Ten-Man Real Salt Lake Drops 1-2 Decision To Seattle
Published on May 28, 2011 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release
SANDY, Utah - Real Salt Lake saw its MLS-record 29-game home unbeaten streak snapped tonight with a 2-1 loss at the hands of Western Conference rival Seattle Sounders FC (5-4-5, 20 pts.) Saturday night in a game that saw all three goals scored after the 58th-minute ejection of RSL DF Jamison Olave.
In the cold and rain uncharacteristic of Memorial Day Weekend in Utah, Real Salt Lake (5-2-2, 17 pts.) saw goals by Sounders DF Patrick Ianni and FW Lamar Neagle back the home side into the corner. RSL MF Nelson González pulled one goal back in the 87th minute off teenager MF Luis Gil's first career assist, but Head Coach Jason Kreis' team suffered its first Rio Tinto Stadium loss in MLS play since May 16, 2009.
Throughout the first 58 minutes, Real Salt Lake enjoyed the majority of the possession and was stoned on several occasions by legendary Seattle GK Kasey Keller, who made five saves on the evening. The return from injury by FW Fabian EspÃndola provided the guile and danger that had gone missing on the RSL attack in recent weeks, yet it was 2010 MLS Defender of the Year Jamison Olave's takedown of Sounders FC FW Mike Fucito that changed the complexion of the game, with referee Mark Kadlecik adjudicating in his fourth career MLS game that Olave was the last defender and denied Fucito an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. The Olave red card was just the second card of the evening.
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