Real Salt Lake vs St. Louis CITY SC, 2024 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS

Real Salt Lake

70': Cristian Arango
84': Cristian Arango (P)
90'+1': Cristian Arango

FT
3 - 1

St. Louis CITY SC

3': Indiana Vassilev

Cristian Arango's hat trick leads Real Salt Lake past St. Louis City

Cristian Arango scored three second-half goals, including a go-head marker on a penalty kick, as Real Salt Lake overcame an early defensive lapse to defeat visiting St. Louis City 3-1 on Saturday night at Sandy, Utah.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
2': Foul by Matt Crooks (Real Salt Lake).
3': Goal! Real Salt Lake 0, St. Louis City SC 1. Indiana Vassilev (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
6': Attempt missed. Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matt Crooks.
9': Offside, Real Salt Lake. Cristian Arango is caught offside.
12': Offside, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio is caught offside.
13': Foul by Tomas Totland (St. Louis City SC).
13': Matt Crooks (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
15': Offside, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio is caught offside.
18': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Joshua Yaro.
19': Attempt blocked. Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
19': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Anthony Markanich.
19': Foul by Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake).
19': Njabulo Blom (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Attempt missed. Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
23': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Alexandros Katranis.
25': Attempt missed. Joshua Yaro (St. Louis City SC) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Markanich with a headed pass following a corner.
25': Offside, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio is caught offside.
27': Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
27': Foul by Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake).
28': Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC).
28': Aziel Jackson (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Foul by Bode Hidalgo (Real Salt Lake).
28': Bode Hidalgo (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
30': Bode Hidalgo (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the right wing.
30': Foul by Anthony Markanich (St. Louis City SC).
30': Anthony Markanich (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Roman Bürki.
32': Attempt missed. Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bode Hidalgo with a cross following a corner.
35': Attempt blocked. Indiana Vassilev (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Klauss.
35': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Justen Glad.
36': Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the right wing.
36': Foul by Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC).
40': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Justen Glad.
41': Attempt missed. Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aziel Jackson with a cross following a corner.
42': Foul by Matt Crooks (Real Salt Lake).
42': Tomas Totland (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by João Klauss (St. Louis City SC).
44': Attempt missed. Matt Crooks (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Emeka Eneli.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Matt Crooks (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bode Hidalgo.
45'+1': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Joshua Yaro.
45'+1': Andrew Brody (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45'+1': Foul by Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC).
45'+2': First Half ends, Real Salt Lake 0, St. Louis City SC 1.
45': Second Half begins Real Salt Lake 0, St. Louis City SC 1.
46': Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
46': Foul by Tim Parker (St. Louis City SC).
46': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Chris Durkin.
48': Foul by Tomas Totland (St. Louis City SC).
48': Matt Crooks (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Anthony Markanich.
50': Delay in match because of an injury João Klauss (St. Louis City SC).
51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
52': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Joshua Yaro.
53': Delay in match because of an injury Njabulo Blom (St. Louis City SC).
53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
55': Foul by Tomas Totland (St. Louis City SC).
55': Matt Crooks (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Aziel Jackson (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Foul by Emeka Eneli (Real Salt Lake).
56': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Andrés Gómez replaces Bode Hidalgo.
59': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Tim Parker.
60': Attempt missed. João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a fast break.
62': Foul by Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake).
62': Indiana Vassilev (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Anthony Markanich.
67': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Diego Luna replaces Matt Crooks.
68': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Samuel Adeniran replaces Indiana Vassilev.
68': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Kyle Hiebert replaces Tomas Totland.
69': Attempt missed. Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Emeka Eneli.
70': Goal! Real Salt Lake 1, St. Louis City SC 1. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexandros Katranis.
72': Attempt saved. Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Klauss.
73': Attempt blocked. Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrés Gómez with a cross.
73': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Joshua Yaro.
76': Delay in match because of an injury Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake).
76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
76': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Maikel Chang replaces Anderson Julio because of an injury.
77': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Tomás Ostrák replaces Aziel Jackson.
77': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Rasmus Alm replaces João Klauss.
78': Foul by Tim Parker (St. Louis City SC).
78': Maikel Chang (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the right wing.
79': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Tim Parker.
81': Penalty conceded by Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
84': Goal! Real Salt Lake 2, St. Louis City SC 1. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
85': Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the left wing.
85': Foul by Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC).
88': Attempt saved. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zac MacMath.
88': Attempt missed. Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
88': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Nökkvi Thórisson replaces Chris Durkin.
89': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Brayan Vera.
90': Foul by Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake).
90': Roman Bürki (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Goal! Real Salt Lake 3, St. Louis City SC 1. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Luna.
90'+3': Rasmus Alm (St. Louis City SC) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
90'+8': Attempt missed. Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tomás Ostrák.
90'+9': Emeka Eneli (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+9': Foul by Tim Parker (St. Louis City SC).
90'+9': Tim Parker (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+11': Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+11': Foul by Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC).
90'+13': Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+13': Foul by Kyle Hiebert (St. Louis City SC).
90'+14': Second Half ends, Real Salt Lake 3, St. Louis City SC 1.
0': Match ends, Real Salt Lake 3, St. Louis City SC 1.

Statistics

STL		RSL
15	Fouls	8
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	4
4	Corner Kicks	11
1	Saves	2
43.6	Possession	56.4
9	SHOTS	12
2	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
243	Accurate Passes	347
336	Passes	426
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	3
16	Crosses	30
0.3	Cross %	0.1
53	Long Balls	66
17	Accurate Long Balls	36
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	3
15	Effective Tackles	6
22	Tackles	11
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
10	Interceptions	6
25	Effective Clearances	11
25	Clearances	11

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: America First Field
Location: Sandy, Utah, USA
Attendance: 19,357

Line-Ups

Real Salt Lake (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
18	Zac MacMath (GK)
4	Brayan Vera
15	Justen Glad
98	Alexandros Katranis
2	Andrew Brody
9	Cristian Arango
6	Braian Ojeda
14	Emeka Eneli
29	Anderson Julio
25	Matt Crooks
19	Bode Hidalgo

Real Salt Lake Substitutes:

Marcelo Silva, Maikel Chang, Gavin Beavers, Andres Gomez, Diego Luna, Bryan Oviedo, Nelson Palacio, Erik Holt.

St. Louis CITY SC (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Roman Bürki (GK)
26	Tim Parker
15	Joshua Yaro
13	Anthony Markanich
14	Tomas Totland
25	Aziel Jackson
6	Njabulo Blom
8	Christopher Durkin
9	João Klauss
12	Célio Pompeu
19	Indiana Vassilev

St. Louis CITY SC Substitutes:

Tomas Ostrak, Nökkvi Thórisson, Rasmus Alm, Kyle Hiebert, Benjamin Lundt, Hosei Kijima, Nikolas Dyhr, Jakob Nerwinski, Samuel Adeniran.

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