HONOLULU, Hawaii (Friday, February 8, 2019) – Real Salt Lake played its first official preseason match of 2019 on Friday, topping Iwaki FC from Japan 2-1 in the first game of the Pacific Rim Cup on Friday at Aloha Stadium.
FW Sebastian Saucedo scored a first-half goal and MF Nick Besler added a late winner to send RSL to the tournament championship match on Sunday.
RSL played much of the first 20 minutes in its own half, but sprung into the attack in the 24th minute when FW Joao Plata found Saucedo in behind the Iwaki defense.