Colorado Rapids goalkeeper William Yarbrough, front, tumbles to the pitch after stopping a shot by Real Salt Lake midfielder Anderson Julio in the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Real Salt Lake scored three times in the first half and held on for a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. Real Salt Lake (4-6-3) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute when Pablo Ruiz took a pass from Bode Hidalgo and scored for a second time this season. Danny Musovski stretched the lead to 2-0 nine minutes later with an unassisted goal — his first of the season. Defender Danny Wilson pulled Colorado (2-6-6) within a goal in the 33rd minute, using an assist from Connor Ronan to score his first of the season. Damir Kreilach scored his second goal of the season when he took passes from Rubio Rubín and Bertin Jacquesson and found the net in the 44th minute, giving Real Salt Lake a 3-1 lead into halftime. Wilson and Ronan notched assists in the 74th minute on a goal by defender Lalas Abubakar —

Real Salt Lake forward Danny Musovski (17) and Portland Timbers defender Claudio Bravo, right, compete for the ball during the second half of an MLS soccer match Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Sandy, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) SANDY, Utah (AP) — Real Salt Lake’s Zac MacMath and the Portland Timbers’ Aljaz Ivacic both finished with four saves as the two clubs played to a scoreless tie after a very lengthy weather delay to start the match on Wednesday night. Portland (4-5-4) had lost two straight in the series heading into play. Real Salt Lake (3-6-3) scored seven goals in the two wins over the Timbers — a club record for a two-match span. Real Salt Lake has been shut out in its last four matches and has been blanked in seven of its 12 matches this season. The seven clean sheets ties Sporting KC for most in the league this season. The Timbers couldn’t find the net after scoring twice in the first 18 minutes of a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps last week. Real Salt Lake took 17 shots to just 10 for Portland. Both teams had four shots on goal. Real Salt Lake travels to play the

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Dénis Bouanga scored his league-leading ninth goal of the season to lead Los Angeles FC to a 3-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. LAFC (6-1-3) beat Real Salt Lake (3-6-2) for a seventh straight time and improved to 11-1-0 in the series. Kwadwo Opoku picked up his first goal — with an assist from Ilie Sánchez — since scoring in the season opener to stake LAFC to a 1-0 lead in the 8th minute. Bouanga stretched the lead to 2–0 when he took a pass from Carlos Vela and scored in the 35th minute. Mateusz Bogusz subbed in for Vela in the 80th minute and scored on a penalty kick in the 87th to complete the scoring. John McCarthy finished with five saves to earn the clean sheet for LAFC. Zac MacMatch saved one shot for Real Salt Lake. LAFC earned a road win for just the third time in its last 12 tries. LAFC moved past expansion St. Louis City and into second place in the Western Conference with the victory, two points behind the Seattle Sounders. Real Salt Lake was coming off back-to-back scoreless draws and was unbeaten in its last

Houston Dynamo’s Iván Franco, center challenges Real Salt Lake’s Brayan Vera (4) for the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) HOUSTON (AP) — Steve Clark had five saves for the Houston Dynamo and Zac MacMatch saved four shots for Real Salt Lake as the two teams played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night. Real Salt Lake (3-5-2) improves to 5-0-6 in its last 11 match-ups with Houston (4-3-2). Real Salt Lake’s 11-match unbeaten run against Houston is its longest streak against a single opponent. The Dynamo’s drought against RSL is its longest against a single opponent. Houston last beat Real Salt Lake in May of 2017. Clark and the Dynamo have not yielded a goal in five straight matches at home, winning the first four. Houston entered play as the third team in league history to begin a season with four shutout wins at home. The Dynamo had a 16-13 advantage in shots but took just five on goal. RSL had four shots on target. Real Salt Lake returns home to host Los Angeles FC on Saturday. Houston will host the Seattle Sounders on Saturday.

Real Salt Lake forward Danny Musovski (17) leaps in front of Seattle Sounders defender Jackson Ragen (25) for the ball during an MLS soccer match Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Sandy, Utah. (Ryan Sun/The Deseret News via AP) SANDY, Utah (AP) — Stefan Frei finished with three saves to help the Seattle Sounders earn a scoreless draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Frei’s league-high sixth clean sheet of the season helped Seattle (6-2-2) earn a point for just the second time in its last 11 trips to Sandy. Zac MacMath turned away the only shot on goal he faced for Real Salt Lake (3-5-1). RSL was trying to win back-to-back matches for the first time in its last nine attempts, instead falling to 0-5-4 following a win. The Sounders improve to 4-1-1 in their last six matches. Seattle’s only loss was a 4-1 defeat at the hands of the Portland Timbers, conceding four goals in an 18-minute span after grabbing a 1-0 lead. Frei and the Sounders have yielded just three goals in their other 882 minutes of play this season. Seattle moved a point ahead of expansion St. Louis City atop the Western Conference standings thanks to

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Jefferson Savarino scored the go-ahead goal early in the second half and Andrés Gómez had a goal and an assist to guide Real Salt Lake to a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night. Savarino gave Real Salt Lake (3-5-0) the lead when he took a pass from Gómez and scored in the 54th minute. Jasper Löffelsend scored in the 39th minute — with an assist from Danny Musovski — to give Real Salt Lake the lead at halftime. Cristian Espinoza pulled San Jose (4-3-2) even when he scored unassisted four minutes into the second half. Gómez added an insurance goal in the 80th minute with an assist from Bryan Oviedo. Real Salt Lake had a 13-10 advantage in shots and a 6-4 edge in shots on goal. Zac MacMath saved two shots for Real Salt Lake. JT Marcinkowski had three saves for San Jose. Real Salt Lake has scored multiple goals in its last five matches against the Earthquakes after doing so only three times in the previous 16 match-ups. San Jose travels to play Austin on Saturday. Real Salt Lake remains home to host the Seattle Sounders on Saturday. Free News

Seattle Sounders defender Yeimar Gomez, left, heads the ball away from Real Salt Lake forward Rubio Rubin during the second half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Seattle. The Sounders won 2-0. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond) SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Morris scored his league-leading third goal of the season and Stefan Frei posted his second straight clean sheet to spark the Seattle Sounders to a 2–0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Morris, who last week became the first player to score two goals in his first match of the season three different times, gave the Sounders (2-0-0) a 1-0 lead in the 35th minute. Alex Roldan had an assist on the score. Roldan picked up his second assist on a goal by Héber in the 58th minute. Real Salt Lake (1-1-0) was trying to open with back-to-back victories for only the fourth time in franchise history. Real Salt Lake beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 in its opener, extending its record streak to 14 straight openers without a loss. RSL has just two wins in its last 17 visits to Seattle. The Sounders routed the Colorado Rapids in their first game 4-0. It marked the