SALT LAKE CITY – Real Salt Lake allowed three goals, dropping its third straight match with Minnesota United at America First Field on Saturday.
The tone was unfortunately set early for RSL, as a 6th-minute own goal put Real in a hole. Victor Olatunji scored his first goal with the club shortly after, but Minnesota was able to regain the lead before the first half came to a close.
United’s Joaquín Pereyra doubled the lead in the second half, and they held strong from there to secure the 3-1 victory.
First Half
The opening minutes of the match were hectic, to say the least.
There were two fouls and two offside calls in the first five minutes. The chaos was wrapped up with a Brayan Vera own goal off of a Minnesota corner kick in the 6th.
RSL quickly bounced back from the misstep. They