MLS

FT Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Real Salt Lake LLWLW 4
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San Jose Earthquakes DWLDL 3
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SJ123
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Match Report

Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports

Real Salt Lake edge San Jose Earthquakes in thriller, Rubin nets twice as Lopez hat trick in vain

Rubio Rubin scored two goals to lead Real Salt Lake to a 4-3 victory over the host San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
15
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
9
46.5
Possession
53.5
18
SHOTS
13
13
ON GOAL
6
0.7
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
278
Accurate Passes
333
379
Passes
424
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
8
Crosses
17
0.6
Cross %
0.1
59
Long Balls
61
23
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
0
6
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
17
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
19
13
Effective Clearances
5
13
Clearances
5

Head to Head

SJ leads series 4-1

Lineups

SJ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1JT MarcinkowskiG
  2. 4Oswaldo AlanísCD-L
  3. 15Tanner BeasonCD-R
  4. 27Marcos LópezLB
  5. 2Luciano AbecasisRB
  6. 14Jackson YueillAM
  7. 5Eric RemediLM
  8. 93JudsonRM
  9. 8Chris WondolowskiF
  10. 7Carlos FierroAM-L
  11. 9Javier LópezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Jack SkahanSUB
  2. 22Tommy ThompsonSUB
  3. 25Andrés RíosSUB
  4. 44Cade CowellSUB
  5. 29Jacob AkanyirigeSUB
  6. 10Cristian EspinozaSUB
  7. 28Benjamin KikanovicSUB
  8. 3Paul MarieSUB
  9. 17Daniel VegaSUB

RSL · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1David OchoaG
  2. 30Marcelo SilvaCD-L
  3. 15Justen GladCD-R
  4. 13Nick BeslerDM
  5. 4Danny ToiaLB
  6. 16Maikel ChangRB
  7. 11Albert RusnákAM
  8. 9Justin MeramLM
  9. 10Jonathan MenéndezRM
  10. 14Rubio RubínCF-L
  11. 8Damir KreilachCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Erik HoltSUB
  2. 19Bode HidalgoSUB
  3. 29Anderson JulioSUB
  4. 3Ashtone MorganSUB
  5. 6Pablo RuizSUB
  6. 23Milan IloskiSUB
  7. 51Andrew PutnaSUB
  8. 44Toni DatkovicSUB
  9. 43Justin PortilloSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Nick Besler (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Erik Holt replaces Marcelo Silva because of an injury.
  3. 26' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Real Salt Lake 0. Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luciano Abecasis.
  4. 45'+2' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Real Salt Lake 1. Rubio Rubín (Real Salt Lake) with an attempt from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Pablo Ruiz replaces Jonathan Menéndez.
  6. 49' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Real Salt Lake 2. Albert Rusnák (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pablo Ruiz.
  7. 50' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 2, Real Salt Lake 2. Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 59' Judson (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 62' Albert Rusnák (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 63' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Cristian Espinoza replaces Luciano Abecasis.
  11. 63' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Cade Cowell replaces Carlos Fierro.
  12. 63' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Paul Marie replaces Judson.
  13. 64' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Benjamin Kikanovic replaces Chris Wondolowski.
  14. 64' Donny Toia (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 65' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 3, Real Salt Lake 2. Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the top right corner following a corner.
  16. 69' Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 71' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 3, Real Salt Lake 3. Justin Meram (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Albert Rusnák with a cross following a set piece situation.
  18. 72' Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 73' Damir Kreilach (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 80' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Andrés Ríos replaces Javier López.
  21. 81' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 3, Real Salt Lake 4. Rubio Rubín (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Albert Rusnák with a through ball.
  22. 82' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio replaces Rubio Rubín.
  23. 83' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Toni Datkovic replaces Maikel Chang.
  24. 89' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Ashtone Morgan replaces Justin Meram.

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