Diogo Goncalves scored late during the first half to lift Real Salt Lake to a 1-0 victory over the visiting Colorado Rapids on Saturday night, a result that saw the teams trade places in the Western Conference standings.

Rafael Cabral made two of his three saves late to keep his seventh clean sheet as Salt Lake (12-16-4, 40 points) moved into the ninth and final West playoff place, above the Rapids (11-15-7, 40 points) on the tiebreak of total wins.

The Claret-and-Cobalt also have two regular-season matches to play while Colorado has one on Oct. 18 with RSL making up the game in hand next weekend at Seattle while most MLS teams are idle for the October international window.

Zack Steffen made three stops for the Rapids, who have only one win in their last six matches but could have ended

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