SANDY, Utah (AP) — Jesús Ferreira scored his team-high 12th goal of the season in the 14th minute, leading Dallas to a 1-0 victory on Saturday night that ended Real Salt Lake’s 10-match home unbeaten streak. Ferreira connected with a left-footed shot from 8 yards off a pass from Paxton Pomykal after Paul Arriola intercepted a throw-in. Ferreira is second in Major League Soccer in scoring behind New York City’s Valentín Castellanos. The 21-year-old Ferreira became the second MLS player with 30 career goals and 20 assists at 21 or younger, according to Opta, behind New England’s Diego Fagúndez. Maarten Paes had five saves for Dallas (8-6-8). RSL (9-7-6) outshot Dallas 25-7, including 5-2 on shots on target. Zac MacMath saved one shot or RSL. Both teams play again on Saturday. Dallas hosts the LA Galaxy and RSL visits the San Jose Earthquakes. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Enter your email below to start! Source link

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergio Cordova scored and Zac MacMath stopped one shot to lead Real Salt Lake to a 3-0 victory Sunday over Sporting Kansas City. Cordova put RSL (9-6-6) ahead for good at 1-0 in the 50th minute. Andrew Brody had an assist on the goal. Pablo Ruiz and Jefferson Savarino both scored once for RSL. RSL outshot Sporting KC (5-12-5) 18-5, with 10 shots on goal to one for Sporting KC. John Pulskamp saved seven of the 10 shots he faced for Sporting KC. Both teams are in action again on Saturday. RSL hosts Dallas and Sporting KC hosts Los Angeles FC. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Enter your email below to start! Source link

ATLANTA (AP) — Ronaldo Cisneros scored two first-half goals to spark Atlanta United to a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night. Cisneros scored in the 7th minute and polished off a brace in the 33rd with his team-leading sixth goal to stake Atlanta United (7-8-5) to a 2-0 lead. Five of Cisneros’ six scores have come in two matches. Johan Kappelhof scored the lone goal for RSL (8-7-6) in the 37th minute. Atlanta United outshot RSL 14-10 with a 7-4 advantage in shots on goal. Rocco Ríos Novo had three saves for Atlanta. Zac MacMath saved five for RSL. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Enter your email below to start! Source link

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Real Salt Lake took advantage of a red card on Dani Pereira, scoring two second-half goals to notch a 2-1 victory over Austin FC on Saturday. Mikael Chang knotted the score at 1-1 for RSL (5-3-4) with a goal in the 55th minute after Pereira was given a red card for a push that denied Bobby Wood’s obvious scoring chance at the edge of the box shortly after the restart. Andrew Brody netted the game-winner in the 88th minute with an assist from Anderson Julio. Alexander Ring gave Austin FC (6-3-2), which announced on Friday that the club signed head coach Josh Wolff to a three-year extension, a 1-0 lead in the 24th minute. Diego Fagundez picked up his league-leading seventh assist on the score. RSL outshot Austin 15-8 with an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal. Zac MacMath had two saves for RSL. Andrew Tarbell saved six for Austin ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Enter your email below to start! Source link

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dave Romney broke a scoreless tie with a goal in the 63rd minute, C.J. Sapong scored in stoppage time and Nashville SC notched its first win in its new home with a 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake in MLS play on Sunday. Joe Willis saved the only two shots he faced for Nashville (4-3-3), which opened GEODIS Park last weekend with a 1-1 draw against Philadelphia and has now gone 21 straight games without a home loss. Nashville and Colorado are both on 21-game unbeaten streaks at home, tied for the seventh longest in MLS history. Next up are the 22-match runs of Portland (2013-14) and the Columbus Crew (2008-09). Nashville outshot Real Salt Lake 17-6 with a 9-2 advantage in shots on goal. Zac MacMath saved seven of the nine shots he faced for RSL (4-3-4). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Enter your email below to start! Source link

