May 22, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Real Salt Lake News Release
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada – Real Salt Lake (6-3-4, 22 points) earned its second consecutive come-from-behind victory, and second road win this season. The Club rallied for two second-half goals; besting CF Montreal 2-1 for the Club’s first-ever result in Montreal.
Justen Glad and Sergio Cordova each scored their second goals of the season, with assists from Pablo Ruiz and Maikel Chang, respectively, to overcome a first-minute goal scored by Montreal.
Montreal got off to a blazing start, delivering a 1-0 defect within the first minute of play. Djordje Mihailovic connected with Ahmed Hamdi to slam the pass into the back of the net. Montreal nearly doubled its lead in the 16th minute when Romell Quioto slipped one past Zac MacMath, but he was determined to be offsides and the goal was called back.
RSL looked to get back into the match in the 21st minute when Ruiz crossed in a free kick to the head of Justin Meram, but his header bounced wide of the goal. In the 28th minute Bobby Wood connected on a cross from Meram, flying towards goal for a header, forcing Sebastian Breza to make the full-stretch save, pushing out what appeared to be the equalizer. Following Wood’s chance, RSL began to gain momentum, seeing a flurry of chances, one after the other, leading to another point-blank opportunity for Wood in the 44th minute, but his shot landed squarely on the chest of Breza, ending the first half 1-0 in favor of CF Montreal.
Picking up where they left off, RSL continued to press Montreal’s backline, seeking the equalizer. After a series of missed chances Glad found the end of a curling corner kick from Pablo Ruiz, heading in the cross to level the score 1-1 in the 54th minute. Just moments later Cordova nearly found the second goal of the afternoon, getting an open breakaway towards goal, but his shot missed the bottom-left corner by mere inches. Cordova finally broke through in the 66th minute when…
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