That was a fun match, wasn’t it? Here are some quick statistical musings that make this a particularly fun match to break down.
Passing
Of Sunny’s 54 attempted passes, only one went astray. He ended the match with just over 98 percent passing accuracy.
He wasn’t the only player to keep a good passing accuracy rate, though. Jefferson Savarino (51 passes, 88.2 percent success), Albert Rusnak (65, 86.2 percent), Joao Plata (56, 89.3 percent) and Tony Beltran (51, 86.3 percent) each had over 85 percent passing accuracy, and each had over 50 passes attempted.
For the first time since 2013, Real Salt Lake won on turf.