RSL Team Photo
Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT – Real Salt Lake suffered their first 2016 loss at Rio Tinto Stadium against the Houston Dynamo, the last place club in the Western Conference. With only 4 more matches in the regular season RSL finds itself struggling to get results even at home.
With an important match next week, we can only hope that we see a much needed Morales back on the pitch.
Petrescu awards 1st of 7 yellows on the night
Between the interesting take that Silvui Petrescu took on officiating tonight’s match, and the egregious time wasting by Houston from the start this was not one of the more entertaining nights.
It was a 36th minute goal by Alex, after he stripped the ball from John Stertzer, that made all the difference tonight as Houston was able to keep to their game plan. That game plan was to stay disciplined and to slow the game down as much as possible and they made RSL pay as the home club could never get into a good rhythm the entire night.
Tony Beltran in heavy traffic
There were a number of great chances for Real to equalize including a corner kick awarded the in the last few seconds of the match. RSL drops to 12-10-8 in league play, but for now they are still in 4th place in the Western Conference.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 0 0 0
Houston Dynamo 1 0 1
Scoring Summary:
HOU – Alex – 36′
Misconduct Summary:
HOU – Alex – 33′ – Unsporting Behavior
HOU – Shaenon Williams – 54′ – Time Wasting
HOU – Cristian Maidana – 69′ – Time Wasting
RSL – Tony Beltran – 77′ – Unsporting Behavior
HOU – Joe Willis – 81′ – Time Wasting
HOU – Ricardo Clark – 85′ – Unsporting Behavior
HOU – Eric Alexander – 90’+2′ Time Wasting
Officials
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistant Referee: Gianni Facchini
Assistant Referee: Cameron Blanchard
4th Official: Alex Chilowicz
Attendance: 19,795
Lineups:
Real Salt Lake: Nick Rimando; Tony Beltran; Justen Glad (Omar Holness, 79′); Jamison Olave; Demar Philips; Luke Mulholland (Olmes Garcia, 69′); John Stertzer (Jordan Allen, 51′); Kyle Beckerman (C); Juan Manuel Martinez; Yura Movsisyan; Joao Plata
Substitutes Not Used: Jeff Attinella; Chris Schuler; Ricardo Valzaco; Chris Wingert
Houston Dynamo: Joe Willis; Shaenon Williams; Raul Rodriguez; Jalil Anibaba; DeMarcus Beasley (C); Alex (Andrew Wenger, 57′); Ricardo Clark; Boniek Garcia; Collen Warner; Critian Maaidana; Mauro Manotas (Will Bruin, 84′)
Substitutes Not Used: Callum Irving; David Horst; Eric Alexander; Keyner Brown; Jose Escalante
Next up for RSL
Real Salt Lake.hosts the league leading FC Dallas at Rio Tinto Stadium Saturday, September 24th.