IRVINE, Calif. (Friday, February 24, 2017) – Real Salt Lake finished off its preseason training camp on Friday with a 2-1 win over Armenian champions Aleshkert FC at UC-Irvine. FW Yura Movsisyan and FW Chad Barrett scored goals for RSL, who notched the comeback win to finish preseason with a 2-1-5 record, as the majority of the starters in the match played the full 90 minutes.
The match started off slow for RSL and Alashkert scored in the eighth minute when a ball got loose in front of GK Nick Rimando’s goal. The Alashkert player got to the errant ball first and put it in the net for the 1-0 advantage.