SANDY. Real Salt Lake and DC United didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..
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 Kevin Broadley with the support of Corey Rockwell and Adam Garner. The 4th official was Ismail Elfath. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19 degrees Celsius or 66.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 32%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 16 Total 8
- 6 On Target 3
- 10 Off Target 5
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 95 Attack 90
- 59 Dangerous attack 32
- 60 Ball safe 60
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Real Salt Lake had a strong ball possession 55% while DC United was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Real Salt Lake was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Real Salt Lake to win the match.
Real Salt Lake shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, DC United shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Real Salt Lake received 2 yellow cards (M. Silva and A. Herrera). Talking about the opposition, DC United received 3 yellow cards (C. Durkin, M. Akinmboni and D. Ochoa).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this contest, Real Salt Lake will have 43 points to hold in the 7th place. On the other side, DC United will have 27 points to hold in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake will host Portland Timbers on the 9th of October with a 13-11 head to head stats in favor of Portland Timbers (9 draws).
DC United will host Cincinnati on the 8th of October with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of DC United (4 draws).
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
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Real Salt Lake started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Pablo Andrés Mastroeni decided to play with the following team: Zac MacMath , Aaron Herrera , Justen Glad , Marcelo Silva , Andrew Brody , Maikel Chang , Jasper Loffelsend , Pablo Ruiz , Justin Meram , Sergio Córdova and Jefferson Savarino .
The home team had on the bench: Scott Caldwell, Braian Ojeda , Diego Luna, Tomas Gomez, Bryan Oviedo, Johan Kappelhof, Daniel Musovski , Anderson Julio and Rubio Rubin .
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 4 changes: J. Loffelsend for B. Ojeda (68′), M. Chang for A. A. Julio Santos (68′), S. Cordova for R. Rubin (68′) and J. Meram for D. Musovski (77′).
Best player: Justin Meram
The player that probably impressed the most for Real Salt Lake was Justin Meram.
His rating is with 32 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
DC United – Formation
DC United
DC United started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Wayne Mark Rooney played with: David Ochoa , Donovan Pines , Victor Pálsson , Matai Akinmboni , Jackson Hopkins , Russell Canouse , Christopher Durkin , Ravel Morrison , Andy Najar , Ola Kamara and Christian Benteke .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Chris Odoi-Atsem , Kimarni Smith, Rafael Romo, Sofiane Djeffal , Tony Alfaro , Sami Guediri, Miguel Berry , Drew Skundrich and Martín Rodríguez .
Substitutions
DC United made 5 changes: J. Hopkins for C. Odoi-Atsem (46′), M. Akinmboni for T. Alfaro (46′), R. Canouse for M. Rodriguez (59′), C. Durkin for S. Djeffal (59′) and O. Kamara for M. Berry (77′).
Best player: David Ochoa
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for DC United was the goalkeeper: David Ochoa. His rating is 7.83. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Portland Timbers – Minnesota United – 1-0
- Seattle Sounders – Austin – 3-0
- Chicago Fire – Inter Miami – 3-1
- Real Salt Lake – DC United – 0-0
- Colorado Rapids – Vancouver Whitecaps – 3-1
- Houston Dynamo – Sporting KC – 0-0
- Dallas – Los Angeles FC – 2-1
