It’s hard to say conclusively whether Real Salt Lake or the Chicago Fire deserved to win this game. It’s easy to imagine either outcome, and maybe that’s why it ended in a draw.
But neither club played particularly well. Each had its moments. Ultimately, though, it was the mistakes that defined the outcome of this one.
RSL’s came before the game was four minutes old. Everton Luiz fouled Dax McCarty on a slide tackle just a few yards away from the 18-yard box. RSL didn’t like the call, but it was made nonetheless.
A minute later, Aleksandar Katai put a free kick through a space in the wall of RSL defenders, and Nick Rimando was late to react.