Real Salt Lake, with everything going against them, defeated New York City FC by a 3-1 scoreline, rounding out an extremely rare comeback win.
With Freddy Juarez stepping in for the suspended, fined and punished Mike Petke, the Real Salt Lake assistant notched his first-ever win for the club.
It didn’t take long for New York City FC to score, with Alexander Ring finding the back of Nick Rimando’s net in the fifth minute. The goal came less than a minute after Rimando had been forced into a massive save.