Despite putting in a very solid road effort, the Claret-and-Cobalt fell 1-0 at the Houston Dynamo on Thursday night. Here are a few interesting numbers from RSL’s defeat at BBVA Compass Stadium.
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Real Salt Lake’s all-time record when playing the Dynamo in Houston. All eight of the Claret-and-Cobalt’s losses in the Bayou City have come by one goal. RSL is now 0-18-3 all-time in the state of Texas.
94
The minute that Houston midfielder Colin Clark pounded home his penalty kick – Houston’s second of the game – to give the Dynamo the 1-0 win. It was the second-straight RSL at Houston match that saw the Dynamo score a game-winning goal in second half stoppage time – midfielder Alex Dixon hit a 93rd minute strike to give Houston a 3-2 win over the Claret-and-Cobalt on Aug. 20 of last year.
17-for-57
RSL goalie Nick Rimando’s career mark against PK's in the MLS regular season. Rimando – who will fly back to Salt Lake with the team before joining the U.S. national squad in Columbus ahead of their Sept. 11 World Cup Qualifier against Jamaica – was 1-for-2 on PK’s last night, heroically saving Brad Davis’ effort in the 75th minute before losing out against Clark. Rimando’s 29.8 percent save percentage against PK’s is the best in MLS history.
3
The number of saves made by Rimando and Houston ‘keeper Tally Hall, both of whom had excellent games. Rimando and Hall both made a pair of incredible stops late in the second half, with Rimando blocking Davis’ PK in the 75th before stoning Dynamo forward Will Bruin’s free header from inside the six in the 82nd and Hall keeping out RSL defender Nat Borchers’s header in the 79th before stopping a 1-v-1 chance from midfielder Ned Grabavoy in the 89th.
117
Days between games for RSL defender Chris Schuler. Schuler returned to the field for a full 90 on Thursday night nearly four months after suffering a stress fracture in his left foot. The big defender last played on May 12, putting in 70 minutes off the bench in RSL’s 1-0 win at Seattle.
