In a season rife with comeback victories, Real Salt Lake flipped the script on Saturday night.
RSL scored 43 seconds into the game and went to beat Atlanta United 5-2 at America First Field in Sandy.
RSL’s Matt Crooks scored in the first minute with assists from Braian Ojeda and Diego Luna. Ojeda made a run up the right side of the field and passed the ball to Luna, who sent it across the front of the goal to Crooks, who scored from the left side.
Luna had a goal and three assists as RSL (12-3-7) won its second straight game after a 1-0 loss to LAFC on June 22. The loss to LAFC snapped RSL’s 15-game Major League Soccer unbeaten streak.
The victory over Atlanta lifted RSL into a tie with LAFC atop the MLS Western Conference standings, though LAFC has played one fewer game and will face Houston on Sunday.
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