Real Salt Lake left Monterrey limping in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal. Conceding two goals was not in game plan, but happened none the less. As both the club and its fans are left pondering what could have been, we are breaking down some of the things that went wrong for the Claret-and-Cobalt.
The finishing touch . . . Or, um, the lack thereof
The Claret-and-Cobalt were left wanting in their offense on Wednesday. Another inch or two this way or that it could have produced a very different outcome but that is not the way history will have it remembered in a match that left many wondering, "Where was the finishing touch?