Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy, 2024 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSGabriel Pec, Galaxy cool off Real Salt Lake
Gabriel Pec scored in the 74th minute and the LA Galaxy earned a 1-0 victory in Sandy, Utah, on Saturday night to end Real Salt Lake's 15-match unbeaten streak.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake).
- 1': Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4': Foul by Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake).
- 4': Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4': Foul by Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy).
- 4': Nelson Palacio (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 6': Attempt missed. Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Matt Crooks.
- 11': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Tucker Lepley.
- 13': Foul by Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake).
- 13': Tucker Lepley (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 16': Attempt saved. Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Brody with a cross.
- 16': Attempt missed. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 16': Delay in match because of an injury Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake).
- 16': Delay in match because of an injury Martín Cáceres (LA Galaxy).
- 21': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio replaces Cristian Arango because of an injury.
- 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 22': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Jalen Neal replaces Martín Cáceres because of an injury.
- 25': Attempt saved. Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zac MacMath.
- 27': Foul by Nelson Palacio (Real Salt Lake).
- 27': Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27': Foul by Miki Yamane (LA Galaxy).
- 27': Nelson Palacio (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Jalen Neal.
- 32': Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Foul by Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy).
- 33': Attempt saved. Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 34': Attempt missed. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Miki Yamane.
- 36': Attempt missed. Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Braian Ojeda.
- 37': Attempt missed. Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Brody.
- 38': Offside, LA Galaxy. Gabriel Pec is caught offside.
- 40': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by John Nelson.
- 43': Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy).
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Nelson Palacio.
- 45'+2': Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Jalen Neal (LA Galaxy).
- 45'+2': Offside, Real Salt Lake. Matt Crooks is caught offside.
- 45'+4': Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+4': Foul by Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy).
- 45'+4': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by John Nelson.
- 45'+6': Attempt missed. Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andrew Brody with a cross.
- 45'+7': First Half ends, Real Salt Lake 0, LA Galaxy 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Real Salt Lake 0, LA Galaxy 0.
- 45': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Mark Delgado replaces Tucker Lepley.
- 50': Foul by Matt Crooks (Real Salt Lake).
- 50': John Nelson (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 51': Attempt saved. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic.
- 52': Attempt saved. Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrés Gómez.
- 52': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by John McCarthy.
- 52': Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) hits the bar with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right following a corner.
- 54': Attempt missed. Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Diego Luna.
- 55': Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 55': Foul by Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake).
- 55': Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 56': Attempt saved. Diego Fagúndez (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 57': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Andrew Brody.
- 59': Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 59': Foul by Miki Yamane (LA Galaxy).
- 59': Miki Yamane (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 61': Foul by Matt Crooks (Real Salt Lake).
- 61': Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
- 64': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Andrés Gómez.
- 65': Foul by Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake).
- 65': Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 65': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Mauricio Cuevas replaces Joseph Paintsil.
- 65': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Julián Aude replaces John Nelson.
- 66': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Noel Caliskan replaces Nelson Palacio.
- 67': Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Noel Caliskan (Real Salt Lake).
- 68': Foul by Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake).
- 68': John McCarthy (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Attempt missed. Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Diego Fagúndez.
- 74': Goal! Real Salt Lake 0, LA Galaxy 1. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic.
- 75': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Fidel Barajas replaces Matt Crooks.
- 75': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Miguel Berry replaces Dejan Joveljic.
- 77': Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card.
- 81': Attempt missed. Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Noel Caliskan.
- 82': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Philip Quinton replaces Andrew Brody.
- 83': Attempt missed. Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Edwin Cerrillo following a fast break.
- 84': Foul by Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake).
- 84': John McCarthy (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake).
- 86': Mauricio Cuevas (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Bode Hidalgo (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Mauricio Cuevas (LA Galaxy).
- 88': Attempt missed. Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alexandros Katranis.
- 90': Foul by Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake).
- 90': Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Miguel Berry (LA Galaxy).
- 90'+1': Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Mauricio Cuevas (LA Galaxy).
- 90'+2': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
- 90'+2': Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Noel Caliskan (Real Salt Lake).
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Bode Hidalgo (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Anderson Julio.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Mark Delgado (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from long range on the right is blocked.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Real Salt Lake 0, LA Galaxy 1.
- 0': Match ends, Real Salt Lake 0, LA Galaxy 1.
Statistics
 LA |
RSL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 14 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 42.1 | Possession | 57.9 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 339 | Accurate Passes | 488 |
| 409 | Passes | 551 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 4 | Crosses | 23 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 54 | Long Balls | 57 |
| 27 | Accurate Long Balls | 35 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 15 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 10 |
| 16 | Clearances | 10 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: America First Field
Location: Sandy, Utah, USA
Attendance: 21,570
Venue: America First Field
Location: Sandy, Utah, USA
Attendance: 21,570
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAFC | 34 | +20 | 64 |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 34 | +19 | 64 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | +17 | 59 |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | +16 | 57 |
Line-Ups
Real Salt Lake (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Zac MacMath (GK) |
| 3 | Bryan Oviedo  |
| 19 | Bode Hidalgo |
| 98 | Alexandros Katranis |
| 2 | Andrew Brody |
| 25 | Matt Crooks |
| 6 | Braian Ojeda |
| 13 | Nelson Palacio |
| 9 | Cristian Arango |
| 8 | Diego Luna |
| 11 | Andres Gomez |
LA Galaxy (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 77 | John McCarthy (GK) |
| 4 | Maya Yoshida |
| 22 | Martín Cáceres |
| 14 | John Nelson |
| 2 | Miki Yamane |
| 7 | Diego Fagundez |
| 20 | Edwin Cerrillo |
| 21 | Tucker Lepley |
| 9 | Dejan Joveljic |
| 28 | Joseph Paintsil |
| 11 | Gabriel Pec |
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