Javier Morales strike hands Real Salt Lake victory

Apr 21, 2013 at 2am UK

Real Salt Lake maintain their impressive start to the 2013 MLS campaign as a Javier Morales goal gives them a 1-0 win over 10-man Chivas USA.

Published: April 21 2013 | 04:32

Last updated: April 21 2013 | 09:32

Real Salt Lake maintained their impressive start to the 2013 MLS campaign with a 1-0 win over Chivas USA at the Rio Tinto Stadium.

The hosts almost got off to the perfect start when Olmes Garcia took the ball in stride on the edge of the penalty area and lifted a shot over Dan Kennedy, only to see his effort clatter off the crossbar.

Kennedy was called into action to make a good save from Luis Gil after the midfielder was played behind the Chivas defence, but the keeper made an great one-handed stop to keep the scores level.

Chivas were handed a great opportunity to take the lead when Ned Grabavoy handled in the area and a penalty was awarded, but Nick Rimando made a great save to deny Edgar Mejia from the spot.

After the break, Real Salt Lake finally took the lead on a counter-attack as Javier Morales headed home Alvaro Saborio's pinpoint cross into the bottom corner.

Saborio could have added a goal of his own but he fired just wide of the post when he was put through, while Morales saw another effort tipped over the bar by Kennedy.

The match ended on a further low note for Chivas and Mejia when he was given a straight red card for a challenge of Grabavoy, as the hosts saw out the win.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

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1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21