Major League Soccer: Real Salt Lake prevails over Nashville SC 2-1
SANDY. Real Salt Lake prevailed over Nashville SC to win 2-1.
SANDY. Real Salt Lake topped Nashville SC to win 2-1. It was Real Salt Lake to strike first with an early goal of B. Wood at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 25′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, T. Schmitt gave the win to Real Salt Lake in the 54′ minute with a goal.
D. McCarty received a red card (90′). This red card was one of the reason why Nashville SC lost the match.
The match was played at the Rio Tinto Stadium stadium in Sandy on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Tori Penso with the help of Jose Da Silva and Brooke Mayo. The 4th official was Jair Marrufo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 12.7 degrees Celsius or 54.93 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 30%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Real Salt Lake was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Nashville SC that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Nashville SC was more aggressive with 21 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Real Salt Lake was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Real Salt Lake shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Nashville SC shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Real Salt Lake received 1 yellow card (T. Schmitt). On the other side, Nashville SC received 3 yellow cards (D. Lovitz, W. Zimmerman and D. McCarty).
Also, Nashville SC didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after D. McCarty (Nashville SC) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).
After this match, Real Salt Lake will have 7 points like Los Angeles FC, Columbus Crew, Orlando City and Atlanta United to move up in the 10th place. On the other side, Nashville SC will stay with 4 points like Dallas, Houston Dynamo, New England, New York City and Toronto to move up in the 20th place.
Match Events
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2'2'
B. Wood
J. Meram
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24'24'
T. Schmitt
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25'25'
W. Zimmerman
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41'41'
D. Lovitz
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53'53'
W. Zimmerman
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54'54'
T. Schmitt
M. Chang
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57'57'
C. Sapong
T. Bunbury
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63'63'
A. Herrera
J. Glad
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63'63'
S. Cordova
B. Wood
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74'74'
A. Loba
A. Muyl
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74'74'
D. McCarty
A. Godoy
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78'78'
E. Luiz
P. Ruiz
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79'79'
J. Loffelsend
J. Meram
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84'84'
B. Davis
M. Chang
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90'90'
D. McCarty
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90'90'
D. McCarty
Next match
In the upcoming Major League Soccer match, Real Salt Lake will play away with Sporting KC on the 26th of March with a 16-12 head to head in favor of Real Salt Lake (10 draws).
Nashville SC will play away with Columbus Crew on the 2nd of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Columbus Crew (3 draws).
Real Salt Lake: Formation and Lineups
Real Salt Lake started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Pablo Andrés Mastroeni chose to play with the following team: .
Substitutes
Real Salt Lake made 5 changes: J. Glad for A. Herrera (63′), B. Wood for S. Cordova (63′), P. Ruiz for E. Luiz (78′), J. Meram for J. Loffelsend (79′) and M. Chang for B. Davis (84′).
Nashville SC: Formation and Lineups
Nashville SC started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).
On the other side, Gary Smith played with: .
Substitutes
Nashville SC made 3 changes: T. Bunbury for C. Sapong (57′), A. Muyl for A. Loba (74′) and A. Godoy for D. McCarty (74′).
Results of the day
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