Real Salt Lake 1-0 http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Colorado-Rapids-c38849- USA Major League soccer recap
The clash of the top two sides in USA Major League soccer resulted in Real Salt Lake maintaining their superiority at the top after edging past Colorado Rapids by a 1-0 margin courtesy, 93rd minute strike from Edgar Fabian Espindola. The two sides
met on Thursday, April 14, at Rio Tinto Stadium.
The Claret and Cobalt went in with a standard 4-4-2 formation. Edgar Fabian Espindola and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nick-Rimando-c27720 guarded Real’s net.
Colorado, on the other hand also went in with the same standard formation. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Matt-Pickens-c24777 started in goal for Gary Smith’s side.
It was expected to be a mouth-watering affair as top two sides were in action on Thursday evening. Real got the game off to a decent start but soon the game lost its pace and most of the action was taking place in midfield. Jason Kreis’s side tried to make
early inroads but were forced clear courtesy of some steady defending by centre-back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marvell-Wynne-c24482.
The Royals enjoyed a majority of possession in the opening moments but were unable to take advantage of it. Colorado came out of their shell and applied some pressure but Salt’s defence was also on its toes as no team had the luxury of getting an early advantage.
Jamie Smith along with Cummings threatened Royal’s defence but were not able to break the deadlock as it remained 0-0 at half time.
The second half was expected to be played at a much faster pace as compared to the first half but the teams were more determined to stop the opposition from scoring. This approach went against the intensity of the game as fans were in for a monotonous journey
ahead.
The Rapids looked more eager as they pressed forward on quite a few occasions, compared to their opponents. Real’s defence though stood firm, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-Wingert-c9037 were outstanding at the back. None of the teams were able to break the deadlock as
the match moved towards its closing stages.
Real launched an inspired attack in the dying moments through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Morales-c18076, who had his shot bounced off the post only to be tapped in by Espindola on the 93rd
minute mark to earn a 1-0 lead for the Monarcas. This goal broke the Rapids heart and they were left with no time to make a comeback as RSL registered a sluggish 1-0 win.
With this win, RSL go top of the tree with 12 points from four games while Rapids stay second with 9 points. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Seattle-Sounders-FC-c40474 on the 22 April in their next
games.
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