Real Salt Lake vs St. Louis City 3-0

Real Salt Lake beat St. Louis City 3-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium, with Sergi Solans scoring twice and the visitors left to play most of the second half with 10 men after Tomas Ostrak was sent off. The match was settled after the break, after Real Salt Lake had taken control before half-time.

Sergi Solans opened the scoring in the 41st minute, finishing from Morgan Guilavogui for 1-0. Ostrak was shown a red card in the 43rd minute, leaving St. Louis City to reset after two changes at 45 minutes. Real Salt Lake led 1-0 at the interval.

Dominik Marczuk made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute from Luc De Fougerolles, then Solans scored his second of the match on 59 minutes, turning Saba Lobjanidze's assist into a 3-0 lead. Real Salt Lake made two changes on 67 minutes and another on 68, while St. Louis City made two more on 71 minutes as the match drifted away from them.

The numbers matched the scoreline. Real Salt Lake had 60% of the possession, 635 passes to St. Louis City's 428, 20 shots to 3, and 8 on target to 2. They finished with 3.61 expected goals, 7 corners to none, and 2 saves to the visitors' 4, while St. Louis City managed 3 offsides to Real Salt Lake's 1.

Three St. Louis City players were booked or dismissed in the opening stages. Rafael Santos was cautioned in the 3rd minute, Tomas Ostrak was booked on 29 minutes before his red card in the 43rd minute, and Real Salt Lake's Philip Quinton and Juan Sanabria were booked in the 40th and 64th minutes respectively.