Pereyra scores in the 89th, Callender has 6 saves for Minnesota in 1-1 tie with RSL | Sports
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Joaquín Pereyra scored in the 89th minute and Drake Callender had six saves Saturday night for Minnesota United in a 1-1 tie with Real Salt Lake. Minnesota (6-6-7) is winless in eight straight. Callender, near the penalty spot, played an arcing ball well beyond midfield. Marcus Caldeira flicked a header from about 35 yards out to Pereyra, who chipped in a first-touch finish from a couple steps inside the penalty box. It was the 28-year-old Callender’s first career goal contribution in MLS. Sergi Solans scored for the second consecutive game to give RSL (8-6-4) a 1-0 lead in the 82nd minute. After Minnesota failed a clearance attempt, Diego Luna flicked a header ahead to Solans, who won the ball from defender Michael Boxall and slipped a rising shot into the net. Solans, a 23-year-old rookie, has eight goals and three assists this season. Anthony Markanich, on the counter-attack, beat Rafael Cabral to the ball and chipped a shot over the goalkeeper’s head, but Lukas Engel raced to — at the last second — poke away the would-be goal in the 34th and keep the game scoreless. Cabral finished with one save for Real Salt Lake, which