The Seattle Sounders still haven't won in Utah since 2011, falling 2-1 to Real Salt Lake on Saturday. The Sounders started off strong, but after Kevin Cabral made a couple quality saves it was RSL who struck first on a well-taken goal by Aiden Hezarkhani. Then, just after halftime, RSL added to their lead when Ariath Piol put away a feed from Zavier Gozo. The Sounders did pull back a goal through a Cristian Roldan header and appeared to have the equalizer when Danny Musovski volleyed in a cross, but Paul Rothrock was deemed offside in the buildup.
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MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 1 – Real Salt Lake 2
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Venue: America First Field
Referee: Tori Penso
Assistants: Walt Heatherly, Eduardo Jeff
Fourth Official: Allen Chapman
VAR: David Barrie
Attendance: 20,660
Weather: 58 degrees and rain
SCORING SUMMARY
RSL – Aiden Hezarkhani (Juanma Sanabria, Luca Moisa) 23’
RSL – Ariath Piol (Zavier Gozo, Philip Quinton) 47’
SEA – Cristian Roldan (Albert Rusnák) 62’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
RSL – Philip Quinton (caution) 6’
SEA – Hassani Dotson (caution) 10’
RSL – Zavier Gozo (caution) 60’
RSL – Diogo Marczuk (caution) 90+2’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Andrew Thomas; Alex Roldan, Yeimar Gómez Andrade (Kalani Kossa-Rienzi 59’), Jackson Ragen, Nouhou; Hassani Dotson (Paul Arriola 81’), Cristian Roldan – Captain; Paul Rothrock, Albert Rusnák (Nikola Petković 90’), Jesús Ferreira (Snyder Brunell 59’); Osaze De Rosario (Danny Musovski 59’)
Substitutes not used: Stefan Frei, Cody Baker, Sebastian Gomez, Antino Lopez
Total shots: 17
Shots on goal: 9
Fouls: 8
Offside: 2
Corner-kicks: 10
Saves: 2
Real Salt Lake – Rafael Cabral – Captain; Philip Quinton, Justen Glad, Lukas Engel (Santos Junqua 61’); Zavier Gozo, Noel Caliskan, Luca Moisa (Pablo Ruiz 61’), Juanma Sanabria; Aiden Hezarkhani (Mounir Guilavogui 72’), Ariath Piol (Diogo Marczuk 82’), Zach Booth (Sergi Solans 72’)
Substitutes not used: Mason Stajduhar, Gavin Dillon, Alexandros Katranis, Rafael Mesalles
Total shots: 15
Shots on goal: 4
Fouls: 9
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 5
Saves: 8
