Late own goal lets Real Salt Lake tie Earthquakes 1-1

Real Salt Lake ties Earthquakes 1-1

SANDY, Utah — San Jose kicked in an own-goal in second-half injury time, allowing Real Salt Lake to tie the Earthquakes 1-1 on Friday night.

Real Salt Lake (5-6-5) extended its undefeated streak to five matches (2-0-3), tying a franchise record last done Sept. 27-Oct. 25, 2008.

Arturo Alvarez scored his fifth goal of the season in the 63rd minute for the Earthquakes (3-8-4), who got just their second road point of the year.

Real Salt Lake’s Fabian Espindola was ejected with a red card in the 77th minute for a kick to the legs of San Jose’s Brandon McDonald after McDonald tripped Espindola on a run down the sideline.

A man up late in the game, San Jose was minutes from its first road win and ending a 16-match road winless streak dating to a 2-0 victory at Columbus on June 7, 2008.

But in the second minute of stoppage time, RSL’s Yura Movsisyan broke toward the goal from 15 yards. San Jose’s Chris Leitch tried to get in the way, but instead, the ball ticked off him and over goalkeeper Joe Cannon’s frantic dive, just getting into the net and giving Salt Lake the tie.

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