Andres Gomez scored his eleventh aim and assisted on two extra, Braian Ojeda put his staff in entrance for good within the second half and Actual Salt Lake held on for a 3-2 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday in Sandy, Utah.
Diego Luna additionally scored a beautiful aim from lengthy vary simply earlier than halftime as Salt Lake (11-3-7, 40 factors) preserved its seventh win in 10 dwelling matches and moved right into a tie on factors atop the Western Convention with Los Angeles FC and the LA Galaxy, who meet on Thursday.
RSL overcame an early deficit one match after the Galaxy halted their 15-match unbeaten run on June 22.
The hosts lastly secured a 90-minute victory over the Dynamo (8-7-6, 30 factors) after failing to take action in six conferences in 2023 between the common season, U.S. Open Cup and MLS Cup playoffs.
Ibrahim Aliyu scored his team-leading sixth aim for Houston, which noticed its six-match unbeaten run finish, and Hector Herrera was concerned in a second-half leveler that was finally credited as an personal aim.
After Aliyu started the scoring within the eighth minute, Gomez started his massive night time within the twenty second minute when he took an opportunity that he may catch the Dynamo protection napping.
RSL’s Bode Hidalgo gained a header at midfield however appeared to have directed it benignly towards Houston’s personal penalty space. As Dynamo goalkeeper Steve Clark and his defenders tried to type out who ought to declare the ball, Gomez snuck between all of them to poke dwelling a end.
Luna put Salt Lake in entrance 2-1 within the forty second minute when he took a cross from Matt Crooks close to the left finish of the penalty arc, reduce to his proper to evade a Houston defender and unleashed a strong 22-yard strike that beat Clark’s dive to the far put up.
Houston leveled 9 minutes after halftime when Herrera served an in-swinging early cross from the left that defender Andrew Brody redirected past his personal goalkeeper, Zac MacMath.
Ojeda replied with the winner within the 67th minute on one among RSL’s greatest attacking sequences.
Cristian Arango swept down the suitable and tried to play a give-and-go with Gomez into the penalty space. On the return cross, Arango whiffed on his shot try. Nonetheless, Ojeda trailed the play, took a relaxed contact and guided an equally managed end into the underside proper nook.
–Discipline Degree Media
