Real Salt Lake faced the Chicago Fire at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.

It was a decisive game for both teams since Real Salt Lake is in second place in the MLS Western Conference and the Chicago Fire is in fifth place in the MLS Eastern Conference.

Chicago Fire was also starting its first game under its new President Julian Posada, who deserves to be congratulated. The game started with Real Salt Lake dominating from the beginning until the end.

The team from Utah was great in its distribution, consistency, and organization when it came to playing a solid football/soccer game.

The only goal was brilliantly executed by Alvaro Saborio for Real Salt Lake with a right-foot kick towards the left side of the goal net within 45 minutes of the game.

The goal was the result of a penalty committed by Wilman Conde of the Fire against Ned Grabavoy of Real Salt Lake.

Conde was expelled from the game for his offenses against Grabavoy. It appeared that he did not learn his lesson when he received the yellow card during the beginning of the game.

The referee Jorge Gonzalez was fair since he awarded a yellow card for Kyle Beckerman of Real Salt Lake for misconduct of a lower degree. He deserves high marks for his professional behavior in this game.

The Chicago Fire was unable to play at the same tempo as Real Salt Lake and the situation worsened after the expulsion of Conde.

The substitutions within the team did not resolve the situation or help the team attempt an equalizer.

In the end, Real Salt Lake won the day and continues its advance towards the MLS Ranking.

Real Salt Lake 1-0 Chicago Fire

Rio Tinto Stadium Sandy, Utah

Most Valued Player: Alvaro Saborio

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