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				<title><![CDATA[Real Salt Lake ties Earthquakes 1-1]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By JOE BEATTY
STATS MLS Correspondent

SANDY, Utah (STATS) - Up a goal and a man, the San Jose
Earthquakes entered stoppage time Friday night within sight of
getting out of the Western Conference basement.

But after booting in an own-goal, San Jose had to settle for a
1-1 tie with Real Salt Lake, which ran its unbeaten streak to a
franchise-record tying five games.

"It's tough," said San Jose goalkeeper Joe Cannon. "You get on
the road, late in the game and those things happen. I thought
everything was going according to plan and it was just an
unfortunate own goal."

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

Having been stymied on offense most of the game, the Earthquakes
finally started attacking early in the second half. Alvarez
found himself open at the top of the box, took a pass from Pablo
Campos, and slotted a shot from 15 yards out between diving Salt
Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando and the post.

As the game wore on and Real Salt Lake (5-6-5) couldn't beat
Cannon it looked like Alvarez's goal would be the difference.
That was enhanced even further when Real Salt Lake's Fabian
Espindola was tripped up by San Jose's Brandon McDonald from
behind while Espindola was streaking down the sideline with the
ball in the 77th minute.

After hitting the ground, Espindola gave a hard kick to the back
of McDonald's legs, earning a red card.

But in the second minute of stoppage time, Real Salt Lake caught
San Jose's defense off balance. 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
Cannon's frantic dive, just getting into the net.

The goal denied San Jose a chance from notching its first road
win and ending a 16-match road winless streak dating to a 2-0
victory at Columbus on June 7, 2008. The Earthquakes one point
behind seventh-place FC Dallas.

"You have to give Salt Lake credit," said Cannon. "They were a
man down and they kept fighting and fighting. The only
disappointing part tonight was we couldn't kill off the game a
man up. It seemed like even a man down they still had more guys
on the field at the end and they were buzzing."

While Real Salt Lake escaped with a point and improved to 2-0-3
in its last five matches, a win would have vaulted them past
rival Colorado into fourth place in the Western Conference.
Instead, RSL sits one point back of the Rapids, who host Chicago
on Saturday.

"It was definitely frustrating," Real Salt Lake midfielder Ned
Grabavoy said. " If we don't get three points at this point
every game I think that we'll probably be not so happy.  With
the players we have, we have good players, we should be able to
get results"

Besides Espindola's ejection, the referee issued six yellow
cards to San Jose and one to Real Salt Lake. A minor fracas
developed in the 75th minute with some pushing and shoving,
resulting in San Jose's McDonald and Jason Hernandez both being
carded.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:55:39 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Earthquakes-Real Salt Lake Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
STATS Writer

San Jose (3-8-3) at Real Salt Lake (5-6-4), 10:00 p.m. EDT

Real Salt Lake feels success at home will be a key factor if
it's going to return to the playoffs. Its first win at Rio Tinto
Stadium in two months has the team moving in the right
direction.

Salt Lake will try to extend its overall unbeaten streak to five
games and avenge its last loss as it hosts the last-place San
Jose Earthquakes on Friday night.

Real (5-6-4) won its first three home games of the season,
capped by a club-record 6-0 victory over New England on April
25. The next three home games didn't work out so well, going
0-1-2, but the team ended that slump at Rio Tinto with a 3-0 win
over Toronto on Saturday.

Salt Lake parlayed an 8-1-6 home record into its first playoff
appearance last season. That run ended in stunning fashion with
a 1-0 home loss to New York in the Western Conference final in
November.

This season, the club is fifth in the conference, two points
behind Colorado for the last playoff position.

"If we continue to make sure we get these points at home and if
we continue to play like this and be tough to break down and
give up not so many chances I think we're going to be in the
driver's seat," said RSL midfielder Clint Mathis, who scored
Saturday and got his team-leading sixth assist on Kyle
Beckerman's goal.

Salt Lake is unbeaten in its last four games (2-2-0) since
falling 2-1 at San Jose (3-8-3) on May 30. It last went five
games without a loss to close the 2008 regular season and
qualify for the playoffs. RSL's current streak, though, features
two ties that came when allowing goals in the final two minutes
of play.

"I've been telling the guys the last three or four weeks that
most of the goal and scoring chances happen in transition," RSL
coach Jason Kreis said. "It happens because there is a misplay
in the middle third of the field and it comes down to who reacts
quicker."

Salt Lake will be without Beckerman, a defensive midfielder
known for his tough play, after he was named to the U.S. roster
for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, which runs July 3-26.

Real went 1-0-1 against the Earthquakes at home last season.

San Jose is coming off a 13-day layoff looking to win
consecutive games for the first time since Aug. 3-16. The club
defeated Los Angeles 2-1 on June 20, as Ryan Johnson's goal in
the 54th minute held up as the difference.

Johnson, drafted in the third round by Real in 2006, is enjoying
a career year with the Quakes, netting a team-high six goals
after getting five all of last season. The Jamaican forward
didn't score in 10 games with Salt Lake and Chicago in 2006
before playing in Sweden the following year.

"For me, Ryan is a great example of how to play the game, at
least how I want it played," Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop told
the team's official Web site. "He never gives up on anything.
He's dependable, brave, he always puts in a hard day of work in
practice, and it's showing in games."]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:58:48 GMT</pubDate>
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