RSL concedes another late goal in 1-1 draw at Austin
AUSTIN (ABC4 Sports) – For the second straight week, Real Salt Lake gave up a goal in the final minutes, but this time RSL was able to earn one point in a 1-1 draw at Austin FC Wednesday night.
RSL scored its first goal of the season off of a set piece when Diego Luna's free kick found Willy Agada, who headed in his first goal with Real Salt Lake in the 67th minute.
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It appeared Real would be able to take the full three points, but in the 93rd minute, Diego Rubio headed in a pass from Žan Kolmanič to tie the game at one.
RSL (4-9-3, 15 points) continued its streak without a win that has grown to six contests, dating to a 3-1 decision on the road vs. San Diego FC on April 26.
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'They were sending seven guys in the box, and we just didn't execute on one of them the right way,' said RSL head coach Pablo Mastroeni. 'Unfortunately, it just takes one moment in football, and we were really unfortunate we weren't able to come away with the three points.'
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Real Salt Lake surrendered a goal in the 89th minute on Saturday in a 3-2 loss to Vancouver.
Austin ended up with four shots on goal to three for RSL, with three of the Verde's chances coming in the final seven minutes.
Austin had the match's first scoring chance in the 22nd minute when Osman Bukari worked hard to get the ball deep into the zone before passing to Brandon Vazquez, whose header clanged off the crossbar and out of harm's way.
RSL's Pablo Ruiz tested Stuver in the 26th minute with a low percentage shot from just outside the box that the Austin keeper gobbled up. The Verde's Jon Gallagher countered with his team's first shot on goal in the 31st minute, challenging Rafael Cabral with a left-footed shot that was easily saved.
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The sides combined for 12 shots in the first half, seven of them by the visitors, and each produced just one shot on goal.
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'I think it's a really good performance to build on,' Mastroeni said. 'I think they're rallying around the the difficult moments, the suffering that we're going through, and still performing away from home at a really, really high level.'
RSL next heads to L.A. to battle the Galaxy Saturday night at 8:30 p.m.
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