Real Salt Lake finished its first leg of preseason camp on Tuesday with a preseason match against Tijuana in Mexico. Head Coach Jeff Cassar used a largely first-choice lineup to start the match, but a goal in the 34th minute from former U.S. youth international Paul Arriola proved to be the difference as Xolos topped RSL 1-0 at Estadio Caliente.
The match opened with the two teams trading opportunities. Tijuana had the first shot in the ninth minute as Nick Rimando made a diving save to keep the long-range shot from finding the corner. RSL had some good combination play with Javier Morales, Juan Manuel Martinez and Joao Plata, finishing with Plata getting to the edge of the box in 16th minute but couldn’t get the shot away.