It’s all about the counterattacking soccer these days, isn’t it?
Real Salt Lake took a bad match, turned it on its head, and managed to come out the other side with a point.
It was, in a word, flabbergasting.
Not because RSL came out with a draw — that’s spectacular and says lots of good things about the team — but because they simply looked unable to cope with a counterattacking team.
The Claret-and-Cobalt appeared to have digressed into a former version of themselves which favored possession over smart, clinical attacking soccer. For 66 minutes, the home side struggled to create any real scoring opportunities, and it wasn’t until they adopted a style similar to the visitors that the tide began to turn.