RSL wins chippy match vs. 10-man Austin

RSL comes back to win at the RIOT

Real Salt Lake looks to remain unbeaten at home this season as they take on Austin FC who come out wearing a ‘shade’ of green.

Before the match we learn that Justin Meram is a part owner of a hair salon, maybe I’m the last to know?

7th minute - RSL playing in their heels for most of the first part of the match get an exciting shot from Bobby Wood that doesn’t make it in.

16th minute - Sergio’s Cordova goes down hard and fans wanted a foul, but it was clean and no call.

23rd minute- Bobby Wood seems incapable of keeping the ball if a defender is near or makes poor passes. Let’s hope the rest of the match improves.

24th minute - Captain Alex Ring, from Austin FC scores on poor defending on RSL’s part - and Zac MacMath gets beat at the near post

29th minute - RSL’s inability to bring the ball down or do anything with it in the box continues

33rd and 34th minutes - more point blank misses for RSL

38th minute- yellow card on Sebastián Driussi from Austin FC for mugging Scott Caldwell

44th minute - Wood’s poor form continues

1 minute of stoppage time - Hector Jimenez from Austin FC pick up a yellow for a tackle from behind on Justin Meram

At the half - it does not feel that RSL’s front is on the same page as many miscues and missed chances marred a lackluster first half.

Second half gets underway without any substitutions.

47th minute - Wood goes down, red card handed out to Daniel Pereira for Austin. Second half man up? We’ll take it. Meram misses the shot from just outside the box

55th minute - Chang evens it up after some hard work and an assist from Meram! 1-1

63rd minute - Marcelo Silva with a yellow, Austin player forgot which shoulder Silva grabbed in his ‘acting’

64th minute - Booby Wood out, Julio in (to many cheers) speed has increased on the field.

65th minute - Maximiliano Urruti yellow for Austin

69th minute - more chippy play from both sides

78th minute - Jhojan Manuel Valencia gets a yellow for Austin FC. Everton Luis and Rubio Rubin enter the match as Cordova and Jasper take a seat

87th minute - Brody scores the go ahead goal off a perfect assist by Julio!! RSL up 2-1

6 minutes of stoppage time - words fail me

Full time, RSL hangs on for the 2-1 win and the full 3 points at home, staying unbeaten at the RIOT this season.

This one feels like a win, and also like we could have done better, however, after a rough first half the team battled back to win, and we’ll take it.