The old adage says: To be the best, you've got to beat the best.

That's exactly what Real Salt Lake will be trying to do as it hosts the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew at Rio Tinto Stadium in the first leg of the MLS playoffs on Saturday night. "Hopefully, we'll get out there and put a marker out there to show Columbus what it's going to take when we go back to their place," said RSL head coach Jason Kreis.

ASN's Kali Korbis reports from Utah.