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Game at a Glance: RSL 2-1 COL

Real Salt Lake 1 vs. Colorado Rapids 0
April 9, 2016; Sandy, Utah; Rio Tinto Stadium
Real Salt Lake (3-0-2, 11 points); Colorado Rapids (2-2-1, 7 points)

Man of the Match: Joao Plata simply can’t stop scoring goals. Saturday night’s tap-in off a Colorado miscue wasn’t his most challenging goal, but Plata has found a way to put himself in the right positions to be dangerous every single match for RSL thus far this year and his 72nd minute goal was the difference-maker on Saturday.

Telling Stat: Plata extended his streak to five straight league matches with a goal or an assist, giving him four goals and three assists on the season.