In five matches between league play and the Champions League, RSL is 4-0-1 this year with 11 goals scored and two surrendered.
Not wanting to get left out of the scoring fun, Paulo Jr. put Salt Lake ahead 4-0 with an easy finish in the 67th minute. Espindola delivered the uncontested cross after Galaxy defenders Sean Franklin and A.J. DeLaGarza collided about 40 yards from goal.
With a light drizzle coming down in the second half, Los Angeles capitalized on miscommunication at the back between Rimando and Jamison Olave as Juan Pablo Angel tapped in an easy finish from five yards out in the 80th minute.
By then, however, the outcome was already well in hand.
"We know that we're better than that, but we have to prove it on the field. We've got to make sure for the next game we get it right," said Angel.
For RSL it will take a few days off next week before gearing up for the Saprissa match.
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Great work! At least one of our professional sports teams in Utah is doing well right now!
Remember a few years ago when articles like this had streams of replies saying that the team will never be successful, MLS will fold, people won't come to games, etc... Soccer is still not the sports juggernaut like Football, Basketball, or even More..
I watched the highlights on mlsnet.com and replayed a few times the sequence leading up to the second goal - Paulo Jr. wasn't offside on the play. Paulo Jr. ran past the last defender after the pass from Espindola was sent, but the when the ball was More..