Real Salt Lake cruises past Toronto FC 3-0

Real Salt Lake cruises past Toronto FC 3-0

SANDY, Utah — Clint Mathis had a goal and an assist, and Real Salt Lake beat Toronto FC 3-0 on Saturday night for its first home victory in more than two months.

Yura Movsisyan and Kyle Beckerman also had goals for Real Salt Lake (5-6-4), which improved to 2-0-2 in June after going 0-4-2 in May.

The victory was Real Salt Lake’s first at home since a 6-0 rout of New England on April 25. Real Salt Lake had an 8-2 advantage in shots on goal and Toronto (6-6-4) rarely even got into the goal area until late.

Movsisyan had his fourth straight game with either a goal or assist. He opened the scoring in the 21st minute, blowing past Toronto’s Nick Garcia near midfield and sprinting down the center of the field before slotting it past goalkeeper Stefan Frei.

Mathis’ goal was his second on the season and 61st in his lengthy MLS career. He added his team-leading sixth assist on Beckerman’s goal in the 44th minute.

Story from: STATS LLC, www.stats.com.