Real Salt Lake: Soccer team bids adieu to stadium, streak

The team played brilliantly in stretches, but as has been the case in many of its 10 losses, it was one moment of ineptitude that cost RSL the game. A long ball was sent over the top with defender Nat Borchers chasing it back toward goalkeeper Nick Rimando. Eskandarian gave chase for Chivas, and inexplicably, Borchers and Rimando collided as the ball rolled through toward the net. Eskandarian hammered it in from about one foot away and held his finger to his lips telling the crowd of 26,391 to be silent.

"Communication was a bit of a problem," said Rimando. "I say, 'leave it,' and he got in my way. It is one of those ones where you just have to stay positive because pointing a finger is not a good thing."

"Overall, I thought the whole effort tonight, the way we played, the number of chances we created, the number of chances that we didn't allow them to create, we did everything well," added Kreis. "It is similar to last week where the game comes down to plays sometimes. Plays in front of their goal and plays in front of ours. We made a bit of a mistake there and we paid for it."

Real needs to regroup quickly as it heads out on the road for its next two games — Sept. 27 at San Jose and Oct. 4 at New England — before returning to open the new stadium in Sandy.

"Goodbye and good riddance," joked Kreis of the last game at the University of Utah stadium. "No, we are just really excited to get in the new building. October 9th will be a huge day for us, and our guys are looking forward to our first match there."

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