Real Salt Lake’s quest for the postseason came to an end tonight as they suffered a 2-1 loss at the hands of the LA Galaxy. The loss puts RSL too far behind 8th-place San Jose to mathematically have a chance of qualifying for the playoffs. Goals from Geancarlo Gonzalez and Cristian Pavon lifted the home side to a victory. A late goal from Douglas Martinez gave RSL a glimmer of hope, but they were ultimately unable to make anything else happen beyond that.
The Galaxy struck first when Sebastian Lletget sent a free kick in toward the goal, when Geancarlo Gonzalez jumped and got his head to it, sending the ball sailing past Putna to his right to give the home side an early lead in the 19th minute.