Tucson, Arizona (Wednesday, February 19, 2020) – Real Salt Lake suffered its first defeat of preseason on Wednesday, falling 4-0 to the Houston Dynamo in the second match of the 2020 Visit Tucson Sun Cup at Kino North Stadium.
In a scoreless but chippy first half, both teams found opportunities to score late in the half. On one end, a Houston free kick from just outside the box found its way past RSL’s wall, but Zac MacMath made a diving save to keep the Dynamo off the board. Minutes later, Justin Meram led a break up the left side and found Giuseppe Rossi for a shot from close range, but Marko Maric made the point blank save and the match went into halftime deadlocked at 0-0.