Wasatch Soccer Sentinel
Sometimes, I find it hard to write about games in which there are chances but not particularly many goals. It's not that those games are necessarily bad or boring, but as a general rule, I prefer to write about things that have happened, not about things that didn't happen or might have happened, should the conditions have been different.
And I recognize that's very much a personal thing and not a statement about soccer as a sport. But realistically, RSL's match last night against Minnesota United was done and dusted by the 31st minute, after Justen Glad's unfortunate own goal sealed the scoreline at 1-1.
The first goal was a nice one, with Jefferson Savarino — who else? — finishing between Minnesota United goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair's legs. The goal was nice, but the assist from Danny Musovski was nicer: A neat flick straight into the path of Savarino from the right flank. I quite enjoyed that goal, although we're dogsitting currently, and my first thought was to not celebrate too loudly so as not to startle the dog. I don't know, maybe that's the wrong instinct. I bet the dog would have enjoyed the goal.
Glad's own goal was, as I said above, unfortunate. Minnesota pinged the ball off the post after a really nice run from Minnesota's Bongukuhle Hlongwane, and with RSL scrambling to get back into position, there's just a sense that the ball would have ended up in the back of the net one way or another. One incisive pass cut apart the RSL defense, which is a trend I'd still love to see corrected at some point.
