August 15, 2021 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Austin FC News Release
Sandy, UTAH – Austin FC and Real Salt Lake met for the first time on Saturday night at Rio Tinto Stadium as the two (2) Clubs fought for positioning in the Western Conference. RSL came out on top, beating Austin 1-0 with Bobby Wood providing the lone goal in the match.
Austin created its first significant chance in the 28th minute when Diego Fagundez rocketed a shot off the post from outside the box with his right foot. The rebound eventually ended up on the foot of Hector Jimenez, and the right back lofted the ball to the back post. Tomás Pochettino made a strong effort, but could not get his header on frame.
Four minutes later, Real Salt Lake opened the scoring. Jonathan Menéndez played in a cross from the wing that Wood finished with a header.
Down 0-1 coming out of halftime, Austin was hoping to come out of the break and find an equalizer. Unfortunately, ATXFC went down to 10men just a couple of minutes into the second half.
After a frenetic sequence, RSL winger Justin Meram was running on goal with Julio Cascante beside him. The Austin center back fouled Meram outside the box and was shown a yellow card. Video Assistant Referee Victor Rivas called referee David Gantar to the monitor and after the play was reviewed, Gantar showed Cascante a red card in the 49th minute.
Austin controlled much of the run of the play for the rest of the match and Brad Stuver made an acrobatic save on Maikel Chang in the 80th minute to keep the match 0-1, but ATXFC could not get on the scoresheet to get a result.
Goal-Scoring Summary
RSL (0-1) – Bobby Wood 32′ (assisted by Jonathan Menéndez)
Misconduct Summary
ATX – Alex Ring (caution) 44′
ATX – Julio Cascante (ejection) 49′
Media Assets
Austin FC Head Coach Josh Wolff digital press conference
Austin FC Midfielder Alex Ring digital press conference
Boxscore
Austin FC vs Real Salt Lake | Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, UT) | August 14, 2021
Lineups
Austin FC: Brad Stuver, Å1/2an Kolmanič (Nick Lima 45′), Matt Besler, Hector Jimenez (Aedan Stanley 83′), Julio Cascante, Tomás Pochettino, Diego Fagundez, Cecilio Domínguez (Rodney Redes 83′), Daniel Pereira (Jhohan Romaña 49′), Alex Ring ©, Sebastián Driussi (Jon Gallagher 73′)
Substitutes not used: Jared Stroud, Andrew Tarbell, Sebastian Berhalter, Freddy Kleemann
Head Coach: Josh Wolff
TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 1; FOULS: 5; OFFSIDE: 0; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 7
Real Salt Lake: Zac MacMath, Ashtone Morgan (Donny Toia 93′), Aaron Herrera, Toni Datkovic, Marcelo Silva, Everton Luiz (Pablo Ruiz 62′), Justin Meram (Nick Besler 73′), Jonathan Menéndez (Maikel Chang 62′), Damir Kreilach, Bobby Wood (Rubio Rubín 73′), Albert Rusnák ©
Substitutes not used: Erik Holt, Noah Powder, Anderson Julio, Andrew Putna
Head Coach: Freddy Juarez
TOTAL SHOTS: 15; SHOTS ON GOAL: 8; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDE: 0; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 1
Match Information
Referee: Dave Gantar
Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Bigelow
Assistant Referee 2: Corey Rockwell
4th Official: Alyssa Nichols
Weather: Clear, 82 degrees
Statistical source: MLSsoccer.com / Opta
Next Match
Austin FC will return to Q2 Stadium for its eighth home match of the MLS 2021 regular season against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Wednesday, August 18. The match will feature a regional TV broadcast in English language on KBVO (MyNetworkTV) and on radio on ALT 97.5 FM, as well as via the Austin FC app and AustinFC.com. It will be featured in Spanish on TUDN Radio Austin (104.3-HD2, KLQB) and livestreamed via UnivisionAustin.com and the Univision 62 Austin App.
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