William Agada scored within the forty second minute and Actual Salt Lake withstood a late push by Houston Dynamo to earn a 1-0 victory Saturday evening in Sandy, Utah.
Actual Salt Lake (7-10-4, 25 factors) prolonged their season-best unbeaten streak to 4 video games (3-0-1) after going winless within the earlier seven contests.
Rafael Cabral made 4 saves for his fifth profession MLS shutout and helped Actual Salt Lake get the three factors and survive 18 shot makes an attempt by Houston.
The Dynamo (7-10-5, 26 factors) conceded 14 photographs within the opening half and 17 complete to RSL, however they had been unable to win three straight for the primary time since March 16-30, 2024. Houston held possession for 56 % of the competition.
Houston goalkeeper Jonathan Bond made 4 saves.
Actual Salt Lake lastly broke by way of late in a primary half wherein they tried 14 photographs. Bond made a leaping save on Diego Luna’s right-footed shot from barely exterior the field, nevertheless it resulted within the nook kick.
Following the nook kick by Pablo Ruiz, Agada had header initially blocked by Houston defender Franco Escobar. Agada regained possession along with his proper foot and put a shot from the center of the field by defenders Pablo Ortiz and Brooklyn Raines and into the higher proper nook for his second aim of the season.
Houston practically tied the match twice in first-half stoppage time, however Cabral denied Ezequiel Ponce’s header from the middle of the field earlier than Jack McGlynn and Felipe Andrade’s photographs missed the web.
Ponce clanged a shot off the crossbar after getting blocked by Noel Caliskan within the 54th minute, and on consecutive sequences Escobar and McGlynn missed the web. Within the 66th, Escobar had a clear look however noticed his slot carom off the fitting submit, and three minutes later Andrade was denied by Cabral.
Actual Salt Lake practically obtained its second aim in second-half stoppage time, however Bond made a leaping save on a bicycle kick by Ariath Piol.
–Area Stage Media
