From Deseret News archives:
Fit to be tied: Real Salt Lake, Houston battle to a scoreless draw
With first place in the Western Conference up for grabs, Houston and RSL went after each other relentlessly for 90 minutes and ultimately were forced to settle for a 0-0 draw in front of 17,898 fans.
On a night when a win would've vaulted either team past the L.A. Galaxy into first place in the West, the teams remain in a second-place tie with 20 points, one behind the Galaxy, who play tonight.
"It would've been huge, we were all really up for it," said RSL midfielder Kyle Beckerman. "We were really looking forward to getting into first place."
RSL has had three chances to move into first place this season, but it's come up empty each time. It's not really surprising RSL stumbled in its previous two attempts to move into first, with both coming on the road. Thursday's game, however, was at home, where Salt Lake has been solid this year with a 4-0-4 record.
The game was chippy throughout, with a combined seven yellow cards and a red card issued to Chris Wingert for shoving Houston's Dwayne DeRosario in the 90th minute.
"It was a really intense game. You put first place out there for two teams to go after it and you're going to get a game like that," said Beckerman.
Wingert's red card was just one of the things RSL coach Jason Kreis was infuriated about in his postgame press conference. While Wingert was red-carded, Houston's Corey Ashe and Craig Waibel were only shown yellow cards. After the match, the ref said Wingert was red-carded for "striking" an opponent.
The fact Kreis thought the referee shortened stoppage time about two minutes didn't help, either.
"I give my team an enormous amount of credit. I thought they were very passionate tonight. We had a fantastic crowd supporting them," said Kreis. "I thought everything was spectacular tonight except for the referee.
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