Real Salt Lake Opens Up 1-0 Lead Over San Diego FC
Mar 8, 2025, 8:14 PM | Updated: 9:24 pm
SANDY, UTAH - MARCH 08: Ariath Piol #23 of Real Salt Lake shoots during the first half of a game against the San Diego FC at America First Field on March 08, 2025 in Sandy, Utah. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
(Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake looked like the lesser team to open the match, but a quick strike from Ariath Piol gave the home side a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute.
RSL (1-1-0, 3 points) hosted expansion San Diego FC (1-0-1, 4 points) at America First Field on Saturday, March 8.
The pass from Luna, the set up from Marczuk and the finish from Ari Piol as @realsaltlake leads it 1-0 over @sandiegofc @kslsports | #RSL pic.twitter.com/hHyOCkXJXz
— RSL Show on KSL 🎙️⚡️ (@rslshow) March 9, 2025
Diego Luna took possession near midfield and created the play from the beginning. The masked Luna skipped a pass toward the goal.
Dominik Marczuk made a great touch, settling the ball outside the 18-yard box. After a couple of dribbles, Marczuk dropped the ball off to Piol. The first-year RSL forward opened his MLS account with the goal.
AVR was used to look at a potential handball, but the goal stood.
RSL Opens Home Slate With Win Over Sounders
After Seattle gave RSL a gift in the form of an own goal, Real capitalized on the mistake. The Sounders struggled to find any breathing room in their attacking third, thanks to a tenacious defense from Real Salt Lake.
RSL took the early advantage at America First Field and didn’t have to work too hard for it.
In the eighth minute, a miscommunication between Seattle defender Nouhou Tolo and goalkeeper Stefan Frei ended in an own goal and a 1-0 lead for the home club.
Real maintained the advantage through the first half. Despite a handful of chances to extend the advantage, Real Salt Lake took a 1-0 lead into the half.
Two goals in two games for Forster Ajago and it’s @realsaltlake who doubles the lead #RSL | @kslsports pic.twitter.com/AIAS9qYAVT
— RSL Show on KSL 🎙️⚡️ (@rslshow) March 1, 2025
Late in the second half, Forster Ajago’s second goal in as many matches gave his team a 2-0 advantage with ten minutes left.
RSL held firm to secure the 2-0 victory.
How To Watch Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake will travel to the Lone Star State on Saturday, March 15, to face the Houston Dynamo. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. MT.
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Brian Preece is a sports.ksl.com insider covering Locals in MLB and the Salt Lake Bees. Follow Brian’s Bees and Beehive baseball here. Find Brian on X and Instagram and BlueSky at @bpreece24.
