In the span of just a few minutes, he’d had two increasingly solid chances at a goal in a game that was scoreless. The first two were a shot that went wide and a shot that was deflected at the last second. After the second attempt, the Real Salt Lake midfielder kicked his right foot through the air in disgust.
But after a ball squirted away from the penalty box and to the feet of forward Brooks Lennon in the 76th minute, Kreilach’s next opportunity didn’t go to waste. Lennon floated a cross into the box and Kreilach headed it in, giving RSL the 1-0 lead — and eventual win — over the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday at Rio Tinto Stadium in front of 17,196 fans.