SALT LAKE CITY - The Real Salt Lake reserves dropped their first game of the season to the Houston Dynamo, 3-2, Sunday at Robertson Stadium.
Houston opened the scoring in the 14th minute with a MF Chris Wondolowski goal. After receiving a pass from F/M Marcus Storey, Chris Wondolowski made a great individual play down the right side of the field, taking a lone ball inside the box to put the Dynamo ahead 1-0.
Just 4 minutes later, Wondolowski struck again taking advantage of a loose ball inside the box, to beat RSL GK Jay Nolly to give the Dynamo a 2-0 lead going into halftime.
Two minutes into the second half, RSL DF Chris Brown played a ball to RSL F/M Ryan Johnson who finished the opportunity to half the lead at 2-1 in the 47th minute.
In the 53rd minute, Houston increased the margin to 3-2 when FW Julian Nash advanced the ball down the right flank, crossed the ball to Wondolowski, who finished the play for his first hat-trick of the season.
Real Salt Lake again reacted in the 62nd minute on a goal by DF Chris Brown from the left edge of the box from a MF Ryan Johnson assist.
With the first loss of the season, Real Salt Lake reserves dropped to (3-1-1, 10 pts.) while the Houston Dynamo reserves improved to (3-2-0, 9 pts.)
Scoring:
HOU - Chris Wondolowski (Marcus Storey) 14'
HOU - Chris Wondolowski (unassisted) 18'
RSL - Ryan Johnson (Chris Brown) 47'
HOU - Chris Wondolowski (Julian Nash) 53'
RSL - Chris Brown (Ryan Johnson) 62'
Cautions:
RSL - Atiba Harris 20'
HOU - Marcus Storey 24'
HOU - Patrick Ianni 36'
RSL - Adam Acosta 58'
HOU - Chris Wondolowski 79'
RSL - Julian Nash 88'
Real Salt Lake: Jay Nolly, Adam Acosta, Cameron Knowles, Nikolas Besagno (Ryan Martin, 59), Joey Worthen, Chris Brown, Kenny Cutler (Andy Williams, 45), Atiba Harris (Brian Gill, 45), Duke Hashimoto (Zindel Kellen, 71) Jamie Watson, Ryan Johnson.
Houston Dynamo: Zach Wells, Kelly Gray, Chris Aloisi, Patrick Ianni, Mike Chabala, Brian Farber, Mpho Moloi, Stuart Holden, Marcus Storey (Alex Woods, 59), Julian Nash, Chris Wondolowski.
Scoring Summary:
Team 1 2 T
Real Salt Lake 0 2 2
Houston Dynamo 2 1 3
Ejections: NONE
