SANDY — Real Salt Lake almost secured a big result away from home Saturday night.
Almost being the operative word.
Aaron Herrera's goal and an outstanding individual effort in goal from David Ochoa were nearly enough to secure points from Real Salt Lake's trip to Los Angeles, its first of two matches against an Angeleno side.
The "almost" was until the 79th minute.
Carlos Vela scored the go-ahead goal with just over 10 minutes left, and LAFC took all three points from a 2-1 win over RSL at Banc of California Stadium.
The Mexican international played his own game of "crossbar" during the match, placing three of his six shots on target and having a penalty kick saved in the second half.