SANDY, Utah (Saturday, March 12, 2016) – Real Salt Lake stormed back from an early 1-0 deficit to top Seattle Sounders FC 2-1 on Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium in the club’s regular season home opener.
DF Jamison Olave scored his first goal of the season in the 86th minute to earn the victory. FW Joao Plata earned assists on both RSL goals as MF Sunday Stephen Obayan scored in his regular season home debut to run RSL’s regular season record to 1-0-1 (4 points).
In the 23rd minute, RSL put Seattle’s goal under pressure.