orangeball came out — and did the snow and goals then come. Real Salt Lake won its first game of 2017 with a 3-0 win over Vancouver in a spring blizzard.

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