Recap: Rangers rally for 2-2 draw with Real Monarchs

Nansel Selbol and Kharlton Belmar came off the bench to score second-half goals on Saturday as the Swope Park Rangers (12-5-5, 2nd place) rallied for a 2-2 draw against Real Monarchs (16-3-4, 1st place) in a battle of the top two teams in the USL’s Western Conference at Swope Soccer Village.

The visitors opened the scoring in the game’s eighth minute with a well-taken free kick from Daniel Haber. His fifth goal of the year curled over the wall from 25 yards out and into the top corner past a diving Adrian Zendejas.

Though Mark Anthony Gonzalez and Felipe Hernandez each came close to responding for SPR, it was the Real Monarchs who made the most of their chances in the first half and doubled…