MLS

FT Saturday, June 17, 2023
Real Salt Lake DLWWD 2
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D.C. United WLDWL 1
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RSL112
DC011
Audi Field · 19,215 att.

Match Report

Pablo Ruiz's stunning shot helps Real Salt Lake top D.C. United

Pablo Ruiz scored a remarkable goal from just inside his own half of the field and visiting Real Salt Lake continued their strong away form with a 2-1 victory against 10-man D.C. United on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
5
62.1
Possession
37.9
18
SHOTS
15
8
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
463
Accurate Passes
236
520
Passes
309
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
20
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.4
73
Long Balls
55
52
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
7
8
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
5
Interceptions
7
18
Effective Clearances
16
18
Clearances
16

Highlights

00:37 Steve Birnbaum sent off for D.C. United Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RSL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

DC · 3-4-3

  1. 1Tyler MillerG
  2. 15Steve BirnbaumCD
  3. 3Derrick WilliamsCD-L
  4. 4Brendan Hines-IkeCD-R
  5. 17Lewis O'BrienCM-L
  6. 6Russell CanouseCM-R
  7. 72Gaoussou SamakeLM
  8. 8Christopher DurkinRM
  9. 20Christian BentekeF
  10. 43Mateusz KlichCF-L
  11. 12Cristián DájomeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Pedro SantosSUB
  2. 9Erik HurtadoSUB
  3. 23Donovan PinesSUB
  4. 14Andy NájarSUB
  5. 2RuanSUB
  6. 22Yamil AsadSUB
  7. 26Kristian FletcherSUB
  8. 33Jacob GreeneSUB
  9. 24Alex BonoSUB

RSL · 4-4-2

  1. 18Zac MacMathG
  2. 4Brayan VeraCD-L
  3. 15Justen GladCD-R
  4. 2Andrew BrodyLB
  5. 25Emeka EneliRB
  6. 7Pablo RuizCM-L
  7. 28Jasper LöeffelsendCM-R
  8. 26Diego LunaLM
  9. 11Andrés GómezRM
  10. 17Daniel MusovskiCF-L
  11. 8Damir KreilachCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Maikel ChangSUB
  2. 22Delentz PierreSUB
  3. 19Bode HidalgoSUB
  4. 27Bertin JacquessonSUB
  5. 24Tomás GómezSUB
  6. 35Gavin BeaversSUB
  7. 23Paul GindiriSUB
  8. 33Moses NyemanSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Steven Birnbaum (D.C. United) is shown the red card.
  3. 41' Goal! D.C. United 0, Real Salt Lake 1. Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing to the top right corner. Assisted by Andrew Brody.
  4. 45' Substitution, D.C. United. Ruan replaces Russell Canouse.
  5. 45' Substitution, D.C. United. Erik Hurtado replaces Mateusz Klich.
  6. 50' Chris Durkin (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 51' Goal! D.C. United 0, Real Salt Lake 2. Danny Musovski (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrés Gómez with a cross.
  8. 53' Goal! D.C. United 1, Real Salt Lake 2. Chris Durkin (D.C. United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ruan.
  9. 63' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Maikel Chang replaces Diego Luna.
  10. 63' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Bode Hidalgo replaces Andrés Gómez.
  11. 70' Substitution, D.C. United. Andy Najar replaces Gaoussou Samake.
  12. 75' Cristian Dájome (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 75' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Moses Nyeman replaces Jasper Löffelsend.
  14. 84' Substitution, D.C. United. Kristian Fletcher replaces Cristian Dájome.
  15. 84' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Ilijah Paul replaces Danny Musovski.
  16. 89' Brendan Hines-Ike (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+1' Zac MacMath (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+2' Substitution, D.C. United. Donovan Pines replaces Chris Durkin.

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