Plato scores first goal, Real Salt Lake beats Union 1-0
Posted May 27, 2017 7:00 am
SANDY, Utah (AP) - Joao Plata scored his first goal of the season and Real Salt Lake beat Philadelphia 1-0 on Saturday night to snap the Union's club-record winning streak at four games.
Plata tapped in his goal in the 36th minute after quickly exchanging short passes twice with Jefferson Savarino. Tony Beltran got the play started by saving the ball just before it went over the goal line.
The Union (4-5-5) had a chance to tie it in stoppage time, but goalie Nick Rimando blocked Haris Medunjanin's belt-high free kick and Salt Lake (4-8-2) cleared it after a scramble in front of the net.
Union goalkeeper Andre Blake made seven saves.
Real Salt Lake defender Tony Beltran (2) gets called for a hold as he tries to get around Philadelphia Union forward Fafa Picault (22) in an MLS soccer match in Sandy, Utah, Saturday, May 27, 2017. (Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Philadelphia Union forward Fafa Picault (22) and Real Salt Lake defender Tony Beltran (2) battle the ball in an MLS soccer match in Sandy, Utah, Saturday, May 27, 2017. (Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Real Salt Lake's Jefferson Savarinod, right, hugs Real Salt Lake forward Joao Plata after Plata scored a goal during an MLS soccer game against the Philadelphia Union in Sandy, Utah, Saturday, May 27, 2017. (Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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