After Real Salt Lake spent the first half of Sunday's Audi 2018 MLS Playoffs Western Conference Semifinal playing out of the back and keeping 70-percent possession, Sporting Kansas City head coach Peter Vermes had enough.
Aiming to put a little more pressure on the Salt Lake backline, his first substitution was inserting Diego Rubio. The replacement forward didn’t create the deflection on RSL 'keeper Nick Rimando's attempted clearance in the 61st minute, but did put it in the back of the net with his first touch of the game.
That not only equalized a match that finished 1-1, but also netted an important away goal ahead of the second leg.