Darren Mattocks strike guides Vancouver Whitecaps past nine-man Real Salt Lake

Apr 19, 2015 at 2.30am UK

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The Vancouver Whitecaps secure a 1-0 win over nine-man Real Salt Lake as Darren Mattocks nets the only goal of the game in the 80th minute.

Published: April 19 2015 | 04:52

Last updated: April 19 2015 | 11:02

Darren Mattocks scored the only goal of the game to fire the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 1-0 victory over nine-man Real Salt Lake in the MLS.

The home side threatened first as Alvaro Saborio created an opening in the final third of the pitch, but the forward lost his composure as he blazed his strike over the bar.

Salt Lake pressed forward again, working the ball well to Jordan Allen in space and he fired a low strike towards the bottom corner which David Ousted was able to stop.

In the second half, the home side continued to have the better of the opportunities as Saborio rose highest in the area to head a corner at goal, but Ousted was alert as he made another solid save.

Sebastian Saucedo nearly found the net as he powered an effort at goal from distance, but once again Ousted denied the home side as he got down quickly, palming the ball to safety.

Real were reduced to 10 men when Saucedo was given a straight red card for a poor challenge on Mauro Rosales just 13 minutes after arriving on the pitch as a substitute.

The Whitecaps took advantage of the situation as they took the lead in the 80th minute. Russell Teibert lifted a cross into the box for the run of Mattocks, who powered a header past Nick Rimando.

Matters got worse for Salt Lake as they were reduced to nine men when Jamison Olave was dismissed for receiving his second yellow card, which allowed the visitors to comfortably see 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