Real Salt Lake came from behind in the second half to earn a 2-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo. The win feeds Salt Lake's red hot start, while the loss for Houston continues a disappointing beginning to the season.
The Dynamo got on the score sheet first when Giles Barnes reset a play in the penalty area and found Leonel Miranda at the top of the eighteen. Miranda's shot took a deflection off Jamison Olave's arm, and Nick Rimando never had a chance to get there.
Salt Lake roared back with an equalizer and the go ahead goal in quick succession. Justen Glad picked up his first career assist with a nice turn at the top of the penalty area to feed Jordan Allen for a rocket that was his second career goal and the equalizer. Eight minutes later, RSL turned possession into a great team goal ending the sequence with Demar Phillips sending a great low cross into the penalty area from the wing that Yura Movsisyan slid into.
RSL defender Aaron Maund had to leave the match in the 36' with a right hamstring strain, replaced by Olave.
Real Salt Lake (5-1-2, 17 points) vs. Houston Dynamo (1-5-2, 5 points)
MLS Regular Season
April 30, 2016—Rio Tinto Stadium—Sandy, Utah
Attendance: 19,950
Scoring Summary:
HOU: Leonel Miranda 1 (Giles Barnes 1) 54
RSL: Jordan Allen 1 (Justen Glad 2) 62
RSL: Yura Movsisyan 2 (Demar Phillips 1, Jordan Allen 1) 70
Houston Dynamo: Joe Willis; Sheanon Williams, Raúl RodrÃguez, Agus GarcÃa, DaMarcus Beasley (Cristian Maidana 83); Collen Warner (Will Bruin 75); Andrew Wenger, Ricardo Clark, Boniek GarcÃa (Erick Torres 83), Leonel Miranda; Giles Barnes ©
Substitutes Not Used: Calle Brown, David Rocha, Abdoulie Mansally, David Horst
TOTAL SHOTS: 12 (Andrew Wenger 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 5 (Leonel Miranda 2) FOULS: 17 (Giles Barnes 4); OFFSIDES: 2 (Giles Barnes 2); CORNER KICKS: 5 (Boniek GarcÃa 3); SAVES: 4 (Joe Willis 4)
Real Salt Lake: Nick Rimando, Tony Beltran, Justin Glad, Aaron Maund (Jamison Olave 36), Demar Phillips; Sunny (Luke Mulholland 85), Kyle Beckerman, Javier Morales; Juan Martinez (Devon Sandoval 88), Yura Movsisyan, Jordan Allen
Substitutes Not Used: Jeff Attinella, Chris Wingert, John Stertzer, Olmes Garcia
TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Juan Martinez 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Juan Martinez 2); FOULS: 7 (Demar Phillips 2, Jordan Allen 2); OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 8 (Javier Morales 6); SAVES: 4 (Nick Rimando 4)
Disciplinary Summary:
HOU: DaMarcus Beasley (caution) 3
HOU: Ricardo Clark (caution) 24
Referee: Nima Saghafi
Referee’s Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Ian Anderson
Fourth Official: Alan Kelly
