Real Salt Lake: Game at a glance

Published: Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 12:36 a.m. MST
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Real Salt Lake 1, L.A. Galaxy 1

Sunday: MLS Cup at Qwest Field

RSL became the second No. 8 seed in the past five years to win MLS Cup

GK Rimando came up with two saves in the shootout a week after making three saves in a shootout at Chicago

Russell buried the winning kick in the 7th round of the shootout

Attendance at Qwest Field was largest for an MLS Cup since 2002 final

PLAYOFFS

RSL 1, Columbus 0

RSL 3, Columbus 2

RSL 0, Chicago 0, RSL advanced on PKs 5-4

RSL 1, L.A. Galaxy 1, RSL won on PKs 5-4

Real Salt Lake . . . 0 . . . 1 . . . — . . . 1

Chicago Fire . . . 1 . . . 0 . . . — . . . 1

Real Salt Lake won 5-4 on penalty kicks

Scoring summary

LA -- Mike Magee 2 (Landon Donovan 1, David Beckham 1) 41

RSL -- Robbie Findley 3 (unassisted) 64

Penalty-kick shootout:

LA -- David Beckham (Goal)

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RSL -- Clint Mathis (Goal)

LA -- Gregg Berhalter (Goal)

RSL -- Robbie Findley (Goal)

LA -- Jovan Kirovski (Saved)

RSL -- Kyle Beckerman (Saved)

LA -- Landon Donovan (High)

RSL -- Ned Grabavoy (Goal)

LA -- Mike Magee (Goal)

RSL -- Andy Williams (Saved)

LA -- Chris Klein (Goal)

RSL -- Chris Wingert (Goal)

LA -- Edson Buddle (Saved)

RSL -- Robbie Russell (Goal)

Misconduct summary

RSL -- Will Johnson (caution; Tactical Foul) 14

LA -- Chris Birchall (caution; Reckless Tackle) 39

A — 46,011

. . . . . . RSL . . . LA

Total Shots 19 . . . 13

Shots on Goal 4 . . . 3

Saves 2 . . . 3

Fouls 19 . . . 22

Offsides 8 . . . 5

Corner Kicks 4 . . . 7

Real Salt Lake lineup (4-4-2 formation) ?— Nick Rimando, Kyle Beckerman, Robbie Russell, Nat Borchers, Robbie Findley, Will Johnson (Ned Grabavoy, 46th), Yura Movsisyan (Fabian Espindola, 75th), Jamison Olave, Javier Morales (Clint Mathis, 22nd), Andy Williams, Chris Wingert.

L.A. Galaxy lineup (4-4-2 formation) —Donovan Ricketts (Josh Saunders, 66th), Landon Donovan, Gregg Berhalter, Mike Magee, Todd Dunivant, Omar Gonzalez (A.J. DeLaGarza, 89th), Chris Birchall (Chris Klein, 79th), David Beckham, Sean Franklin, Edson Buddle, Jovan Kirovski.

NEXT UP

2010 Season Opener at San Jose

Sat., March 27

Recent comments

With Javi out we were relying on heavy through balls and ones over...

Nussdorfer AC | Nov. 23, 2009 at 12:55 p.m.

Congrats RSL on winning the MLS Cup, now go open next year on the...

Anonymous | Nov. 23, 2009 at 12:52 p.m.

Yeah, Findley's fast enough he could afford to wait a second longer...

Anonymous | Nov. 23, 2009 at 7:34 a.m.

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