Garcia and Borchers
Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT – After a full night of attacking the Timbers, Real Salt Lake falls late in stoppage time. This time it’s Nat Borchers who puts one past Nick Rimando after a Valeri corner kick.
RSL came into tonight’s match badly in need of some good news. After a rough road trip where the only high point was the win over Guatemalan team Municipal, there is a lot of work to do to keep any hopes of an MLS playoffs alive.
Jamison Olave back on the pitch.
Real Salt Lake in need of some defensive help looked much better with Olave back in the lineup. Just back from an injury Olave played almost all of the 90 minutes, only being pulled off late in the match because of some cramping.
Three great chances fell to the foot of Sebastian Jaime, one from six yards out, another from 12 yards out, and finally the last one from the top of the penalty area. He was unable to keep any of them on target.
Nick Rimando also had a great night in goal with the most impressive save coming in the 71st minute, when Maximilian Urruti sent the ball in to Diego Valeri who at point-blank range redirected the ball with his hip and Nick had to raise high and push the ball over the cross bar,
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 0 0 0
Portland Timbers 0 1 1
Scoring Summary:
POR– Nat Borchers – 90+5’
Misconduct Summary:
RSL– Demar Phillips(foul) – 12′
POR– Liam Ridgewell (foul) – 80′
Lineups: Real Salt Lake (7-9-8): Nick Rimando; Tony Beltran; Jamison Olave (Elias Vasquez, 86′); Demar Phillips; Aaron Maund; Kyle Beckerman (C); Javier Morales; Luke Mulholland; Luis Silva (Devon Sandoval, 89′); Olmes Garcia (Sebastian Salcedo, 76′); Sebastian Jaime
Substitutes Not Used: Jeff Attinella; Luis Gil; Justen Glad; John Stertzer
Portland Timbers (10-8-6): Adam Karasey; Alvas Powell; Nat Borchers; Liam Ridgewell; Jorge Villafana; Will Johnson (C) (Jack Jewsbury, 86′); Diego Chara; Darlington Nagbe (Dairon Asprilla 82′); Diego Valeri; Rodney Wallace; Lucas Melano (Maximiliano Urruti ,64′)
Substitutes Not Used: Jake Gleeson; Michael Nanchoff; Norberto Paparatto; Taylor Peay
Next up for RSL
Real Salt Lake takes on the Seattle Sounders at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday August 22nd.