It was, it turns out, time for a Real Salt Lake win at home, with Damir Kreilach the hero in a 2-1 win against Chicago Fire.
RSL started as the aggressor, but it was Chicago Fire that nearly had the opening goal early in the match. Aaron Herrera, playing left back again, found himself being spun by Chicago’s Raheem Edwards; Alan Gordon’s header from the cross splayed unremarkably wide.
Gordon, of course, who hadn’t scored against RSL since 2012. Long memories have left him as a bit of an RSL foe, though one could easily argue there is no true justification to that declaration.