SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Diego Luna scored in the 78th minute Saturday night to help Real Salt Lake beat the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 to extend its unbeaten streak to five consecutive games. Luna took a pass from Braian Ojeda about 10 yards outside the penalty area and, without much pressure from the Earthquakes defense, ripped a left-footed shot that bounced off the back post into the net to give Real Salt Lake (15-7-11) a 1-0 lead. RSL had 55% possession and outshot the Earthquakes 14-6, 6-1 on target. Daniel De Sousa Britto, known simply as “Daniel,” had five saves for San Jose (6-24-3). Real Salt Lake has 56 points, tied with the Seattle Sounders for third in the Western Conference, two behind second-place Los Angeles FC. The Earthquakes lost for the third time in four games and has just one win in their last seven. AP MLS: https://apnews.com/hub/major-league-soccer Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Source link

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Dayne St. Claire had four saves for Minnesota on Wednesday night is a 0-0 tie with Real Salt Lake. Minnesota United (13-12-7) are unbeaten in three consecutive games and have won four of their last six. Minnesota will clinch a berth in the 2024 MLS Cup playoffs with a FC Dallas tie or loss later Wednesday night against the San Jose Earthquakes. Salt Lake (14-7-11), which locked up its postseason place with 3-3 tie with the Portland Timbers on Sept. 21, is unbeaten in four consecutive games. Real Salt Lake’s Brayan Vera, who was shown a yellow card in the 32nd minute, was shown a red card in stoppage time. Zac MacMath had two saves for RSL. AP MLS: https://apnews.com/hub/major-league-soccer Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Source link

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Gavin Beavers became the youngest goalkeeper to notch an assist on a spectacular goal by Anderson Julio — one of his two on the night — and Real Salt Lake defeated FC Dallas 3-2 on Wednesday. Defender Brayan Vera scored on a penalty kick in the 11th minute to put Real Salt Lake (14-7-8) up 1-0. Vera’s PK came after Julio drew a foul on Dallas defender Sebastien Ibeagha. It was the second goal this season for Vera and the fifth of his two-year career. Julio made it 2-0 with an unbelievable goal in the 24th minute, scoring from near midfield. Beavers set the record for youngest keeper to be credited with an assist at 19 years, 142 days. Dallas (9-13-7) pulled within a goal at halftime when Jesús Ferreira scored off a free kick in the first minute of stoppage time. Ferreira’s fifth goal of the season came after Paul Arriola drew a foul on Real Salt Lake midfielder Matt Crooks. Real Salt Lake regained a two-goal lead in the 62nd minute when Julio used the first career assist by 20-year-old Dominik Marczuk to score for the ninth time this season. Marczuk made his first

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Anderson Julio scored during first-half stoppage time, defender Philip Quinton added a second-half goal and Real Salt Lake ended a four-match winless streak with a 2-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday night. Real Salt Lake (13-6-8) had gone 0-3-1 since a 15-match unbeaten run. New England (8-15-2), which was making its first trip to Utah since 2018, was on the losing end of two of Real Salt Lake’s biggest victories at home — a 6-0 romp in 2009 and a 5-0 rout the following season. Julio scored unassisted three minutes into stoppage time to give Real Salt Lake a 1-0 lead this time around. Quinton scored in the 56th minute for a two-goal lead. It was Quinton’s second career goal and his first in eight starts and 12 appearances since coming over from the Columbus Crew. Braian Ojeda picked up his fourth assist of the season. Gavin Beavers finished with two saves to earn his third clean sheet in his eighth start in goal for Real Salt Lake. Aljaz Ivacic saved eight shots for the Revolution. Real Salt Lake played without Cristian “Chicho” Arango, who injured his hamstring in a 2-0 home loss