Real Salt Lake midfielder Maikel Chang, top, dribbles past Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Jonathan Bond (1) on a drive during an MLS soccer match in Sandy, Utah, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP) SANDY, Utah (AP) — Marcelo Silva, Zac MacMath and a late video review led Real Salt Lake to a 1-0 victory over the LA Galaxy in MLS action on Saturday. Silva scored the only goal just four minutes into the second half — heading in a corner kick by Pablo Ruiz — and MacMath saved all four shots he faced for RSL (4-2-4), which ended a five-match winless streak. Dejan Joveljic appeared to score the equalizer in second-half stoppage time for the Galaxy (5-3-1), but an LA foul disallowed the goal after a video review. The Galaxy had a 12-7 edge in shots, but RSL had five shots on goal to four for LA. Jonathan Bond saved four of the five shots he faced for the Galaxy, who saw a four-match unbeaten streak end. MacMath’s saves all came in the second half. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your inbox every

Portland Timbers defender Claudio Bravo (5) splits between Real Salt Lake’s Bobby Wood, left, and Maikel Chang during an MLS soccer match Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Portland, Ore. (Sean Meagher/The Oregonian via AP) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Zac MacMath made five saves and Real Salt Lake held off the Portland Timbers for a scoreless draw Saturday night. The Timbers (2-2-6) remained undefeated in their past three games. They also played to a 0-0 draw at Houston last Saturday. Real Salt Lake (3-2-5) was routed 6-0 last weekend by NYCFC, and then lost an Open Cup match to the third-division side Colorado Hailstorm 1-0 on Wednesday night. “We just really needed to put in a team effort,” MacMath said. “There was a lot more discipline this week than last week, and I think you can tell that the guys did a great job with it.” Portland beat RSL in all four of their meetings last season, outscoring them 14-4. The last time an MLS team had a four-game sweep of an opponent was in 2010, when the Galaxy swept the Sounders. Sebastian Blanco, who has seven goals and seven assists all-time against RSL, couldn’t break through

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Jayden Nelson scored his first MLS goal to help Toronto earn a 2-2 draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday. Nelson scored the equalizer in the 79th minute for Toronto (2-2-2). Toronto’s Kosi Thompson and RSL’s Justin Meram both had goals in the first 10 minutes. Damir Kreilach staked RSL (3-1-3) to a 2-1 lead just before halftime when he chested a pass from Makiel Chang and finished past Alex Bono. Real Salt Lake outshot Toronto 12-6 and had a 5-3 edge in shots on goal. Zac MacMath saved one of the three shots he faced for RSL. Bono had three saves for Toronto. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Enter your email below to start! Source link

Colorado Rapids midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye, center, fights for control of the ball as Real Salt Lake midfielders Scott Caldwell, left, and Maikel Chang defend during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Lalas Abubakar scored the tying goal for the Colorado Rapids in a 1-1 tie with Real Salt Lake on Saturday. Abubakar’s goal came in the 56th minute for the Rapids (2-1-2). Pablo Ruiz scored the lone goal for RSL (3-1-2). The Rapids outshot RSL 15-5, with seven shots on goal to three for RSL. William Yarbrough saved two of the three shots he faced for the Rapids. Zac MacMath had six saves for RSL. Both teams next play Saturday. The Rapids visit Dallas and RSL hosts Toronto. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Enter your email below to start! Source link

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Johnny Russell scored the decisive goal as Sporting Kansas City earned a 1-0 win Saturday over Real Salt Lake. Russell’s game-winner came in the 81st minute to secure the win for Sporting KC (2-3-0). RSL (3-1-1) outshot Sporting KC 12-8, with zero shots on goal to five for Sporting KC. Zac MacMath saved four of the five shots he faced for RSL. Both teams next play Saturday. Sporting KC visits the Vancouver Whitecaps and RSL visits the Colorado Rapids. Free News Delivery by Email Would you like to have the day’s news stories delivered right to your inbox every evening? Enter your email below to start! Source link