Real Salt Lake ease past New York City FC in MLS clash

May 24, 2015 at 3am UK

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Goals from John Stertzer and Alvaro Saborio guide Real Salt Lake to a 2-0 victory over New York City FC in their MLS clash.

Published: May 24 2015 | 05:38

Last updated: May 24 2015 | 18:45

Real Salt Lake secured a 2-0 victory over New York City FC in their MLS clash this evening.

The home side threatened when Devon Sandoval latched onto a loose ball in the penalty area and fired a low effort at goal, but Josh Saunders managed to scramble back on his line to keep the ball out.

Real kept the pressure on as Demar Phillips raided down the right and hit a cross to the near post which was headed at goal by Luke Mulholland, but his effort went wide of the target.

Saunders made another good save to keep the home side at bay as he got down to his left to beat away an effort from Sandoval after the forward had linked up well with Alvaro Saborio.

Real took the lead in the 25th minute as Sandoval headed the ball into the path of John Stertzer, who maintained his composure to fire an effort past Saunders.

Saborio came close to adding a second for the home side when he drilled a free kick towards goal, but Saunders beat the ball away, while Sandoval failed to latch onto the rebound.

In the second half, Real doubled their lead when Mulholland fired a cross into the box and Saborio met the ball with a diving header which flew past Saunders.

Salt Lake pushed for a third goal to kill the game off as Javier Morales released the run of Mulholland and, although the midfielder failed to find the net with a low drive, his side were able to hold out for the victory with ease.

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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

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
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