2nd-half goals lift Real Salt Lake over LA Galaxy, 2-0

Updated Sep. 23, 2020 11:56 p.m. ET
Associated Press

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Albert Rusnak and Damir Kreilach scored second-half goals and Real Salt Lake beat the LA Galaxy 2-0 on Wednesday night.

Real Salt Lake (4-4-5) ended a three-game home losing streak. The Galaxy (4-5-3) lost 2-0 to Colorado on Saturday — their first defeat since July 18 — and are winless in three.

Rusnak scored on a penalty kick in the 65th minute. Seven minutes later, Kreilach's sixth goal of the season came from the top of the 18-yard box on a cross from Rusnak.

The Galaxy's Sebastian Lletget missed wide off a set piece in the 15th minute. Cristian Pavon's shot hit the crossbar in the 22nd. Lletget missed again from the center of the 6-yard box in the 80th.

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David Bingham had four saves for the Galaxy.

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