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Cristian Espinoza and Amahl Pellegrino scored first-half goals and the last-place San Jose Earthquakes knocked off Real Salt Lake and knocked out Cristian “Chicho” Arango with an injury in a 2-0 victory on Saturday night. Arango limped off the field with a right hamstring injury in the 41st minute for Real Salt Lake (12-6-8) after he was fouled by San Jose midfielder Carlos Gruezo with his team already down two goals. He was replaced by Anderson Julio. Arango and D.C. United’s Christian Benteke are tied for the league lead in the race for the Golden Boot with 17 goals this season. The Earthquakes (5-19-2), who entered play as the worst team in the league with just 14 points through three-quarters of the season, took a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute on Espinoza’s fourth goal of the campaign. Jackson Yueill notched his second assist on the score. San Jose grabbed a two-goal lead in the 33rd minute and took it into halftime when Amahl Pellegrino scored unassisted. Pellegrino has six goals in his first season in the league, covering 18 starts and 24 appearances. Daniel De Sousa Britto finished with four saves in goal for San

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Christian “Chicho” Arango scored his MLS-leading 17th goal of the season, Diego Luna added a goal and three assists and Real Salt Lake beat Atlanta United 5-2 Saturday night. Chicho’s header off a corner kick was blocked by defender Derrick Williams but Braian Ojeda was there for the putback, spinning as he whipped a volley into the net to give Real Salt Lake a 2-1 lead in the 59th minute. Chicho scored on a header, off a perfectly-placed free kick by Luna, in the 68th and Alexandros Katranis played a one-touch shot off a corner kick by Luna that found the net in the 78th minute and made it 4-1. Daniel Ríos answered moments later, heading home a cross by Brooks Lennon from the right side to the back post in the 80th before Luna capped the scoring in the 84th minute, when he scored from the center of the area. Atlanta (6-10-6), which had a four-game unbeaten streak snapped by a 2-1 to the New England Revolution last time out, has lost back-to-back games. Salt Lake (12-3-7) has just one loss in its last 18 games, dating to a 2-1 home loss to the Colorado

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Andrés Gómez had a goal and two assists, the second on Braian Ojeda’s first career goal to rally Real Salt Lake to a 3-2 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday night. Houston (8-7-6) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 8th minute when Ibrahim Aliyu used the first assists this season from Sebastian Kowalczyk and defender Franco Escobar to score his sixth goal of the campaign. Gómez pulled Real Salt Lake (11-3-7) even in the 22nd minute with his 11th goal this season. Bode Hidalgo notched his first assist of the season and the second of his career on the score. Rookie Matt Crooks and Gómez set up Diego Luna for a goal in the 42nd minute to give Real Salt Lake a 2-1 lead at halftime. It was the fourth netter of the season for Luna and the fifth assist for Crooks. The Dynamo got some help to even the score in the 55th minute on an own goal by Real Salt Lake defender Andrew Brody. Ojeda took passes from Gómez and Cristian “Chicho” Arango in the 67th minute and scored the winner. It was the ninth assist this season for Gómez and

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Utah Royals first-year coach Amy Rodriguez was fired after less than a season leading the revived NWSL club. The move on Sunday was part of an organizational shakeup for the struggling team, which is 2-11-2 and in last place in the league. Rodriguez, a former U.S. national team member, is the Royals all-time career goal scorer with 16 when she played there from 2018-20. Along with Rodriguez, the Royals released goalkeeper coach Maryse Bard-Martel and said that team president Michelle Hyncik is moving into a new legal role with the Blitzer Family Office. Jimmy Coenraets was appointed Utah’s interim head coach. Real Salt Lake president John Kimball will oversee business operations for the Royals during the search for a new club president. He thanked Rodriguez, Bard-Martel and Hyncik for their efforts. “While we have faced adversity this season, we are focused on building a team off and on the field that can compete at the highest levels for years to come,” he said in a statement. Utah plays at Seattle on Sunday. The Royals played in the NWSL from 2018 to 2020 before halting operations. Real Salt Lake owners Ryan Smith and David Blitzer re-established the