RSL Soapbox · Aug 12, 2018
RSL draws with Montreal, dropping important home points
Real Salt Lake, needing a home win to keep their momentum alive and their playoff push going in the right direction, dropped two points to Montreal Impact in an intense match of back-and-forth soccer.
A 1-1 draw was perhaps a just result at the conclusion, but it was hardly the sort of thing RSL would have been hoping for.
RSL dodged an early bullet after the Impact broke down the right side of RSL’s defense, pushing past Brooks Lennon and forcing Nick Besler into some early heroics. But for some strong defensive play from the man replacing Marcelo Silva — a planned rest for the Uruguayan center back — Nick Rimando would have found himself one-on-one.