SANDY, UTAH – Juan Manuel Martinez scored in the second half to give Real Salt Lake (4W-0L-2D) a 1-0 victory over Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2W-4L-1D) on Saturday evening in Rio Tinto Stadium to remain as the only undefeated team in Major League Soccer.
Nick Rimando made four saves to record his second consecutive clean sheet for Salt Lake.
Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson made wholesale changes to his attack from last week, inserting Cristian Techera, Nicolás Mezquida, Kekuta Manneh, and Octavio Rivero up front, and it almost paid dividends early.
Rivero started things off in the fifth minute, but his breakaway attempt from the right side missed the far post by mere inches.