- Damir Kreilach - 90'+5'
Real Salt Lake beats Sporting KC 1-0, clinches playoff berth
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- — Damir Kreilach scored in stoppage time to put Real Salt Lake over Sporting Kansas City 1-0 on Sunday night and clinch a berth in the playoffs on the final day of the regular season.
Real Salt Lake (14-14-6), the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, will play second-seeded Seattle in the first round.
Sporting KC (17-10-7) went into the day with a chance to clinch the No. 1 seed, but fell to No. 3 and will play sixth-seeded Vancouver.
Kreilach put away a volley off a bicycle kick by Justin Meram from point-blank range to make it 1-0 in the fifth minute of stoppage time to keep Real Salt Lake's season alive.
David Ochoa had four saves for RSL. The 20-year-old goalkeeper in his third MLS season has four career shutouts, all in 2021.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Ted Unkel
MLS Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
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Real Salt Lake | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | +13 | 28 |
Minnesota United FC | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +7 | 24 |
Austin FC | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 22 |
LA Galaxy | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | +4 | 22 |
LAFC | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 21 |
Colorado Rapids | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 21 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 19 |
Houston Dynamo FC | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
St. Louis CITY SC | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | -1 | 16 |
Seattle Sounders FC | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
Portland Timbers | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
FC Dallas | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
Sporting Kansas City | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
San Jose Earthquakes | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 10 |