Bruce Arena didn’t want to turn the attention on his accomplishment Saturday night.

With the 2-1 victory over Columbus Crew SC, Arena became just the second MLS coach to reach the 200-career victory mark, joining Sigi Schmid in the rare club.

“At the moment, I would say no,” Arena said when asked if No. 200 was special. “But I think when I look back on this, it may mean something.

“I think when you win a fair amount of games and you’re coaching, it’s because you have good teams and good players. I think that’s the most important thing.”

Arena’s career record is now 200-119-86. He was presented with a signed team ball following the game.

“I never really get all hung up on those things. I know one day it will be important, probably for my grandchildren to read about it,” Arena said. “I’m honored. I’m honored to have just coached some great players in this league and that’s the reason why I’ve been able to pile up a few wins along the way.”

The Galaxy and Arena had to go through a six-game winless streak in order to finally get Arena to the 200-mark.

The first attempt at No. 201 is tonight as the Galaxy (10-4-13) visit Real Salt Lake in a key Western Conference showdown. Both teams, along with Colorado, are tied for second place with 43 points.

RSL is undefeated at home (8-0-5).

“They’ve been a good team all year,” Arena said Monday of RSL. “They play very well at home. They have guys that can score goals, their top four players are very good players and then they have one of the best goalkeepers (Nick Rimando) in the history of the league at the other end of the field, so that’s a solid group.”

After tonight, the Galaxy will have six games remaining in the regular season, five against Western Conference teams and two with first-place FC Dallas.

The Galaxy had to rely on their depth in Saturday’s game against Columbus and that will likely be the case tonight with the short turnaround.

Steven Gerrard (hamstring), Jelle Van Damme (knee), Gyasi Zardes (foot surgery), Robbie Keane (undisclosed injury) and Nigel de Jong (transfer) were absent from the lineup, yet the Galaxy were still able to come away with a victory.

With the next game Sunday, it is possible some of the veterans could get tonight off or be available off the bench.

“We’ll continue to move forward,” Arena said Monday. “We have a group of players that are eager to take their opportunity, so we’ll see how we do.

GALAXY at REAL SALT LAKE

Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. at Rio Tinto Stadium

TV/Radio: Time Warner Cable Sports Net; KWKW/1330

Update: RSL (12-8-7) should be well-rested since it hasn’t played since Aug. 26. RSL has won three of its past four games. Yura Movsisyan leads the way with nine goals. Joao Plata has seven goals and 10 assists. The teams haven’t met since April 23, when the Galaxy defeated RSL, 5-2. The Galaxy had goals from Emmanuel Boateng, Giovani dos Santos, Mike Magee, Steven Gerrard and Gyasi Zardes. Robbie Keane’s status is unclear. Arena said Monday: “He’s (Keane) doing fine, we’ll see. He had a good day out here today.”