Sandy • For a Real Salt Lake team that had only lost once in its previous 10 games, the opportunity presented Saturday night to earn a result against the league-leading Los Angeles FC was unmistakeable.
From the moment of kickoff, RSL’s players were flying. They fought for loose balls. They made borderline miraculous saves and blocks to prevent goals. They kept Carlos Vela, Major League Soccer’s leading scorer and assister, at bay.
And it only took two bad plays for RSL to fall 2-0 to LAFC in front of a raucous crowd at Rio Tinto Stadium.